Bob Wells died today.

Not much to add...
but seeing this thread moving around makes me smile.

RIP JJ Cale

Dys -- concerts just improved in the hereafter.

JJ Cale died?!!!!???

Yes. He was always a favorite of Bob's. I thought this thread would be a good place to pay tribute.

Damn.

Bob has seen both videos just a few days before his death: we talked about our (and other A2K'ers) musical preferences, I showed him the first video on my laptop ... and then we found the second one.

These days and especially tomorrow brings back a lot of memories again ...

Bob will always be a presence in my life. I will always be grateful for the short time I spent with him and Diane. (Not forgetting Osso and Roger).

Happy and healthy New Year to you, Ed, as well as to Walter, Letty, Osso, Diane the spirit of Bob and all the rest of our A2Ker community.

And to you, JL.

I think Bob revered you.

Snicker.
I know you know I am kidding. Bob loved you, but he would tease.
I am aware that you teased him back.

Never got to meet jl. Oh, well. Happy new year, all.

Me, I can't see Rockhead's link. I know they cared.

Just in the neighborhood and wanted to place a flower.

Stop by the Rio Grande Gorge and toss it in. He's down there somewhere.

I was browsing around Goodwill today and came across a little handmade cherry wood bowl. I flipped it over to find the price and noticed it had this written on the bottom:



So of course I bought it.

Even though I know it would be an incredible long shot if it were our Bob Wells it still felt like a little message....

Smiling, good bowl to keep.

Wow!

I hope Diane comes around to comment on this. Wouldn't it be terrific if it turned out that he did do something like that in those places.

I recently bought several books at a library sale...and among them were two that had a notion on the inside cover...a date and the initials FWK...all written in the hand of my regular golf playing partner. One of them even had a recommendation. He does not live terribly near me...and never gave any books to this library...but he did give them to friends who apparently read them and then donated them to the library.

Me too and my thoughts exactly, osso!

That's a great "small world" story, Frank! I love those serendipitous connections.

I remember that Bob had some connection with the Pacific Northwest -- a sister? -- because he talked to me about having spent some time here but I think it was years and years ago, not as recently as 99.

And I don't recall him ever mentioning woodworking. This bowl appears to have been made by someone with fairly serious experience with a lathe.

I'll get some photos of it to post.

I really doubt it was him but it still makes me feel happy and makes me miss him terribly all over again.