LISTEN: “Don’t Make An Easy Thing Hard (Theme from Red Helmet)” by Jon Wikstrom

Our new Song of the Day is “Don’t Make An Easy Thing Hard (Theme from Red Helmet)” by singer-songwriter Jon Wikstrom, a West Virginia native who now calls Baltimore home. The song was inspired by the new book, “Red Helmet” by West Virginia native and best-selling author Homer Hickam, who will will sign copies of the novel 6 p.m., Saturday, March 1 at Taylor Books, 226 Capitol St., in an event at which Wikstrom will perform this and other songs.

Hickam, author of the best-seller “Rocket Boys,” which was turned into the movie “October Sky,” has set his latest novel in the West Virginia coalfields. The story tells of quirky local characters, a mine collapse and rescue attempt, corporate mine takeovers and other researched details that will hit close to home for Mountain state natives. The new book is already eliciting interest from Hollywood (which may explain why it already has a working theme song.)

Wikstrom has worked with artists including Sara Evans, Kathy Mattea, Pam Tillis, Jim Brickman and Livingston Taylor. His debut CD “Reckless Devotion” was produced by Mountain Stage’s Ron Sowell.

For more on Wikstrom, visit www.jonwikstrom.com.
For more on Hickham, visit www.homerhickam.com and www.myspace.com/homerhickam.

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