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If Ward Buckheister ate a vegetable during his childhood, it was likely covered in cheese. “Growing up here in the ‘80s, it was casserole time,” Buckheister jokes. “The majority of your plate was gray, brown, and yellow.”

But when the Sol Driven Train guitarist/singer/trombonist met his wife, Danielle Spies, she ate a vegan diet.

“I asked him if he wanted to come over for chili,” she recalls. “He ate three bowls.”

Sometimes an idea just shows up and won’t leave you alone. That’s how Rock ’n’ Roll Rescue began. One day, longtime music manager Bunky Odom decided to stop thinking about doing good and just do it.

Twelve miles north of its more frenetic namesake, North Myrtle Beach unfolds as a destination that feels familiar yet distinctly its own. Anchored at the northern edge of South Carolina’s Grand Strand, this city is a patchwork of four beachside neighborhoods—Cherry Grove, Ocean Drive, Crescent Beach, and Windy Hill—each contributing a unique rhythm to the whole.