Shackeltons Frontman Talks About Flowers, Mom on NPR
Yesterday NPR had a heartwarming piece about longtime friends of Buzzgrinder The Shackeltons. In honor of Mother’s Day, frontman Mark Redding spoke from the heart about how and why he always decorates the stage with fresh cut flowers:
Having flowers at our shows is important to me. My mom has always had her original artwork hanging in our home. I now have it in my apartment. Her aesthetics have been ingrained in my heart. My mom was diagnosed with a mental illness years ago, and we found out that she cannot paint while she is on her medication. So her art is very rare. And in her honor (and that of my father and stepfather), I decorate the stage.
This Mother’s Day is very special for me. For the past five years, my mom (a widow twice) has been fighting ovarian cancer. Each year, she wins the battle with the help of a great doctor, chemo treatments, her great sense of humor, daily lunches she prepares for her two sons and two grandsons during their work break, and the dinner she makes me each night. (I live a block away from her.) Mom has eight kids and 21 grandchildren.
Photo by Alexandra Marvar.
3 Responses to “Shackeltons Frontman Talks About Flowers, Mom on NPR”
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On 05/11/09 11:43 AM, Jay DiNitto said:
This is too soon and too serious for me to snark about it.
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On 05/11/09 5:20 PM, kyle u said:
i bet his mom has a crazy mustache
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On 05/11/09 8:39 PM, George said:
This picture looks like a mewithoutYou show around 2002.
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