life is to short........
....wow, here in Columbia, we just lost another friend and musician, Ken Sheppard...fellow musician and owner of Crazy Music.....any musician in Columbia that has been around awhile, has shopped at his store, or has seen him play. He was one of the many musicians who had performed at the Lee Ruth CD Release Party back in December, along with another musician we lost this spring, Jerome Wheeler.....luckily we got both of them recorded at that show......we've also lost Forrest Rose and Don Shipps, both bass players, this spring, too.......
I had bought my first Guild 6 string Acoustic guitar from Ken back in 75. (the dark red one seen in many of the early band pictures).....I have had Ken sit in before when I was playing a duo at a Twilight Festival many years ago, and he was an accomplished guitarist. The Band also played with Ken on a few songs as the finish to the Singer/Songwriter Symposium we played a few years ago.......Jerome I had seen and heard around Columbia many times in various bands of his, even including the Catnip Band .........Forrest I had meet at a gig in which the band Monkey Grip was playing and Forrest was tearing up the up-right bass and had read many of his columns in the Columbia Daily Tribune........Don I had met about 15 years ago, and he use to stop by the station (KOPN) and we'd do an impromptu radio interview......and he use to call whenever they were playing in town (in his band, Don Shipps and the Titanic Blues Band).......this is just sort of a wake up call to everyone.....life is to short, don't put off doing the things you'd want to.....the excuses we sometimes use are pretty lame....and don't forget to say what you want to say to the ones you love......as many times as you can.......cause you never know what tomorrow will bring....also along with the passing of these friends of the band, I saw a DVD of our Come In, Come In cd release party we did 2 or 3 years ago at the Ramada Inn here in Columbia.......yes it had it's imperfections, it was live, but now it's on DVD for eternity...it was a blast to see and hear us from back then. and to see Nikki sing with us.(whats she up to now).....whats great about these shows whether on video or audio, they are now a part of recorded history, and they are a good record of them , compared to now........there were many bands I was in , in the past, that there was no known recorded history, so it fades into a mental rememberance, whether right or wrong, its all I have.....but to actually to be able to hear it again, would be great.......and some of those people have long since passed on........I guess all I'm wanting to say is......dont forget to take the camera, or the tape recorder, or the video camera, because you will be recording a piece of history, not only for you ,but for those around you.....and don't forget to say I love you to those close to you, cause you never know what tomorrow may bring........and hopefully it will be a new day......thanks again to everyone who has touched this band and it's members, in any way at all, whether by a smile, and hand shake, or a nod of the head, or a conversation.......it all has meant something to us, regardless of the size of the action......and thanks for reading, I feel better now............see everyone in September....B.A.
I had bought my first Guild 6 string Acoustic guitar from Ken back in 75. (the dark red one seen in many of the early band pictures).....I have had Ken sit in before when I was playing a duo at a Twilight Festival many years ago, and he was an accomplished guitarist. The Band also played with Ken on a few songs as the finish to the Singer/Songwriter Symposium we played a few years ago.......Jerome I had seen and heard around Columbia many times in various bands of his, even including the Catnip Band .........Forrest I had meet at a gig in which the band Monkey Grip was playing and Forrest was tearing up the up-right bass and had read many of his columns in the Columbia Daily Tribune........Don I had met about 15 years ago, and he use to stop by the station (KOPN) and we'd do an impromptu radio interview......and he use to call whenever they were playing in town (in his band, Don Shipps and the Titanic Blues Band).......this is just sort of a wake up call to everyone.....life is to short, don't put off doing the things you'd want to.....the excuses we sometimes use are pretty lame....and don't forget to say what you want to say to the ones you love......as many times as you can.......cause you never know what tomorrow will bring....also along with the passing of these friends of the band, I saw a DVD of our Come In, Come In cd release party we did 2 or 3 years ago at the Ramada Inn here in Columbia.......yes it had it's imperfections, it was live, but now it's on DVD for eternity...it was a blast to see and hear us from back then. and to see Nikki sing with us.(whats she up to now).....whats great about these shows whether on video or audio, they are now a part of recorded history, and they are a good record of them , compared to now........there were many bands I was in , in the past, that there was no known recorded history, so it fades into a mental rememberance, whether right or wrong, its all I have.....but to actually to be able to hear it again, would be great.......and some of those people have long since passed on........I guess all I'm wanting to say is......dont forget to take the camera, or the tape recorder, or the video camera, because you will be recording a piece of history, not only for you ,but for those around you.....and don't forget to say I love you to those close to you, cause you never know what tomorrow may bring........and hopefully it will be a new day......thanks again to everyone who has touched this band and it's members, in any way at all, whether by a smile, and hand shake, or a nod of the head, or a conversation.......it all has meant something to us, regardless of the size of the action......and thanks for reading, I feel better now............see everyone in September....B.A.
posted by B.A. at 5:10 AM
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I was sorry to hear about the loss of your friends, but they live on in your memory and the memories of others who knew them.
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