Saturday, August 06, 2005

This day in music history.

August 6, 1973, Three days after releasing one of the greatest albums ever made, (while being driven to a concert) Stevie Wonder was seriously injured when the car he was in crashed into a truck , a large timber fell from the truck onto Wonders car leaving him in a coma for four days. The accident also left him without any sense of smell. (Stevie was born blind) His next LP "Fulfillingness' First Finale" released in 1974, would (for the second straight year) win the Grammy for best album of the year.
Excerpt from "Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away" from the "Fulfillingness' First Finale" LP
" I... can't say that heaven is 10 zillion light years away
But if so let all be pure at heart
Just to walk her righteous streets I pray
Let God's love shine within to save our evil souls
For those who don't believe will never see the light
"Where is my God" - He lives inside of me
And I say it's taken Him so long'
Cause we've got so far to come...
No people, "where is your God?
"Inside please let Him be
And I say it's taken Him so long
'Cause we've got so far to come... "