The Wild Feathers’ Ricky Young – HuffPost 3.18.14

Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists?

Ricky Young: I don’t know, just be prepared to work your ever-loving ass off. It’s not like you get a record deal and you’re at the top of the charts– that can happen, I’m sure, but it is hard work and I would say just keep your eye on the prize and treat people right on the way up because it’s a long and lonely way back down, God forbid. And really just enjoy it. Once you stop enjoying it and you’re not having fun and you feel like you’re losing that magic about playing guitar on stage it might not be in the cards for you. That’s one of the lessons I’ve learned. Even doing the late night stuff and some of the shows we’ve done, you think you’ve made it, buddy, but you really haven’t. There’s so much more work to do, especially in this day and time. There’s a lot of crap music out there and it’s kind of saturated. Anyone can put put a record out. That would be my advice, just play as much as you can and write as much as you can.