W.V. Hill

W.V. Hill, Musician for the band, Foddershock; Clintwood, Virginia:

“Even when it seemed as if I didn't have a friend in the world I always had music. My guitar and music kept me company while growin’ up. Pick up an instrument and make it your friend... It'll always be there for you through thick and thin; during the good and the bad and will never let you down, even when it seems everybody and everything else has.”

Gage Parker

Gage Parker, "They call me Grouch when I'm on the road":

"I ditched my car in Chattanooga and I hopped a train to Bristol and now I'm here. Heading to New York, and after that I might go up to Canada but I'm really not sure because that's too much planning for the future. [Heading to New York to meet] my family... I've never met them before. I don't know. Can't really tell much after that. I try not to plan anything cause it takes too much time and I can't focus on what I'm doing now."

Layla Craft

Layla Craft, Hair Stylist & Model, Jenkins, Kentucky:

"When I was in high school I was dead set on moving as far from the mountains as possible. As f@#&*d up as it sounds I've never felt like a country girl, and that there was nothing for me down here. So naturally I moved. I only moved to Morehead, but to me that was fine because it wasn't Letcher County and there were so many new and different types of people. I would go to Florence, (KY), Lexington, (KY), Cincinnati, (OH) etc. I was loving life. Then on summer break I came back home to work at the pool as I did every summer since I was 15. It was getting close time to going back and I was ready for it. But something insane happened. I was on my way home from work and I was passing by Fleming-Neon school. I looked over at their peewee football practice and saw coal miner men sittin’ in the back of their trucks. I thought 'only here'. But as I kept driving I looked around at the mountains, trees, flowers, creeks, everything and then thought again, 'only here' but in a beautiful 'only here' kinda way. I still can't explain to this day my exact thoughts on everything, but the next week I drove to Morehead, dropped all my classes and decided I wanted to be HOME. That was 11 years ago…

So here I am!! I've realized this is my home! I absolutely love to visit cities and stay weekends in bigger 'better' places, but as far as every day life this is where my heart is!"