"For some people, they were just ... always there.
And that was Rory."
Aurora "Rory" Marquez was a teenager with stars in her eyes and a book full of songs in her pocket when Graham Dunne approached her in 1968. He wanted to start a rock band and n...
┏━━━━ •❃°•°❀°•°❃• ━━━━┓ chapter fifteen " If I had a day That I could give you, I'd give to you The day just like today If I had a song, That I could sing for you I'd sing a song To make you feel this way " ┗━━━━ •❃°•°❀°•°❃• ━━━━┛
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NOW PLAYING: "SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS" by JOHN DENVER (1971)
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TIMOTHY MAZUR, rock critic:The Black Veil was nominated for Album of the Year for the 17th Annual Grammy Awards in '75, but lost to Stevie Wonder's Fulfillingness' First Finale. The most popular single of the album, "Bloodshed," was up against some heavy contenders for Song of the Year. And though the performance of the track is part of what makes it so memorable, it's not the recording artist who wins the award. It's the songwriter.
And Aurora Marquez wrote that track all on her own.
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RORY HOLDS TWO complimentary tickets to the Grammy Awards in her hand, which shakes so violently the looping cursive text is hardly legible. On the kitchen table is a letter informing her that "Bloodshed" has been nominated for Song of the Year, and, as its songwriter, she is invited to the show.
Camila is there when she opens the thick, heavy envelope addressed to her in an elegant font, distinct from the usual mail she receives, which is paychecks. Nobody writes to her. But today isn't the case. Today is the day Rory's entire world turns on its head.
She hasn't been keeping track of "Bloodshed"'s popularity or that of The Black Veil in general. In fact, she prefers to push it to the furthest corner of her mind and forget about it entirely. She changes the station if it comes on the radio. When she works at the store and it plays on the overhead speakers, she zones out by thinking of her other work. Her eyes have glazed over the images of Sticks 'n' Stones on magazine covers and posters.
