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A touching tribute inspired by and dedicated to Rick comes from singer/songwriter Amy Fradon, whose 2000 release Small Town News features the poetic and ethereal "Silver Wings." Amy remembers being introduced to Rick by Happy and Artie Traum in the early 90s. "We did a recording session with Rick and I loved singing with him immediately," Amy recalls. "He was a real 'feel' singer. It was just heavenly singing with him."
When Amy heard of Rick's passing, "I felt devastated," she says. "I had been on the road and I came home and couldn't sleep, thinking about it and thinking about him. I don't know if I'm psychic or if I just have a vivid imagination, but I really had a sense of Rick kind of swirling around everywhere–I could feel his presence very strongly. I was writing in my journal and this poem sort of came through me. I was home, thinking about my little home and how it was so cozy and beautiful, and then there was Rick, and I could either think of him as in the ground, cold, or that maybe he had gone somewhere beautiful, you know? And where was he now? If I'm home, is he home too? So I guess I was thinking spiritually."
The lyrics to "Silver Wings" came easily, but it wasn't yet a song. "The next day, I loved the poem," Amy remembers. "I felt that that was my offering for him, but I couldn't hear the music, so I sat down and said 'Rick, give me the music to this!' and I don't know if it was Rick, but the music came right through as soon as I said that. It felt guided. So that's 'Silver Wings'– snippets of impressions I had about him, feelings I had about him."
— Posted 20th February 2009 by Carol Caffin
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