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Unfinished Life

by Erik Ian Walker

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This song is dedicated to and composed for my nephew Eliot Walker, who passed away on Friday July 2nd, 2017, after a difficult battle with cancer. This is not a 'eulogy' song, as it was written while he was still with us, when his life was in the middle of the battle. It is about life and death, and not giving up. This recording was made in May and June, as time was winding down.

The last time we visited, I got to play this for him, on piano. He requested that I record it. Though Eliot prefers my solo piano, I wanted this to have a little more drive. Making music is something I can do. It is not any more important than anything else someone might do for a sick friend or family member you love and wish to try to help, or express how you are feeling. If you make someone some soup, or adjust their pillow, or just visit and spend time with them- it is all equal. So, I can make this, it is something I can do, and it was a way of coping with thinking about him every day, but not being there.

As I noted above, this wordless song was created when he was still fighting to stay, and is about the balance between fighting, wanting to give up, depression, pain, and wanting to see another day and to breath and be part of the world's stage.

For Eliot.

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released July 6, 2017
Erik Ian Walker: Piano, Fender Rhodes and synthesizers.
Randy Odell: drums
Bottomfeeder Records BF 26
©2017 Erik Ian Walker, WakoWorld Music Publishing (BMI)

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Erik Ian Walker San Francisco, California

Erik Ian Walker has been combining electronic, acoustic and found sound since the first time he turned on a tape recorder (1970). Sometimes only piano is needed (like on Fire). On others, all of nature and space (Climate).

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