Ketch Secor (Old Crow Medicine Show)

Songwriters on Process by Ben Opipari

Sep 16, 202642:59Music

Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show is the first person I’ve interviewed to compare the songwriting process to feline copulation. But this unique metaphor actually reflects Secor’s deep introspection: only someone who...

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