Tuesday, September 20, 2005

In response to Mr Random's calling out of bloggers who don't blog frequently enough for his taste...I, too, am often bummed when I click on a friend's blog only to get the same entry for days or weeks at a time, but that's life. I probably would be on the keyboard a little more often if I wasn't A) working all the time or B) doing so much other stuff outside of the house when I'm not at work. One of these days I'll be back on a regular "computer-time" schedule, but too many other things are going on at the moment.

Sunday was a sad day/happy celebration of life party for our recently departed friend Anthony Vanderford. Anthony's earthly body threw in the towel after a year-long battle with liver cancer. We'd known Anthony through his son Isaiah, a classmate of Cosmo's from kindergarten through third grades. Isaiah is a radical kid and has been over for many a sleepover and likewise, Cosmo used to spend a lot of nights over at Anthony, Audrey and Isaiah's on nights that I had gigs. In other words, we were close to the Vanderfords and totally blown away by the news, first of his cancer, later of his early death.
At his memorial, Cos and I played "Ring of Fire" and "Beat on the Brat" as per Anthony's request. Set up at the banks of the McKenzie river at Armitage park, we ran a 100 ft extension cord to the half stack, set up the drums and PA and kicked out one last jam for Anthony. Despite the mourning and sadness, the memorial also had a party feel to it, and we ate up food and admired the art and memories of our friend.

Rock on, Anthony! See you in the next dimension.

-Ed

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I can finally bring myself to read the different articles that have been written about Anthony. As i think back through the years when he was growing up i am reminded of the time when he was listening to his music and said he wanted to be an artist no matter what because it was a way of expressing yourself and leaving a legacy. Anthony did that in numerous ways. He married the love of his life and together they created Anthony's legacy. We had one last jam and the wonderful people who loved him without wanting him to change thank you. To his loving wife and son, Thank you for your love for him and be happy.

Love your sis

Anonymous said...

Not just Anthony's legacy but Aud also

Anonymous said...

well here we go another year since Anthony left us. It is still really hard for me. I miss him so but he left the most wonderful gift in the world, his wife and son.

we miss and love you Anthony

Love your sis