Originally Posted by Marc Barnette
Drug and substance problems, broken lives, bankruptcies and suicides are rampant in a buisness like entertainment, and it can take a hefty toll.


Yep...I remember back in the 70s the guy who co-wrote "Standing Room Only" (one of Barbara Mandrell's early top tens) committed suicide. It seems he did it a few years after Mandrell did the song.

Mel Street, a pretty good singer of traditional honkytonk went out that way on his birthday. Faron Young, a legend in the Hall of Fame, and Steve Sanders who took William Lee Golden's place in the Oak Ridge Boys, they decided to make their own exit.

Just today I heard an old guitarist who travelled with Amy Grant and worked with Shania Twain and Mutt Lange committed suicide. He had a wife and at least one kid.

Sometimes the pain don't stop.

On the quote, I think you actually were paraphrasing Ted Kennedy speaking at Bobby's funeral. Still a good quote though.