Jon Strain interviews Mitch Mcvicker September 19, 2024 Eagle, ID

https://mitchmcvicker.com/Address 5446 Highway 16Phone (208) 901-3925Website dudedewalt.comSeptember 19, 2024 7:00 pmMcVicker’s vocational musical journey began by working with the late, great Rich Mullins. They performed concerts and wrote songs together. The two were roommates.Shortly after a car wreck killed Mullins and badly injured McVicker, a song the two penned together, “My Deliverer,” was given the GMA Dove Award for song of the year…all while Mitch was going through a lengthy and difficult process of recovering from a coma-causing brain injury, collapsed lungs, broken bones, and nerve damage.McVicker’s solo career has spanned nearly 2500 concerts in 49 states and 13 countries. Along with recording 13 full-length albums, he has made 2 EPs, released 9 official music videos and 2 live concert DVDs.McVicker seems determined to make sure his musical journey continues to grow. In creating Where the Earth Makes No Sound, he returned to a recording situation he had previously thrived in and loves.“A number of years ago, I recorded several albums at Greenjeans Studios,” says McVicker.“Over the last few years, I decided to look into other recording situations and see what else was out there. And, while I learned and grew a lot from those experiences, I discovered that there is no better place for me to record than Greenjeans.”So McVicker went back. He says, “I wanted to apply my growth to the rock-solidness and high-levelness of Greenjeans. I’m doing something completely new AND something I’ve done before.”Both.Mitch set out to capture the same spirit of his live concerts – using his signature construction of unique percussion tracks by looping junk, household items, and children’s toys.“With my last couple of albums, I had been dabbling in recording perc loops the way I create them in concert…and not using drums,” McVicker explains. “But never, ever has it come together like it has on this new album.”McVicker’s concert is a little bit Mark Twain meets MacGyver. His quirky and inventive approach includes insightful song lyrics, unconventional instruments, and profound storytelling. His concert connects the everyday with the otherworldly.In 2024, McVicker will again embark on a full concert tour in support of Where the Earth MakesNo Sound.McVicker’s theology is daringly simple – God’s love washes over and through us regardless of us and our circumstances.“Instead of mindlessly thinking we have some control over God’s involvement in us and with us, let’s accept the truth that God IS,” McVicker says.“God is everywhere…in our light and dark. God is in our ugly and beautiful. In our simple and complex. In our hairy and shorn.”Both.Game Plan For Life is a podcast and radio program hosted by Skip Hall.  Tune in every Saturday morning on KSPD AM 790 and 94.5 FM on Boise's Solid Talk at 10:00 AM in the Boise, Idaho area. Skip is the former head football coach at Boise State University. During 30 years in coaching, his teams went to 12 bowl games, including 3 Rose Bowls and the Orange Bowl. Through interviews with coaches, players, business and ministry leaders, Skip seeks to show the importance of having a game plan in order to succeed in all areas of life.Podcast website: https://www.790kspd.com/game-plan-for-life/