Rock Gravesites
vedhead011
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I'm going to get a little in depth here. Just last St. Patricks Day (March 17th), I finally picked up Blind Melon--Soup. And until Tuesday, when 'Pearl Jam' came out, I hadn't listened to anything else. I immediately fell in love with Soup, and hailed it one of the best albums I'd ever heard. And I meant it. At the same time, I started to get really upset about Shannon Hoon's early death, the waste of talent, the inability to overcome an addiction. Literally. At times, when I listen to Soup, I feel brokenhearted. OK, on to the point.
I live between Chicago and Milwaukee, and this past weekend we had a wedding to go to in Indianapolis. I knew that Shannon was buried near his hometown, and I knew that we'd be passing it. But I figured since I was with my entire family, plus my sisters fiancee, my wife, and my cousin, and since we were caravanning, I wouldn't ask them to stop.
This afternoon my boss left early, so I've been fooling around on the internet a bit. So I looked up which cemetery Shannon is buried at, thinking that maybe some weekend when there is nothing to do (and if gas prices go down, not likely) I may make the three hour trip to visit his gravesite. and do you know what I found out? I found out that the gas station that we filled up at on the way home is not even a mile away from the cemetery. I was so close. So now I have the empty feeling of regret that I didn't do my research beforehand. I exited at the right place and everything So now I'm upset.
Felt like sharing.
Has anybody visited Shannon's gravesite? Or any other famous person's gravesite? Any stories you'd like to tell?
I live between Chicago and Milwaukee, and this past weekend we had a wedding to go to in Indianapolis. I knew that Shannon was buried near his hometown, and I knew that we'd be passing it. But I figured since I was with my entire family, plus my sisters fiancee, my wife, and my cousin, and since we were caravanning, I wouldn't ask them to stop.
This afternoon my boss left early, so I've been fooling around on the internet a bit. So I looked up which cemetery Shannon is buried at, thinking that maybe some weekend when there is nothing to do (and if gas prices go down, not likely) I may make the three hour trip to visit his gravesite. and do you know what I found out? I found out that the gas station that we filled up at on the way home is not even a mile away from the cemetery. I was so close. So now I have the empty feeling of regret that I didn't do my research beforehand. I exited at the right place and everything So now I'm upset.
Felt like sharing.
Has anybody visited Shannon's gravesite? Or any other famous person's gravesite? Any stories you'd like to tell?
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Eddie: I don't know whose idea it was but it was turned down.
Eddie: I don't know whose idea it was but it was turned down.
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When I was in England I went to Sheffield to visit, among other Def Leppard landmarks in town, the grave of Steve Clark. My friend is a huge fan, so it was his idea to go. We walked all over the place trying to find it, eventually making our way just outside of town. There was a bit more fan-placed stuff there than I thought there'd be.
I also went to Jim Morrison's gravesite in Paris. What is weird is that of the 5 other people that were there, two of them were a couple from Minnesota. It was odd running into someone from here over there.
While he's not dead yet, there is a bench in Syd Barrett's honor in the Cambridge (England) Botanical garden, so I went there for a bit, too. Saw Grantchester Meadows and a couple other Floyd historical landmarks also.
Here is a pic of me, his Mom, & Grandma Vernie from last year's vigil (it's not the best pic of me, but hey, I'm with the women who created the man, no time to be vain.) lol.
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that is a lovley picture!!! how special for you to get to go to one of the vigils.. id love to do that one year but not being in america is a bit of a stretch to achieve.. but its great that people can go and pay their respects, and im sure it helps his family too
Eddie: I don't know whose idea it was but it was turned down.
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I'm glad that you were able to find this fantastic piece of work.
Eddie: I don't know whose idea it was but it was turned down.
I also visited Jim Morrison's gravesite -and that was special because my brother was with me and he is a HUGE doors/Morrison fan. As a matter of fact he introduced me to the band when I was 9, and paved the way for me to get into rock music and not pop (I think I would have had pop tendencies) so it was awesome to experience the gravesite atmosphere together.
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A month ago yesterday I went down to Purdue with my wife to see a fashion show that her sister was one of the designers for. We had plenty of time so we went to visit Shannon's grave. We brought him some flowers and a bottle of lemonade. It was very peaceful and if anyone is ever travelling between Chicago and Indy and is interested, think about stopping. It's just a mile or so off of I-65.
Afterwards I became interested in finding out where in New Orleans Blind Melon's tour bus was parked when Shannon died on board. Weird, morbid, and obsessive? Maybe. But with a tone of respect. While scouring the internet (to this point, no avail) I came upon a book by a man named Greg Prato and entitled A Devil on One Shoulder and an Angel on the Other: The Story of Shannon Hoon and Blind Melon. I immediately ordered it. I reviewed it on amazon. But in summation the book is a series of quotes taken from interviews the author conducted with family, friends, band members, record company people, etc. This book is just fantastic. I finished it in just over 24 hours with breaks to eat, sleep, bathe, be a husband and a dad in between. The perfect format when you have so many people willing to talk about it. It felt like you were spending time with these people telling their memories of Shannon's life and the Blind Melon years. A very strong recommendation for anyone who likes 90's music and flat-out must read status for any Blind Melon fan. And the author responds to email. This paragraph probably should've been its own post or a response to a Blind Melon post. Maybe you'll see it again somewhere.
And a post script, Greg Prato did a similar project entitled Grunge Is Dead that was recently released. It seems to focus on the 90's Seattle scene and boasts a one of a kind interview with Eddie Vedder. I ordered it right after finishing the Blind Melon book, but I haven't opened it yet.
Eddie: I don't know whose idea it was but it was turned down.
I can tell you why this is. The presence is elsewhere. If you stood at the basement flat of 22 Lansdowne Crescent in London, where he died, you'd get freaked out. There are some seriously heavy vibes there to this day.
I stopped by about a year and a half ago. Now that I don't live near there, I'm glad I finally did. It's a nice cemetery overall with a lot of Seattle's pioneers.
Both obviously famous and both buried in completely different manors...
I also chased down Ronald McKernan's grave site
Yep I live on the other side of the world. If any of you are ever in Birkenhead UK (not likely) come and visit Flaybricke