Posted by mikey burns
on 10/21/2009, 7:30 pm, in reply to "Is it true Nick? Are there really no policemen there?"
Thank you for reminding us all how special Nick was to us...aloha, mikey
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: As most of you know, October 1st marked the first anniversary of Nick's passing.
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: There isn't a day that goes by that I don't listen to Nick. Fifty-two years later I
: still love him so. I walk most every morning with my iPod on and listen to the same
: Kingston Trio songs over and over and never tire of them. So many of them are
: Nick's songs. ONE MORE TOWN, OH MISS MARY, THE GYPSY ROVER, THE WANDERER (my
: favorite) and lots more.
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: There's no disputing it, Nick had a beautiful, clear voice and his harmonies were
: fantastic, but it was his enthusiasm that still gets me. You hear it in so many of
: the recordings like THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE or SARO JANE. I love the little
: nuances that Nick put into songs. For instance, if you listen to IF I HAD A SHIP he
: sighs in the last verse. It's a little thing, but you can't help but believe his
: frustration that he doesn't have a ship and if he did, he would sail away. Walking
: in the early morning and listening to good music you hear all those special ditties
: that makes the Trio so spectacular.
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: When I was a kid, my grandmother use to always ask me to play HOBO'S LULLABY over
: again. Her favorite line was, "When you die and go to heaven, you'll find no
: policemen there." I guess Nick has learned the truth about that line because
: there isn't any doubt in my mind that he's in heaven strutting his stuff.
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: Thanks Nick for still making all my days better by just listening to you.
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: I see Dave Guard just had his 75th birthday. Thanks to you Dave I play the banjo
: and have loved it all my life. I'm sure where ever you and Nick are, John must be
: close by. God bless and keep all three of you well.
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