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Old 11-11-2016, 09:18 AM   #1
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RIP Leonard Cohen

Passed last night at 82. Part of the soundtrack of my youth. I was fortunate to see him live at the Fox in '09. RIP, old friend.
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Old 11-11-2016, 12:03 PM   #2
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Great singer songwriter! RIP

Saw John Hiatt last night and that was the first thing said when he came on stage. Said he had just got a call with the news prior to coming on. Told a couple of personal stories about his interactions with him over the years.
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Old 11-11-2016, 12:23 PM   #3
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Great singer songwriter!
And a fixture of the Montreal (my home town) scene for a good part of his life. Along with Irving Layton and Modecai Richler, he will be greatly missed.

Well, my friends are gone and my hair is grey
I ache in the places where I used to play
And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on
I'm just paying my rent every day in the Tower of Song

I said to Hank Williams, how lonely does it get?
Hank Williams hasn't answered yet
But I hear him coughing all night long
Oh, a hundred floors above me in the Tower of Song

I was born like this, I had no choice
I was born with the gift of a golden voice
And twenty-seven angels from the Great Beyond
They tied me to this table right here in the Tower of Song

(partial lyrics from "The Tower of Song")
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By the way, one of my very favourite Cohen performances was his 1989 appearance on "Night Music" along with Was Not Was and Sonny Rollins.
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My favorite song writer.
Saw him once many years ago in Chicago at a tiny club; The Quiet Knight.
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