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CHRIS CORNELL RE-RELEASES “I PROMISE IT’S NOT GOODBYE” FOR SANDY HOOK

By: 11 January 2013 2 Comments

From ChrisCornell.com:

A few years ago, Texan fan Rory de la Rosa lost his six-year-old daughter Ainslee to cancer. Shortly afterwards, he himself was diagnosed with the same illness. But Rory didn’t fall into despair. He wanted “to tell Chris Cornell how much his music impacted his life and of the bond it helped create for him and his daughter,” says Karen, a carer at Rory’s hospice. Chris was touched by the story and wrote back – eventually resulting in a unique creative collaboration. Rory had written a poem about his daughter. Moved by the words, Chris suggested they turn the poem into a song. “It was a pleasure to put it to music and an honor,” he says. Sadly, Rory passed away shortly afterwards, but the proceeds from downloads of the song he wrote with Chris were able to help his family through a terrible time.

Since the recent tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, people have been asking to hear the song again. In response, we have made the song available on chriscornell.com. In return, Chris hopes you will make a donation in memory of the children who lost their lives and do something to help those bereaved by this terrible tragedy.

Donate via any of these sites:

https://newtown.uwwesternct.org/

http://www.newtownyouthandfamilyservices.org/donate.php

http://www.20children.org/

http://demandaplan.org

2 Comments »

  • Calvin McLain said:

    Great cause, and good song. Almost seems more appropriate as a poem, and if CC had done it similar to EV’s “Untitled” in the spoken word it may have taken on a bit more emotional feel. But who knows. Always makes me smile when my favorite artists do things like this. That last story about EV and the letter w/ $600 for the guy to buy a recorder to practice on was another great one.

  • ALICE said:

    PLEASE end gun violence! a rally a concert a call for main stream media to END the terrorists running the streets with ILLEGAL firearms. AN OUT CRY… A RAGE to STOP thugs murderers rapists robbers from harming law abiding tax paying citizens. a song a contribution a march in the streets in every major city where gangsters run rampid scarring lives daily.

    yes i agree. white house, and sell out hollywood hypocrites and so called rock stars… lets go!

    DISARM THE ILLEGALS!

    I think you will cower tho. as un american as it gets. you are fools and liars. sell outs for a money agenda.

    justice finds a way thankfully…

    tyrants!

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