BCR Greg Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 Nightwolf's passing is a sad thing. He stuck to his guns.Edited to add.....Something John did every gig sticks with me. Regardless of who was sitting in with him, he let that person take all the solos, with encouraging nods a grins all through.Classy.
ZR Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 Man, 55 is young. Was it complications from Diabetes? I didn't know him personally but talked with him several times online/email. He was always a cool dude.
BLuesBuster Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 John was a good man. He will be missed. Condolences to his family and friends.
FunkyE9th Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 Thoughts and prayers to his family and friends.-Ferdie
atquinn Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 Wow. That's too bad. I didn't know him, but I always considered him a member of the HFC family. My condolences go out to his family and friends.
Jerry L Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 Very sorry to hear of Johns passing. Had the pleasure of meeting him at one of the HFC meetings up at Hamer. A true Gentleman!
polara Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 I liked him. His suffering's past now, and I always got the impression he realized the value of life. 'bye, John...
JohnnyB Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 I got a call from Coletta, Nightie's wife, while I was on the way to meet a client for lunch. I came back to post the news, and see that you already have.That's somewhat ironic. His disappearance from this board sort of coincided with his wife getting hospitalized. I'd assumed he was busy taking care of her, or that she died and he withdrew from some things. Turns out she survived him.He and I e-mailed about various things from time to time. I talked him into trying the Top Hat which ended up with BruceM. I'm also a fellow diabetic. He told me he'd controlled his glucose levels with exercise and no medication for 15 years, but finally had to start taking medication. Given the family's wishes to send donations to the ADA, I'm assuming the diabetes got him. Very sad. He had strong opinions, but was a class guy and a nice one. Very sobering. I'm 52. And my best friend from college died last October from colon cancer at age 50.
HamerHokie Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 John's departure from the board was under less than amicable circumstances, and I felt particularly estranged from him, considering that when he and I last spoke there were somewhat bad feelings. And now there is absolutely no chance of reconciliation. This is no way for a relationship to end.I have a friend, a member of the clergy, who was engaged in a heated debate with a colleague when said colleague, a mutual friend of ours, died suddenly, before they could settle their differences. She later said that maybe Heaven is the place where all relationships are reconciled and matters such as this are put to rest. But on the chance that it isn't, the lesson I hope we can all take from this is to lose the grudges and build on the good stuff.
Steve Haynie Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 This makes the second time a board regular has died.
BadgerDave Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 When I saw the first line of HamerHokie's post, my immediate though was, "Damn, Sandy, what an inappropriate time to bring all that up." Then I read what he wrote and I felt ashamed of my negative assumption. The message was absolutely appropriate and sobering. Thank you for posting it.Perhaps it would be a good time to put some past differences behind us and invite old friends back into the clubhouse. I don't know if they would accept, but I know Nightwolf would nod with approval at the gesture.
Eric Weston Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 Well, I don't know what to write except I read this post just before closing up at work and I felt like crying the whole drive home....I never even met the man. His open quality about sharing his experieces and lessons learned from those experiences is something I really admired. A quality I've not really learned well (mostly I'm just a lurker here). The fact that he was a diabetic hits home too ( my wife is type 1). I would hope for more time with her but ya never really know when the ride is over. This reminds me of a conversation I had with a bandmate regarding ticket prices and cover charges at clubs. He said "I wouldn't pay a bunch of $ to see anybody anymore, all the really good players, the ones that I would stand in line to see and meet........are dead. So I don't have to do anything except wait awhile...." Later Nightwolf
wyldbil Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 The afterlife got itself a good one there. He was always really cool to me. I'll go listen to his "Best Of The HFC" track and mist up a bit now.RIP, Nightwolf.
Guest big steve Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 i'm sorry to hear this,nightwolf was a good guy . he always took the time to answer your questions and send e-mails.i will always remember how gracious he was in talking about playing/singing and giveing advice,even though it might have been a simple question i asked him,he was always cool,no smart ass comments or venom comeing from him.truley a good guy. my thoughts are to his wife and family.
sirDaniel Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 truly one of the highlights of MWJ I was Nightwolfs appearance..with the family. I got to meet and converse with them all afternoon. We exchanged many emails. I still have many of those. And a video of that MWJ performance. From stobro or ET I believe...RIP John. Sad indeed.
kizanski Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 That's very sad.Even though he and I never saw eye-to-eye on pretty much anything and he chose to stay away, I still feel like a member of our family is gone.I always thought of him that way.R.I.P. Nightwolf.
Jack C Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 Thanks for the link, Lou. That was always my favorite track from HFC1. Here it is again:http://www.hamerfanclub.com/bestof/vol2/07%20Track%207.mp3
Craig Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 I'm gutted to read this. John and I had exchanged many emails over the years, even after he left here. I was supposed to take a trip to see him play, never did, I think I was nervous about getting on stage again, and he was more than willing to have me come up and give it my best, I could kick myself for not going. All the best to his family, he'll be remembered fondly, and they are in my prayers.
Jimbilly Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 It's funny how just by having read some of his posts on an internet chatboard, I'm certain that he was a really good guy. What a sad thing, I wish his family well.
BTMN Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 John was a good man. 'Nuff said here from me. AHHHHHHWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Guest Mike Lee Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 Nightwolf was always a friend to me. We jammed together at the 2001 Open House. I regret that I did not keep in touch for the last couple years when he was away from the board. I regret even more that he felt he had to leave.
DavidF Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 I was disappointed when he left the board, but this is very sad indeed. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.
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