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~Song for Mother~ (4:19)
The last piece began after the shooting in Ferguson, MO. In following weeks I heard an interview with a woman who was protesting, I remember her saying "We're just trying to keep our sons alive in the streets, don't you understand, why can't people understand". Her voice stayed with me, haunting me as I watched and read about shooting after shooting. Eventually I dreamt a conversation with a mother who has been confronted all of her days with the death of their child. I woke up and sang this song to myself in the middle of the night. At first she is hesitant to say anything, but then can't stop herself, going through grief, confusion, sadness, anger, frustration and finally feeling hopeless, pointless. The faint piano represents the child voice/spirit and the violin is speaking for the mother. Just before recording I spoke to the violinist, Shannon O’Shea, I told her what the song represented and asked her to play a solo with that represents the physical struggle when you're sobbing so hard you can't control your breath.

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~ Song For Mother ~
She said I ain’t gonna go there
You never know what’s in store
You lose a part of yourself
Every time you open the door
Every time you open the door

She said you wouldn’t understand
You haven’t lived the life I lived
They can take whatever they want away from you
Until there’s nothin’ left to give
Until there’s nothin’ left to give

Oh my boy was just a child
When they stole his life from me
It’s more than I can care to bare
Did you watch it on TV?
Oh, Did you watch it on tv?
It’s all that I can think about

Those 30 second clips that feed the churn
It’s all that I can think about
What good can come from this now?
You live but you don’t learn
You live but you don’t learn

And I could tell you a thousand stories
About the way he looked at dawn
Oh what good could come from this now?
My boy he is gone
Oh, my boy he is gone.

credits

from Out in the Cold - 12th ST Singles, released April 28, 2018
~Song For Mother~ (4:19)
Shannon O'Shea - Violin
Chase Horesman- Piano, Pump Organ
John L Keck - Guitar and Vocals

All Songs Written by John L. Keck
Photography by Angie Jennings
Art Direction by Travis Mcelhany
Produced/Engineered/Mixed by Chase Horseman at Element Recording & Mastering Studios
Mastered by Ian Dobyns

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John L keck Kansas City, Missouri

I write from personal experience on the whole, and even when I’m telling a tale, its grounded in something that's happened to me... a sliver of time in the crazy ride that has been my life. Hopefully that comes through honestly .I write about everything, often about love or emotions surrounding relationships, those seem to be the songs that people respond to the most. ... more

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