I'll Be with You Again (Original Song)

I'll Be with You Again is one of my top 10 favorite songs I ever wrote. I wrote it and recorded it on the same day in 1983. Sorry about the tape hiss. I did remaster it, but did not like the way it sounded hiss free.
I used to hang concert posters. I met Kelly Condon, the young girl in the pics on my rout one evening. We became friends. She was crying one night and I asked her why. She said that her brother was killed that day on his motorcycle while driving down the canyon. I told her that the following day I would take her out and do something crazy to get her mind off her sadness. This was during the great floods of 83. I ended up dressing her up in fishing gear and we took these great shots in a flooded church parking lot.

That day I also told her I would write her a song. I asked about her brother, her faith and if she believed in life after death or not. This is the song I came up with. I played it for her and her family a few days later after her brothers service.

A few months later, I entered the last pic in the Kodak photo contest and won for weekly B&W. This photo was the only reason my wife married me. While Kelly was out of town working, my wife and I had a great date tracking down all the onlooker for their written permission to enter the next step of the contest.

I might say that my wife's mom, without having ever met me, told my wife about the photo in the paper. My wife in turn told me after I had called her for the first time. What a great mother-in-law shes has been. Today - 2/5/12, as she is on her death bed, I begin her song titled YOU.

I ended up singing this song at my grandmothers service http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJf7hXMP-Yo and played it in a video at my fathers service. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk5bFfkS2J8 It is the only song my dad ever heard me sing live. To this day, when someone I know dies, I get the guitar out and sing this song.

As a side note, I could have uploaded pics of my grandmother, parents, kids, wife, brother and sisters, and friends, but this is Kelly's song after all. Plus, it was her message to her brother long before it became my message to my family and friends.

Copyright 1983 by BearRon. Enjoy.

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Music

Tags:

• Original Song
• I'll Be With You Again
• Life After Death
• 1983 slc floods
• friend
• Acoustic
• Acoustic Guitar
• Songwriter
• fishing
• kelly condon
• 1982 Salt Lake East High

[bearron]

@1hardblizzard “bearron, i am so impressed. you have created a great thing here. this is a channel of genuine love and caring. you do have a good voice because it says what you are feeling and not just hype. i am so glad ann (wild0goose) recommended you, i will thank her.” Thank You 1hardblizzard for that. Robert

[tinitussi21]

wonderful tune......love the guitar here espacially........thanks, Mr. Bear!

[bearron]

@tinitussi21 Thanks Tine. Just gald to be part of your day. Enjoy the rest.

[MrECLECTICIAN]

Just to pause for a minute and take in the song was a comfort. Well done. You really have a nice collection, glad you are pulling them out for us new listeners.

[bearron]

@MrECLECTICIAN Thanks Jeff. Does this count for walk on water, or in water? haha I have has such a hard time writing something I like. So I walked away from it, and came back today and wrote a whole new tune. I will try to record it soon.

[songblurred]

I think I am going to remember this one for awhile. The story, the song, the picture--all great!

[bearron]

@songblurred Thanks - I have managed to remember it for almost 30 years now. If you remember it for 30 days, I will be happy.

[bearron]

@BloodTrucksandBeer And though the song its over now, it still rings on somehow. Thanks

[BloodTrucksandBeer]

This song is entrenched in a deep melancholy mood. This is the greatest story ever told, here on youtube. The free floating guitar is amazingly well done. Cheers

[bearron]

@bedsitsongbird33 Thank you. That means a lot to me.