Obit: David Rea - October 2011

Subject: Obit: David Rea
From: Mark Ross
Date: 29 Oct 11 - 11:19 PM

This really sucks! Another man done gone. A great picker who I first met 45 years ago. David played with everyone and did it better than anyone thought possible.


http://oregonmusicnews.com/2011/10/28/david-rea-guitarist-singer-songwirter-dies-in-portland-at-65/

Mark Ross

Subject: RE: Obit: David Rea - October 2011
From: Duke
Date: 30 Oct 11 - 11:59 AM

I was wondering how he died? David and I were friends back in the good old days of the Toronto folk scene.

Subject: RE: Obit: David Rea - October 2011
From: GUEST,C. Ham
Date: 31 Oct 11 - 11:36 AM

Mike Regenstreif's Folk Roots/Folk Branches blog on David Rea.

Subject: RE: Obit: David Rea - October 2011
From: Duke
Date: 31 Oct 11 - 12:37 PM

I'm surprised that more people have not acknowledged the person and the performer that David was. He was a special person and his passing is a great loss to us all. I listened to Shorty's Ghost today and remembered fondly the times we had.

Subject: RE: Obit: David Rea - October 2011
From: vlmagee
Date: 31 Oct 11 - 01:53 PM

Please visit David's new web site at David Rea Music. I worked on the site with him, but when I called in early June to say it was ready for launch, I learned that he had been hospitalized. I just launched it on Saturday, after getting the green light from his significant other.

If you have memories of him, and would like to contribute to a "Tributes" page, please let me know. Photos are appreciated too!

A tribute concert is being planned in Portland, OR for early December. Sign-up at the web site if you'd like me to let you know details, or check back there in the coming weeks.

Subject: RE: Obit: David Rea - October 2011
From: MAG
Date: 31 Oct 11 - 01:55 PM

He often was at the Tumbleweeds
Fest in tri-cities, WA -- he will be missed

Subject: RE: Obit: David Rea - October 2011
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Nov 11 - 02:32 AM

I remember meeting him in 1965 or 6 - I was an undergrad in Manchester and for some reason the planned studio audience for BBC tapings of 2 half-hour concerts of Ian & Sylvia could not get there. My "dorm", St. Anselm's Hall of Residence, was just down the road from the BBC Manchester studio and I was delighted to be invited. I chatted with David after the shows, an absolute gentleman. Felix Pappalardi was there as well.

I met David again at a Mariposa festival in the early-mid 70s. Still the gracious gentleman, and I am sorry to hear of his passing.

Go in peace, David, you had a good life.

John