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R.I.P. Ray Condo
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| parkade double take User Info... | From the Red Cat Records mailing list: To all, This is a late night and somewhat drunken missive so please bear with me... �many of you will be very depressed to find out that earlier today (Thursday), the legendary Ray Condo passed away from a heart attack. I wish I could be more eloquent about this... Ray would have been... �many people have no idea what a giant impact he had upon the Vancouver (and Canadian, and North American) Roots scene. �Since the late 70's, Ray and his bands, The Hard Rock Goners, The Ricochets, and most recently, The Geezers (and probably a half dozen more), have been performing some of the best Western Swing music you could ever wish to hear. �Nobody, but nobody, ever did it better. �He was a consummate musician and songwriter. �You don't get to call to many people "the real deal", but Ray was all of that and much more. �In addition, he was a real gentleman... in the very best sense of the word. �We never really knew what a treasure we had with Ray. �I hope as many of you as possible had a chance to see him perform, because unfortunately, our last chance has passed us by. Ray was supposed to be playing Friday night (April, 16th aka tonight) at The WISE HALL. �The show will probably still go on, regardless. �I don't know what the whole deal will be, but �some kind of celebration of his life would most likely be in order. �For further information, you could call the WISE at 604-254-5858. �Otherwise the address is 1882 Adanac Street. http://www.rockabillyhall.com/RayCondo.html Vaya Con Dios, �Ray... Amy, Andrew & Buddy - Fri, 16 Apr 2004 7:00am | ||
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