My Uncle Andy's Last Song

My Uncle Andy, (Nicholas Anderson Oglesby) was quite a character, in my childhood and in my adult life. He was a hippie musician, and the 'Black Sheep' for a time in our family, so he always seemed to be a mystery and an enigma to me. I loved that he would play music when we would get together for Thanksgiving Beach trips, and his political conversations always got me thinking, realizing that he was WAY smarter than I had allowed myself to think. He was an AMAZING person, very loving, caring, and interesting to boot. Andy playing for us at the beach November 2005

My uncle died a little more than 2 years ago, at the age of 51, and his death really taught me a lot about life. He led a great life, and there was so much more about him that I wanted to know when he died, because I realized there was so much about him that I had missed. He had smoked for years, but quit many years before he got sick... he ended up getting throat and lung cancer, even though he had quit. (If you are a smoker, please stop now... your family will thank you, and you're likely to live longer if you do stop right now. )
Uncle Andy holding my Daughter, Taylor Anne at about a week old Anyway - enough of my rambling - What I'm trying to do here is this: Please check out this great article published today about my Uncle. It was published in the Greensboro Go Triad paper. Uncle Andy wrote (among others) the song (Take me back to) Dillard Street - I'm sure you've never heard of it - but it's a wonderful epic of a folkish song, and I love it. It makes me feel closer to him, and to old Greensboro, when I hear it. His band, The Near Myths recorded it and have released it on their new album "Words to Burn". Check out the article, and if you can spare a moment - check out the song. (this is a link to a titbit on thier site) Here's a link to a music video of the song, put together by Greensboro's Joe Scott.
Thanks - I think you'll like it too.