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R.I.P. Jerry Deighton
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| Brittney S User Info... | WOW! Jerry Jerry is gone?First Jason Brown and now another guy from the old scene. My condolences to Jeremy's friends and family. I will have a drink in his honour tonight! Don't recognize the name" Ricky Jak" (your messgeboard name)- but my heart goes out to you for losing a dear friend. Hope you don't mind me asking- but what happened to Jeremy? Brittney S - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:57pm | ||
| ricky jak User Info... | Hi Brittney & all Just so everyone knows his funeral is set for Tuesday @ 1pm at the Alex Golden Hall,corner of Quadra and Johnson. Reception to follow then weve set up an after party at Urge Studios @ 7:30pm I guess I should have written Jerry took his own life unexpectadly. -ricky long - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:02pm Edited: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:17pm | ||
| Brittney S User Info... | very sad news. I live in Ontario now, so I won't be there for the service or the Wake at Urge.But I'll be there in spirit. PS- Now I know who you are : Randy's big brother! I knew your brother from back in the day! (Fuzzy memories, but good ones all the same.)Take care-Brittney - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:19pm | ||
| Robin User Info... | My heart goes out to you Ricky, I know how close you two were. He spoke of you all the time. I just got off the phone with Jeremy's brother, and he would like to welcome all of Jeremy's friends to the hall (which the location might still change). But he asks respectfully that the Urge gathering is to be Family and close friends only. -Robin MacIsaac - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 1:01pm Edited: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 1:10pm | ||
| Yo Mama User Info... | Slightly off topic, sorry, but is this the Brittney as in Quinn and Brittney ? Jus' wondrin'. - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 5:04pm Edited: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 5:05pm | ||
| kidchikk User Info... | im sorry i cant be there, the man was always good to me in vic and later be came a good friend in ven. i'm shocked and very saddened.condolences to all his friends and family, ricky if you could keep me updated? - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 9:03am | ||
| Brittney S User Info... | Yo Mama- this is Brittney- (see the "Yo mama" thread I started to connect with you . ) That way we can leave this thread for all those who want to share thoughts etc... of Jerrry Deighton. I hope he's in a much better place now. - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:25am | ||
| ML7/Bram User Info... | Another local music scene icon gone. From the early days at Harpo's to not too long ago I must have exchanged a "Hey Jeremy---"Hey Bram" with him at hundreds of shows and party's. He always had a smile on his face and seemed like such a decent guy. My deepest condolences go out to Jeremy's family and close friends. - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 3:03pm | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | I ask again, who was Jeremy Deighton?!? (yep, appears I'm clueless.) - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 3:21pm | ||
| Yo Mama User Info... | Jeremy was a great guy and familiar face at many shows over the years. Some may remember him as the ticket-taker at The Limit all those years, a rocakbilly dude who kept it real. He was a huge music fan of every genre and many consider him to be the first punk rocker in this city back at a time (77-78) when there was no such thing round here. He helped renovate Lucky Bar when it opened, had a love of vintage cars/clothes (his fashion sense was impeccable, but not in a cheesy way) and was loved by many here and Vancouver where he had lived for the last five years while working in the film industry as a carpenter/welder. I remember talking to himin the late '90s when he got a gig driving the tour bus for Blue Rodeo and he seemed stoked because the band shared his love of cowboy culture and vintage cars. I recently heard from Blue Rodeo following Jeremy's death and they were saddened by the loss, and Jim Cuddy still drives a vintage truck Jeremy hooked up for him. He had a wicked sense of humour and smile, much like the recently departed Jay Brown he was an inteegral part of this music scene. There aren't many like him or Jay left. - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 8:57pm Edited: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 9:01pm | ||
| 1988 User Info... | IATSE - The Union Jerry was a member of posted this on their webpage: http://www.iatse.com/document/JeremyDeighton.pdf - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 9:46am | ||
| 1988 User Info... | Myspace Page: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=147911404&blogID=229206577&MyToken=c69d2b79-e8dd-4f87-a16e-f1a139a4ebc7 - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 9:48am Edited: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 9:50am | ||
| Shiny User Info... |  I'm Shiny or Sean Bateman.I've been a friend of Jeremys for over 20 years. He worked with me at my shop The WayBack Garage building hot rods and custom cars since 1995.Him,Ricky Long,Kenny Banner and I cruised around in his 61 Pontiac for years going to gigs everywhere,and cruised around in it to many of the PNW swapmeets too.We also did build Jim Cuddy a 64 Ford truck at the shop too and shipped it off to Toronto for Jim. He was my best friend and also one of my wife and kids best friend too.He will be sorely missed by many.I can't imagine what Jen Browne his commonlaw wife of 4 years is going threw right now.Sweety my heart aches for you.And of course Jebs mom,Tim,Sandy,Karen and Laurie are going threw right now too.My condolenses go out to them and all of his friends. I am so sad hes gone but knowing him as well as I did has made me a better person.He was a class act,and the best looking and always the best dressed mother fucker anywhere. So Jeremy, Weve set up a party for you tomorrow(tues) at 1pm on the corner of Pandora and Quadra.Were gonna all sit around and think about what a great guy you are.A couple of us have been asked to tell stories about you too. Then were gonna take you on one last cruise bro,ending up at Western Speedway where you can go for your last lap. After that were off to the Esquimalt Legion on the corner of Esquimalt and Admirals.Were gonna have some good food and prolly a couple of beers too,yup of course Sleemans Honey Browns one of your favorites.Of course along with the beers and grub were gonna tell some more stories,maybe even a couple of lies too!We'll be listening to a bunch of your favorite tunes too. Then Sparky and the guys wanna have us all down to Urge Studios on Johnson for a rip roaring time with family and friends.This'll be at 7:30pm. Jeb,you meant the world to a big ol'bunch of us and were gonna send you off to a happy place with a good party. So you go on now and drink some free beers,cruise on with free gas and watch some good ol'dudes play some awesome music.Oh and scam a couple of betties for us too,you will all be the king of that. See you one day brother, -Shiny,Colleen,Blaze and Ember Bateman And all your family and friends. xoxoxoxoxoxoxo - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 2:05pm | ||
