I received a call during the week from John's son Matt. I was busy at the time so it didn't really sink in that I would shortly be talking to his father (kind of strange because Matt is older than John when we were together in McLuhan and both 20 years old).
I left my voice message for John a little sheepishly feeling that maybe I would be intruding (you know why don't you leave the past alone or something). That feeling quickly evaporated when I heard John singing excerpts from the McLuhan album on the voice mail he left me. It was a noticeably deeper voice but there was no mistaking the old vocal chcords behind it.
We reminisced for about 1/2 hour that seemed like a minute this morning and agreed that we would be getting together in a couple of weeks. I was happy to hear that John was playing and performing in the Chicago area (guitar and vocals) so that is really exciting.
I thought about the Chicago tune John liked to sing (Make Me Smile) because that is what I have been doing all day today.
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