Karen Taylor-Good and JD Martin - emPOWER's Posipalooza 08'
The emPOWER music and arts yearly awards, posipalooza concert and pajama jams are held in Kansas City up till August 2008 now they'll be in Orlando and perhaps other places in the future (January 2010) but I was in Kansas city enjoying the music and company with my partner Jodi and I had been talking with Jodi about creating a song that revolves around support to caregivers globally through music.
A few months earlier I had sent a note to my good friend Karen Taylor-Good whom I had the utmost admiration for as a musical celebrity in her own right. She had via email offered her assistance and had mentioned that across the street from her home no more than 50 feet was a family that had a child afflicted with autism and she had only met them once.
Well that was all it took to talk to her in Kansas City. Jodi, Karen and I went to get "kansas city bbq" that lunch and sat talking over this bad lunch.. who would have thought. Karen was curious about my life and the children and how we do things. She had good questions but it was Jodi's mention that we had periods of time where we didn't leave. No vacation, no nothing for years and years between my wife and I.
That started the process, when she got back to unity main campus she went to her hotel room and tried to sleep but couldn't and out came the very first verse and chorus. More to come on this fantastic story!
Randy Grossman
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...And what a fantastic story it is! See you in Orlando, Randy! YAY!
ReplyDeleteAnn :-)
Great Story, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWe still have fond memories helping out with the video!
~ Bozic Family