quote:Originally posted by Rob1956:
I think the truth is that even if he can't sing, and must retire...he will keep pulling out the onionskins and jotting down songs...once it's in your blood, it only dies when you do...
Exactly. If he can't sing/perform again, he can still write, and I don't necessarily mean songs. After all, he's been storytelling for decades, just in verse and to music. A writer's a writer - you take a snatch of conversation, a phrase, an idea, and "what if?" it into a vignette or short story.
And there's always his autobiography, if he decides to write one. Even if he chooses that it never see light of print, it'd be a great gift for his grandkids (when they're mature enough to read all of it): what it was like growing up in Orillia, playing with the neighborhood kids, school, barbershopping, getting his foot in the changing music business, etc. And hey, Gord, if you're in need of a 'ghost' writer or editor, I volunteer <g>
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