David LaFlamme's hands

It's a Beautiful Day musician David LaFlamme was living on the Russian River during the early 1980s, and to make ends meet, he worked at the Flying A gas station next to the River Theater. Yup, he pumped gas into my blue VW Bug—with those delicate violinist's hands worth their weight in gold. His eyes held the edges of the void within their dark depths. All I could do was weep. His hands, his beautiful hands, so like doves.