The Song Is Ended...

Chris Cockburn was one of the lucky Americans who grew up in a small town in the Midwest between the end of the Korean War and the assassination of JFK ten years filled with school Initiation football Homecoming dances detention basketball tournaments proms yearbooks class rings class night and graduation. Time marked by family funerals best friends worst enemies late nights first dates first loves going steady break-ups and moving on. A time of hot cars car clubs twenty-five cent gas radios deejays drive-ins hangouts movies hunting swimming roller skating picnics rumbles after-school jobs baseball and comic books. Small triumphs helplessness tragic and comic events all combined to mold a teenagers life a life underscored by the rhythm of rock-n-roll. A time when as the poet said To be young was very heaven.