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A woman I had never met before handed me a rose at my grandfather's funeral. Later, I heard that she was his girlfriend. I had always known my grandfather in the way I was most comfortable imagining him, and this new information did not quite fit. I talk to Jewel and to my aunt Tami about her relationship with Papa. I recorded the music for the piece in a church in Indiana just before choir practice. The musicians are the ones who played at my grandfather's funeral, and these are two of the songs they played.
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Review of Jimmy & Jewel: A Love (?) Story [long version]
Very personal and surprisingly interesting. Sometimes it's hard to do a story on your family or people close to you, but when it comes out this good, it's all worth it. I could hear this piece on This American Life or maybe a number of smaller shows that deal with medium-length stories like this.