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Lon Hocker's avatar

My wife and I wrote tunes. She played fiddle, and I played guitar or keyboard. She taught dance too. She passed away almost four years ago and I was destroyed. I recently found a singer, so now there is hope "At Last".

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In case you didn't get the reference: https://spytunes.com/at-last-chords/.

Watch the video, it shows many renditions. The point is, Sasha, no matter how bad things seem to be now, there is hope for the future...

Braltar's avatar

This was a lovely tribute. Thank you very much. Glen covered some of the best Pogues songs too at Shane McGowan’s funeral almost three years ago now. The entire thing is worth watching or listening to; I think he starts around minute 37 or so. https://youtu.be/WE7bZAA07UQ?feature=shared

God rest his soul. The scene in Once where they play When Your Mind’s Made Up is one of the best in all of film.

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What a beautiful tribute Sasha to a great soul!

I grew up listening to musicians Van Morrison, Cat Stevens, two of my favorites. He was very much like them he will be remembered as great humanitarian. RIP Glen you can now join your mentors in another time out of 3D into the 12th dimension🙌🙏😇 Jam on🎸👏✌️

Jimmy Ray Flynn's avatar

A Beautiful Tribute Sasha. I First Learned Of Glen's Death When I Read Your Post On X This Morning. I Was Stunned. And Then I Began Thinking About The First Time I Saw Him.

ONCE, Was A Movie I Pretty Much Knew Nothing About. It Was Playing At The Cinerama Dome So One Afternoon My Wife And I Decided To Check It Out. His Performance During The Opening Credits Knocked Me The F*CK Out. I Was Hooked. My Wife And I LOVED The Movie. So Much That The Following Weekend We Took Our Three Kids To See It. They Enjoyed It, Too.

Buying The Soundtrack; It Was A Joyful Sound Throughout Our House On Many Days.

Needless To Say It Was Played A Lot Today.

God Bless You, Glen Hansard. Thank You For Your Music, Your Passionate Soul. Rest In Peace.

frank's avatar

I had to watch Once as part of my film minor in college in 2016 at the University that every coastal elite thinks is a joke: ASU. I never would have discovered it had it not been for Prof. Philip Taylor, a writer who worked for Paramount and wrote for many TV shows from The Brady Bunch to Highlander to Zorro to Silk Stalkings to Knight Rider to Mork and Mindy. It's an incredible movie. RIP Glen.

Greg Thompson's avatar

Yeah Sasha. This might be the best tribute yet. I mostly lost track of Glen after ONCE I’m sorry to say. I’m making up for that.

Jeff Keener's avatar

Beautiful tribute. Thank you for the links.

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