0:00:02.131,0:00:06.317 Earlier this summer Green Shoe Studio launched its singer-songwriter contest 0:00:06.317,0:00:10.367 It's a contest that someone can upload a[br]video on to YouTube and send us the link. 0:00:10.367,0:00:14.704 we thought it was a good way that we[br]could really tie into the local community 0:00:14.704,0:00:17.924 and really get a feel for the music[br]that's going on around here. 0:00:17.924,0:00:21.574 But we didn't quite expect an entry like[br]Fred's. 0:00:49.581,0:00:51.162 How did I meet Lorraine? 0:00:51.162,0:00:56.406 She was a car hop at the A & W root beer stand in this period. 0:00:56.406,0:00:59.312 And she brought the trays to the car and... 0:00:59.312,0:01:04.118 that was in... about 1938. 0:01:04.518,0:01:08.310 We dated for two years. Then we married. 0:01:08.310,0:01:11.858 June 26th have been our 73rd anniversary. 0:01:11.858,0:01:15.293 She gave me 75 years of her life. 0:01:17.443,0:01:18.695 Well, she was... 0:01:19.801,0:01:22.934 just the prettiest girl I ever saw. 0:01:23.933,0:01:27.102 She was real timid like and... 0:01:29.094,0:01:32.978 I just fell in love with her right there. 0:01:35.858,0:01:39.205 What made Fred's entry so special to us 0:01:39.621,0:01:43.139 was, for number one, it's an online[br]singer-songwriter contest. 0:01:43.139,0:01:45.132 People are supposed to upload their videos 0:01:45.132,0:01:48.964 but instead of a video we received a very[br]large manilla envelope 0:01:48.964,0:01:52.433 titled Green Shoe Studio Singer[br]Songwriter contest. 0:01:52.955,0:01:55.581 Well, I was excited to see what it was and[br]open it up and 0:01:55.581,0:02:00.767 lo and behold it was a letter from a 96-year-old[br]man who said "I've written a song for my wife". 0:02:01.011,0:02:04.405 He said on the, you know, in the letter[br]that he was not a musician 0:02:04.405,0:02:07.246 and that said he was not actually a very[br]good singer. 0:02:07.246,0:02:12.044 In fact, on the actual envelope itself it says 0:02:13.074,0:02:17.118 "PS: I don't sing. I would scare people... haha". 0:02:17.118,0:02:20.963 So, it's a letter from this[br]96-year-old man, he sounds like a sweet guy. 0:02:20.963,0:02:23.892 But as I am reading through the letter, 0:02:24.353,0:02:27.254 I begin to realize that his wife has just[br]passed away 0:02:27.422,0:02:30.735 a month earlier. And so 0:02:30.735,0:02:35.593 having known that I started reading through the song[br]and he titled it "Sweet Lorraine" 0:02:35.593,0:02:39.394 and listening to the lyrics and the passion[br]behind the lyrics 0:02:39.394,0:02:43.767 and the letter he sent us it was just so[br]heartwarming. 0:02:44.443,0:02:45.373 Well, 0:02:47.342,0:02:49.481 after she passed away 0:02:49.957,0:02:53.206 I was just sitting in the front room one evening all by myself 0:02:53.206,0:02:56.840 and it just come right to me almost 0:02:56.840,0:02:59.612 and I just kept humming it and singing it and that 0:02:59.612,0:03:03.020 and that's how I come to write it. Just seemed like this just fit her. 0:03:03.696,0:03:06.370 Green Shoe Studio decided to take Fred's lyrics 0:03:06.370,0:03:10.797 and bring them to life. We decided to put[br]it to professional music, 0:03:10.797,0:03:16.579 professionally record it. We wanted to[br]have a professional singer sing on the song. 0:03:16.579,0:03:21.210 You know, our mission here at Green Shoe studio is[br]to change our community one dream at a time. 0:03:21.210,0:03:23.032 and what a better way to do it? 0:03:23.032,0:03:29.590 Well, I saw Jacobs's ad in the paper 0:03:29.590,0:03:32.880 About the contest that he was going to put on[br] 0:03:33.172,0:03:38.790 so I just thought, "Oh shoot, I'll just write a letter and send it all in". 0:03:38.790,0:03:44.861 And, you know, never thinking that I'd get an answer or something but then... 0:03:45.399,0:03:48.455 He called one day and I... I was surprised! 