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73. Played at my friend's memorial service last week, Hallelujah

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 08:25 PM

Mar 2015

Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley, my favorite cover was by kd lang. Mr. Buckley, himself, has said it has been overplayed. However, at my friend's memorial service, an incredible slide show was played, accompanied with a recording of my (too soon to be deceased) friend singing and playing Hallelujah on his guitar. I'll never hear that song again in the same way...and no version will be as good as his cover. He was such a talented and intelligent person, one of a kind! I miss him so much, and will in months to come...an annual motorcycle ride, his daughter's graduation, and years to come. Thursday nights are hard right now, as we saw the fire dept. going to his house 4 Thursday nights ago, and we laughed at the time, wondering what small fire did he set this time...just to learn the next morning he had been taken way too early from us.

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