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My name is Philip L Hickman but my performing name is Hicky Welcome to my website. Born 12/19/1947 in Palastine W Va. then moved to Fairmont W.Va and was raised in Fairmont W.Va Joined the Marine Corps in 1965 and did a 13 month tour of duty in Vietnam.
About my guitar
Keeping Busy Playing at Nursing homes,Veterans events and Church functions. I will play anywhere anytime for free,I don't want to be a star or make mega bucks just want to bring joy to the hearts of the people through the talent that God gave freely to me! The guitar pictured here is my Heritage super Eagle made by Heritage Guitars in Kalamazoo Mich. http://www.heritageguitar.com/ in my opinion they make the best guitars.This super Eagle has the bigsby B-6 Merle Travis tailpiece on it. The Merle Travis tailpiece has the long arm with a Loop at the end to put your Little finger in and is Ideal for finger picking.Heritage is making another super eagle for me and as soon as i get it I will post a picture of it.
This is an article written about me in my hometown newspaper. By Bill Byrd Times West Virginian FAIRMONT — Marion County’s war dead came to life again Monday in the hearts of those they left behind. Relatives and friends who can still see the faces and hear the voices of those whose names are chiseled on gravestones shared their memories with those who attended local Memorial Day ceremonies. Here are their war stories: Phil Hickman, 58, is a musician and a Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War. He played his electric guitar and sang at a candlelight vigil at the Marion County Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Before the service, Hickman looked at the black marble monument that bears the names of 27 Marion County natives who were killed in that war. Hickman said he found the body of one of them on the monument — USMC Pfc. Benjamin N. Hamrick — lying on a battlefield in Quang Tri Province in Vietnam. “It was like 25 of them who were surrounded by about 400 NVA (North Vietnamese Army) regulars,” said Hickman. Hamrick’s platoon, part of Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, had been cut off and surrounded on Aug. 8, 1966. Hickman was in Echo Company, a sister company to Fox Company. Echo Company fought their way to the platoon’s location. “By the time we got there, he was already killed,” Hickman said. Hamrick was one of five KIAs in the ambushed platoon. The rest were all wounded. But they had held their position. The pair had enlisted together in 1965 when Hickman was only 17. They went through boot camp together. Hamrick was a brother to Hickman long before the battalion went to Vietnam. That’s because Hickman had lived with Hamrick’s family for several years. Hickman said his own family “was kind of poor and I didn’t have a place to live.” “We pretty much grew up together,” he said. Hickman went on to finish his 13-month tour. He came home without a scratch. When he got out of the Marine Corps, he worked 27 years at a cookware factory in Wooster, Ohio, and then seven years at a paper factory, also in Wooster. Now retired, he said his music helps him deal with stress, including memories of the war.
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Philip L.Hickman
4 Hess Court,Fairmont,W Va 26554
Ph.(304)363-4606
Acts 2:38
To God be the Glory!