0:03:48.732,0:03:53.116 We decided we're going to do this just[br]by reading a letter without even meeting Fred 0:03:53.141,0:03:56.445 So, I called him up one day and said 0:03:56.445,0:04:01.119 "Fred, we were touched by your story. Now it[br]didn't meet the criteria of our 0:04:01.119,0:04:04.645 singer-songwriter contest but we are going to do[br]something even better for you, 0:04:04.645,0:04:07.548 said we're gonna record your song. We're[br]gonna 0:04:07.548,0:04:11.687 have professionals to do this, we're gonna have a professional take so that, you know, 0:04:11.687,0:04:14.734 it's not just lyrics anymore. It's[br]bringing it to life 0:04:14.734,0:04:18.445 and he goes all that "It's just so great but,[br]you know, how much is that going to cost? 0:04:18.445,0:04:19.686 I don't have money". 0:04:19.686,0:04:23.209 And I said "Fred you misunderstand me.[br]We're going to do all this for free". 0:04:23.224,0:04:26.764 And he began to cry on the phone and[br]say "why would you do this for me?" 0:04:26.764,0:04:30.455 And I said to Fred "It's not... 0:04:30.455,0:04:33.757 It's not that we're doing this for you.[br]We're doing this together 0:04:33.757,0:04:37.253 because music means so much to so many people and 0:04:37.253,0:04:42.975 your song touched us and we feel like[br]this is the best way to do this". 0:04:43.174,0:04:49.519 (singing) Oh, Sweet Lorraine, I wish we could do the good times all over again. 0:04:49.519,0:04:55.536 Oh, Sweet Lorraine, life only goes around once but never again. 0:04:55.536,0:05:01.839 Oh, Sweet Lorraine, I wish we could do the good times all over again. 0:05:01.839,0:05:04.269 The good times all over again. 0:05:04.269,0:05:08.026 But the memories will always linger on. 0:05:08.026,0:05:14.203 Oh, Sweet Lorraine, the memories will always linger on. 0:05:15.017,0:05:16.668 Very Cool! 0:05:16.668,0:05:18.481 I liked that. 0:05:19.895,0:05:23.178 I probably spent more time with his[br]song 0:05:23.178,0:05:25.813 that I have with most other people's songs. 0:05:26.042,0:05:28.777 To be honest, I was a[br]little nervous taking it to him. 0:05:28.777,0:05:32.984 I've been singer and songwriter for years but, 0:05:32.984,0:05:36.372 I must admit, this is the first time in[br]probably 10 years I've actually been nervous 0:05:36.372,0:05:38.866 giving someone a song that we have taken 0:05:38.866,0:05:42.282 because it meant so much[br]to him and meant so much to me. 0:05:44.081,0:05:45.877 I hope you like it. 0:05:46.553,0:05:51.053 And what I said, it's not done yet but I will[br]let you hear it. Ok? 0:05:51.053,0:05:52.214 Tell me when you're ready. 0:05:52.214,0:05:53.722 Yeah, ok 0:06:03.982,0:06:08.042 Oh, Sweet Lorraine... 0:06:08.304,0:06:13.044 I wish we could do all the good times over again. 0:06:13.044,0:06:16.305 Oh, Sweet Lorraine... 0:06:16.305,0:06:21.584 life only goes around once but never again. 0:06:21.584,0:06:24.755 Oh, Sweet Lorraine... 0:06:24.755,0:06:29.987 I wish we could do all the good times over again... 0:06:29.987,0:06:38.392 The good times, the good times, the good times all over again... 0:06:38.392,0:06:49.481 The good times, the good times, the good times all over again... 0:06:49.481,0:06:53.811 But the memories always linger on, 0:06:53.811,0:06:57.773 Oh, Sweet Lorraine, that I don't want to move on 0:06:57.773,0:07:01.942 all the memories always linger on, 0:07:01.942,0:07:08.941 Oh, Sweet Lorraine, that's why I wrote you this song. 0:07:10.034,0:07:14.110 Oh, Sweet Lorraine... 0:07:14.130,0:07:19.018 I wish we could do all the good times over again. 0:07:19.018,0:07:22.057 Oh, Sweet Lorraine... 0:07:22.319,0:07:27.203 Life only goes around once but never again. 0:07:27.203,0:07:30.421 Oh, Sweet Lorraine... 0:07:30.421,0:07:35.878 I wish we could do all the good times over again. 0:07:35.878,0:07:50.217 The good times, the good times, all the good times, all over again... 0:07:53.097,0:07:54.501 Wonderful! 0:07:54.501,0:07:54.909 Good! 0:07:54.909,0:07:55.780 This is wonderful! 0:07:55.780,0:07:59.457 Good. I'm glad you like it. So glad you like it. 0:07:59.457,0:08:01.165 It's wonderful! 0:08:02.590,0:08:05.970 I was a wonderful seventy-five years. 0:08:05.970,0:08:10.705 I just often think that kinda unreal. 0:08:10.705,0:08:13.646 Dream or something but, 0:08:14.152,0:08:20.039 but it was real. That's all I can say... real 0:08:25.495,0:08:28.805 I really, really miss her. Just don't seem right. 0:08:28.805,0:08:31.130 Just like a dream...