#CRACK OPEN A COLD ONE SONG TV#

#CRACK OPEN A COLD ONE SONG TV#

If youвЂ™ve ever heard a song in the background of a film or TV show and the joy or sorrow in it seemed to fit the soundtrack of your life, youвЂ™ve probably been moved by the music of The Weepies. Track two, вЂњTrouble,вЂќ written before the diagnosis, seems spookily foreshadowing: I donвЂ™t need no trouble, but sometimes trouble needs meвЂ¦ The title track conveys the sense of mortal danger in having strayed from lifeвЂ™s center and drifting: Here lie remains of a ship that sailed too close to the storm / Capsized, grounded, washed-up, sounded вЂ¦ Oh, wise women of the sun / Oh, what have you done / Save this frail one left by Poseidon вЂ¦ One notable sleeper, вЂњDoes Not Bear Repeating,вЂќ caught my ear after the more obviously meaningful songs: To not lie down on solid ground / not slink around this timeвЂ¦ The 16-track album careens through the many wide-ranging phases of that embattled year, including uptempo songs like вЂњBrand New Pair of Wings,вЂќ вЂњSunflowerвЂќ and a cover of Tom PettyвЂ™s вЂњLearning to Fly.вЂќ Their newly released CD, Sirens, came out of that year of struggle. Steve asked her what she wanted to do вЂ¦ go to Mexico on the weekends, spend their money вЂ¦ and she said, вЂњStay here, do the chemotherapy, home-school the kids, and write music.вЂќ As 2015 began, Steve was able to report online to their fans and friends that Deb had come through - she was, and is, cancer-free and theyвЂ™re already on their new tour.

He let the world know of DebвЂ™s condition.

Throughout 2014, she battled while her husband, Steve Tannen, the other half of the duo, hovered anxiously and provided support. By New YearвЂ™s Eve, she was on chemotherapy. Stage 4 would have been a death sentence. Just before Christmas 2013, when her youngest of three sons was 17 months old, Deb Talan of The Weepies was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer.

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