C.J. Snare of Firehouse Hadn't Found His "Love of a Lifetime" When He Wrote that Song

C.J. Snare, frontman and main songwriter for Firehouse, wrote the hit "Love of a Lifetime" before joining the band. The song was Firehouse's most successful single, reaching number five on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1991.To watch Snare performing the song with Firehouse, go to YouTube. The comments below the video are a really nice tribute to Snare as well. Here's one of them: "Rest In Peace CJ. Glad that I met you 3 years ago on the 30th anniversary of Firehouse debut album performance. Very cool guy!"The photo in this episode's thumbnail is of Snare onstage in 2008. Here's the attribution and link to the license: By Kate Patten — originally posted to Flickr as IMG_3444, CC BY-SA 2.0. In the chapters, you'll see a photo of Snare taken in 2009 by Snarebear with this link: Own work, CC BY 3.0. Both images are available on Wikipedia.This tribute is one of 41 stories that Sheldon Zoldan, a longtime journalist, wrote and recorded about the music notables who passed away in 2024. He's written tributes for other years as well. You can listen to the ones from 2023 on Everyday Creation. Sheldon also created Song of the Day, which was a daily feature delivered to an email list of subscribers. He ended it in early 2026 which, I suppose, means that Song of the Day deserves a tribute of its own. The good thing is that the tributes to music makers live on. Each is a snapshot of the life of one music maker whose work made an impact on the lives of many.Send us Fan MailThis is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to Everyday Creation®, available on YouTube and in podcast directories including Apple, Spotify, iHeart and Audible.