Monday, February 13, 2012
Tragic singers
Two things to be considered. First, there's a physiological disposition toward addiction. Some bodies become addicted to alcohol or drugs more easily than others. Second, there's an emotional condition driving a person to self-medicate. Put those two together & you get an Amy Winehouse & a Whitney Houston. So we ask, "Why didn't family & friends & all those folks who say they loved them intervene?" Well, some of them did intervene, to no avail.
In a previous post I mentioned the sadness of Tony Bennett when he spoke of Amy Winehouse. Yesterday they won a deserved Grammy for their duet recording. He knew it was special. They recorded it together, not long distance. He appreciated Whitney, too. The man knows his singers. But in his long career he's witnessed it time & again, with great musicians & musicians who could have been great. If Tony could wrap those people in the protection of his warmth & wisdom & optimism & experience & save them from themselves, he would do it gladly. At least be knows Amy's session with him was one of the happiest days of her life.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
In a previous post I mentioned the sadness of Tony Bennett when he spoke of Amy Winehouse. Yesterday they won a deserved Grammy for their duet recording. He knew it was special. They recorded it together, not long distance. He appreciated Whitney, too. The man knows his singers. But in his long career he's witnessed it time & again, with great musicians & musicians who could have been great. If Tony could wrap those people in the protection of his warmth & wisdom & optimism & experience & save them from themselves, he would do it gladly. At least be knows Amy's session with him was one of the happiest days of her life.
