eric koeller died...he was a friend of mine in college, a sax player, the kind of guy who would often be practicing late at night. he took the road I almost took; he became a music teacher, but i don't know much about his life, except that he was in kentucky for a while, and i actually wrote to him not long ago, but it was probably too late, because he died in vermont this fall. a brain tumor at age 45 (or thereabouts) - a tragedy.

i was playing some fiddle tonight and had a kind of a jazzy guitar player with us, who played a little "minor sevenths"...i went off being stephan grappelli for a song, and thinking of eric. put my soul into it too. it didn't stop the traffic on cedar creek & union hill road, but then, nothing does. here's to eric - travel with god, my friend. the next song is for you too.