Mick Cusimano passed away last weekend, and the first thing I felt was regret.
Among my on-hold Stone Soup history projects, I wanted to reach out to recording artist Tracy Chapman. Why? Because of this written account from Mick on his website on the early days of Fire of Prometheus:
From the Bill Barnum memorial on August 30, 2019 at the First Parish in Brookline, Massachusetts. Bob was Bill's caretaker for nearly a decade and was present for most of Bill's appearances at open mic venues. The video for this eulogy was damaged while being transferred. Luckily the audio was salvaged and accompanies these photos of Bill during the last years of his life, always in the audience, always performing.
From the Bill Barnum memorial on August 30, 2019 at the First Parish in Brookline, Massachusetts.
From the Bill Barnum memorial on August 30, 2019 at the First Parish in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Last month was the anniversary of Bill Barnum's passing. It's not too surprising for him to make an appearance in one of James Van Looy's poems, but it's still a pleasant surprise. Read the latest It's All One Thing from James, up now at Oddball Magazine.
