Though he's more of a country fan, ND retiree plows field in tribute to Prince

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Gene Hanson, a retiree who lives in Edgeley, N.D., recently created a football field-sized replica of the unpronounceable "love symbol" used by Prince to honor the late pop star. Hanson said he taped a drawing of the symbol to the hood of his tractor and started plowing. Photo by Gene Hanson.

Though he's more of a country fan, ND retiree plows field in tribute to Prince

By Helmut Schmidt on May 2, 2016 at 1:14 p.m.

EDGELEY, N.D. — When Gene Hanson decided to plow some art into one of his fields, he went with a sign o' the times.

The 75-year-old retiree recently plowed a football field-sized version of the unpronounceable symbol the late pop star Prince used to represent himself in a field.



Hanson is an artist with a plow and his fields are his canvas. In the wake of Prince's death, he thought: Let's go crazy.

"I thought to myself, maybe I should try something like that," Hanson said Monday, May 2. "I didn't tell anyone I was going do it, I didn't even tell my wife I was going to do it. But it's been fun."

He used a drawing of Prince's "love symbol" that he pulled from the internet as his guide, he said. ... "I don't have a cab on my tractor. I just have a three-point disk in the back," he said. "I taped that little sign on the hood of the tractor and just went by that." ... Hanson then hopped into his airplane and took a photo of the results, which almost made him delirious.

[jonno99]

1. Not bad, not bad at all...

[zentrum]

2. Very cool.

Everybody loves Prince.

[longship]

3. I've never heard any Prince song in my life.

But I understand what music does for people. So I will gladly R&K this thread.

It is pretty incredible.

[KamaAina]

5. Were you living under a rock during the '80s?!

[longship]

6. Nope. I haven't listened to popular music for decades.

My fave is opera and long hair music, Bach, Mozart, Puccini, Wagner, and Rachmaninoff. (Love Rach music!)

That doesn't mean that I would demean popular music, it just means that I remain ignorant of it. However, music is still music, no matter the genre. I stopped listening to popular music in the 70's, before Prince. That does not mean that I think it is in any way bad -- one exception, Elvis. I am willing to admit that I have a big gap in my cultural education.

My best to you, my friend.


I leave you with the simple advice of a music lover much greater than many.

If the music sounds good, it is good.

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (1899-1974)

[Person 2713]

7. Just like the tractor guy- except with him it's country music, not pop. One doesn't have to listen

to create a tribute and accept a challenge

[Skittles]

8. I guess I am one of the few who really did not care for his music

I did very much like Prince though

[Moostache]

4. K&R for a touching tribute to a great humanitarian and artist. (n/t)

[MrScorpio]

9. Prince wrote country songs too

http://globaltexanchronicles.com/prince-country-music/

So, it's all good.

[2naSalit]

10. That's cool!