Andrew Love, Tenor Saxophonist for the Memphis Horns, dies at 70
Andrew Love, a tenor saxophonist who as half of the Memphis sound died on 12th of April 15, 2012 at his home in Memphis because of complication of Alzheimer’s disease.
Memphis Sound has introduced 83 gold and platinum records with instrumental buoyancy. Love, was tall black guy and his partner, the trumpeter Wayne Jackson was short white guy. They met at Stax Records in the mid 1960s and they became a singular musical force. The Memphis helped form classic records like Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds,” and etc. Also, Memphis Horns received a lifetime achievement Grammy.
One thing that I felt after reading the article was that Love was so blessed because he did something that that he loves till he died and that was music. He started playing the saxophone since he was in ninth grade till 70 years when he died. That is a lot of time and also he was famous and acknowledged by his ability. Even I want to be a musician as a singer. Singing is one of my favorite things to do and I want to improve it. I thought about becoming a singer, and I concluded that it would be really nice because singing is what I like and it can be my profession. It is hard to be famous as a musician as there are so many other talented musicians. Even Love must have practiced and tried to develop his ability in order to achieve his goal. Now, he is one of the excellent musicians that people know and will be remembered. I know I am not good enough, but still I try to improve hoping I will become better so that I might have a chance.
Another thing I learned from this article is I have to be good at and try best for something that I want to do as an occupation. The reason that I felt in this way was everyone wants to be acknowledged in their area of profession and Love was good enough to be acknowledged by Grammy Awards, and working with famous musicians like Elvis Presley. In fact, this applies to everything, I should try my best for the things I want to achieve because if try there are higher possibilities of achieving it and if I do not, it is almost impossible to achieve my goal.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/14/arts/music/andrew-love-saxophonist-with-the-memphis-horns-dies-at-70.html?_r=1&ref=music
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/14/arts/music/andrew-love-saxophonist-with-the-memphis-horns-dies-at-70.html?_r=1&ref=music
I think you should pursue your music passionately and with great determination, even if you can't make it professionally there are so many other ways to pursue what you love with energy and joy. I like it that you picked this article about a cool musician who lived his life for his work. Always the music!
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