April 2015 - Too Old To Die Young - by Daniel Bull
.............Obligations to loved ones and to himself to become the great things he thought he could be. But the disease felled him at every turn and instead of self-made glory, he “stumbles” to the realization that life is journey we often can’t control.
After years trying to control things he couldn’t, and with death ever niggling in the corner of his mind, he has a change of attitude; and in a wonderful turn of phrase he states, “Today I start living, because I’m too old to die young”
From the sadness of the pain, real physical pain, through despondent resignation over all that could have been, to the crucial decision to finally start living, really living each and everyday, it’s an incredible life journey told in 3 minuets and 43 seconds
Performed here by Austin, TX’s own, Kacy Crowley, the song, good on paper, is transported to sublime aural heights. An excellent songwriter herself, she understands and manipulates this song perfectly. From the melancholy beginnings were she matter-of-factly exposes us to pain and resignation, to a slight shift were a glimmer of positive emerges, but still steady-as-she-goes. Another slight positive shift in the bridge to a point where she grabs us by the hand and damn-it, talks us through the transition to the other side. Then she soars. And when Crowley soars, we know it’s not a sad song anymore; it’s a song about living.
Bull wrote this song in Austin, TX and the sound is pure Austin: Power guitars, well controlled with beautiful tone and licks as tasty as Salt Lick ribs. Acoustic guitars and mandolin are sprinkled in. The vocal on top, the mix is well balanced and the genre is difficult to discern. Is it country, is it blues? Singwriter? Rock? It’s Austin.
Kacy’s voice is magnificent here: husky and pure, soaring, rough-and-ready. She is, pound for pound one of the best Singer/Songwriters in Austin. This song is a great primer for anyone interested in Kacy. Her songs are as good as and/or better than this one, and here you get a taste of her range from delicate subtly to pure power. And she’s such a cute little thing. Please check out her links below:
Kacy Crowley Cave CD - http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kacycrowley3
Kacy Crowley Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kacy-Crowley/264849266884617?fref=ts
Kacy Crowley Article/Bio - http://www.hiponline.com/713/kacy-crowley.html
Kacy Crowley AMAZON - http://www.amazon.com/Kacy-Crowley/e/B000AQ37VS/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1427818078&sr=1-1
EPILOGUE
When Daniel Bull wrote ‘Too Old To Die Young’ he didn’t know it but, he was rapidly closing in on death by motorcycle at age 40. However, he’d been cheating death for the previous 20 years. Diagnosed with leukemia at age 19, experts at the Cleveland Clinic gave him 50/50 on a bone marrow transplant and 2 to 5 if he survived that. Over the next 20 years Daniel defied odds, played rock-n-roll, rode his bike and laughed at death.
Not that death didn’t make a valiant effort. Death took him dancing many times, but Daniel always left with someone else. The bone marrow thing had shot his immune system full of holes, so that long periods of relatively good health were punctuated by frantic encounters with life support. He always survived. That was his young life. Then one day he woke up and he was no longer young. So he wrote his father to, sort of, share his revelation, and that letter morphed into this song.
Daniel Bull fought Leukemia and its collateral effects for 20 years. Then on June 13th, 2004 died of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in the hills of Asheville,NC. Of course he died that way; he could live with dying that way.
This song is from the album Purpose; A Tribute To The Songs Of Daniel Bull.
The CD is available FREE to anyone, anywhere, by request. Please make your request on the CONTACT page of this site. Please include an address where to send the CD
Your information WILL NOT be used for any other purpose.
After years trying to control things he couldn’t, and with death ever niggling in the corner of his mind, he has a change of attitude; and in a wonderful turn of phrase he states, “Today I start living, because I’m too old to die young”
From the sadness of the pain, real physical pain, through despondent resignation over all that could have been, to the crucial decision to finally start living, really living each and everyday, it’s an incredible life journey told in 3 minuets and 43 seconds
Performed here by Austin, TX’s own, Kacy Crowley, the song, good on paper, is transported to sublime aural heights. An excellent songwriter herself, she understands and manipulates this song perfectly. From the melancholy beginnings were she matter-of-factly exposes us to pain and resignation, to a slight shift were a glimmer of positive emerges, but still steady-as-she-goes. Another slight positive shift in the bridge to a point where she grabs us by the hand and damn-it, talks us through the transition to the other side. Then she soars. And when Crowley soars, we know it’s not a sad song anymore; it’s a song about living.
Bull wrote this song in Austin, TX and the sound is pure Austin: Power guitars, well controlled with beautiful tone and licks as tasty as Salt Lick ribs. Acoustic guitars and mandolin are sprinkled in. The vocal on top, the mix is well balanced and the genre is difficult to discern. Is it country, is it blues? Singwriter? Rock? It’s Austin.
Kacy’s voice is magnificent here: husky and pure, soaring, rough-and-ready. She is, pound for pound one of the best Singer/Songwriters in Austin. This song is a great primer for anyone interested in Kacy. Her songs are as good as and/or better than this one, and here you get a taste of her range from delicate subtly to pure power. And she’s such a cute little thing. Please check out her links below:
Kacy Crowley Cave CD - http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kacycrowley3
Kacy Crowley Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kacy-Crowley/264849266884617?fref=ts
Kacy Crowley Article/Bio - http://www.hiponline.com/713/kacy-crowley.html
Kacy Crowley AMAZON - http://www.amazon.com/Kacy-Crowley/e/B000AQ37VS/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1427818078&sr=1-1
EPILOGUE
When Daniel Bull wrote ‘Too Old To Die Young’ he didn’t know it but, he was rapidly closing in on death by motorcycle at age 40. However, he’d been cheating death for the previous 20 years. Diagnosed with leukemia at age 19, experts at the Cleveland Clinic gave him 50/50 on a bone marrow transplant and 2 to 5 if he survived that. Over the next 20 years Daniel defied odds, played rock-n-roll, rode his bike and laughed at death.
Not that death didn’t make a valiant effort. Death took him dancing many times, but Daniel always left with someone else. The bone marrow thing had shot his immune system full of holes, so that long periods of relatively good health were punctuated by frantic encounters with life support. He always survived. That was his young life. Then one day he woke up and he was no longer young. So he wrote his father to, sort of, share his revelation, and that letter morphed into this song.
Daniel Bull fought Leukemia and its collateral effects for 20 years. Then on June 13th, 2004 died of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in the hills of Asheville,NC. Of course he died that way; he could live with dying that way.
This song is from the album Purpose; A Tribute To The Songs Of Daniel Bull.
The CD is available FREE to anyone, anywhere, by request. Please make your request on the CONTACT page of this site. Please include an address where to send the CD
Your information WILL NOT be used for any other purpose.