{"id":2038,"date":"2025-04-25T18:34:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T18:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobboydpoems.com\/in-memory-of-the-singer-paul-davis\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T18:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T18:34:07","slug":"in-memory-of-the-singer-paul-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/in-memory-of-the-singer-paul-davis\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memory of the Singer Paul Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looked up Paul Davis today on the Internet.<br>\nSaw he passed away at age 60 in his hometown,<br>\nMeridian, Mississippi, of a heart attack in 2008.<br>\nThough I see death as the awakening of a lifetime<br>\nand look forward to my passing,<br>\nit saddens me that this singer has left us forever.<br>\nIt depresses me to see another rock icon of my<br>\ngeneration is gone, and I will always love<br>\nand never tire of, these two hit songs by him:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nhu3orNqZu4?si=GTBjcWdic_Sp66HN\">I go Crazy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/29Su4UIy7Yc?si=n7wbflsG1WoZKdmS\">Cool Night<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>RIP Paul Davis.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you are singing<br>\ngreat songs in an afterlife heaven.<br>\nAnd though I didn&#8217;t know you,<br>\nit grieves me that you are gone.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Boyd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looked up Paul Davis today on the Internet. Saw he passed away at age 60 in his hometown, Meridian, Mississippi, of a heart attack in 2008. Though I see death as the awakening of a lifetime and look forward to my passing, it saddens me that this singer has left us forever. It depresses me&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/in-memory-of-the-singer-paul-davis\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}