Man, first Tom Petty and now Gord. I think Tom was a little tougher for me because it was totally unexpected but this one stings, too.
Last summer a good friend of mine drove out from Calgary to Victoria to pick me up and drive me to the Shuswap. We caught the 9 PM ferry from Victoria to Tsawwassen and then drove all through the night to get to the cabin we were staying at with some other friends for the weekend. We blasted the Hip the entire drive and then continued to play it for the rest of the weekend. "Little Bones" and "Yer Not the Ocean" pretty much became the anthems for that weekend. That was the last weekend I ever saw my friend, as he passed away 3 months later. Ever since then, I often have trouble making it through a Hip song when it comes on the radio but deep down I'm also smiling because of the memories of my friend that the music evokes in me. I feel like I have this permanent link to my friend that I can access at any time just by putting on the Hip. Thank-you so much for that, Gord.
RIP
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