I took in my annual BoDeans' show this past Friday up in Hartford.
I did not get to speak with the band as usual, but I did pick up the new CD
I can't stop .
There are liner notes I thought the Marquette community would find of interest.
August 19-2014
We watched in horror along with the rest of the world as the news was delivered that American journalist James Foley had been the first American citizen savagely murdered by ISIS.Ten days later (Aug 29, 2014) we received a message from one of Jim's best friends-wanting to plan a show with us to raise funds for a scholarship in Jim's name. It was then that we learned that Jim had graduated from Marquette in 1996-that BoDeans music was the soundtrack of their young lives-we were blown away. This horrific act that touched us so immensely already, now was that much closer to home. Our home-Milwaukee. It's a brotherhood. And, these guys were brothers-deeply committed friends who were desperate to continue Jim's amazing legacy. We were honored to be chosen to perform at the James Foley benefit show at the Vic Theater in Chicago in November to raise money for the James Foley Scholarship Fund at Marquette University-it was a beautiful tribute to an amazing human being. The building was packed full of people who new and loved Jim Foley-we learned so much more about what a remarkable human being he was and we ached for the fact that we never got the chance to know him. Jim Foley was, by all accounts, a brilliant and dedicated journalist whose talent was dwarfed by his selflessness, kindness, decency, and dedication to reaching out and helping people that had no way to help themselves-to shine a light on stories few were willing to tell.
Jim Foley was taken from this world much too soon..he leaves behind a strong example of what we all should strive to be.
www.muconnect.marquette.edu/giving/foley-scholarship
