PART 2: How A Year In Prison Shaped Texas Singer's New Album
Jonny Burke is a Texas singer-songwriter whose new album, 'Behind the Pine Curtain' (available on April 26) snapshots Burke’s time served in Huntsville and other Texas prisons on multiple DUI charges.
Jonny shares with us his experiences of being incarcerated in a way he says he hasn't shared with anyone, and how it shaped not only his music but his outlook on life.
“My biggest lesson learned during incarceration is to never go back there.” - Jonny Burke
What is Covered:
What the most intense and scary moment of Jonny's incarceration was.
Is incarceration the best way to prevent people from drinking and driving?
How Jonny gives back to traumatized people through songwriting.
The taboo of being incarcerated.
Plate of the Week: Wingman Kitchens.
The biggest lesson Jonny learned while incarcerated.
Re:Heat - Part 1 of the interview with Jonny Burke.
Jonny’s advice for people who are facing incarceration.
Resources:
Part 1 of the interview with Jonny Burke
Listen to 'Behind the Pine Curtain'
Jonny Burke's albums on iTunes
Soldier Songs and Voices
Wingman Kitchens
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