A Letter From Fred – A short documentary telling a poignant story of life, love and music.

A 96 year old man writes a song for his deceased wife of 75 years and enters it into a contest…

Jacob Colgan: “Earlier this summer Green Shoe launched its Singer-Songwriter Contest. It’s a contest where someone can upload their video on to YouTube and send us the link.

We felt it would be a good way that we could tie into the local community and really get a feel for the music that’s going on around here.

But we didn’t quite expect an entry like Fred’s.

What made Fred’s entry so special to us was – well it’s an on-line singer-songwriter contest where people are supposed to upload their videos, but instead of a video we received a very large manilla envelope entitled “Green Shoe Studio – Singer-Songwriter contest”

It was a letter from a 96 year old man who said “I’ve written a song for my wife…”

Fred and Lorraine met in 1938 and were together for 75 years.

Oh Sweet Lorraine
I wish we could do
The Good Times
All over again
Oh Sweet Lorraine
Life only goes around once
But never again

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Another moving story: The Cab Ride I’ll Never Forget

 

taxi4j“Great moments often catch us unawares….”

I looked in the rearview mirror. Her eyes were glistening.

“I don’t have any family left,” she continued. “The doctor says I don’t have very long….”

I quietly reached over and shut off the meter. “What route would you like me to go?” I asked…

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