https://joind.co.uk/why-i-love-funerals/ Writer, digital media producer, learning designer Mon, 27 May 2019 08:38:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://joind.co.uk/why-i-love-funerals/#comment-176 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:58:25 +0000 http://joind.co.uk/?p=769#comment-176 Thank you, Virginia. I like playing for funerals so much more than weddings. At weddings I feel an imperative to be perfect. At funerals I see my mistakes as reminders of the frailty we are all embracing.

]]> https://joind.co.uk/why-i-love-funerals/#comment-175 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:03:49 +0000 http://joind.co.uk/?p=769#comment-175 What a beautiful piece Jo, brought tears to my eyes. So glad you give this very important gift to people at the moment they most need it.

]]> https://joind.co.uk/why-i-love-funerals/#comment-174 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:36:46 +0000 http://joind.co.uk/?p=769#comment-174 Ah! That will be our Leon, you’re talking about. I wish I’d done an improvisation on the bass line of Guide Me Oh now. We shall miss him. x

]]> https://joind.co.uk/why-i-love-funerals/#comment-173 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:50:09 +0000 http://joind.co.uk/?p=769#comment-173 Yes, farewell the the great kite-maker from Barbados, his bass line in “Bread of Heaven”, sharp double-breasted suits and his mischievous Mickey Mouse ties… May he rest in peace, rise in glory, and teach us a little more of what it is to be alive,

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