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|    August Abolins to ACMEBBS    |
|    Gerry Rafferty    |
|    15 May 22 11:56:00    |
      MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet fc7130e4       REPLY: 21:4/106.21@fsxnet fc712dfc       PID: OpenXP/5.0.51 (Win32)       CHRS: ASCII 1       TZUTC: -0400        O> ** On Sunday 15.05.22 - 01:56, ACMEBBS wrote to All:               A>> Am I the only one left who has always enjoyed his music?        A>> Seems like when I play it on my bluetooth speaker after the        A>> store closes while working...people don't remember him or        A>> his music. Working with a lot of people in their 20-        A>> 30's...they have no idea of who he was.               O> Great talent. There is a video of him singing one of his songs        O> that he wrote coming out of some major life-struggle/surgery or        O> something. Amazing art of poetry in that one. I'll audition        O> my collection and report back on which one it is. It's        O> impressive because the studio recording is the SAME "live"        O> perfect performance in the video.              Found it:               https://youtu.be/I8UHCqvuUqY               Whatever's Written In Your Heart (Official Video)               A tear-jerker for me.                      O> I also note that his vocal "sound" is quite unique and        O> fascinating. It's like he found the magic formula for the        O> chord-combo for his voice and sticks to it for most of the        O> tunes.              From what I remember, he struggled with alcohol and some        personal demons leading to depression. Dead at 63 - from liver        failure and complications from that.              --- OpenXP 5.0.51        * Origin: New band called Dark Web! [o] They're always on tor. (2:221/1.58)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 90/1 103/705 105/81 106/201 120/340 123/120 131       SEEN-BY: 124/5016 129/305 330 331 153/250 757 7715 203/0 218/700 840       SEEN-BY: 220/70 221/1 6 360 226/17 30 229/110 111 307 317 400 424       SEEN-BY: 229/426 428 470 664 700 250/5 8 267/800 280/464 5003 5555       SEEN-BY: 282/1038 292/854 298/25 301/1 305/3 317/3 320/219 322/757       SEEN-BY: 341/234 396/45 423/81 120 460/58 633/280 712/848 770/1 100       SEEN-BY: 770/340 772/210 220 230 2320/105 2452/250       PATH: 221/1 280/464 770/1 317/3 229/426           |
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