Don Wilson:  

Hello my Viking brethren. Been in Los Angeles in the TV, film and music business since 1979 after a wonderful several years at WLOX as the News Producer. I can't begin to tell how important that WLOX experience was in preparing me for the shark infested waters of LA and how much I really miss that job. I'm still a news junkie and often think of stepping back into that role somewhere. Still love the coast and visited my mother there as often as I could. She passed a few years ago, what an awesome fun and strong woman she was. Katrina was the push over the edge for her we believe. My sister Jill lives within an hour and a half and we see one another pretty often. She’s just the coolest. In early 2006 we went back to the coast and began shooting a documentary feature film about the struggle of rebuilding lives and recreating the culture so devastated by the storm. I got so fed up with hearing only about New Orleans on news accounts in the aftermath of Katrina that we packed up the coach, assembled a crew and headed to the coast. We shot for several weeks and got some really awesome stories and footage. My old bandmates and I got back together and composed and performed most of the soundtrack and I really believe it's fantastic. Several other coast musicians and bands contributed as well and it is still being downloaded. As it turned out, our recording of Debbie Stanbro's "Our Hearts Will Mend" was to be her last before her tragic death. We won many film festival awards and though I’ve been blessed to have worked on some amazing tv shows and films and with some of the biggest musical acts on the planet this film is in my top three projects of my career. I've had three wives (sticking with the third), have three grown super successful kids and a pretty darn good life. Still have to go into LA for...Expand for more