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up, and we worked the crowds like rock and rollers. We were a hit. My father came to one of our gigs. When he came to the dressing room after, there were tears in his eyes.
“I never knew,” he said.
“Never knew what, Dad?” I asked.
He grabbed me into the first real big hug I remember getting from him and held me tight for a long time. “Never knew the many ways we can be blessed. You’ve been blessed with incredible music, and I’ve been blessed with a musician and a son.”
We’ve been real tight ever since.
Hardy faded away, and even though I caught sight of him the few times I ventured to the track, he pretended not to see me. That was fine with me. Solly Dario financed the cd, the video and the equipment, and the buses and the trucks we needed to tour, but was content to be a silent partner. No one ever knew about our connection. Still, when there were good numbers in the racing form I let him know. I don’t know if he ever made the bets, and I don’t care. What mattered was that I was on my way to becoming the next great bluesman. I settled into the life of writing and playing and chasing my star across the heavens that had opened up for me.
Oh, and what Hardy said about talking in song lyrics? He was right. The first single from my debut album was called “The Next Sure Thing.”
You can make your money in the fields all day,
Or you can make your money in a different way,
But you gotta get up and show your pluck,
Because winners are the ones who make their own kind of luck.
There’s winners and there’s losers, and here’s the thing:
You can waste a lot of time waitin’ on the next sure thing.
RICHARD WAGAMESE is one of Canada’s foremost Native authors and journalists. In a career spanning thirty-two years, he has worked in newspapers, radio, television and publishing, and has won numerous awards for his work. Awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Thompson Rivers University in 2010, he lives outside of Kamloops, British Columbia, with his wife and Molly the Story Dog.
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“I never knew,” he said.
“Never knew what, Dad?” I asked.
He grabbed me into the first real big hug I remember getting from him and held me tight for a long time. “Never knew the many ways we can be blessed. You’ve been blessed with incredible music, and I’ve been blessed with a musician and a son.”
We’ve been real tight ever since.
Hardy faded away, and even though I caught sight of him the few times I ventured to the track, he pretended not to see me. That was fine with me. Solly Dario financed the cd, the video and the equipment, and the buses and the trucks we needed to tour, but was content to be a silent partner. No one ever knew about our connection. Still, when there were good numbers in the racing form I let him know. I don’t know if he ever made the bets, and I don’t care. What mattered was that I was on my way to becoming the next great bluesman. I settled into the life of writing and playing and chasing my star across the heavens that had opened up for me.
Oh, and what Hardy said about talking in song lyrics? He was right. The first single from my debut album was called “The Next Sure Thing.”
You can make your money in the fields all day,
Or you can make your money in a different way,
But you gotta get up and show your pluck,
Because winners are the ones who make their own kind of luck.
There’s winners and there’s losers, and here’s the thing:
You can waste a lot of time waitin’ on the next sure thing.
RICHARD WAGAMESE is one of Canada’s foremost Native authors and journalists. In a career spanning thirty-two years, he has worked in newspapers, radio, television and publishing, and has won numerous awards for his work. Awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Thompson Rivers University in 2010, he lives outside of Kamloops, British Columbia, with his wife and Molly the Story Dog.
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Kim Moritsugu
The Barrio Kings
William Kowalski
The Fall Guy
Barbara Fradkin
Fit to Kill
James Heneghan
Generation Us The Challenge of Global Warming
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Love You to Death
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The Middle Ground
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The Next Sure Thing
Richard Wagamese
One Fine Day You’re Gonna Die
Gail Bowen
Orchestrated Murder
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