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My father, Jack, wrote “I Am Proud” thirty years ago in tribute to his father, Grover. It’s the song of a man who has few material possessions for all the years of work he’s done, but lives in satisfaction with his most important achievement, the family he’s helped raise and provide for. A master mechanic and Korea veteran, Grover spent the last fifteen years of his life in a wheelchair, crippled by adult-onset muscular dystrophy, but even as the strength left his hands he worked in his garage, making decorative signs for people’s homes. Grover passed away earlier this year, and my dad asked me to play this song he wrote at his memorial. I was honored to do so, and afterwards I decided to make a recording of it. So here it is…for Grover Anderson, music & lyrics by Jack Anderson, performed by Grover Anderson…”I Am Proud”
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