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"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother": The Story of a Song - The Vinyl Voyage Brother Tattoos, Boys Town, Boys Home, Boarding House, Borrow Money, My Brother, Pretty Cats, Back In The Day, Big Brother

We all have those songs which touch us in certain ways. Music has that ability---to stir emotions, to wrangle memories. We have the tendency to claim songs as our own for what they do within us. For me, no song is more poignant and powerful than “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother.” The song was written by Bobby Scott and Bob Russell, their only collaboration as songwriters. Russell was dying of cancer at the time and his lyrics for this song would be the last he ever wrote. The origin of the…

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