![]() ![]() ![]() Songs I love.Ī pleasant reminder that after the pain is gone, there’s always the music. I’m not afraid of these songs anymore and the memories of him they send me colliding into. “The boot the roots the radical” and “this time is not exclusive we want to stop a war.” When you know - when you can trust - that something’s ahead of you, it’s harder to be afraid. Who lives up there? What do you think they are doing? Dreaming? Lights twinkle spotty on the mountain side, mimicking the blanket of stars they’re so close to being part of. I looked out toward the skyline high above to see a hymnal of homes dotting the mountaintop. At our rental this weekend, I stood on the balcony one evening when the air smelled cold but felt soft. Morgantown’s mountains beaming from on high. Chicago high rises scraping the sky, like a penny on a lotto ticket. I feel better in places that live vertically. In a field of nothingness, horizons on all sides, how do you protect yourself? The mountains were safekeeping. It was jarring, startling even, to be so exposed by the topography. He told me once that his first month in flat Ohio took some mental adjusting. How beautiful it would have been to grow up in the mountains, surrounded by a painting, tucked into trees. There’s enough distance between me and the me who dated him, so my thoughts were happy ones. I thought about him as I traveled through Pennsylvania into West Virginia this weekend. Some Yankees made him feel bad about where he came from. Insecure about his southern upbringing in a liberal Yankee college town, his accent would mysteriously disappear as soon as we hit the Ohio border. Something about their balance - of fire and brimstone, innocence and hunger, optimism to believe in eternal life and pessimism to believe in a father sending his children to hell - that attracts me to them. A preacher’s son - the second I’d pursued a high percentage for only being 20. Rest easy queen of the underground a hero to all women musicians (men, too) you will live on forever ? dated a Virginian once. The world lost a brilliant human yesterday. We will miss you terribly, Thank you for the music, the art, the smiles, the good will, and the inspiration you left behind. Molly Rocket is Sweaty (All The Time) September 13, 2017 Nashville lost one of the greats today, but her inspiration will live on in our hearts and our music #jessizazu #aintafraid /4xaNggkgfB If you are lost in life, be more like #jessizazu. Kristen Chapman Gibbons September 13, 2017 My daughter got to Southern Girl's Rock Camp with because of She was always pulling people in. Jack White’s Third Man Records also shared their condolences, tweeting: “We will miss you terribly, Thank you for the music, the art, the smiles, the good will, and the inspiration you left behind.” See those and more tributes below. Nashville musician Molly Rocket shared a note about Zazu, captioning her post: “Nashville lost one of the greats today, but her inspiration will live on in our hearts and our music.” One woman recalled how Zazu had affected her daughter, writing: “My daughter got to Southern Girl’s Rock Camp with because of She was always pulling people in. If you are lost in life, be more like #jessizazu.” And shout-out to all of you who have supported her until the end.”įriends, fans and musicians have begun paying tribute to the musician online. Shout-out to the dreams we made and the ones left to come. Shout-out to the ridiculous van rides and the fights and to the fact that we never turned our backs on one another over the last decade. Shout-out to all the little triumphs over the last 16 months. Shout-out to the creative dynamo who continued to flourish even against insurmountable odds. “Shout-out to your contagious spirit that inspired all who crossed it. She was in the company of those who cared deeply about her and who she cared deeply about. “She maintained a sense of humor and a commanding presence up until and through her final moments. ![]() “Yesterday I said goodbye to my best friend, long time partner in crime and hero, Jessi Zazu Wariner,” she wrote. Zazu’s former bandmate Linwood Regensburg has issued a statement on her friend’s passing.
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