I’m always suspicious when something begins “There are two kinds of people…”
But here goes anyway.
You might say there are two kinds of people: people who listen to music and say they like music and occasionally go to concerts and listen to the radio as they drive and so on.
And then there are people for whom music means something more, something deeper. It’s part of the texture of their days, their nights. Not just a soundtrack. But more. Much more. More like a lifetrack.
William Boyle is the latter type of person. He wrote this article after hearing the news that Jason Molina (Songs: Ohia, Magnolia Electric Co.) died at the very young age of 39.