Dark Day In Milo

In the winter of 2003, Rodney Heemstra shot Tom Lyon in an argument over some land, near Milo Iowa. Rodney then hooked up a log chain to Tom's body, dragged him down a gravel road and dumped his body into a cistern on an abandon farm. Several days later Tom's body was found and Mr. Heemstra was arrested, stood trial and was sentenced to life in prison. In a second trial he was convicted of man slaughter instead and was released from prison after serving about five years. This video features "Dark Day in Milo"© a song that I wrote about the story .

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Sweet
• Tater
• TeRonde
• Rodney
• Heemstra
• Tom
• Lyon
• Milo
• Iowa
• Dark
• Day
• In
• murder
• ballad
• harmonica

[mrsweettater]

Thanks Krabbers!  The only thing this song needs is maybe a little ukelele!

[krabbers]

great song

[mrsweettater]

I am honored by the comparison , thank you so much! I love Dylan's song "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol! Some stories just need to become folk songs.

[mrsweettater]

thank you so much Kean!

[synapsecracklepop]

wow, just wow. good job, eh.

Remember when Dylan wrote his ballads about modern events, like "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol?"

This is old school in that same way, I think, in the best folk tradition.

Great song, important message, tragic story, and the video is haunting. It silently asks the question "He died for this?"

5 ^

[keanghiero]

Nice

5*

all the best

Kean