Death of a Poet
"......To stop all my singing And never play music again..." from I'd Have to be Crazy by Steven Fromholz Texas Trilogy written and sung by Fromholz captured life in small town Texas better than anything I ever heard or read. The songs were about life in Kopperl, Texas, located on the Brazos river, in the late 1950s. If you have never heard the songs, you are in for a treat. The recordings by Fromholz may be a little hard to find, but Lyle Lovett rerecorded them a few years ago and you can easily find his recordings. Fromholz put on great shows, got to see him perform a couple of times. He would become a Texas Poet Lauret. A few years ago he worked as a river guide on the Rio Grande. He would cook dinner for the travelers and then entertain around the campfire, I am told. Canoeing with him down the river will have to be taken off my bucket list. He died yesterday in a hunting accident. Think I will get out my old turntable and his Texas Trilogy LP and list...