The Mellotron Group

Well said.
On Oct 10, 2009, at 5:40 PM, lsf5275@aol.com wrote:

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> Steven,
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> 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
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> In a message dated 10/10/2009 3:20:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, sdavmor@systemstheory.net 
>  writes:
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> [I posted this on progressiveears very early Friday morning.]
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> 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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