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gorgeousgary

Can We Start The Week Over Again?

Aug 13, 2009 21:32

As reported elsewhere on mailing lists, and LJ, long-time gamer and BSFS member Hal Haag passed away yesterday after a heart attack. I didn't know Hal well, but certainly saw him at many conventions and BSFS meetings, and we at least always exchanged cheerful hellos ( Read more... )

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& Mike Seeger? capplor August 14 2009, 02:11:16 UTC

>sob!

Re: & Mike Seeger? gorgeousgary August 14 2009, 18:49:01 UTC

I might have missed it myself since he passed away on the 7th, while we were up at Worldcon. But I happened to glance at a stray section of an Albany newspaper in a Starbucks while on our way home, and saw the obit there.

Here's a link to the Washington Post's obit.

hms42 August 14 2009, 03:19:17 UTC

Not a good week... Hearing about Hal was a shock and I was wondering how he was doing while I was at worldcon. (I have not seen him in a few years.)

gorgeousgary August 14 2009, 18:56:20 UTC

He actually had a heart attack a few weeks before Worldcon. As far as I knew he was recovering. Apparently this was the coup de grace.

Mike Seeger markiv1111 August 14 2009, 14:21:46 UTC

I didn't know about this one either. And I had just in the last few days decided I wanted to go out and look for everything Mike Seeger's band (the New Lost City Ramblers) had ever done. I saw them live and even talked briefly with Mike, back in (I think) 1968. A big sad milestone.

Nate

Re: Mike Seeger gorgeousgary August 14 2009, 19:06:36 UTC

I only saw Mike perform live once, but it was a show to remember. It was a couple years ago here in Maryland. Mike and Peggy had come down for a tribute to Pete the Library of Congress was putting on. FSGW was planning to have a concert for them in one of their usual venues. Then Pete called up and said, "Can I join you?". We were lucky enough to be at a song swap where it was announced that the concert would be all three Seegers--and moved to a much larger hall. Thus we were able to get tickets before they sold out.

If you can imagine 700 or 800 die-hard traditional folkies belting out every chorus Pete, Mike and Peggy played, you'll have an idea of how wonderful an evening that concert was.