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Topic: Butch Baldassari R.I.P. |
Michael Johnstone
From:
Sylmar,Ca. USA
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 10 Jan 2009 1:51 pm |
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Such a shame. An absolutely brilliant player, and though I never had the pleasure of meeting him, it's my understanding that he was a great guy.
Saw him play live only once or twice - incredible!
He was way too young to leave us - I'm not sure how old he was - anybody know?
RIP Butch.
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 11 Jan 2009 12:26 am
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Sad news! he ws a true master of the instrument and a very creative player.
Kind Regards, Walter
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Janice Brooks
From:
Pleasant Gap Pa
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Posted 11 Jan 2009 7:07 am
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| "Rebecca" was added to my playlist last night |
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Jay Jessup
From:
Charlottesville, VA, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2009 10:59 am
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| Butch was 56 and succumed after a several year battle with brain cancer. He was a great Mandolin player and musical entrepenuer and was at least as good a teacher on the mando as Jeff Newman was on the steel. I am sure most of the folks around Nashville had run into him at one time or another. |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 22 Jan 2009 12:11 am
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He did really fine irish stuff I had a book of his
and learned a lot from it.
RIP Butch you were an influence
on many you never even met.
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DLD, Chili farmer. Plus bananas and papaya too.
Real happiness has no strings attached.
But pedal steels have many! |
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