From Combat to Country Music: Why Music Is As Powerful As Medicine w/ Brooks Herring

Healing can happen in a clinic. It can also happen through music.

Brooks Herring is a Navy veteran, physical therapist, and Nashville recording artist — but finding his new mission after the military was anything but straightforward.

In this episode, he sheds light on what it's really like for veterans to transition from military to civilian life and his own struggle to find purpose again. Plus, hear about his work with the Music Remembers Project to help Gold Star families honor their loved ones through song.

Topics discussed:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:06) From the Navy to finding a new mission

(05:22) The Nashville trip that changed his path

(07:02) Music as therapy on deployment

(09:33) The story behind the song "Why Me?"

(13:39) Playing beside the boots of the fallen

(15:57) Memories of Honor and its mission

(18:53) The Music Remembers Project