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Podcast: Eye on Veterans
Episode: Power Chords! Songwriting with Soldiers helps vets heal with Nashville hit makers
Description: Today we’re hearing how veterans are being healed by the power of music, and collaborations with the organization “Songwriting with Soldiers”. Air Force veteran Bruce Anderson, his wife Lesley and SW:S Music Director Jay Clementi share how these weekend retreats pair award-winning songwriters with veterans to create songs that help them tell their story and bring them closure. (Clementi’s credits include hit songs with Luke Bryan, Dierks Bentley, Darius Rucker, Sara Evans, Martina McBride, and more)
We start with a look at Anderson’s deployments during the Global War on Terror. Anderson and his wife Lesle...