![]() Jerry Fish & The Mudbug club delivered one of the singles of the year with Back To Before, a melancholy but beautiful waltz that would be at home in Sinatra’s canon. I kind of do that through music and playing to audiences.” The key is just to try and get yourself happy somehow, whether that’s spiritual or whatever. The world is full of inequality once that’s there, there’ll always be sh*t. Most of us still have shoes on our feet, y’know, and food in our bellies. “I just think, no matter how broken things are and get, we still just carry on,” he says. Yet Jerry Fish is optimistic about the future, something that is borne out in the good-time feeling of the Mudbugs’ music and live shows. It probably will be looked at as the Irish crime of the century, the so-called ‘Celtic Tiger’.” “You would think it’s about the recession but really it was about before that, I thought we were all high on money. Given such lyrical concerns, it’s no surprise that the album was praised by critics as an uplifting response to the recession – even if that’s not what Jerry intended. “I’d come up on deck and there’d be a carnival on and nobody noticed there was a gashing big hole in the boat.” “In the basement, I felt like I was in the bilge of the ship pumping out water,” he adds. The chorus goes ‘everybody know the ship is sinking/there’s a hole in the boat/but still we row’. That’s where songs like Hole In The Boat come from. I hired a basement in Temple Bar for four to six months to write the record. “The album was done commando style, if you will,” he says. In memory of Joseph Szymczak, please visit our floral store.How did the Mudbug Club and Jerry go about making the album? In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Kobacker House, 800 McConnell Dr, Columbus, Ohio 43214 or online. A celebration of life will follow from 5:30 – 8:00 pm at the Simpson Building located at 1291 Conneaut Ave, Bowling Green, Ohio. Grandpa Joe/Pap Pap was lovingly adored by all four grandsons.Ī memorial service will be held Friday, January 24, at 3:30 pm at the old Elmwood High School auditorium (Community Center) located at 7650 Jerry City Rd. Joe is survived by his wife Deborah, sons Joseph (Kate) and Tony (Jen) and grandchildren Jonah, Rowan, Boden, and Izak. Loyal to the end, he would hail Michigan on cue – Go Blue! Joe listened religiously to WTKA to get the latest news on Michigan football for which he was more than a fan: he bled maize and blue. Helping him to meet neighbors were his adored Brittany Spaniels, Gracie and Logan, who walked him twice every day. He also enjoyed playing cards, games, hosting a Wii Bowling League, and chronicling family and his TKB fraternity histories. Joe loved writing for the sports section of the Sentinel Tribune and for several years was their wrestling specialist. As he did at Elmwood, he loved making a difference in the lives of his students, whether helping to improve skills or helping them find direction. He received many accolades including the spirit of Wood County award in Education (1996), inducted into Bowling Green Pee Wee League Hall of Fame (1998), and had the Joe Szymczak Dual Meet Tournament at Elmwood named in his honor.Īfter retiring from Elmwood, Joe also taught at the NWOCC in BG and at the Eagle Learning Center in Oregon, Ohio. He was privileged to receive an outpouring of gratitude, affection and compassion even in his final days from family, friends, former students, wrestlers and many more. If measured by respect, love and accomplishments, Joe was a champion in life. He taught English and physical education and coached football, wrestling, and golf during his 31 years at Elmwood. In addition to his family, Joe’s passions were teaching, coaching and Michigan football. Joe asked Deb to marry him again on January 4 and they renewed their vows on January 5, 2020, at Kobacker House in Columbus, Ohio. Joe spent 46 joyful years with his loving wife, Deb, and created a beautiful family which he adored. ![]() He graduated from Whitmer High School, Wilmington College where he played football, and earned his master’s degree from Bowling Green State University. He was born September 10, 1947, to Rita (Michalski) and Joseph Szymczak in Toledo, Ohio. Joe Szymczak, 72, passed away on January 15, 2020.
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