Warren Argo died unexpectedly on Monday, September 27 from a massive heart attack.
    I knew Warren as a mainstay of the old-time music scene when I lived in Seattle for a period from 1979-1980. Warren played fiddle and banjo, called dances, and ran sound. His group the Gypsy Gippo Stringband, with Warren, Sandy Bradley, Jack Link, Bob Naess and Jerry Mitchell, had toured nationally in the late seventies.
   I remember Warren as an outgoing and very likable person, warm, welcoming, and always ready for fun. He was a force behind the weekly dances at the G-Note Tavern, too, as I recall -- major events in Seattle, then.
    I haven't seen Warren since those days, but postings on FaceBook and on other music forums today suggest that he was still very active, and still deeply loved.
    There's a wonderful video interview with Warren, relating the history of the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes -- or "Fiddle Tunes," for short -- held annually in Port Townsend, Washington. That's right here. .
    Would love to read notices from others who knew Warren more recently. In the meantime, here's condolences to his friends in Seattle and on the West Coast, generally, who will bear his loss the hardest, no doubt.