I've just had the heads up that those not on Facebook can't access the page via the link given. At the request of one such person, and wit apologies for such a long cut and paste, here's the content of that link.

Post #1
Jeri Corlew wroteon October 16, 2009 at 6:42am
Barry passed away this morning. I don't have any details. Barry was in hospital recovering from what appeared to have been a mild heart attack.

I don't know when Mudcat will be back up and I thought his friends would want to know.



Post #2
Siân Thomas (Wales) wroteon October 16, 2009 at 7:20am
This is a complete shock.

My condolences to his family and all who loved him.

sian

   

Post #3
Rose Sheehan (Boston, MA) wroteon October 16, 2009 at 7:23am
Thanks for posting, Jeri - so shocking, so sad.


Post #4
Hazel Bolton wroteon October 16, 2009 at 8:19am
Another bound for the great singaround in the sky.

"When we meet again there'll be such singing
When we meet again we'll set the heaven's ringing
We'll raise our voice in harmony and roll the years away
When we meet again some day"

RIP Barry


Post #5
Catherine Jayne Pettigrew (London) wroteon October 16, 2009 at 8:35am
This is such sad news. I met Barry in 2005 and he was a lovely man with a fantastic voice.

Condolences to his family

Khatt x


Post #6
You wroteon October 16, 2009 at 8:37am
I'm speechless.


Post #7
Jeri Corlew wroteon October 16, 2009 at 9:16am
I'm having a hard time believing that he's gone. He was just here at last Friday's session

Barry was larger than life on the outside. Once you got past the outer layers, you realized he was Barry all the way through.

      
Post #8
Tamara Hiatt wroteon October 16, 2009 at 9:49am
I don't know what to say. I was so looking forward to meeting him some day. Wishing peace and comfort to his family and friends.


Post #9
Allison Aldrich (Concord, NH) wroteon October 16, 2009 at 10:38am
What a shock. What a kind man. He and I first bonded thru Mudcat and then through having kids with disabilities; my heart goes out to Justine and the kids.


Post #10
Jane Gilday wroteon October 16, 2009 at 10:48am
Oh no! This is so sad and after he made such a recovery a few years back. We met him at the Getaway in 2005. One of the best!


Post #11
Claire Beorn Norman wroteon October 16, 2009 at 10:58am
Tears flow like rain.

Oh he don't want a harp nor a halo, not he --
Just give him a breeze and a good rolliing sea.

So sorry.

ClaireBear



Post #12
Mary Jane Endres wroteon October 16, 2009 at 11:26am
Please, no. I don't want to believe this.

Janie



Post #13
Dani Black wroteon October 16, 2009 at 1:21pm
speechless. more later. my heart just aches for his family, and the large circle of dear friends he gathered around him.

I'm holding those precious few memories from the Getaway the other week like talismans, pebbles I'm wearing smooth...



Post #14
Mike Gibson wroteon October 16, 2009 at 2:21pm
i met him when visiting the states four yrs back and again when he came to sidmouth a great loss



Post #15
Nathan Tompkins (Portland, OR) wroteon October 16, 2009 at 2:23pm
Oh man...I didn't know him...but I have always enjoyed his posts....

My condolences to those who did know him...he seemed like a good man.



Post #16
Mary Jane Endres wroteon October 16, 2009 at 4:04pm
Jeri, given all the leaves on the trees and at least some more snow predicted, Mudcat could be out a good bit longer. If so, might it be possible to send you or some one else a message to get an address for Justine to send condolences?



Post #17
Nancy L. King (Washington, DC) wroteon October 16, 2009 at 4:33pm
The address for Barry on the Getaway attendees list (plus a little help from a zip code directory) is 4 Summit Ave., Derry, NH 03038. Presumably the address is the same for Justine.

I'm trying to figure out what I might say to her. This is so devastating! I saw both of them at the Portsmouth festival just 3 weeks ago.


Post #18
Lorcan Otway (New York, NY) wroteon October 16, 2009 at 5:17pm
Holding all of his, and ours who knew and loved him, (the same thing) in the light... dear fellow...



Post #19
Mary Jane Endres wroteon October 16, 2009 at 5:19pm
Thanks Nancy.



Post #20
Linn Schulz (Concord, NH) wroteon October 16, 2009 at 7:01pm
Right -- that's the address for Barry and Justine and family. It's just totally unreal. Tom spoke with him yesterday. I had Barry songs in my head all day. What a frustrating time for Mudcat to be down.


