Well, I guess as we all know by know by know, the world has lost a very special musician and another icon of alternative rock.

So I recorded this song in a tribute to Tylor Hawkins and wrote some very specific lyrics

Alone in that hotel room
You were so far away from home
Away from your wife's loving arms
She couldn't follow where you roamed

A mute on that iconic laughter
It will no longer sound anymore
No longer a choice in the matter
Death was knocking on your door

Drummer for Alanis
Meeting your bro from another mom
Taking William's place behind the kit
Proving the world you were the bomb

A jagged little pill, there's nothing left to lose
Wasting light and one by one
Driving 180 on the sonic highways
Until the final Everlong

Gone too soon, we'll miss you
27 years of rock n roll gone in a flash
Gone too soon, We'll miss you
27 years of Rock N Roll gone in a flash
Gone too soon, we'll miss you
But I guess it was your time to go

Chevy Metal, the Coat tail riders
You played so many stage
All that drumming kept you young
You never looked your age

All those festivals
Meeting your heroes along the way
Singing Freddie's songs with Queen
That was such a memorable day

Gone too soon, we'll miss you
27 years of rock n roll gone in a flash
Gone too soon, We'll miss you
27 years of Rock N Roll gone in a flash
Gone too soon, we'll miss you
But I guess it was your time to go

Say hello to heaven

Gone Too soon (A tribute To Taylor Hawkins)

Last week, we lost the genius that was Henny Vrienten and I had been a lifelong fan of his music.

So in tribute I wrote this song in the style of his band Doe Maar, I initially wanted to write lyrics for it, but it simply didn't come out that way. So I decided instead to make it an instrumental in the style of Doe Maar songs such as "Bella Donna", "Winnetoe" and "De Vrolijke Padvinder"

"Vlindertuin" translates into "Butterfly garden" and I chose that title because of Vrienten mentioning the fact that he loved the butterflies in the garden of his private home in one of the very last interviews he did.

As usual, I played everything myself here.

De Vlindertuin

Wouter Jaegers

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