A32Flathead
04-16-2004, 10:15 AM
My wife, Ginger got the following message early this morning, at the moment,
it is the only report so far on this.........
<font color="blue"> 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.
</font>
We got to see him last month at Bimbo's with Big Sandy, he was
fantastic.
RIP Ray. Hall of Fame (http://www.rockabillyhall.com/RayCondo.html)
Dave & Ginger
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
it is the only report so far on this.........
<font color="blue"> 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.
</font>
We got to see him last month at Bimbo's with Big Sandy, he was
fantastic.
RIP Ray. Hall of Fame (http://www.rockabillyhall.com/RayCondo.html)
Dave & Ginger
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif