Gone, But Never Forgotten

Growing up, music was a staple in the Murphy house. While my mother prepped meals for eight people, she either sang along with the melancholic lyrics of Dan Fogelberg, or danced to the uplifting tunes of John Denver. If you traveled to the second floor, Nina and Joanna were most likely jamming out to U2 or The Police and if Ted wasn’t joining his two older sisters, he was probably in his room, sulking about some girl he had a crush on, while blasting Echo and the Bunnymen and New Order. Then, a little further down the hall, with the help of bands like The Cure and The Smiths, Sarah spent hours scribbling down beautiful poetry. Finally, at the other end of the house, Courtney and I usually had our own radio battles. The screeching voice of Bon Scott and the hard guitar riffs of Jimmy Page usually beat out her pop diva Madonna and the lighthearted tone of James Taylor. All of this was going on as my father escaped to the silence of the basement to write in peace

Music is everything to us. For me, I need it in the car, at the gym; while I take a shower, clean the kitchen, etc. So when Ted and I first began this book we both agreed that music was going play a significant role. We wanted to use songs that were important to us during 1994, but soon realized that we had too many and needed to cut some from the manuscript. It was not an easy task considering how much we adored the songs we had chosen.

We have explained that this book is a dedication to friends of ours who have died young. Many of the songs are dedications to artists who have died young too. Here are two we needed to keep in TRW. Enjoy.





-Seton