01.19.07

“I will walk alone by the black muddy river and sing me a song of my own…” Hunter/Garcia

Posted in Uncategorized, babble at 1:11 pm by Deb

What a strange time this is. I have been going through old papers that belonged to Paul and I - band flyers, journals, set lists, notes to each other or our kids, all kinds of random things. I never realized that he saved so much. He has cards the kids made for him or us when they were very young. He has letters he wrote to people and never sent. He was always very good at that. I have to sort in small doses. It gets way too overwhelming. I have put together a binder with most of our band posters sorted chronologically. That was really fun to do. I know there are some missing, but who knows what happened to them. The band, General Eclectic, was very popular in the mid-late 80s. There is lots of memorabilia from those years. I also found a link to a “What venues do you miss from the Capital Region” post that mentions us. If you search the page (Control-f) for General Eclectic, it will take you right to the Half Moon Cafe post.
The memorial is pretty well set to go. It is going to be a huge event. He deserved it. Everything is fitting into place nicely. We have friends helping out and being part of the service. Basically, he wanted a big party, so the service will be the first hour or so, then party for the rest of the time. We have 5 hours reserved at the hall. There will be lots of music and memorabilia. I really hope I am able to sing the song I wrote for him while he was dying. I guess we’ll see. Once the service is over, I think we’ll all be okay. I hope so. It all comes in waves.

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