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| Lou by David Gahr |
This past Monday, friends & family of Lou Reed gathered at the Apollo Theater in Harlem for a private, invite-only memorial service. Jim Fouratt was kind enough to tape it, and its an incredible document.
Jim writes: THIS A IS A LOW RES GOOD AUDIO DOCUMENTATION OF MOST THE PERFORMANCES AT
THE Memorial. Includes Laurie Anderson, Mo Tucker, John Cale, Patti
Smith, Debbie Harry, Paul Simon, Antony, John Zorn, Jenny Muldar, Lenny
Kaye, Mark Ribot, Hal Wilner + others. I made it for myself and
share it with all LOU fans who were not able to attend. Let me put the
memorial into context: In the Buddhist tradition it takes days 49 days
for the spirit to leave the body. It is called "bardo." Like Jewish
Shiva, Irish wakes and different cultural rituals, it is a time for the
living to share stories and simply just sit together to help each
other and most importantly help the spirit be fully freed into into
the Cosmos, December 16 was the fiftieth day and at the Apollo Theater a
celebration of Lou Reed's life and work took place with his friends and
family gathered with his wife the artist Laurie Andersen all saying
goodbye, good speed Lou.
