In the wake of the 2023 shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Ketch Secor, lead singer of the popular country-bluegrass band Old Crow Medicine Show felt compelled to write an op-ed in the New York Times titled,
“Country Music Can Lead America Out of Its Obsession with Guns.” This caught the attention of Ketch’s friend, public radio journalist David Greene — and the two set out to kickstart productive and open dialogue about gun rights and gun violence in America.