According to the charity’s founder, local boy Tommy McGrory, Loud ‘n’ Proud was always driven by more than just ‘getting kids off the streets’, which is the narrative that tends to attach itself to projects like his.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/23641534.music-project-goes-burned-out-shell-making-music-nextflix/?ref=rss

I remember listening to McGrory pitch this at Politifest and thought he sounded like a snake oil salesman (sorry!).

Source: https://voiceofsandiego.org/2023/05/17/six-years-later-sdsus-stadium-promise-is-fulfilled/

Our hearts go out to the family and friends of Walt McGrory, who passed away after a two-year battle with cancer.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2023/12/20/former-univ-of-wisconsin-badgers-player-walt-mcgrory-dead-at-24/