So much could be written about this. But you have his albums. You have your own thoughts. Put on a few songs and think of him.
October 9th is the title of a song by Eleanor McEvoy:"Last Seen October 9th." The song isn't usually in her set list. It's pretty grim. In fact, she usually performs it only on October 9th.
Over a decade ago, I was in the audience, on October 9th, at her show. By way of preface, expecting her song title for an answer, she asked the audience, "Anyone know what day this is?"
From my ringside seat, I answered, "Yes...John Lennon's birthday."
"Is it? Really. I didn't know that..."
My better half nudged me; she didn't think I should've called out anything, but Eleanor literally asked for it. And I thought just saying "October 9th" wasn't enough. Afterward, I had a nice little talk with Eleanor about the song and the "last seen" posters that were all over the bus shelters and walls in New York City after 9/11. And yes, even as late as 10/9, the tattered signs were still around as people still hoped that somehow a lost relative might be found in a hospital suffering from amnesia or something.
The song is about a person gone missing, not someone assassinated, but the effect is the same. The song, in its quiet, sober, somber simplicity, says a lot about life's fragility and the emptiness that goes with loss.
Eleanor will be playing the Clontarf Lawn Tennis Club, Clontarf, Dublin, October 19th.
Her tour of Germany begins in November:
Tuesday 5 November, Kito Altes Packhaus, Bremen
Wednesday 6 November, Leverkusen, Notenschlüssel
Friday 8 November, Nürtingen, Kuckucksei
Saturday 9 November, Studio Zr6, Wiesbaden
Sunday 10, November, Salon Schmitt, Kaiserslautern
Monday 11 November, Folkclub, München
Thursday 14 November, Kammerspiele, Ansbach
Friday 15 November, Rathaushalle, Hassfurt SOLD OUT
Saturday 16 November, Schalandeer Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
Sunday 17 November, Noris Folkclub, Nürnberg
OCTOBER 9th Listen on line, no pop-ups, porn ads or wait time.
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