In august 2008 my father died. He attained 70 years of age, which was good going, seeing as he was an alcoholic. It was this addiction that finally took its toll on him.
I failed to see him before he passed away. He did his usual disappearing act, before booking himself into hospital. He died only a day later.
He had a very colourful existence, and there are many tales of his adventures, and happenings that surrounded him. He has met a lot of people in his life. Some of those people were and still are pretty well known to many. There are some stories to tell about them too.
I’m will be going over some of those in my future posts.
I can’t say that my father was a saint, because he most certainly wasn’t. He stepped on the wrong side of morality many times, but he nearly always seemed to get away with it. I think his persuasive and infectious personality had a lot to do with it.
I decided to slip in a few of his favourite songs into my Youtube covers. One of his greatest loves in life was music, and he had wide ranging tastes. From the 50’s to the present. I imagine that’s where I got my love for music. The first of his favourites I’ve uploaded to Youtube is one of his all time top songs, “Kingston town” by “UB40″. This one always got him dancing, and dancing is something he liked to do often. Not only on the dance floor, but just about anywhere. This was the song that I used at the end of his funeral. The original version that is.
Check out my cover of it:
I’ve got some stories to tell. I don’t really know where i should start. I think I will not do it in any particular order. He was unorthodox, so it seems right. I think I’ve got to be a bit careful about some of the stories because they cause a bit of fuss. I think the use of the word “Allegedly”, is going to be the order of the day. Lol.
Getting back around to Youtube. The numbers have still been climbing well, even though I’ve been away from it for a while.
I’ve now got 851 subscribers. A healthy increase.
The channel viewings are also doing well at 19,745.
The overall video views are now at 320,952. Still racing forward.
I’m looking at getting a few more of my father’s favourites up next. Then some other requested covers, and a couple of original songs.