CALVIN RUSSELL, (November 1, 1948 – April 3, 2011)

Beh, la notizia della morte (cancro) di Calvin Russell mi è proprio sfuggita, e di questo, me ne rammarico. Questo texano, venuto (artisticamente) alla luce all'età di 40 anni, con il suo primo album A Crack In Time, non impiegò molto a farsi un giro di ammiratori intorno al globo. Come tanti, ebbe maggior fortuna fuori dalle mura amiche, mietendo consensi soprattutto in Francia. Mi ha tenuto compagnia in particolare col secondo album Sounds From the 4th World e con questa canzone Crossroads, un'inno all'indecisione, che in quegli anni mi marchiò a fuoco. Un loser DOC, di cui sentirò la mancanza. RIP.

I'm standing at the crossroads
There are many roads to take
But I stand here so silently
For fear of a mistake
One road leads to paradise
One road leads to pain
One road leads to freedom
But they all look the same
I've traveled many roads
And not all of them were good
The foolish ones taught more to me
Than the wise ones ever could
One road leads to sacrifice
One road leads to shame
One road leads to freedom
But they all look the same
There were roads I never travelled
There were turns I did not take
There were mysteries that I left unravelled
But leaving you was my only mistake.
So I'm standing at the crossroads
Imprisoned by this doubt
As if by doing nothing
I might find my way out
One road leads to paradise
One road leads to pain
One road leads to freedom
But they all look the same