Rory Laird | Rehearsal @ Garage 06 Sept 2023 | Don’t Let Me Die […] (Flogging Molly)

Last one from the garage sessions…tomorrow we’ll cut back down to one a day, and soon enough, frequency will decrease again :)

…On September 6th, 2023, I set out to the garage with the Stagg, my chord sheets, and a tall glass of tequila and lime juice. Now that we’re starting to push for real gigs, it felt right that I should start rehearsing the songs that will make up my 2023 setlist…welcome to the garage session!

As we prepared for our first deployment to Iraq, I got a lucky 4 leaf clover tattooed on my forearm. After seeing the damage and destruction caused to the land the cities, the people and my friends, I entered my second tour believing luck had nothing to do with it.

Instead, this second time, I went with a prayer inscribed on my chest: Don’t Let Me Die Still Wondering.

I was a young boy as a soldier, and at that time had not yet come to know the wonderful play that is true, deep love…still I knew in my heart that this was a thing worth living for, and I prayed that I would love long enough to experience it for myself. This song meant a lot to me in those days, and so now it has a permanent place in my heart.