Beyond

I used to emcee the Susan G Komen Foundation’s drive for the cure in Las Vegas every year. I’d give a little intro speech and then introduce people. The last year I did it, I went to the funeral of a friend who had died from breast cancer. She was 35 with a young family. I don’t think I realized how real cancer is until I saw her in the church laying there. I remember telling my girls that it was not her in that box; she was somewhere else far away. I was driving to work a few months later thinking about what I was going to say in my Komen intro speech and I started thinking about that day. Thanks to A.D.D, the first line of this song came to me and I started to see it. I could feel this Jimmy Stewart, Frank Capra “It’s a Wonderful Life” lasso the moon thing happening. I could see Gene Autry and Roy Rogers there in the church singing side by side. I sang the first lines into my voice mail. I had to wing the speech.

Chris Heers: Lead and Background Vocals
Pat McGrath: Band Leader, Vintage Acoustic
Mike Rojas: Piano, Hammond B3 Organ, Synthesizer
Mike Durham: Guitar
Dow Tomlin Jr: Upright Kay Bass
Wayne Killius: Acoustic Drums, Percussion
Steve Hinson: Steel Guitar