Yes, yes, but the stars shine brighter in the darkest times - stolen from
many sources

Was recently blessed with a night time tour of Memphis with Bill Rodney,
who grew up in the area and had the difficult choice to live or die or both
with a music career. He lived (and part of him died) but continues as an FP
in TN. He was there to tell the tale about Memphis, music, and the day the
music died. Memphis was a key crossroads in Black music, soul, gospel, and
a number of other venues and crosses. all created by a mix of innovative
and mostly uneducated people who were devoted to the music and did whatever
it took to do the music. The blend was country, gospel, and more.

The day the music died refers to Memphis, levees, ballast stones where the
poor used to sleep because the stones retained the heat "Good ole boys was
drinking whiskey and rye"

It is about the day when music was no longer an end, but a means to an end.
Those who made music because it was who they were switched to those that
made music under vastly different influences. It is about switching from
notes in the ears and hands and heart to notes on paper, from live to
electronics. Not uncommonly those with a significant guitar sound would
turn away from the audience to prevent the theft of the more creative
passages. Without a few high quality AKAI recorders preservation would even
be worse. Worth a visit to SUN, STAX, and other areas, but the tour is not
complete without someone who lived the era or at least gathered the era
together.

There are a long string of deaths that can be followed in a number of areas

Central to the death is that what ever is involved has become the means to
a different end point.

The day the
Metropolitan area, Neighborhood, city, community involvement   - watch Rear
Window or It's a Wonderful Life etc. and cry
Health care died    The so-called art of medicine which is really the
people part
Schools died    Not about people but about the process
Family died    The family is not longer the family but a means to a career
or relief of boredom
Media died - Edward R. Murrow speech in Good Night and Good Luck

Often the death event has already occurred, but few realize the passing
until later.

Reform and renewal is possible, but are just as challenging as birth and
rebirth. Infertility rates can be high in some countries.

Robert C. Bowman, M.D.
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In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will also be singing
About the dark times.

Bertolt Brecht, 1938

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