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    Quote Originally Posted by sodascouts View Post
    How he loved his sports!

    I am looking into going to that Detroit tribute.
    I'm going
    'I must be leaving soon... its your world now'
    Glenn Frey 1948-2016 RIP

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    Jack Tempchin has writen a poem:

    https://www.facebook.com/JackTempchi...type=3&theater

    I may as well copy it across. I will copy it exactly as written (spelling errors included).

    When You Lose Someone

    One day we were gonna
    Sit on the porch
    And look out to sea
    And talk about the ups and downs
    Of things that used to be
    Cruising in our rocking chairs
    Far away look in our eyes
    Remembering all the things
    That came to you and I

    Remembering puffy white cloud days
    Of victory rolling by
    And the whole world listening to us
    That's what came to you and I
    But you never know
    You never think
    That things will come undone
    I guess that's what happens
    When you lose someone

    The copper sun
    The pale blue sky
    I'm rocking all alone
    And looking out to nowhere
    Thinking of all that I've known

    Someone to share
    And be with
    Someone who knows your mind
    Someone whose been there with you
    That's what makes it all so fine

    Now I'm just an old man's voice
    Talking all alone
    Bout everything I had and lost
    And all that's been my own
    It ain't no good
    It don't seem right
    It really ain't no fun
    But that's what life has for you
    When you lose someone

    There always is a bright side
    That you can look on to
    But your never gonna see it
    If you don't see the dark side too
    There's an empty hole that just won't fill
    There's a mockingbird that just won't trill
    There's a dawn that never comes
    When you lose someone

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    Wow, thanks for posting that FP.
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    Hi guys and gals my name is Steve 50 years young and the Eagles are my favourite band from when I was a boy. My dad and Uncle would play their songs on their guitars on the camp fire in the mid 1970's when we were on holiday in the trailer park by the sea in Scotland. Our families could not afford a foreign holiday in those days but it has special memories. I picked up my dads guitar and began to learn these songs.

    I have not read this thread through so I very much apologise if this story has been recounted.

    Anyway Glenn and Jackson Browne were great friends in the early days and they set off to LA to find their dream. Anyway they found a cheap place to rent and Jackson got a room on the ground floor and Glenn got the basement.

    Every night until the early hours Jackson would be banging on the piano upstairs composing while Glenn tried to sleep. Glenn actually said in an interview years later that it helped him to learn to compose subliminally because it all entered his mind subliminally.

    Anyway after a few weeks Glenn had a right go at Jackson because he was fed up.

    Jackson apologised but then Glenn said "Ok dude no problem... as long as you let me have that song you are working on for my new band ha ha"

    The song was "Take it Easy" and the legend was born XXX

    Jackson was actually offered to join the Eagles as a fifth member when they formed but he said no because he felt he wanted to be in control of his own songwriting but he stayed in a very close relationship with Glenn and the Eagles to this day. He is one of the dead outlaws on the back of the "Desperado" album.

    God bless my fellow Eagles fans, the greatest band ever (well maybe the Beatles are on a par) ha ha

    Love to hear from anyone XXX Take care, Steve

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    Thanks from me too, FP. What a beautiful poem. The feeling of loss is palpable.

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    Fp, thanks for posting Jack's poem. It's beautiful!

    And Steve, welcome to the Border! And yes, we've heard Glenn and Jackson's story before, but it's always good to 'hear' again!
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    Thanks for posting Jack's poem, FP. It's beautiful, in a heartbreaking way.

    Steve, that story has been told before, but like most great stories, it can be retold again and again. Welcome to the Border.
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    That's a beautiful poem. I read it on Jacks FB page on Monday. Thanks for transcribing it FP.

    And welcome Steve. I'd love to have been part of your 70s holiday in Scotland. I'm just across the way in Ireland.
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    Glenn Frey 1948-2016 RIP

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    Jack has explained how the poem came about:

    THANKS so much to everyone for your beautiful thoughts, comments and likes, it really helps. Here is how I came to write this lyric about Glenn.I got a package in the mail from Glenn Frey’s wife Cindy. She sent me a present for playing at his memorial... and because she is Cindy.
    It was a few “Glenn Essentials”, things he always had with him wherever he traveled.

    It included his favorite kind of Yellow Pad, like the ones we wrote all our songs on. Also a box of his favorite Palomino Blackwing soft graphite pencils. And there was a candle in a hand made container inside a small box to create instant mood in any hotel.

    I sat down and lit the candle and picked up the pencil and wrote this:

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    . I got tear eyed while reading that. The explanation makes the poem even more beautiful.
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