The title “Wild & Free” song was written to support the pro-marijuana bid known as Proposition 19 to legalize recreational marijuana in California. Woody Harrelson sings a duet with Ziggy, but gets no credit on the album for his part. The chorus: “I see hemp as forever growing wild and free, I see marijuana trees blowing in the breeze”, and so on. The rest of the album is good mixture of upbeat, mellow tunes of life experiences. His song “Road Less Travelled”, comments on his father’s many women and the jealousy within the family.
You may not know that Ziggy does voice for animation. He was Ernie in the 2004 film “Shark Tales” and is associated with many children’s songs. He is a father of six kids and this may have some influence on his choices. The Melody Makers contributed the song to “Give A Little Love” to the Disney album FOR OUR CHILDREN, with proceeds going to the Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Ziggy has been associated with children’s music and animation for more than a decade.
His philanthropic involvement includes Unlimited Resources Giving Enlightenment (URGE), which works to help children, his charity. He sits on the board of directors as an honorary member and is an official supporter of Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization that provides free musical instruments and free lessons to children in public schools throughout the United States.
There is a bit of a juxtaposition with the man and the music, between his involvement with children, and the promotion of marijuana. He does claim that he is trying to get people to realize the many uses of Hemp, not just happy juice.
Over all a pretty good contemporary Reggae album by Ziggy
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