Re: RIP Stacy Phillips
Thanks for posting this Dave. It's been ten days or so, and I'm still reeling from the sad news. So much so, that I just now got the idea to post a notice. Grateful you were more timely with yours.
I believe I've mentioned before that I once had a band in New Haven called Tin Can Alley, active in the early '80s. Dave and I and Lou Florio on guitar were the founding and core members. After the band broke up, a couple of positive results evolved. A mutual friend began hosting monthly potluck/hootenannies, of which we were charter members. These were extraordinary events, held in a three-story Victorian house with many rooms, providing the means to have numerous jams in wide-ranging styles simultaneously. And Lou founded a duo with Stacy. He became a regular at the First Friday Hoots, which went on for over a decade. I got to know Stacy well through this, and we were friends for some twenty years until I left. I must have jammed with him hundreds of times, here and at another similar hootenanny at a place out in the woods.
It was an honor to play with someone so talented, and also so generous musically. He was kind to me in many ways, teaching and leading by example, nodding his approval whenever I played a good lead. I owe him a great deal for his having helped in my musical development, however unintentionally.
I will always remember him. Godspeed, Archduke
PS: I heard about his passing through an odd happenstance. I happened to see a post by Terre Roche on facebook. He had played on a couple of The Roches' songs, and they returned the favor by singing on a couple of songs on his albums. I'd quite forgotten about this, then instantly recalled the connection.
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