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Thread #81123   Message #1485094
Posted By: GUEST,John Maeder
14-May-05 - 10:26 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Greg Hooven 10 May 2005
Subject: RE: Obit: Greg Hooven 10 May 2005
I just got home from the Carter Fold, and Tommy Sells of Big Country Bluegrass announced Greg's passing from the stage tonight (and Jimmy Martin's). I hadn't heard about Greg, and both Darryl Jayne (the Fold soundman) and I were shocked and saddened. Greg certainly had a distinctive style. No one sounded like him. I always looked forward to when the Bogtrotters would play at the Fold, in particular, to hear Greg. He was also a great singer. As I recall, Greg told me he fell off the ladder fixing a gutter at his girlfriend's house. What a loss. I'm going to Whitetop tomorrow and Greg will be on my mind and in my heart there.