Hi all.......
In my eigth grade homeroom they used to play announcements over the loudspeaker. I never paid attention, however on the morning of December 9th, they played a song...Let it Be..which of course we all konw is a Paul song...but a Beatles fan I was, having been raised on Rubber Soul and Seargeant Pepper and all that good stuff. When they announced at the end of the song that "John Lennon was shot dead" some part of my childhood shattered. Somehow John was a kindred spirit. I'd heard his voice my whole life. In the following weeks I read more and more about John and he became sort of an obsession. I began to realize just how much I really related to him and connected to who he was. There was just something about him....24 years later he still feels like an old relative...and as a musician, artist and generally creative soul, he really inspired me in my formative years and continues to do so.

I WAS 6 AND WHEN MY MOM AND DAD AND AUNT DEB HEARD THE NEWS WE RAN OVER A FEW BLOCKS FROM WHERE WE LIVED ON AMSTERDAM AND 74TH OVER TO THE DAKOTA.
I WAS YOUNG BUT I REMEMBER EVERYONES TEARS AND THE FEELING OF AN ERA ENDING AND KNOWING I WOULD NEVER GET TO SEE LENNON LIVE FOR MYSELF.THE GOOD DIE YOUNG AND THATS VERY TRUE WHEN IT COMES TO JOHN.
MAY HE REST IN PEACE AND MAY HIS VISION ONEDAY BE REALIZED.
WE LOVE AND MISS U JOHN