The Mellotron Group

Steven,
 
Your relationship with Greg defines what true friendship really is.  
Remembering the good times, sharing the bad times and side by side, shoulder to  
shoulder, facing the future together. I will always remember your posts about 
 Greg. All of us who have read them know that he must be a wonderful man to 
have  people like you there for him.
 
Frank
 
 
In a message dated 10/10/2009 3:20:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
sdavmor@systemstheory.net writes:

 
 
 
[I posted this on progressiveears very early Friday morning.]

I've  just come from spending 2 hours with Greg at his house. I was
able to get a  good sense of where he is physically and also how the
cancer is effecting  his thinking. An old friend's daughter has come
from Phoenix to help Diane  Amov with Greg's nursing for the next
month. She was the flower girl at  Greg and Diane's wedding 21 years
ago. Which was the last time I saw her.  Her husband is on deployment
in Iraq right now so she volunteered to do  this until he returns in 4
weeks. Which may be (unspoken but ever-present)  all that will be
needed for this to play out.

As for Greg going to  Calprog with me pushing his wheelchair, it
officially won't be happening.  Greg and I talked about it tonight, but
when I asked him if he felt up to  it, he said no. Which almost
certainly means no to going next weekend to  see Djam Karet & Steve
Roach, though I will plan for it until he tells  me otherwise. But he's
not going to get any stronger from here on out, so  these two events
were the best shot for a last hurrah concert. [Sat addon:  I have since
come down with the flu, and feel like a truck sideswiped me,  so my
plan to get a last minute CalProg ticket from someone that  can't
attend is officially scrapped in favour of all-day  sleep].

Greg talked about doing some work on tunes for Systems Theory  next
week, but how much energy he might have to put into even one tune  is
questionable. Especially since he will be getting 10 daily  radiation
treatments starting next Tuesday, which certainly won't be  increasing
his energy level. Sitting at a keyboard or at a computer will be  very
difficult, and become increasingly more so. Much as I hate to say  it,
I think that despite good intentions, Greg's involvement with music  is
at this point down to listening to things he really likes.  Between
increasingly frequent and necessary naps. Spirit willing/flesh  weak, etc.

On a brighter note I should add that Greg hasn't lost his  sense of
humor. I brought him back a couple of things from the Mott gigs  in
London. Ian Hunter's "Diary of a rock'n'roll star" and Mott's  "Brain
Capers" CD. Both signed by Hunter. Greg got the joke immediately  and
quipped that he'd play a couple of cuts off it each day before  going
for his radiation. To which I said 'definitely start with "The  Moon
Upstairs"'. And he replied, with a grin, 'and end with "Death May  Be
Your Santa Claus"'. At which point we laughed and clasped hands,  a
high-five being a bit more than Greg could manage.
-- 
Cheers, SDM  -- a 21st Century Schizoid Man
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