Thank you Matt and I hope all is well with you.
Craig
Randys funeral a fiasco?
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You know I've debated myself about what goes on in the psychology of people when someone they have never met passes and they are grief stricken. It is a strange thing indeed. Especially when often times a person might lose a member of their immediate family and not even miss a life`s stride. I myself remember buying Guitar World March, 1987. It was a special edition I believe and it had a lot about Randy's musical upbringing and it tried to show him not just as a guitar prodigy but also as a great human being. In Randy's case that sure seems to radiate from his life's story, the fact that he was just a really cool guy.
I remember I got pretty down after reading that issue and took a cold view of the world, looking at it like it was a cruel dark thing to take someone like that away from the world. That is not the way to look at it at all. The rarity of a single man living his own destiny under his own will, as it seemed Randy did for the most part, is mind boggling. He stands out in his music because his energy or soul remains in that recorded audio he had the chance to make and that we have the actual pleasure of listening to. I can count on one hand how many guitar players give me goosebumps from hearing their emotional connection to the instrument and seeing it come out of them like a beacon while they perform. They and the music have become one in the same. It is a very rare thing in my experience and you can see it and hear it in Randy's music quite a bit. I can only relate to Randy's loss musically because I didn't know him personally. I think a lot of people blur that distinction, somehow feeling they lost someone close to them or something.. Like John Lennon as well, the world seemed very hurt by his loss. These men gave their gift to the world, their music and due to technology we are fortunate enough to hear them, still alive in those recorded moments of time and almost feel like they are right in the room with you if you have the right stereo gear to listen to it.
I don't get down from thinking about it anymore, I try to remeber how lucky I am to have owned BOO and DOAM on vinyl and CD and Tribute on both as well, knowing what a gift Randy Rhoads gave to the world and know anyone can put a piece of their soul into what they do in life as well. That is what makes real art and simulated rendition seperate from each other, the artists connection to what they are doing. Whatever it is. He was a shining star and when he was gone, the world missed his light.
I remember I got pretty down after reading that issue and took a cold view of the world, looking at it like it was a cruel dark thing to take someone like that away from the world. That is not the way to look at it at all. The rarity of a single man living his own destiny under his own will, as it seemed Randy did for the most part, is mind boggling. He stands out in his music because his energy or soul remains in that recorded audio he had the chance to make and that we have the actual pleasure of listening to. I can count on one hand how many guitar players give me goosebumps from hearing their emotional connection to the instrument and seeing it come out of them like a beacon while they perform. They and the music have become one in the same. It is a very rare thing in my experience and you can see it and hear it in Randy's music quite a bit. I can only relate to Randy's loss musically because I didn't know him personally. I think a lot of people blur that distinction, somehow feeling they lost someone close to them or something.. Like John Lennon as well, the world seemed very hurt by his loss. These men gave their gift to the world, their music and due to technology we are fortunate enough to hear them, still alive in those recorded moments of time and almost feel like they are right in the room with you if you have the right stereo gear to listen to it.
I don't get down from thinking about it anymore, I try to remeber how lucky I am to have owned BOO and DOAM on vinyl and CD and Tribute on both as well, knowing what a gift Randy Rhoads gave to the world and know anyone can put a piece of their soul into what they do in life as well. That is what makes real art and simulated rendition seperate from each other, the artists connection to what they are doing. Whatever it is. He was a shining star and when he was gone, the world missed his light.
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Oh bring me some CHUNKY PUDDING, and bring it RIGHT NOW!!!