In a life filled with milestones, Irving Locker celebrated a new, unexpected one last week: He became a published songwriter.
In a life filled with milestones, Irving Locker celebrated a new, unexpected one last week: He became a published songwriter.
One day before his 101st birthday, “If Freedom Was Free” was released by Big Machine Label Group and CreatiVets, the Nashville-based nonprofit that helps veterans work through their traumas by building something new through the arts.
CreatiVets teamed Locker, a World War II veteran who landed at Utah Beach on D-Day, with Texas singer-songwriter Bart Crow and duo Johnny and Heidi Bulford, who also sing on the track.
