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thinking about ..the day the music died... |
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dgvarner Member Elite
since 2000-05-13
Posts 3552High Springs, Florida 
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(my grandfather and his brothers use to get together and play music and sing and act fool..it was a great time.. papaw died in '96..that was the day the music died...in my heart..was thinking about him..as another of his brothers just recently passed away..) TO THE LEADER OF THE BAND.. he stopped for a moment and turned-- clutching his song to his chest. he took a last look at the faces of those he had loved... then without a word he lay his banjo at out feet. gently, he ran his fingers across each string-- an echo of the man... -dgvarner YOUR SONG IS IN MY SOUL... 9-26-96 ---------------------------------------------------- i couldnt move. remembering... the heat embraced me the ache took my breath. there on that day there were no words to speak as my eyes took in the space my mind threw pictures at my heart-- reality and memories shattered, leaving slivers to wound me. such pain to suffer, yet i could not cry out. so many tears had i wept, still they were endless ...and there was silence. i could hear the music in my head-- only in my head. i couldnt move. remembering... -dgvarner 9-26-96 < !signature--> "the beginning of wisdom is, 'i do not know'" -unknown [This message has been edited by fallen rain (edited 01-13-2001).] |
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Parker Member Elite
since 2000-01-06
Posts 3129ON |
dg, wonderful words to remember by.... Its nice to have those memories, cause then the music is always with you.  Parker |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
Dg~ sweetie, you made the tears flow freely down my face.........beautiful.....this touches my heart most truly. Hugs to you -SEA |
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kcsgrandma Senior Member
since 2000-09-24
Posts 1522Presque Isle, ME |
Wonderful how the people we love leave their own special music with us. His music will never die as long as you remember it. To love another person is to see the face of God. - Les Miserables Marilyn |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
dg~ ~HUGS~ sweetie Heartfelt piece Tracie~ Love is the life of the soul... It is the harmony of the universe |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
dg, if you listen closely to the wind...the music never dies...but it does travel with the soul... well done! |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Simply beautiful, DG. Simply Beautiful. The music has not died in your heart or soul, my friend, or you would not have such memories, nor be able to express them this way. Peace to you... jwesley |
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Lady Lightning Member
since 2000-12-04
Posts 422Kentucky |
dg...How lovely, such sadness I felt but the music I heard was beautiful... Hugs ~LL~ The way to love anything is to realize it might be lost. author unknown |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
FallenRain/DG~ What a couplet of beauties in tribute. Very, very nicely played. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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dgvarner Member Elite
since 2000-05-13
Posts 3552High Springs, Florida |
PARKER..you were looking for me... thank you much for your reply love..the music was amazing.... wish i could share it with you..SEA..thank you friend for sharing the pain with me..if even for a moment, you shed my tears for me.. MAR..there are only a few ameteur cassettes of their music around..but when i hear them..i cant listen too long..i break down and cry...  if i knew how, i'd pipe it into this thread for all to hear TRACIE..love the hugs! thank you for lending yours SUNSHINE..many thanks for your words.. i often think of that vince gill song.."go rest high"...know that one? thats what i like to imagine sometimes--papaw and his brothers making their own homegrown brand of music to keep the angels hoppin! lol JWESLEY..i thank you much for beautiful..he was a "beautiful" man..deserved the best that i could create... LL..thank you for listening and for hearing...glad you enjoyed the music...MARGE..we all play our own instruments dont we.. i guess my pen is mine..and these are just a couple of my love letters to a wonderful man..this first poem i put in his local newspaper..family members were not aware i was dong so, til they found it there..the second i wrote after visiting his grave..and finding myself swept up in the overwhelming silence..sometimes its unbearable..i wish i could hear the music just once more.. papaws banjos now reside with his 3 daughters..it still pains me to hear even the strum of banjo strings..but a pain that brings a smile too.. i didnt know it was possible to miss a single person this much.. many thanks..and hugs..g "a love declared for days to come, is as good as none" -tracy chapman |
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Nate Dogg Senior Member
since 1999-11-15
Posts 1658Georgia, Fulton |
These are two beautiful and emotional tributed to your deceased one....brilliant work! Nathan |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
You words are so lovingly played! |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
the day the music died is a most powerful piece but the one you wrote right after visiting his grave is a most poignant piece it is so very amazing to realize how someone can be missed so much...my mother and I often had angry words, I always found myself longing to see a smile spread from her mouth to her eyes, it was such a glorious thing, and to hear her laughter now, I still do...please just one more time! yet I know, I would still want one more time. your pawpaw may be waiting to visit you on the banjo strings, perhaps at the tips of your own fingers Thanks so much for sharing these wonderful, personally testimonial pieces. |
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dgvarner Member Elite
since 2000-05-13
Posts 3552High Springs, Florida |
NATE..thank you so much.. MARTIE..i thank you VAS..your reply touched me so much..i did once try to play papaws banjo..at first it made me cry..wishing i could just tap into some of his life and let him play through me..but then it made me laugh out loud  at the horrible sound i was making with that beautiful mans music maker...! maybe one day i'll learn how to play the banjo..maybe when i'm old.. "the leader of the band is tired..and his eyes are growin' old..but his blood runs through my instrument..and his song is in my soul...my life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man..i'm just a living legeacy to the leader of the band.." dan fogelberg hugs, g< !signature--> chains: /pip/Forum46/HTML/000060.html [This message has been edited by fallen rain (edited 01-16-2001).] |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
loved it |
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dgvarner Member Elite
since 2000-05-13
Posts 3552High Springs, Florida |
thank you much VANDANA < !signature-->chains: /pip/Forum46/HTML/000060.html [This message has been edited by fallen rain (edited 01-17-2001).] |
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