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We lost a lot with the passing of Chris Cornell. To many, he was a mentor, a brilliant writer; an inimitable voice. Until June 30th, this challenge is for the friends and fans to write their stories, poems, tributes: anything about him. We will be putting together a book for the Cornell family, of the posts entered, as well as making copies available for purchase, donating all proceeds to suicide prevention. In partnership with Seattle Refined, the most shared post will be read on air, and posted on seattlerefined.com.

What Chris Meant to Me

It was about 1990,  and I was listening to a nationally syndicated radio show on a daily basis. The "metal"they were playing was getting pretty weak. It really went from Priest, Maiden, Slayer, etc, to Danger Danger, Poison, and Winger. Every hour at the bottom of the hour, they would kick it to the local affiliate for whatever they wanted to play. THAT was when I heard Loud Love for the first time. Honestly, it took awhile to figure out who it even was, and when I did, I HAD TO HAVE IT! I went immediately to Easy Street Records and bought Louder Than Love, and it was ON! Shortly thereafter, a good friend of mine gave me for my birthday in 1991, the Temple of the Dog disc, and at that point I knew it was REALLY ON! Over the next few years, Badmotorfinger, Superunknown, the solos, and Audioslave came out, and I LOVED them all! During these times, I had to endure some of life's hardships. Chris' voice and words got me through them, with a smile on my face. I could always count on him for that.

I have seen Chris perform in all these forms, almost 20 times in my life now. Every time was an exceptional show. Even the 2 times I saw him doing Scream (I love that record... IT'S CHRIS!). In his later years, he would interject his personality into his shows. Those of us from Seattle already knew what a treasure he was, but it was nice to see the rest of the world get to enjoy what our little secret was. He was Seattle's Sunshower!

In the end, it was a devastating blow to lose him. The grief we feel with someone we never even met is incredibly surreal. My wife and I still will shed the random tears while listening to his awesome library of beautiful music. We even got our first tattoos in honor of Chris!

We will ever get him back, but at least we have our memories and the GREAT recordings he left us with. I truly believe our generation will never see (or hear) anyone like Chris.

Rest in peace, Chris Cornell! NO ONE SINGS LIKE YOU ANYMORE!!!

Erick & Kerri Jones

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