Remembering Roy Buchanan, 1939 – 1988
“I walked in a lot of places I never should have been,
but I know that the Messiah, He will come again…”
The Messiah Will Come Again – Roy Buchanan; from the Album: Roy Buchanan, 1972
Roy Buchanan, September 23, 1939 – August 14, 1988
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Remembering Les Paul, 1905 – 2009
“You can’t go to the store and buy a good ear and rhythm…”
“I wanted to create music that was so different that my mother could tell me from everyone else…”
Lester William Polsfuss – known to the world as “Les Paul” – June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009
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Remembering Gerry Garcia, 1942 – 1995
“What a Long Strange Trip it’s Been…”
Truckin’ – Garcia, Weir, Lesh, Hunter; from the Grateful Dead Album: American Beauty, 1970
Gerry Garcia – August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995
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The Lizard King – 12/08/43 – 07/03/71
“Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.”
James Douglas “Jim” Morrison
December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971