open mike, I found the quote on Mudcat, posted in an earlier thread, by Clinton Hammond:


"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic
hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs.
            
There's also a negative side."

There was also a link to some of his other writings, in an old obit thread for Ken Kesey: click here

I hope he has found peace and I hope his family is okay. My uncle chose to end his life in the same manner and it was hell on his family. He was as creative and brilliant, in his own way, as Thompson.

Thanks, Ron, for letting us know.

kat