People ask me where my lyrics come from, and I’ve always been intentionally vague in the past. I’ve always believed that a song means whatever the listener wants it to mean. That the best ideas aren’t crafted from the ground up, but really do feel like they come out of nothing. So to then impose…
How did this tragedy spur people to do something positive?
HG: The truth is, there are no positive sides of this; there are only less negative ones. We’d all rather have helped Lucinda stay with her kids than to help ease the tragedy afterward, but suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. The positive things that have happened are because of who these kids are and that a strong community has risen and come together to protect their interests, but there’s no doubt that we cannot restore or replace what is lost. We can try to make what comes now better than what came before and we can make sure that these kids know that they are not alone.
Members of Guns N’ Roses, Bad Brains, Ours, and Alberta Cross are just a few of the musicians who will be coming together later this week for a special benefit concert.
Lucinda Gallagher Benefit: Legacies Live On
The online portion of Benefit for Lucinda’s Kids is now open.
Full disclosure: This is not the happiest of stories and has almost nothing to do with me. At the end I will provide a link to donate to an absolutely worthy cause. If you are not interested I won’t hold it against you to move on. Otherwise, please continue.
Of course, if you aren’t in the NYC area or can’t make the shows you can donate through Fundrazr. And if that weren’t enough you can also enter a raffle for some super cool stuff made by super creative people. So far, items include this beautiful quilt by Kaysi Braden of Creative Wanderlust: