Sample line: "Live well and learn to die/Soon in the dust you'll lie/With everything you know." B-side: Bach's Mass in B minor (or at least the first kyrie eleison), because, for a while at least, I found it to be the one compelling argument for the existence of God. A-side: "Temporary," a song I wrote, or rather lifted from some tombstones, mostly. It seems a little self-indulgent, but, if it's for my loved ones to remember me by. This track has a lot of sentimental value. It has a sample of me as a 6-year-old saying, "Hello, I'm Mister Andrew Brown!" from a tape in my Grandma's backyard in 1989 or '90 maybe. One of the first recordings I made as a young teen. It started me on the path of music making that I'm still on today, 10 years later.B-side: "Musical Chairs," Soundfounder This track led me to learn about (and eventually purchase) turntables and my first sampler. I wanted to know how one man could create such a complex composition single-handedly. I first heard this song as a freshman in high school and it completely blew my mind. Andrew Brown (Focus Group, Soundfounder)A-side: "Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)," DJ Shadow Having a wack final testament would be a pretty epic fail as a rapper. Talk about pressure to make a dope track. I know my mom would be the one keeping the record, and although she rarely enjoyed me making her listen to 97.9 the Box when we lived in Houston, she loved when that song came on.ī-side: I would definitely sit down and write a joint especially for the B-side. I feel incredibly weird coming to the realization that K-Ci & JoJo are part of how I'd want to be memorialized. Kara Bowers (aka KB the Boo Bonic)A-side: "Momma's Song," K-Ci & JoJo I picked "My Rough and Rowdy Ways" since I have a tendency to get a little wild sometimes. I've been listening to his music since I was little, so he's a big influence on my music and flat-picking. The title says it all, but the chorus is, "You know it's one kind favor I ask to you: See that my grave's kept clean." I picked Doc Watson because I've seen him play several times I saw him and Merle Watson play the Armadillo when I was a kid. "One Kind Favor" is Lightnin's version of "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" by Blind Lemon Jefferson. I'd also probably revise these song picks 25 times before I died. I'd probably go with "One Kind Favor" by Lightnin' Hopkins and "My Rough and Rowdy Ways" by Doc Watson. The Boss' roadhouse rocker begins cocky enough ( "Well buddy when I die throw my body in the back/And drive me to the junkyard in my Cadillac"), but by the last verse he's not so sure: "Hey little girlie in the blue jeans so tight/Drivin' alone through the Wisconsin night/You're my last love baby you're my last chance/Don't let 'em take me to the Cadillac Ranch." We asked more than three dozen local musicians via e-mail to spin us their potential epitaphs – two songs, topside and flip side – because as my introductory memo posited, "This is for the last Chronicle of 2010 – end of the year, dead of winter." And winter kills, right? Don't let 'em take me to the Cadillac Ranch! – Raoul Hernandez Scott H. Diane, Brian's wife, singled out my favorite, Bruce Springsteen's "Cadillac Ranch," the famed Texan landmark. It led with a URL ( and punch line: "Now the question – what song would it be?" Your cremated remains pressed into vinyl? As homegrown local tenor saxophonist Elias Haslanger comments herein, "Wow, the Internet never fails to amaze." Our tiny pod had a field day with the concept, adopting the 7-inch single format – an A-side and B-side to say so long. Brian Doom, alias of a dear friend's husband, sent out a short e-mail to our intimate music geek cell on August 31, 2010.
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