Post #21
Alice Flynn wroteon October 16, 2009 at 7:15pm
I'm shocked. This is hard to believe. I'm so sorry to hear this news.



Post #22
Mary Jane Endres wroteon October 16, 2009 at 7:17pm
Right, Linn. Just like him to steal off when Mudcat is down, and we need our community wrapped around us to share our memories and sorrow.



Post #23
Leo Pola wroteon October 16, 2009 at 7:23pm
This was the last hting I expected to see on FAcebook tonight. What a loss. What a man to have lost.


Post #24
Rose Sheehan (Boston, MA) wroteon October 16, 2009 at 7:24pm
I am passing along the following info: Barry Finn's wake will be in Derry, NH this Sunday at Peabody Funeral Home, 2 to 6. Mass on Monday, 10 AM, St Thomas Catholic Church.

   

Post #25
Amos Jessup wroteon October 16, 2009 at 7:57pm
Just flapping in the wind trying to fill the hole this leaves in my heart; never a better or fuller man, bigger heart or firmer voice ever walked these halls. Damn, damn, damn, damn....



Post #26
Ken Schatz (NYU) wroteon October 16, 2009 at 9:37pm
Barry, you're singing loud in my head and in my heart. I am so proud to know you and the joy of singing with you. I'm grateful for all that you have shared with me, and I'm very lucky to call you my singing partner and good friend. You've inspired me so much! I've got my work cut out for me. We will all miss you fiercely. And we'll do our best. All my love to Justine and family, and to Neil, and to everyone who knew and loved this amazing man and his amazing voice.



Post #27
Tamara Hiatt wroteon October 16, 2009 at 10:20pm
Maybe Mudcat is down because it is in mourning. Maybe nature rails in winter tears at the loss.

I too wish to be in Mudcat to read his past thoughts and to read the thoughts and feelings of his friends.

Just too sad.



Post #28
Tamara Hiatt wroteon October 17, 2009 at 1:54am
Loads of lovely tributes on his Facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/BarryFinn?ref=search&sid=1577167692.231825208..1#/BarryFinn?v=wall&ref=search

Nothing on the Finn and Haddie website
http://www.finnandhaddie.com/

or their MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/finnandhaddie


Post #29
Mick Lane wrote23 hours ago
I have walked a long and winding path, and I have met many great characters on that journey. In all those travels, across this land and others, there have been those rare few folks that immediately made a mark on me, and planted themselves firmly in my heart and my affections. Barry is one of those. I believe it is akin to two old souls crossing paths once more, in the eternal trek. He was irreverent, caring, talented, larger than life, and loving. He had been damaged by his life and healed stronger than before. His love of his family is legendary, and his love of his friends ran a close second, with music solidly in the third spot. It is good to have been part of your circle, old friend. See you when next our paths cross. Love, Mick



Post #30
Amos Jessup wrote23 hours ago
" I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.

Then someone at my side says: "There, she is gone!"

"Gone where?"

Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.

Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says: "There, she is gone!" there are other eyes watching her coming and other voices ready to take up the glad shout: "Here she comes!"

And that is dying...."

Henry Van Dyke


Barry--

May the breeze be on your quarter, and fair for your course. You leave so many bonds and are sent off with so many tears for the missing of your keen laugh, bold song, and those piercing eyes full of depth, humor, love, and something else indefinably You. You, huge soul, sail on, and remember us that you sang with, as we will remember you, until the next meeting in song.

Sad though I am beyond saying that you have stepped away from this turgid coil, I delight in your freedom, and knowing your songs are now filling the cosmos from star to star.

Fair winds, and good sailing.

Amos

Post #31
Carol Dale wrote22 hours ago
Dear Barry,

I'm sorry you had to go so soon. You were a giant of a man, and a man of immense personal integrity. The Mudcat will be greatly diminished by your absence. You were unfailingly kind, and you were a stalwart comrade in arms in the fight for justice and human rights for all. I will miss you.



