...I expect so many stories of Jonathan to appear as this sad news spreads...NOTHING we type can do justice to the depth, humor, artistry, knowlege and pure energy embodied in that one man!

Jon was at one time the only person who had never missed a Getaway, and his "songs of the shower" (those strange little things you know but seldom sing in public) was for years a regular workshop. Jon loved all forms of music, and was also for years a writer for "Science News", specializing in space exploration. He was at Jet Propulsion Labs for various launches when he had to use a walker to get around.

He was a gourmet, a curmudgeon, an organizer, a mischievous jokester....and a consumate musician....and sometimes these things overlapped.(I have posted before my story of how he sat beside Roy Book Binder one evening, noted one of Roy's guitar strings was 'out'...and reached over and re-tuned it without Roy even noticing!...and both sighed with relief and grinned at me happily to have gotten away with it.)

We have missed him for several years as his illness got worse...now we must process his loss, and it will take awhile.