Discovering Death: A Family Story

Bobby Hackney Jr. grew up thinking he knew his dad’s musical story.

Years later, a song at a party changed that—revealing that his father, Bobby Hackney Sr., had been part of Death, a 1970s Detroit band now recognized as an early force in punk.

In this episode, father and son sit down to talk about music, family, and what it means to discover a story that was always right there.

Homegoings is a production of Vermont Public.

This episode was hosted and reported by executive producer, Myra Flynn and mixed by Sarah Baik. Our video director is Mike Dunn and Emmanuel Dzotsi is our editor. Myra composed the theme music with other music by Blue Dot Sessions. Kyle Ambusk is the graphic artist behind this episode’s Homegoings portrait.

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