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Lisa J · 03-24-2011, 05:11 PM

This is a great article. Jim expressed so well what we all feel. Char, I too, am happy when one of my children shares a concert with me. Last year I took my 26 year old daughter to Massey for my first, and only, concert there. Deep in her soul, she knows all the songs; she listened to them her whole childhood. She seemed to enjoy the concert, however, that night she good heartedly teased me about my love of this man and all his music means to my life. She wasn't quite as taken with GL as I am! What she didn't get was what Ellen said... "I still see and hear with the eyes and ears of memory." When Terry passed away, it was this same daughter who then consoled me in my grief. She said she always knew how much Gordon and the guys meant to my life. She admitted that her IPOD does indeed have Gordon on it. Including the song to which she was born, "Beautiful." It is great that this music has had such staying power, it is even better when our children, or grandchildren, enjoy it and respect it as well.

03-24-2011, 05:11 PM	#8
Lisa J Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: arizona, usa Posts: 342	Re: Durham NC article This is a great article. Jim expressed so well what we all feel. Char, I too, am happy when one of my children shares a concert with me. Last year I took my 26 year old daughter to Massey for my first, and only, concert there. Deep in her soul, she knows all the songs; she listened to them her whole childhood. She seemed to enjoy the concert, however, that night she good heartedly teased me about my love of this man and all his music means to my life. She wasn't quite as taken with GL as I am! What she didn't get was what Ellen said... "I still see and hear with the eyes and ears of memory." When Terry passed away, it was this same daughter who then consoled me in my grief. She said she always knew how much Gordon and the guys meant to my life. She admitted that her IPOD does indeed have Gordon on it. Including the song to which she was born, "Beautiful." It is great that this music has had such staying power, it is even better when our children, or grandchildren, enjoy it and respect it as well.