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October 22, 2019 28 mins

6. Wendell tells the story of how Lydia Moss Bradley built monuments to her lost loved ones, providing Peoria with a park system, a university, a hospital, and more. Wendell also builds a monument of his own for a lost fellow musician.

"Middle America" is a podcast using history, storytelling, and music to talk about all of the issues and feelings brought on by the world around us. "Middle America" is an access point to everything under the sun.

Music in this episode:
Brett Conlin “Good Old Days”
Jared Grabb “Untitled (Sludge Folk 2017)”
Scouts Honor “Ballad of the Blind Man”
Jared Grabb “Untitled (Drop D Melodic 2017)”
Scouts Honor “True Blue”
Scouts Honor “I Lost Myself Even Before I Lost My Love”
Scouts Honor “Call and Response”
Jared Grabb “Middle America Ad Music”
Jared Grabb “Patch of Green”
Jared Grabb “I Will Always Sing For You (Middle America Version)”
Jared Grabb “Prison Bars (Middle America Instrumental Version)”

All music besides "Good Old Days" is written by and copyrighted by Jared Grabb, except "Ballad of the Blind Man," "True Blue," "Call and Response," and "Prison Bars" which are written by Jared Grabb and Thomas J. Satterfield and "I Lost Myself Even Before I Lost My Love" which is written by Kent Daniel Wagenschutz and Jared Grabb.

All of Jared Grabb's music is published by Roots In Gasoline (ASCAP).

Editing assistance by Becca Taylor.

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