Welcome to episode 204 with Ginger Wildheart, who is the singer, songwriter and guitarist in The Wildhearts.
The Wildhearts formed in 1989 and over years since have celebrated top 20 singles and top 10 albums and sell out tours all over the world while navigating record company battles, industry politics, multiple line up changes, drugs, depression, splitting up, going on hiatus and getting back together again.
Ginger has always been open about his struggles with mental health issues and in this episode, he joins me to chat about how these things have impacted his life and his music over the years.
We chat about him being sectioned last year and how that forced him to make some big life changes and how all of this led to the incredible new Wildhearts record ‘The Satanic Rites of The Wildhearts’
We chat about moving to the countryside and learning to slow down, how he took control over his mental health by asking himself some very difficult questions and why doing the inner work is worth it despite being really hard to do.
And we chat about approaching the world from a place of love, the healing power of music and animals and looking forward to the ultimate test of his new approach to life when the band hit the road this month.
He also tells me a great story about meeting Dolly Parton!
Ginger is a true rock legend and it was an absolute pleasure to chat to him!
The new album is currently getting 5 star reviews across the board and is out now in all formats.
The Wildhearts are on tour throughout March and you can get all the info here: The Wildhearts Official Website
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