I'm navigating through the day after...the day after Dan passed away. I knew it was coming as he was diagnosed with late stage prostate cancer 3 years ago
BUT--
having lived with his music in my younger years and then again as an "adult"...these things are hard to get around
As a younger person I, unknowingly, sought answers in music and books to questions I was not even aware I was asking . I realized when I was a sophomore in college that Dan had somehow become one of these persons for me
I turned on many many people to him..those that had written him off as an elevator artist...those that wanted loud guitars...those that didn't know any better. My wife and I never missed him when he toured and we normally took friends along..most were not big fans, but all left saying the same things.
talent- piano, guitar, vocals--all very good
cool--that was the thing about Dan's live shows..he was cool. Even the guys that would never go out and buy his records always spoke of this after a live show
he wrote "THESE DAYS" at the age of 24. I listened to it at 14, 24,34,44..at 45 I could play it
one of the great things about playing an instrument, for fun and therapy <g>, is that it connects you to the composer in a way that is somewhat difficult to describe...for all time--whether it's centuries old mozart or something written yesterday
so I'll miss Dan for sure, he was there in song and lyric through various marks in my life....
then, now and forever
(ps)--no one comes here anymore but it helps me |
