The Wilderness Road
Back in 2018 when I was on a concert tour, the Englishman and I decided rather than taking big ole Interstate 81 from the northeast to southwest Virginia, we’d take smaller roads. We ended up on a collection of state roads, particularly Route 11, which took us through small towns in Maryland and Virginia. Somewhere in Virginia, we stopped to look in the windows of vacant shops in an old downtown and we found a historical marker for “The Wilderness Road.” The Wilderness Road is now a record of a faded America which many seek on famous roads like Route 66. These were some of my favorite signs along the small roads. As a songwriter, my brain started humming and buzzing with this idea – the wilderness road . The words alone were so evocative. Is it a place? A journey? A feeling? LETTERS FROM JENI HANKINS (PR… The Wilderness Road 0:00 5:16 At that time, when I’d experienced huge changes in my personal life and career, the wilderness road was a feeling. My dad had passed away fro...
