Nearly a month after Jill Sobule died in a tragic house fire, one of her dear friends, Marshall Crenshaw , paid tribute to her with a touching performance.

Crenshaw is a singer-songwriter best known for the 1982 Top 40 hit, “Someday, Someway” and “There She Goes Again.” In the 1990s, he co-wrote the Gin Blossoms ’ “Till I Hear It From You,” a song that reached No. 9 on the Hot 100. He also wrote the title track to Walk Hard , which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song. Crenshaw also portrayed Buddy Holly in 1987's La Bamba .

Considered a great in the new wave and power-pop world, Crenshaw was one of the stars performing at a series of Jill Sobule tribute shows taking place in Northampton and Cambridge, Massachusetts, this past weekend.

“I knew Jill

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