Sad News

I thought about not writing about this at all, but it’s a like a giant elephant standing in the room and it’s hard to go on about kid potty stories and such when something horrible has happened. For some reason I’m hesitant to write about the details on a blog.

The world has lost someone I’ve always admired. I was a fan of this person and his music before I even knew anyone in Sacramento. I have to say I was pretty star-struck when I met him. You would have heard his influence in my “bass style” over the years, if I’d have ever practiced. I thought he was genius.

I hadn’t seen him much over the last few years and I feel bad about that. My heart really goes out to his family and our mutual friends. There are a lot of people I wish I could give a hug right now. I will have to wait for the memorial on Sunday.

Dave “S” has posted details of what happened on his site. My headache that started last night is finally gone. It took two advil, laying in bed for an hour, a “vitamin V” and a bunch of chapters of “In Cold Blood” (I couldn’t find my LotR trilogy and just got the Capote book from the library) before I could fall asleep last night.

I hope he’s found peace and is in a better place and I hope he knows how much he is missed.