And there's this. For thousands of years, the death of a person could be remembered and memorialized - but the lives of every individual evanesced into mist. But starting with photography in the 19th century, then audio recording and film and video in the 20th, what people did, how they looked and acted and spoke, could be and often has been preserved by those electronic and digital media. We could all wish for more KT video and audio, but what we do have is a helluva lot more than we have of Stephen Foster or John Phillip Sousa and their peers - and every time I play that first album or HWGA or String Along, I experience anew the pleasure or reveling in the group's genius. That will last, and that is the legacy IMO.
Jim, thanks for posting this video.
I was greatly moved by it.
What can be said about Bob Shane (good and bad) that hasn't already been said.
I wish there was some way to rip that last chapter of Bob's life out of the "book."
It will forever overshadow him.
Very unfortunate.
I blame age more than anything.
Which made it easy for him to be taken advantage of.
What I saw was that Bob had great difficulty dealing with age during the early part of his later years.
This is very understandable, especially for someone like Bob.
I was very lucky in that I got to spend a great deal of time with him while he was still young minded, which might be an understatement.
There were some of the best times I ever had.
Since Bob's final chapter was one that caused me a great deal of concern, it was very difficult for me to think of Bob and not feel a lot of sadness.
This video has brightened my spirits considerably.
I had a nice conversation with Bob's brother the year he was at camp.
Bob once told me that they'd gotten to be pretty close when they'd gotten older.
We needed this. It was nice.
Max
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