Kozolek sings about four boxers in the songs of "Ghosts of the Great Highway." The recording is melancholy and meditative and I think it summons recollections of driving great distances and day dreaming on subjects that captivate the songwriter. Pancho Villa like Salvador Sanchez, Benny Paret and Duk Koo Kim died young. All four were dead before they were 25. Paret and Duk Koo Kim died in the ring or shortly after sustaining catastrophic injuries in now legendary bouts. Villa died from a combination of dental surgery anesthetic, ensuing infection following a drinking bout with friends and then fighting despite his condition. Sanchez is the one who did not die due to injury in the ring. Kozolek is singing about courage, loss, memory and the death of warriors. He's a poet and these songs carry meanings the differ depending on the listener.
Kozolek sings about four boxers in the songs of "Ghosts of the Great Highway." The recording is melancholy and meditative and I think it summons recollections of driving great distances and day dreaming on subjects that captivate the songwriter. Pancho Villa like Salvador Sanchez, Benny Paret and Duk Koo Kim died young. All four were dead before they were 25. Paret and Duk Koo Kim died in the ring or shortly after sustaining catastrophic injuries in now legendary bouts. Villa died from a combination of dental surgery anesthetic, ensuing infection following a drinking bout with friends and then fighting despite his condition. Sanchez is the one who did not die due to injury in the ring. Kozolek is singing about courage, loss, memory and the death of warriors. He's a poet and these songs carry meanings the differ depending on the listener.