Post #32
Rose Sheehan (Boston, MA) wrote22 hours ago
Here is updated/corrected info on services for Barry:

Marty Stock For Barry Finn: Calling hours will be held Sunday October 18th from 2-6PM in the Peabody Funeral Homes and Crematorium, 15 Birch St., Derry, NH. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celeb...rated Monday, October 19th at 11:30AM in St. Thomas Aquinas Churc...h, Crystal Ave., Derry with cremation following. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the New England Organ Bank, One Gateway Center, Newton, MA 02158. For more information or to send a condolence, please visit www.peabodyfuneralhome.com



Post #33
Jeddy Rose wrote21 hours ago
i am so sorry for anyone who knew him, i never had the pleasure but my thoughts are with all his friends and family.

may the great mother of all be watching over him and those he loved but had to leave behind.

lots of love to all

jade x x x



Post #34
Abby Zurschmiede (Tallahassee, FL) wrote20 hours ago
Farewell to Barry Finn. Wish I had met you and had a song. I admired your politics a great deal.


Oh, wrap me in my country's flag, and lay me in the cold blue sea
Let the roaring of the waves, my solemn requiem be
And I shall sleep a pleasant sleep, while storms above their vigils keep
My Captain brave shall read for me, the s...ervice of the silent dead
And yay shall lower me in the waves, when all the prayers are said
And I will find my long, long home, among the billows and the foam
Farewell my friends for many a league, we've sailed together on the deep
Come let us shake our hands, I'll sail no more, but shipmates wear for weep
I'm bound above, my course is run
I near the port, my voyage is done

(traditional sea song)



Post #35
Mary Jane Endres wrote19 hours ago
While I am grateful that there are a large number of us on Facebook, and to have this group in the absence of Mudcat, I really long for all of our Mudcat community to be able to come together on Mudcat right now.



Post #36
Laurel Paulson-Pierce (Chico, CA) wrote17 hours ago
here he is..singing...the way i like to remember him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aitT45oZuT8&NR=1



Post #37
Mary Jane Endres wrote17 hours ago
Thanks for putting that up Laurel, as well as the Getaway 2008 video with he and Mick. They were so funny that night at the Getaway. It was well into the wee hours - probably somewhere around 3:00 or 3:30am. Most of the crew in the Peace lodge had gone off to bed, and I was thinking of doing the same, when in blew one of them....I forget who showed up 1st, but I think it was Big Mick, with Barry blowing in a few minutes later. Trading insults and fussing affectionately with one another like an old married couple....and they then proceded to put on this wonderful show for the few of us still standing, of which this song was just one example.



Post #38
Jeri Corlew wrote16 hours ago
Obit and some info here: http://currentobituary.com/ShowObit.aspx?id=70120&member_id=11 says:
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Barry P. Finn, 58, of Derry, NH died Friday October 16, 2009 at the Elliot Hospital, Manchester, NH. Barry was born on February 5, 1951 in Boston, MA a son of Elizabeth (Barry) Bent and the late Eugene Finn. A Derry resident for the last 22 years, he was formerly of Mission Hill, MA and Brookline, MA.

He is survived by his wife Justine Donovan of Derry; his daughter, Natalie Finn and his son, Gabriel Finn, both of Derry; his mother, Elizabeth Bent of W. Dennis, MA; two brothers, Daniel Bent of Walpole, MA and Earl Moore of N.H.; one sister, Cheryl Finn-Poole of Carlisle, MA. He also leaves behind countless friends in and out of the music community.

Calling hours will be held Sunday October 18th from 2 - 6pm in the Peabody Funeral Homes and Crematorium, 15 Birch St., Derry. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday, October 19th at 11:30am in St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Crystal Ave., Derry with cremation following. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the New England Organ Bank, One Gateway Center, Newton, MA 02158.


Post #39
Mary Jane Endres wrote16 hours ago
DO NOT open or click anything from me (it might only appear in the notifications box on the lower right of the screen, next to chat) that says I sent you a 1 minute video. It is a malicious application resulting from a survey my son answered, which hijacked his friend's list. When I clicked it, thinking it was from my son, it hijacked my list also.

I'm posting this everywhere on Facebook that I can. Sorry to interject this into Barry's thread.


Post #40
Tamara Hiatt wrote2 hours ago
Last night at Billybob's Barden in the Garden party which featured The Barden of England) and Waddon Pete, I sang a spiritual trilogy as tribute to Barry.
Oh Freedom, Come and Go With Me, and I'm On My Way.

I did not know the man personally, but I have been so affected by his passing, which has been comopunded by the lack of proper Mudcat and even more so upon seeing his performances on Youtube. What a presence.

Go with power, peace and joy, Barry.