![]() He excused himself for a moment, then returned with a copy of the CD, which he gifted and inscribed to me. The generosity went a bit further he had played a couple of his covers of music by The Doors at the show, and I had spent the afternoon playing The Doors at my office, and had been unaware of his recent release of Doors’ covers. He also gave me an email contact address, telling me to email him whenever he was coming to my area, and he would have a pair of tickets left for me at the box office. When I told him of the year that I’d spent in Montana (his home state) while in AmeriCorps, he wanted to know more about the work that I’d done while there. After the first time I saw him in concert, I waited for a chance to say ‘hi’ and get a CD signed after a while, the few of us that were waiting were invited backstage, where George took the time to speak with each of us individually. It was a lovely thing to put into the world. It’s called “Joy” and it does indeed feel joyful, the sort of joy you feel when you come home and all of your world is there when you open the door. Posted above is my favorite piece of his, from his December album, which is probably my favorite. ![]() But his music makes me happy, and restful, and I expect I will be listening to it the rest of my days. The report on his death in Rolling Stone notes that he had been fighting cancer for the last decade, and also that apparently this fact was well known it was news to me. Winston had a style his own, and no one else quite sounded like him. Winston’s playing was so comforting and reassuring that one felt safe and at home, wherever one was. “Music to fall asleep to” does not usually sound like the category of music one wants to be associated with, but here it is a compliment. We listen to it a lot, as Krissy finds it helpful to fall asleep to. We were, literally, listening to his music last night.
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