In March 2023, through Kill Kancer, singer Dave Pirner and bassist Jeremy Tappero met with Alex Etheridge , a 13-year-old Phoenix musician suffering from bone cancer , at Flowers Studio in Minneapolis. Flowers was founded by musician Ed Ackerson , who died of pancreatic cancer in 2019; Ackerson’s widow Ashley donated the studio time to Alex. The trio recorded Alex’s song “Home Sweet Home”. The song is about how Alex’s thoughts of returning home helped him deal with being in the hospital. It was largely written by Alex himself, who had worked out the drums parts, lyrics, and main guitar riff before meeting with Soul Asylum. He and the band spent four hours in the studio working on the song, which was later released on SoundCloud . Alex died on July 19, 2023.
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