Fwd: Re: off-Que-topic - Eddie Clarke passed away

["Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

- --- In QueTrad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Lucy <quebec@xxxx> wrote:
> Forwarded message from Ireland...
> A great irish traditional harmonicist has passed away at a young 
age.
> I've heard him, not in-person ... joyous and amazing music.
> Rest in peace Eddie 'til you dance again.
> 
> ==========================
> Date:    Wed, 7 Jul 2004 11:30:15 +0100
> Subject: Eddie Clarke. RIP
> 
> Just a note to let the list know that Eddie Clarke (b. Virginia, 
Co. Cavan,
> 1945)the finest IrTrad harmonica player but none, ever, died last 
night of
> complications following a recent stroke.  A gentleman, good 
company, and one
> hell of a musician.  He played little of late and said that he was 
so heavy
> on mouth harps (a Marine Band would last a maximum of two nights)
that it
> would have been far cheaper to have taken up a Steinway Grand!
> 

- --- In QueTrad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@xxxx> 
wrote:
That's really sad news. I had no idea he was so young. I always 
thought of him as an old geezer who was in his 70s when he recorded 
his stuff for Green Linnet 20 (?) years ago. I recently revisited 
some of those recordings and was amazed at the vigor and infectious 
rhythm of his playing.

A glass will be raised . . 

Winslow