June 28, 2011 | 2:39 PM | By

An Ode to Henry K. Lee

FILED UNDER: Community, Henry K. Lee, the Manna Tease

It’s not every day that a crime reporter is memorialized in song.

Henry K. Lee, the San Francisco Chronicle‘s long-time East Bay Crime reporter, was bestowed with that honor two days ago, when The Manna Tease, a Berkeley-based folk rock duo, posted their five-minute song, “The Ballad of Henry K. Lee,” to Youtube.

In short, this song goes a long way to make up for those reams of police blotter copy that have undoubtedly stolen hours of sleep away from Henry. Enjoy!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MPRHMGV6R4TXJL7OTZPJEN2K7U MeowMixSF

    Great song!

  • Alex

    I worked at the Daily Cal with Henry many a moon ago. He was extremely dedicated to his beat at that time, never going anywhere without his police scanner plugged into his ear. Makes me happy that he’s carved out a good niche for himself.