Ike! I'm really sorry. Haven't visited this site for ages. I can only hope that you see this.
Enjoyed your company very much when we were together..Despite your disapproval of me and my habits!
Memories of you bopping down to Dairy Queen playing your bass with your earphones on, your lovely new wife joining us on the bus for a little while..Not to mention the trauma of you breaking a string on your ax and having to rub barbecue sauce and dirt in it for ages to try to balance the sound against the other strings.
If you never see this I wish you well. You're a good man and I profited from knowing you.