{"id":4482,"date":"2014-03-14T18:30:52","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T18:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/?p=4482"},"modified":"2014-03-31T00:51:55","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T00:51:55","slug":"paying-tribute-tad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/paying-tribute-tad\/","title":{"rendered":"Paying Tribute With Tad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Miguelitos-Little-Green-Car-7550.jpg\" alt=\"Miguelitos Little Green Car-7550\" width=\"467\" height=\"700\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4483\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Miguelitos-Little-Green-Car-7550.jpg 467w, http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Miguelitos-Little-Green-Car-7550-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paying Tribute With Tad<\/strong><br \/>\nFeaturing Tad Hargrave<br \/>\nFounder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.MarketingforHippies.com\" title=\"Marketing For Hippies website\" target=\"_blank\">MarketingforHippies.com<\/a><br \/>\nMarch 14, 2014<br \/>\nEdmonton, Alberta, Canada<\/p>\n<p>Tad was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta and has a deep and growing love for his home city. On March 11th, 2014, while walking home from downtown across the High Level Bridge, he found Mark Carlson standing on the other side of the rail, ready to jump. He reached out to him. But after five minutes, Mark, tragically, jumped to his death. Mark was a good man, full of love for people who loved to bring his family together. Four days later, Tad was able to join his family and friends at Mark&#8217;s funeral and share a song he&#8217;d written and tell his loved ones the story of what happened that night. In one hand, he is holding Miguelito&#8217;s Little Green Car. In his other, a candle delivered by a friend that Tad will light whenever he is with a friend who is struggling deeply so that Mark can be there to lend the solace he couldn&#8217;t find when he was alive.<\/p>\n<p>Tad wrote a song for Mark.  It&#8217;s called <em>Hold On Tight<\/em> in the mix below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/8tracks.com\/mixes\/3642671\/player_v3_universal\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" style=\"border: 0px none;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here are the lyrics:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Don\u2019t Let Go<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n10:30pm.<br \/>\na Tuesday night before the Spring<br \/>\nMarch 11th.<br \/>\n2014<br \/>\nI saw him there<br \/>\nJust like you see me here<br \/>\nOn the High Level Bridge<br \/>\nNo one else was near<br \/>\nHe was standing on the outside of the bridge\u2019s guard<br \/>\nIt\u2019s where people go sometimes when life is hard<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nHe said, \u201cI\u2019m going to hell for all the things I\u2019ve done\u201d<br \/>\nHis demons had him on the run<br \/>\nAnd they\u2019d driven him to this bridge tonight<br \/>\nParked his truck under the lights<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nI asked, \u201cWhat\u2019s your name?\u201d<br \/>\nHe said, \u201cMy name is Mark.\u201d<br \/>\nI said, \u201cSometimes, we get lost in the dark\u2026 but\u2026\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nDon\u2019t let go<br \/>\nOf the ones you love<br \/>\nHold on tight.<br \/>\nHold on tight.<br \/>\nThe winter\u2019s cold, but the Spring is winning<br \/>\nThe smell of lilac\u2019s soon, a new beginning<br \/>\nHold on tight, just little longer<br \/>\nMaybe tomorrow, you\u2019ll feel stronger.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nYou\u2019re on the wrong side of that fence my friend<br \/>\nThis ain\u2019t how it\u2019s supposed to end.<br \/>\nI know you want to make it work, to make it better, to make it right<br \/>\nJust hang on to your railing against the night.\u201d<br \/>\nThen he let go and I watch him fall<br \/>\nBut I think he wanted me to tell you all.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nDon\u2019t let go<br \/>\nOf the ones you love<br \/>\nHold on tight.<br \/>\nHold on tight.<br \/>\nThe winter\u2019s cold, but the Spring is winning<br \/>\nThe smell of lilac\u2019s soon, a new beginning<br \/>\nHold on tight, just little longer<br \/>\nMaybe tomorrow, you\u2019ll feel stronger.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nI won\u2019t let go<br \/>\nOf that night we met<br \/>\nOf your last words<br \/>\nAnd I won\u2019t forget &#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThat you didn\u2019t want me to see you fall<br \/>\nThat you wanted to say \u2018I\u2019m sorry\u2019 to them all<br \/>\nThat you were a good man trapped by darker skies<br \/>\nI could see it in your eyes<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAnd if they ask me<br \/>\nWhat happened that night<br \/>\nI\u2019ll tell the truth<br \/>\n\u201cA good man lost a fight.\u201d<br \/>\nThe night is dark<br \/>\nBut  now I look at the stars<br \/>\nIn between them all<br \/>\nThat\u2019s where I know you are<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nI\u2019m not here, to tell you why<br \/>\nBut I hope this song can help you cry<br \/>\ni wish it had been someone with some better words<br \/>\nmaybe something he could have heard<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nI tried so hard to save your friend<br \/>\nBut I lost him in the end<br \/>\nNo one should go into that night alone<br \/>\nSomeone should be there until you make it home<br \/>\nThis world is broken through and through<br \/>\nAnd the breaking leaves its scars inside of you<br \/>\nSo\u2026<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nDon\u2019t let go<br \/>\nOf the ones you love<br \/>\nHold on tight.<br \/>\nHold on tight.<br \/>\nThe winter\u2019s cold, but the Spring is winning<br \/>\nThe smell of lilac\u2019s soon, a new beginning<br \/>\nHold on tight, just little longer<br \/>\nMaybe tomorrow, you\u2019ll feel stronger.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>&#8211; Tad Hargrave<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nTad shared this quote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>One of the most beautiful gifts in the world is the gift of encouragement. When someone encourages you, that person helps you over a threshold you might otherwise never have crossed on your own.<strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n-John O&#8217;Donohue, Eternal Echoes: Celtic Reflections on Our Yearning to Belong<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThose who want to be a part of weaving a more beautiful community can follow Tad&#8217;s work at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocalgood.ca\" title=\"The Local Good website\" target=\"_blank\">www.thelocalgood.ca<\/a>.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><strong>Tad performs professional level close up magic.<\/strong><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><strong>He&#8217;s done improv comedy with Rapid Fire Theatre since 1992.<\/strong><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><strong>He founded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.streetcarshows.com\" title=\"StreetCarShows website\" target=\"_blank\">www.streetcarshows.com<\/a> in 1992.<\/strong><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><strong>He&#8217;s interested in the exploration of how white people can reclaim their indigeneity and has written about it at <a href=\"http:\/\/tadhargrave.blogspot.ca\" title=\"Tad Hargrave blog\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tadhargrave.blogspot.ca<\/a>.<\/strong><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><strong>He&#8217;s a &#8220;HUGE&#8221; Doctor Who nerd and founded Edmonton&#8217;s live improvised Doctor Whom show.  See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DoctorWhomYeg\" title=\"Facebook Dr. Whom\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DoctorWhomYeg<\/a>.<\/strong><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featuring Tad Hargrave<br \/>\nFounder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.MarketingforHippies.com\" title=\"Marketing For Hippies website\" target=\"_blank\">MarketingforHippies.com<\/a><br \/>\nMarch 14, 2014<br \/>\n<strong>Click photo for full post<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[45,6,62,246],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4482"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4482"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4530,"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4482\/revisions\/4530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.miguelitoslittlegreencar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}