Tina is with me every time I get onstage.
In my world of heroes, I have wanted to meet Tina Turner more than any hero on the planet so hearing she was gone did something visceral to me. The 4-year-old girl within me was crushed…but really, so was the grown ass woman.
This video was filmed the day she died. I had planned to tape a bunch of performance videos with my rad new band at my farm in Vermont - but the whole team knew our original plan was derailed when I burst into tears after seeing the headline that Tina had died. I walked outside, and sat with my inexplicable tears. What was this feeling? It was deep, real, hard…REGRET.
After some deep breaths, I thought of something deeply comforting: ‘Tina Turner has left this world…and now her flame is everywhere. GET UP! GO CATCH HER FIRE!’
I walked back into the barn, and said “change of plans gang!” I pulled up Tina’s version of “Proud Mary” and the band learned it on the spot.
We all felt a strange tingling throughout the filming - something quite surreal. We only had time to do a couple takes - but we could have played her music deep into the night.
While I’d prefer for her to just NOT BE GONE, filming this song the day she died brought some real relief and joy in her absence. Tina is with me every time I get onstage. Every time I take a risk…every time I share my joy…every time I open my heart.
I’ll continue to revel in her fire and her heart for the rest of my life. -Grace