Historical Marker
Bobby Bridger
Columbia, Caldwell County · Louisiana
Erected 2022
Born Robert Durham in Columbia on March 14, 1945, Bobby Bridger wrote Heal in the Wisdom, which has been the anthem of the Kerrville Folk Festival for more than forty years. In April 1988 he sang it to close the first Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival at Christ Church, Oxford. He starred with David Carradine and Will Sampson in the drama Black Elk Speaks, was artist in residence at the John G. Neihardt Center in Nebraska, and produced audiobooks of two Vine Deloria Jr. books.
Where it stands
32.10660, -92.07395 · Directions
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