Nothing evokes passion and emotion like music, especially music that has been a part of the soundtrack of our lives. These songs that we love from our favorite artists are like snapshots in our family photo album. Each one provides clues to our history, our tragedies, our triumphs and our loves. Music bonds us as a community. And when one of the contributors to our life’s soundtrack dies, we lose a piece of ourselves, a friend who has been “through it all” with us. The heartbreak is shared and the feeling of our own mortality is real. This past year as we have experienced the loss of many in our musical family, I feel strengthened by our shared grief and expression of gratitude. I ask to find comfort together in the music they created for us and remember those times in our lives punctuated in song.
Here’s to a brand new year, brand new music and brand new memories.
Laura Duncan
 David Bowie |
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 Glenn Frey / s_bukley / Shutterstock.com |
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 Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane |
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 Earth, Wind & Fire performing at Bonnaroo 2015 |
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 George Martin with The Beatles |
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 Merle Haggard / Ga Fullner / Shutterstock.com |
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 Florence Henderson / Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com |
Florence Henderson singing the National Anthem courtesy of I.M.S. |
 Joey & Rory Feek / s_bukley / Shutterstock.com |
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 Gene Wilder / s_bukley / Shutterstock.com |
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 Lemmy / yakub88 / Shutterstock.com |
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 Debbie Reynolds & Carrie Fisher / Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com |
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 Prince |
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 Leonard Cohen / Route66 / Shutterstock.com |
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 Leon Russell / Randy Miramontez / Shutterstock.com |
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 Sharon Jones / Sergei Bachlakov / Shutterstock.com |
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 Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
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 George Michael / Slavko Sereda / Shutterstock.com |
WTTS Remembers
Produced by:
Jim Ritter
Jake Kuebler
McKenzie McCarthy
Source content provided by:
Leonard, an Adrienne Clarkson Documentary
The I.M.S. Radio Network
