For John
John Prine died of covid-19.
He was 73..
We've lost a lot of artists over the years, great ones, but for some reason John's death saddens me the most. It feels almost personal.
His music, his words and stories touched me more than any others.
A friend once told me simple things are the most profound, and that was his music. He could sing the human experience in his straightforward way and then throw in a line like "the silence of everything that moves" and I'd be dumbstruck.
For now, I'm sad
So this is for John and for all the others who've flown away and those who will follow. Off on a flight in a new direction, and as he once wrote "all new directions must go everywhere".
So go now John, to where everywhere is. You took me to so many places.
I haven't yet got my Flickr mojo up and running, feelings up and down and in between, but I'll be coming round to visit in bits and pieces.
I truly hope you're all well.
For John
John Prine died of covid-19.
He was 73..
We've lost a lot of artists over the years, great ones, but for some reason John's death saddens me the most. It feels almost personal.
His music, his words and stories touched me more than any others.
A friend once told me simple things are the most profound, and that was his music. He could sing the human experience in his straightforward way and then throw in a line like "the silence of everything that moves" and I'd be dumbstruck.
For now, I'm sad
So this is for John and for all the others who've flown away and those who will follow. Off on a flight in a new direction, and as he once wrote "all new directions must go everywhere".
So go now John, to where everywhere is. You took me to so many places.
I haven't yet got my Flickr mojo up and running, feelings up and down and in between, but I'll be coming round to visit in bits and pieces.
I truly hope you're all well.