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Did anyone ever get any further information?
BTW: I shipped one thing from my GC Account directly to Ray a couple of years back. GC Still can't get it out of the system, no matter how many times I made the request. LOL
Ship To:
BTW: I shipped one thing from my GC Account directly to Ray a couple of years back. GC Still can't get it out of the system, no matter how many times I made the request. LOL
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- Ray Egan
WASHINGTON, IL US
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I had the pleasure of traveling with Ray to a few concerts and HFC events when I lived in Minneapolis. He was always enthusiastic about a current interest, be it a guitar, performance or work. Ray taught me everything I know about 3D copying technology on a drive to the Zoo to see Los Lobos.
This is very sad news, we hadn't spoken in a while, but I feel lucky to have known Ray.
This is very sad news, we hadn't spoken in a while, but I feel lucky to have known Ray.
Wow, I totally missed this. Very tragic and very sad. I bought an amp from Ray and we spoke on the phone several times regarding it. Ray was very nice, outgoing and very friendly. Again, wow. One of my favorite novels contains this phrase: "Rats get fat and good men die".
RIP Ray.
And here's the first photos I have of Ray in action at the 4-3-2-1 Club (drinking isn't really action, is it?), taken on November 10, 2007. My memory is foggy, but I must have sold him the orange Newport in June, 2007, I'm thinking. He showed up to the first party, and most of the parties thereafter, until he couldn't any more. I miss Ray, and more broadly, I'm now missing ALL my HFC friends. We most certainly have missed an HFC Jam this spring, and who knows when the next one will be?
I reached out to Ray's daughter earlier this morning, hoping to talk to Ray's wife, Sue. I tried to contact Sue soon after Ray's passing, but she never returned my calls. Here is the response I received:
Hi Bruce! I miss him everyday, it’s so nice to have a few of his connections on Facebook so I can think of him when I see your names. Unfortunately Sue passed away last May.. she was really struggling without my dad.
Rest in peace, Sue. You were a dear, sweet woman and a wonderful complement to Ray.
Here's a pic I took of her on one of her first visits to the 4-3-2-1 Club. This was March 1, 2008, so there was a chill in the basement. I had loaned Sue my smoking jacket from the HerBavor collection, and she wore it well! She was always a little self-conscious as one of the few women in attendance, but she warmed up to the guys and was very much a regular at the 4-3-2-1. I miss Ray and Sue both. She was a dear friend.
Hi Bruce! I miss him everyday, it’s so nice to have a few of his connections on Facebook so I can think of him when I see your names. Unfortunately Sue passed away last May.. she was really struggling without my dad.
Rest in peace, Sue. You were a dear, sweet woman and a wonderful complement to Ray.
Here's a pic I took of her on one of her first visits to the 4-3-2-1 Club. This was March 1, 2008, so there was a chill in the basement. I had loaned Sue my smoking jacket from the HerBavor collection, and she wore it well! She was always a little self-conscious as one of the few women in attendance, but she warmed up to the guys and was very much a regular at the 4-3-2-1. I miss Ray and Sue both. She was a dear friend.
That is heartbreaking, but thank you for sharing. I still think of Ray, he was the only person that would just cold call me out of the blue from time to time. We would talk guitars, manufacturing, music.
Oh, and lets not forget daughters. LOL Once I had my first he would say, "Just wait" and follow it with a chuckle. He was right. LOL
Oh, and lets not forget daughters. LOL Once I had my first he would say, "Just wait" and follow it with a chuckle. He was right. LOL
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Yeah, no shit.
Late February, 2018 "in the basement."
By the way, if this isn't the perfect expression of every woman at her SO's guitar get-together...
"Is this just about over?"
Technically, you're "above the basement" in this photo, but yeah. As Poe would say: ROTFLMFAO
Both points correct. That's not the basement (oops) and @edgar_allan_poe is an idiot (I'm just quoting his wife).
Here we go. Same day, actually in the basement this time. Same late winter chill.
BTW: Speaking of "chill"... @hikarateboy rockin' the cardigan in this pic. I could never pull off that look.
He looks warm and chill at the same time.
Bedroom eyes.
But actually, as I recall, she simply didn't like to have her picture taken.
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