| Laprider User Info... | Thanks Mike! Tuesday, February 20, 2007 A close-knit group of friends, artists and musicians are mourning the loss of Jeremy Deighton, a colourful Victoria native who died unexpectedly Feb. 11 at his home in Vancouver. He was 42. Deighton was a man of many jobs, each of which he infused with his unique character. He chauffeured rock stars to and from concerts, drove a tour bus for acts like Blue Rodeo, and worked security at concerts. Some remember Deighton as the rockabilly-styled gent who took tickets at the Broad Street nightclub formerly known as The Limit. He worked the door with a sly grin that was contagious and a salty tongue that never missed its mark. "He was the type of guy who would always be very giving with his opinion on how your business should be run," said longtime friend Marcus Pollard, a concert promoter who hired Deighton to work his events dating back to the mid-1980s. "He was no shrinking violet when it came to these things." Deighton was also the handyman for many local nightspots, and his skills as a welder and carpenter helped shape the interior of Lucky Bar and The Limit. He was also an accredited film union member who constructed sets here and in Vancouver, where he had lived since 2002. Deighton's sense of style, from the cars he drove to the clothes he wore to the music he liked, was pure vintage. And no matter the job, it always shone through. Lucky Bar manager Liam Lux remembers one of his first meetings with Deighton, whom he had hired to help renovate his Yates Street venue. Lux expected a grizzled workhorse; what he got was Deighton and his velvety pompadour, a legendary coiffure both here and in Vancouver. "He pulls up in this crazy vintage car with a pompadour with a jackhammer in his hand. I said, 'You're the handyman?' All I know is he felt pretty confident walking into Lucky Bar with a jackhammer in his hand." If it needed work, Deighton could always be counted on to fix it. He was not a musician per se -- though he did play bass briefly in local act the Howling Breakdance Grapefruit Society -- but his love of fine craftsmanship applied to instruments as well. Jim Cuddy of Toronto group Blue Rodeo saw first-hand Deighton's attention to detail. Deighton had moved to Toronto in the late '90s to work for Blue Rodeo, and travelled with the band to New Orleans for the recording of its 2000 effort, The Days in Between. "While there, he took it upon himself to painstakingly use a razor to take the top layer of paint off my guitar," Cuddy told the Times Colonist. "It is an original '50s Telecaster that someone painted, and I think it drove him nuts to see this vintage piece of gear not returned to its original state. While we played he would work on it for four hours a day and I can still picture him bent over the guitar, diligently and carefully cleaning it up one millimetre at a time." The local music community owes a considerable debt to Deighton, whose lifelong love of early rock 'n' roll and hot-rod culture paved the way for a generation of non-conformist kids in Victoria. He was punk before it was described as such, Pollard said. "He wasn't one of the first punk rockers -- he was the first." Longtime musician Steve Barrie, who met Deighton in 1978 when they were both students at Oak Bay High School, remembers his friend as a risk-taker who frequently got beaten up for looking different. "He's a scenester from back in the day -- an original. We're talking 1979, 1980, the new wave era. At Oak Bay, back then it was a pretty brave thing. I always remembered him for that. It was taking your life into your hands (dressing weird)." Even when he was making his own clothes, Deighton had impeccable style. His snappy collection of vintage clothing, which he altered at his mother's sewing machine, was truly one of a kind, but it was Deighton's passion and dedication to his friends and that his friends will remember. "He was the world's biggest fan. If he loved your band, you had a friend for life; he would do anything for you," Pollard remembered. "If there was an unsung person in Victoria right there at the very beginning, that would have been Jerry." A public celebration of Deighton's life is being held today at 1 p.m. at Alix Goolden Hall, 907 Pandora Ave. © Times Colonist (Victoria) 2007 - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 4:12pm Edited: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 4:13pm | ||
| s.v. User Info... | Thanks for posting that Steve. Jerry definitely had style! I didn't make it to the service, but my thoughts were with all of you today. Raise a glass for J on behalf of those of us who could not attend. - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 5:16pm Edited: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 5:17pm | ||
| jen User Info... | That was a helluva sendoff for a wonderful man. He would've loved the burnouts.... Thanks everyone who worked hard to make that the Wake of all Wakes, and the best funeral procession ever.... Shiny, Ricky, Tim, Marcus, et al. I'll miss him more than I can say. Spouse for 4 years, friend for 13. One of the first people I met when I lived in Victoria in the early 90's.... He was the coolest guy in town and I always had the hots for him. - Jen Browne - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 3:39pm | ||
| simone User Info... |  He was always a larger than life character who set the pace for us all. As a teen I idolized him and as an adult I was glad we had remaind friends all these years. As this slowly sinks in I realize how much of my life has included memorable moments with Jeremy and how much I'm going to miss knowing he will be out there ready to share a beer and talk. 1986 at Bernie's place. - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 1:27pm | ||
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