As Rome Burns

© Bud Brown – 2014 - ASCAP -- ElectroClassics Publishing - ASCAP According to folklore Nero played his fiddle as the empire he so loved went up in flames. Whether he did this or not is only matter of speculation and supposition. Many throughout the ages have depicted him as 'crazily playing at a corrupted old fiddle' but I believe it was not a crazy day like that; but a very sad and emotional day for him as it was for everyone. If he were to play while his empire was falling he would surely play a sad and melancholy tune on the very best violin he could find. So to set the record straight for all time The Buddy Jack Band has gone to great lengths to recreate the scene on that last day as Nero, tears in his eyes and great pain in his heart plays a sad and lonely tune wrought with emotion and distress. This is that very last song of Nero and if you listen at the end you will hear him playing...and you will feel his pain.