EMPTY GARDEN: THE TRAGIC DEATH OF JOHN LENNON IN SONG

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It was december 8 1980 and i was a ten year old watching monday night football with my father when late in the fourth quarter Howard Cosell broke the news that Icon John Lennon had been shot to death outside his new york city apartment building. i watched my parents react to the news with a horror i had rarely seen. as a child i watched the Beatles cartoons on channel 44 sunday mornings (long before Nickelodeon) my parents had Beatler records that my brother and i would play on the stereo. we would pretend to be musicians and sing ” A Hard Days Night” at the top of our lungs only to be told to be quiet by our mother. i knew who John Lennon was and i understood death a little bit, but what i did not know on that evening that my life was changing forever.

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Saw Carole King in Adelaide – great photos to bring back the memories

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Sorry for the slow updates.. I’m currently working on other projects amongst my photo work. First off the bat is singer/ song writer Carole King. This was a little bit disappointing to shoot as I was restricted to the sound desk on top of the general scene of the night being sub par. But still it was cool to see her do her thang after all these years!

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