Buffett succeeded publicly and privately
By Janet Rosequist By now, unless you’ve been living like the Unibomber, you know about the passing of Jimmy Buffett on September 1st. He was 76. The death of the beloved musician and song writer triggered countless heartfelt, even emotional tributes. Among the Granite Staters remembering him was a man from Nashua, who wrote Buffett’s hit Broadway musical, ‘Escape to Magaritaville.” Mike O’Malley was “a kid” when he first saw Buffett perform in Portsmouth. Decades later he would work at […]
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RIP John Prine
BY TOM BRENNAN John Prine would have turned 74 on October 10th. He died of Covid on April 7th in Nashville. Years earlier he had lost a lung. A bout with cancer in 1998 damaged his vocal cords. This put him at the center of the Covid bullseye. None of this prevented him from being a prolific singer-songwriter, almost to the end. He was more than just another guitarist and country-folk singer and lyricist. He sang in a raspy voice […]
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