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You could say my father has been living a country western song the past couple of years. My mother, his wife of 45 years died in 2007, last year he had double bypass surgery and his dog died. If things couldn't get any worse his two favorite all time bars have each closed within the last six months.
The "Little Tiki Bar" in the song became a home away from home when my parents relocated from Vermont to Florida in the late 90's. The other regular patrons and their children and grandchildren became a surrogate family of sorts for my folks... kids to dote on, friends to share the good times and the bad... friendly rivalries, that kind of thing.
When my mother died in 2007 the Little Tiki became a base point for our immediate and extended family...we were treated with sincere compassion and genuine caring... after all, my mother, Loretta, was one of their own.
The Tiki officially closed today. In honor of the place and, more importantly, the people my father wrote his first song lyrics in his 70 years. He asked me to try and set it to music with the idea that they would play it at the official closing party Saturday night. I started this at 11:30 Friday evening and sent my dad what you hear now at about 3:15am.
In other words, if you're looking for tight production it would be best to move on to the next song :) But, as is so often found in my music, that isn't really the point!
One final note... it's about seven minutes long :)
The "Little Tiki Bar" in the song became a home away from home when my parents relocated from Vermont to Florida in the late 90's. The other regular patrons and their children and grandchildren became a surrogate family of sorts for my folks... kids to dote on, friends to share the good times and the bad... friendly rivalries, that kind of thing.
When my mother died in 2007 the Little Tiki became a base point for our immediate and extended family...we were treated with sincere compassion and genuine caring... after all, my mother, Loretta, was one of their own.
The Tiki officially closed today. In honor of the place and, more importantly, the people my father wrote his first song lyrics in his 70 years. He asked me to try and set it to music with the idea that they would play it at the official closing party Saturday night. I started this at 11:30 Friday evening and sent my dad what you hear now at about 3:15am.
In other words, if you're looking for tight production it would be best to move on to the next song :) But, as is so often found in my music, that isn't really the point!
One final note... it's about seven minutes long :)
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peacepiano
Powerful singing. Enjoyed this one very much. Hope everyone else listens in too!!
Thanks
Bill