Today, Apr 23rd, marks what would be the 50th birthday of Steve, if Steve still alive.
How many 50 years does one has in his or her entire life time ? Once in a life time is the normal, and if one's life is long enough, maybe twice; and 3 times in a life time is pretty rare. Unfortunately, Steve had neither.
19 years on the road, have all the tears dried up ? Have all the pain, grief and suffering been washed away ? Have all the pieces been picked up ?
It is kind of hard to believe that it has been these long since the passing of Steve. That the tragic passing of Steve meaned the lost of a great friend, guitar legend and a kind humble soul; that it's a shame Steve didn't get enough credit in the world of greatest guitar legends in the past and only the good die young; that it is a kind of incompleteness for the band to lose an unparallel bandmate ...
Yet when seen in a positive ground, it is this incompleteness that knocks some senses into us; that allows the rest of us to discover, over time, all the most remarkable and finest music pieces, in addition to the gracious heart of Steve; that inspires us how far we could go in doing our best as a buddy, as a companion, as someone who feels for, thinks and cares about those suffering in pain and in silence, in their life.
In god's grace and blessing, Steve has finally found peace in heaven and realized that his life had been shined with much light and love..
A man with a much larger heart than most of the rest of people, and who had blown his soul into his music creation and riff. We know that Def Leppard love Steve and will always have his legacy to carry on..
Phil Collen has always been keeping Steve in mind and here's the heartiest birthday wish from Phil on his Facebook on 23 Apr 2010 ...
"Me and Helen are heading down to the Palms Studio in Vegas where I'll be playing live guitar that will be broadcast at the 'Prophetik' fashion show in Nashville. It'll be shown at 8:35pm Nashville time. It'll be coming to Nashville via Fender's 'E-Jamming'. If ur in Nashville head out to 8th & Commerce to see it. Happy Birthday Steve!"
This is the song Vivian Campbell, Def Leppard's current guitarist, wrote in dedication to Steve ..
To Be Alive - Studio version : album Euphoria
To Be Alive - Vivian Campbell's acoustic version - Live @ Mint, LA.
... credit to bigdigs26 ... Listen what Viv said : 0:09 - 0:10
Steve Clark Remembered - Watch the heart-wrenching comments quoted from the lepps ..and .. from Lorelei
Remembering Steve Clark (1960-1991)
"White Lightning - On a dead end street
White Lightning - Where the deadbeats meet
White Lightning - It's a one way ride
White Lightning - Oh, there's nowhere to hide
Such a lonely road you ride"
... credit to WhiteLightningSMC
Frank Hannon, Tesla's guitarist, talked about Steve
... mp3 streaming http://www.steveclarkguitar.com/FH_SMC_story.mp3
And this is the song written by Tesla dedicated to Steve ...
Tesla - Song and Emotion
"Then he starts to play
Suddenly the pain slowly fades away
Tattered, torn, and frayed
There's a place within his heart he'll always save
For the song and emotion ...."
"Where are they now?
Where are those people who promised him his dreams?
Where are they now for this lonely creature on the streets,
Broken, humbled by the cold reality?
Life at the top ain't always what it seems"
The solo which represent Steve, The Riffmaster -- composed and played by Steve ...
Steve Clark - Switch 625
The last solo Steve recorded ...
Def Leppard - When Love and Hate Collide - DEMO
And lastly, my humble dedication to Steve, Happy Golden 50th Birthday and keep heaven rocking!
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