There’s a lot to say about it, and I won’t say it. Today I am thinking about the role musicians play in bringing coherence to a community. Music, even vocal music, being an abstract form that people seem to need in order to make sense of their lives, their emotions. Yes, it is abstract but it is experienced so directly, through our bodies, our ears, our dancing feet. It pulls us into harmony with ourselves and with one another.
The status that Bill had was a result of his importance to a community of free thinkers who were trying to move into something new and to create a new world. Bill and Judy’s music helped to knit the community together. And so here we are. Still standing.
The Palm Room–photo taken by a new world at flickr.
