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Galley Gossip: Interview with musician Josh Wilson (The Hey, Jude Newark Airport guy)
On January 3rd, 2010, there was a security breach at Newark Liberty International Airport. As a result, all passengers in the secure area were required to clear the concourse and pass through security checkpoints a second time. This process took almost six hours. While most travelers were annoyed and frustrated, one imaginative traveler, musician Josh Wilson, decided to lighten the mood. This is his story.Name: Josh Wilson
Occupation: Singer/Songwriter signed to Sparrow Records (EMI's Christian Label).
I'm always saying, "This is your life, enjoy it -- even if you're stuck at an airport!" It looks like you know how to do just that based on your popular video making the rounds. So where were you traveling to the day of the Newark Security Breach? I was headed to Mumbai, India with my wife and some others doing mission work
Now that's funny! Have you ever played for a crowd of passengers before? You know, as a musician at some point you feel you've played ever possible type of gig. But I do think it was my first airport performance.
Feel free to perform on one of my flights any time! How do you manage to stay so upbeat while traveling? Well, the truth is I don't. This time it was easy, though. There was clearly nothing we could do - I could choose to be angry or choose to accept it. The best plan was to take a sad song and make it better.
Any advice for travelers stuck in a similar situation? Do you remember that reality show about Southwest Airlines a couple years ago? I used to watch that show and wonder if people had any idea how ridiculous they look when they make a scene over being delayed. I think if we all had more compassion for the people around us and were less consumed with our inconveniences the world would be a better place. And I could stand to follow th
at advice more often, too.
Amen to that! To where are you traveling next? The next bit of travel is actually on a tour bus, so I'll be trading terminal delays for traffic delays.
Where can I see you perform? In January and February I'll be in Florida a lot, but as the year progresses I pretty well make it everywhere. Check out MYSPACE.COM/JOSHWILSONMUSIC for tour dates.
WILL DO. THANKS FOR CHATTING WITH ME. HAPPY TRAVELS!
Photos courtesy of Josh Wilson
Any advice for travelers stuck in a similar situation? Do you remember that reality show about Southwest Airlines a couple years ago? I used to watch that show and wonder if people had any idea how ridiculous they look when they make a scene over being delayed. I think if we all had more compassion for the people around us and were less consumed with our inconveniences the world would be a better place. And I could stand to follow th
at advice more often, too. Amen to that! To where are you traveling next? The next bit of travel is actually on a tour bus, so I'll be trading terminal delays for traffic delays.
Where can I see you perform? In January and February I'll be in Florida a lot, but as the year progresses I pretty well make it everywhere. Check out MYSPACE.COM/JOSHWILSONMUSIC for tour dates.
WILL DO. THANKS FOR CHATTING WITH ME. HAPPY TRAVELS!
Photos courtesy of Josh Wilson
Filed under: Airlines, Video, Galley Gossip
Reader Comments (Page 5 of 5)
Dorothy Jan 9th 2010 11:32PM
What a jerk you are "Bobby". What kind of an adult has a name like Bobby? As it happens I am Platinum Elite with Continental Airlines. Which means I travel more than 75,000 miles a year just with Continental. So I think I know a little more than some about air travel and unfortunately most of the people I see traveling are more like you, ignorant and not like Josh pleasant.
Judi Moore Jan 8th 2010 9:30PM
God Bless Josh Wilson!
And to the negative responses, I will pray for you.
Josh, you are truly blessed. Keep up the good work spreading the word of God, Our Savior!
frank96 Jan 13th 2010 3:22PM
Rock on, Josh. WTGooooooo.
This reminds me of a flight going to Nashville. I had Lee Greenwood in first class.
For those of you who dont know him, he sung the popular song during the Gulf War, "Proud to be an American". I could tell by his demeaner that he was approachable so I chatted with him during the flight. I joked with him about singing on the flight. He gets up and says, "where's the mic you use to make announcements?" Before I know it, he's standing by the cockpit door........and singing, acapalla, "Proud to be an American".........everyone onboard LOVED IT.