RIP Chicago Artist Tony Fitzpatrick

Sound Opinions

Society & Culture, Music, Arts

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Tony Fitzpatrick was a Chicago artist, poet, actor, and someone who embodied the spirit of the city itself. Tony died on October 11, 2025, at the age of 66. In this bonus episode, Greg pays tribute to Fitzpatrick with a song from one of the artist's long-time collaborators, Steve Earle.

Celebrate the life of Tony Fitzpatrick on Sunday, November 23rd at Metro Chicago. 3730 N. Clark St

3pm - 6pm. Doors at 2pm.

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0:00.0	I tell you little buddy, this whole island is bewitched.
0:04.0	Just to cast away, island lost a sea, oh.
0:09.0	Now I'm stranded on my own.
0:14.0	Strand far from home.
0:19.0	Come on.
0:20.0	You remember, we were shipwrecked together.
0:26.4	Welcome to this bonus episode of Sound Opinions.
0:29.1	I'm Jim Deerogatis.
0:30.1	That guy over there is Greg Kot.
0:32.1	And if you want to be the first to hear our bonus podcast, become a sound opinions member
0:36.7	on Patreon. Like Mark Isman from New York
0:40.3	City. Thank you for your support, Mark. We really do rely on listeners to keep us going.
0:47.4	We love to add tracks to the Desert Island jukepox. Greg, you know, it must be thousands
0:52.8	deep at this point, but boy,
0:54.6	it almost makes you welcome and yearn for being stranded if I get to live with that jukebox.
1:01.7	You're going to add another track today. Can you give us a little hint? I am. I'm going to pay
1:07.6	tribute to a great Chicagoan who had a lot of connections in the art world, in the music
1:13.1	world.
1:13.6	Oh, yeah.
1:14.6	And I think you know where I'm going to be going.
1:16.6	I do.
1:17.6	This gentleman definitely deserves a tribute.
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