PRINE: (Singing) And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered.įADEL: That was Angela Simms and her daughter, Dorri Smith, remembering husband and father Bruce Simms of LaGrange, Ga. But we let him do - you know, he loved his music, and that's what he did. His hearing was not all that great because of the chainsaw noises and whatever, so he listened to things at 15 decibels above what the rest of us could stand. And when he moved to Georgia, he did tree harvesting. He grew up in North Miami Beach, and he worked on the Three Mile Bridge down in the Keys and did construction. (SOUNDBITE OF JOHN PRINE SONG, "PARADISE") And, you know, he'd have that in the cassette deck, and that's what we'd be listening to. SMITH: I just have very vivid memories of riding in his old Galaxie 500 two-tone blue monster of a car. JOHN PRINE: (Singing) And, daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River where paradise lay? We would listen to everything from Lou Rawls to Crash Test Dummies.ĭORRI SMITH: The song that really resonates for me that he loved is "Paradise" by John Prine. And when I went to his house, he has over 300 albums. SIMMS: We started dating in January of 1980. MARC BENNO: (Singing) Me and a friend of mine. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ME AND A FRIEND OF MINE") In fact, "Me And A Friend Of Mine" was my ringtone, and so I knew when he called because "Me And A Friend Of Mine" would come on the phone. And Marc Benno's "Me And A Friend Of Mine" was our song. She remembered him with her daughter, Dorri Smith.ĪNGELA SIMMS: Bruce and I were married for 41 years. Angela Simms lost her husband, Bruce, in February. NPR is remembering some of them by listening to the music they loved. More than 1 million people have died in the U.S.
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