(L-R): Robin Meade, Matt Sorum, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Ssgt. Mark Plummer (Ret.) on “Morning Express with Robin Meade.”
Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, Matt Sorum (Guns N Roses, The Cult, Velvet Revolver), and Steve Stevens (Billy Idol) teamed up with SSgt. Mark Plummer (ret.), a Wounded Warrior and US veteran with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to create a video for the song “Do What I Do” (view here).
Plummer initially wrote the song about his on-going battle with PTSD after serving three combat deployments in Iraq. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder continues to take the lives of 22 US veterans daily via suicide.
Cyrus comments on being part of “Do What I Do”:
“When Matt (Sorum) sent me the song and told me about the project, it was clear to see, hear and feel the potential for healing the mind and spirit that only music can bring. Mark Plummer is a talented artist, who also happens to be an American Hero. He’s lived the words of his message and that realism translates and can help many other veterans suffering from PTSD.”
L-R: Matt Sorum, Ssgt. Mark Plummer and Billy Ray Cyrus at CNN Los Angeles, November 11, 2014.
Ssgt. Mark Plummer, Nicolette Plummer and Billy Ray Cyrus at Los Angeles National Cemetery, November 11, 2014.
Sorum began to use music as therapy for veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after teaming up to help the Wounded Warrior Battalion at Camp Pendleton in San Diego, CA. He founded the Global Sound Lodge, a charity that provides a music for healing program and Global Sound Lodge organization donates instruments to orphanages, shelters and veterans programs around the world: www.globalsoundlodge.org. Proceeds from the sale of “Do What I Do” will be donated to Global Sound Lodge.
