John Lennon

I was watching Monday Night Football 30 years ago when the announcer interrupted the game to announce that John Lennon had been shot and killed. I was 9 at the time (and ill), and we lived in a cheap apartment in East Wichita. I remember feeling sad about it, and not quite understanding why EVERYBODY felt that way also...it was kinda weird.

As a musician I had/have allot of respect for JL musically and poetically, and as an adult I have allot of respect for him as I realize NOW that he truly did the best he could with what he had and knew at the time (without a mother or father regularly in his life), and used his celebrity and fame and iconic recognition to sell love and peace (contrast this with what the vast vast vast majority with even a smidgen of his fame do with THIER recognition...) in an era that truly opposed it.

Like his music or not, gotta give the man his props.


Peace to all-

Matt