Everyday Creation
Everyday Creation is about purpose, awe and good vibrations. The show's title refers to three types of creation: The ways we express ourselves (for example, with art, music and so many other pursuits fueled by purpose and passion); the parts of life that fill us with awe (birth, death, love, the big picture); and our personal power to create our best possible lives while also making the world a better place. Here, you’ll encounter interviews, essays and some episodes created simply for information and fun. I'm your host Kate Jones, welcoming you to Everyday Creation.
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C.J. Snare of Firehouse Hadn't Found His "Love of a Lifetime" When He Wrote that Song
C.J. Snare, frontman and main songwriter for Firehouse, wrote the hit "Love of a Lifetime" before joining the band. The song was Firehouse's most successful single, reaching number five on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1991.
To watch Snare performing the song with Firehouse, go to YouTube. The comments below the video are a really nice tribute to Snare as well. Here's one of them: "Rest In Peace CJ. Glad that I met you 3 years ago on the 30th anniversary of Firehouse debut album performance. Very cool guy!"
The photo in this episode's thumbnail is of Snare onstage in 2008. Here's the attribution and link to the license: By Kate Patten — originally posted to Flickr as IMG_3444, CC BY-SA 2.0.
In the chapters, you'll see a photo of Snare taken in 2009 by Snarebear with this link: Own work, CC BY 3.0. Both images are available on Wikipedia.
This tribute is one of 41 stories that Sheldon Zoldan, a longtime journalist, wrote and recorded about the music notables who passed away in 2024. He's written tributes for other years as well. You can listen to the ones from 2023 on Everyday Creation. We'll have the 2022 tributes available later this year.
Sheldon also is the creator of Song of the Day, a story that he sends by email to a list of subscribers. To get on his subscriber list, email shzoldan@comcast.net with the subject line ADD ME TO SOTD.
This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to Everyday Creation, available on YouTube and in podcast directories including Apple, Audible, iHeart and Spotify.
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He was the main songwriter for the group.
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He wrote "Love of a Lifetime"
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before he joined Firehouse.
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He said he wrote it after playing a
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solo set at a Holiday Inn lounge.
Kate:
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That's just a bit of Sheldon Zoldan's tribute
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to C.J. Snare, who died in April
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2024.
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For more, here's the rest of the story.
Sheldon:
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C.J. Snare wasn't supposed to die.
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The frontman for the heavy metal hairband
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Firehouse
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was supposed to rejoin the group's summer tour
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after abdominal surgery last fall,
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but he died from cardiac arrest April
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5th. He was 64.
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The Song of the Day is paying tribute
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to the singers, songwriters, and musicians
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who died in 2024.
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Snare was playing with another band when two
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members of White Heat heard him sing. They
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liked his voice and asked him to join
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their band.
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They moved to Charlotte, North Carolina,
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where they recorded during the day and played
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at a local hotel at night.
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They changed their name to Firehouse
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because White Heat was trademarked.
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They were at their most popular in the
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U.S. in the 1990s.
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Their first album, "Firehouse,"
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in 1990
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was a critical and commercial success.
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Album number two wasn't as successful,
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and album number three was even less popular.
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They put out their last album in 2010
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but continued to tour, especially in Asia where
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they remained popular.
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Snare discovered he had stage four prostate cancer
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in 2020.
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The band announced last September that Snare was
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taking a break from touring for abdominal surgery.
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The band announced he'd be returning to the
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tour in the summer of 2024.
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He was the main songwriter for the group.
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He wrote "Love of a Lifetime"
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before he joined Firehouse.
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He said he wrote it after playing a
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solo set at a Holiday Inn lounge.
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He told songfacts.com
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that the song was about unwavering
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devotion
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even though he had yet to find his
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love of a lifetime.
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The song has become a popular first wedding
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dance.
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It became Firehouse's
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most successful single, reaching number five on Billboard's
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Hot 100
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in 1991.
Kate:
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This is Kate Jones. You'll find a lot
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of other tributes on Everyday Creation.
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Please check them out, and thank you for
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listening.
