By Jessica Coleman
Staff Writer
Vanderbilt native and Industrial High School Graduate John Hicks broke his ankle when he was 19 and to curb the boredom, he picked up a guitar.
He didn’t know it at the time, but that injury was the catalyst that would begin a lifelong love affair with music. He’d always been a bit of a wordsmith, and now he had added an important piece of the puzzle. He bought a cheap guitar and the self-taught artist hasn’t put it down much since.
“I’d always liked writing,” he said, “I just had to learn how to play an instrument.”
In July, after years of working and hoping, Hicks finally saw his dream of releasing an album come to fruition.
