Tex Konig - Saw him first perform at The Penelope in Montreal. Those were heady days for an innocent like myself. Bruce Murdock and Sean Gagnier were on the same bill as Tex. He was ever the gentleman. I was in awe of him and the others. Really like a star struck stage door Johnny. Years later I ran into him at the Free Times Cafe in Toronto. After a short conversation, I knew I was right right from the start: he was noble and he was great. He was born in the Year of the Dragon, that most auspicious of Chinese icons. Six years later when I moved permanently to China, I saw Tex on my regular summer visit home. He had an other-worldly look about him. And I knew he somehow sensed his time was drawing near.

Blessings Tex