Singer-songwriter hits a touching note with song about Alzheimer’s

http://www.alzheimers-illinois.org/enewsletter/november2012/singer.asp

Some ideas come to Derek Luttrell slowly, over the course of a month or two. Other ideas leap from the singer-songwriter’s mind to a fully formed piece in seemingly no time at all.
Luttrell’s song “Some Place in the Back of Your Mind” was of the lightning fast variety. The 23-year-old Rockford resident recalls writing the song perched on the edge of his bathtub – where the acoustics in his home are the best.
“My wife [Jenn] worked at a nursing home where this older man would come in and visit his wife with Alzheimer’s,” said Luttrell of the song’s inspiration. “He’d visit every day and talk to her, even though she didn’t know what was going on. He never lost hope.”
That undying devotion influenced lyrics like
‘I’d like to think that our love
Is the kind that won’t get left behind
If not, then I pray that you’ll find me some day
Some place in the back of your mind’
Luttrell, who began playing guitar at 12 and has been writing what he describes as folk or alternative country music for the last six years, recently performed the song at the Rockford Walk to End Alzheimer’s in September.
“It’s amazing how the cause brings a lot of people together,” Luttrell said. “I was super happy to be a part of that.”
For now, Luttrell is busy playing gigs in Rockford and surrounding areas. A native of Minnesota, Luttrell had to leave a band behind when he moved to Illinois, and is very much interested in playing in an ensemble again. But in the meantime, the musician is concentrating on a forthcoming album and an ever-growing repertoire of songs.
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