THE HOUSE KURT COBAIN BOUGHT IN SEATTLE WHEN HE MADE IT BIG A couple months ago I went down to take this picture of the house that Kurt Cobain bought when he was living in Seattle after he made if famous. I had been there once before just after his death. My younger son wanted to see it, so he and his wife and daughter came over one day when I was living in the University District and went looking for it. I had the address. After a little bit we found it and pulled into a driveway across the street. My son got out of the car and went over to the park. I stayed in the car. It was a sad time for him. He was a huge fan. The house looks a little different then it did then. I think the new owners altered the look a little bit. There is still a trickle of fans that come to the little park next door to the house and pay homage to their rock & roll idol.
At the park there are a couple of park benches. Fans come and carve their initials in the benches and write messages to Kurt. While I was there one of his fans was there. She was a young lady in her late 20's. She had come all the way from Quebec, Cananda to see the park and the house. She had been staying in Seattle for about a week and she came there every day.

I told her about the time that I had met all the members of Nirvana before they became famous. I told her about the conversation I had with Dave Grohl. Both Kurt Cobain and the bass player Chris were present but neither said anything until later. I was under the impression that Dave was the leader of the band because he was the one doing all the the talking. I also got the impression that he was a guitar player for some reason. We were talking about music. He told me that they had recorded an album in California recently, and that if it didn't work out they would have to pay the producer back all the money and time he had invested in recording their music. He also told me that they had gone to Alaska on a tour. This was in the early 1990's and rock and roll was on a wane. Nothing much was happening in the music scene at the time.

Who would have known that I was talking to the group that would be the next big thing in the world of music? I asked them what was the name of their group. Kurt Cobain stepped forward and said in a country twang, "Nirvana". He sounded like a total hick to me. A month later they were world famous. I went right out and bought their album and loved their music at first listen and was a fan ever since. My younger son was also a big fan since he was from the same generation as all the band members. We were both very sad when he took his life behind this house.