Long Live Rock N Roll

When Gregg Allman and Eddie Van Halen went to the SRO gig in the sky, the soundtrack of my life went with them. It’s not that I don’t enjoy all types of music, it’s just that those two were my jam. Feeling sad and melancholy, listen to the Allman Brothers. Wanna rock out, turn up Van Halen…really, really loud. I’ve run hundreds of miles with Dave, Sammy, and the VH boys keeping me company. There are people and places that will always and forever be memorialized by their songs.

I used to wonder what would happen when the G.O.A.T. were no longer with us. I imagined it would feel similar to when you ejected your favorite cassette and the tape got stuck in your boombox. I guess the older generation felt the same when Frank and Dean got the call to perform for their celestial fans.

Thankfully, JoBo, and Derek and Susan, continue to pick tunes. Van Morrison still sings my personal theme song, Brown Eyed Girl, and Rod Stewart may say he’s Forever Young but in reality, he’s like 150 so I’m not sure we can count on him for many new tracks. Thank God for Eric, Buddy, and Gary Clark, Jr. They give me hope that rock and roll will never die.