An Ohio Boy and His Guitar: Andrew Scott Wills from his first muzzleloader to Hawken Horse

04/25/23 • 61 min

Today we’re talking with songwriter Andrew Scott Wills about his passion for history, his love of muzzleloading, and how that love spawned “Hawken Horse”

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After more than a decade writing songs in Nashville, hit-songwriter Andrew Scott Wills put down his Music Row lunchbox to chase something that’s been chasing him for years. He formed Hawken Horse with the vision of capturing the same fascination that’s consumed him since that day along the Little Miami: the American Frontier.

His songwriting puts the spotlight on the good and the ugly of frontier history with inspiring lyrics that spark an inner yearning for discovery, independence and survival.

With the help of a possible's bag of skilled musicians and collaborators, Wills has been able to forge a collection of stories that have been literally centuries in the making. "Hawken Horse makes music for those who yearn to go back and those who never left," Wills says.

https://hawkenhorse.com/

Hawken Horse Music - https://hawkenhorse.com/pages/music

Hawken Horse on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4DpWFl0oy9bRr4aZVR9YTO?si=9ub3hp-yTIGVK3YdW9xFfA&referral=labelaffiliate&utm_source=1011lwIRmBzX&utm_medium=Indie_Distrokid&utm_campaign=labelaffiliate&nd=1

Hawken Horse on Apple Music- https://music.apple.com/us/artist/hawken-horse/1608415152

https://www.instagram.com/hawkenhorseband/

Music recommendations

Pete Kosky, Songs of the Alleghany Frontier

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Today we’re talking with songwriter Andrew Scott Wills about his passion for history, his love of muzzleloading, and how that love spawned “Hawken Horse”

I'd like to thank our sponsors for their support:

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His songwriting puts the spotlight on the good and the ugly of frontier history with inspiring lyrics that spark an inner yearning for discovery, independence and survival.

https://hawkenhorse.com/

Hawken Horse Music - https://hawkenhorse.com/pages/music

Hawken Horse on Apple Music- https://music.apple.com/us/artist/hawken-horse/1608415152

https://www.instagram.com/hawkenhorseband/

Music recommendations

Pete Kosky, Songs of the Alleghany Frontier

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Robert Hill - Five Generations of Family and Traditional Crafts

Robert Hill is a 5th generation American craftsman working in his grandfather’s shop. At 10 years old, Robert started making knives in the family shop. His father and grandfather would soon carve out some space in the old log tobacco barn for the young man and his experiments.

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As of writing, Robert is continuing his studies of Anthropology, with an interesting cultural anthropology. You can find him in lecture halls drawing in the margins of his notebooks, or demonstrating historic crafts at the local historic sites. His work is viewable on Instagram and Robert often participates on the American Longrifles Forum. Robert hopes to launch a website in the near future to showcase more of his work.

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I asked CCI about caps, here's what they said

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Muzzleloading enthusiasts may be able to breathe a sigh of relief this June. In a conversation I had with a CCI representative at the 2023 NRA Show, it was shared that CCI will be starting it’s next production run of percussion caps in June 2023, with expected retail release coming shortly after in July and August.

EPISODE CHAPTERS

0:36 When Are Percussion Caps coming back?

1:20 Why are there no percussion caps

4:25 This distributor got 2 Million Caps, but that's only 10% of his order

6:41 CCI/Federal Partnership?

6:55 What questions do you have about percussion caps?

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