Thursday, January 08, 2004
The Carter Family offered some wonderful advice when they sang ''Give me the roses while I live,'' a point driven home at the recent memorial to essential Nashville rock entrepreneur Jack Emerson.
Artist after artist took the Mercy Lounge stage to talk about Emerson and to sing in his honor, and the result was a lovely, poignant evening that honored a man who was sometimes overlooked when people talked about Nashville rock 'n' roll. A similar memorial earlier this year played out in East Nashville, as friends recalled the previously unrecognized contributions of bad-boy soundman Skip Litz.
Here's the thing, though: What if we went ahead and recognized the previously unrecognized contributions of the living and the healthy? Then the contributors could hear their friends and fans say nice things about them. It'd be like Tom Sawyer going to his own funeral. It shouldn't take death or illness to spur a tribute show.
(From Honor Rockers While They Live)
¶ 1/08/2004 09:31:00 AM
Artist after artist took the Mercy Lounge stage to talk about Emerson and to sing in his honor, and the result was a lovely, poignant evening that honored a man who was sometimes overlooked when people talked about Nashville rock 'n' roll. A similar memorial earlier this year played out in East Nashville, as friends recalled the previously unrecognized contributions of bad-boy soundman Skip Litz.
Here's the thing, though: What if we went ahead and recognized the previously unrecognized contributions of the living and the healthy? Then the contributors could hear their friends and fans say nice things about them. It'd be like Tom Sawyer going to his own funeral. It shouldn't take death or illness to spur a tribute show.
(From Honor Rockers While They Live)
¶ 1/08/2004 09:31:00 AM
