Rickey Medlocke from Lynyrd Skynyrd talks Native Issues and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
The Jeremy White Show welcomes fellow native Rickey Medlocke from Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blackfoot!
Rickey Medlocke, an original and current member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, and frontman for southern indigenous rock band Blackfoot, released a new single on 1/19/2024 entitled, “Never Run Out Of Road” on storied record label Rock the Cause Records, to help provide funding, awareness, and resources for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) movement.
Per the artist's wishes a portion of proceeds from downloads and streams of “Never Run Out Of Road”, will be directed to the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC), an organization that works to end end gender based violence against Native American women, proceeds will also benefit other “Seeing Red” based causes, and the International Wolf Center, TBA by Rickey Medlocke.
“I want to give back to my native community through “Never Run Out Of Road”, and I want to educate others on the MMIW crisis and empower people to get involved”, says Rickey Medlocke who co-wrote and performs on the single.
Being of self-identified Native American ancestry, specifically Lakota Sioux and Cherokee, Medlocke was inducted into the Native American Music Hall of Fame in 2008.
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