ONE YEAR ON......

Anybody who lives a far distance from there family has a fear of THAT dreaded phone call. It's usually in the middle of the night or very early morning that someone informs you that someone you love and cherish has passed away. A year ago today, I received that phone call. It was from JC, but much to my horror, it wasn't to inform me that either our Mum or Dad had died but it was our younger brother David. He had been killed in a car crash in Co.Mayo Ireland.

To celebrate his life, I thought that I would share with you his musical tastes.

He loved what I would describe as soft rock , so I've put together a few songs that remind me of him.



Marillion was his band. He absolutely loved them when he was in his teens.



Whenever I hear New Sensation, I think of him singing this at the top of his lungs in our shared bedroom with his Sony Walkman.



I don't know if he loved The Cult but I do know this was one of his favourite songs.



This was a complete surprise to me that he liked White Flag. The last time that I saw him was 2 years ago at a cousins wedding and while we were having a beer in the hotel bar,this song came on and he told that for no particular reason he just really liked it.


On my way home from Ireland to Florida, I had a connection flight at JFK. While sitting at the bar waiting for my flight, a particular song came on and all the emotions of the previous week came flooding back. Anybody sitting in that bar must have thought, who is that nutcase drinking a beer and bawling his eyes out.

That said song was this:-

mp3 : Keane - Somewhere Only We Know

So here's to you wee man., David Clark, gone but never forgotten.

SC, Monday 11 July 2011

Note from JC - Big thanks to my surviving wee brother for doing this today.  I'll be at the above memorial today which was erected at the scene of the accident by the many great friends David made during his few years in Westport. There may well be tears......