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Bayfield band writes song about Dylan Redwine

Dylan Redwine

Local band Carbon Red plans to share a somber song about Dylan Redwine’s death with his mother, Elaine Hatfield Redwine, on Saturday during a July Fourth concert in Bayfield.

The band’s lead singer and Bayfield resident, Michelle Martin, said that when she started writing the song with her husband, they wanted to address an issue that was powerful and that everyone in the community could relate to.

Even though it’s impossible to know what Dylan’s family is going through, Martin said, she did try to imagine the family’s grief.

“Every night I’m dying inside,” she croons in the song.

Dylan was 13 when he disappeared in 2012 while staying with his father in Vallecito. Some of his remains were later found on Middle Mountain.

Martin, a Durango Herald employee, also calls for justice to be served in the song.

Hatfield Redwine left the band a note of appreciation on social media when the song was released last month.

Herald Staff



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