Yesterday morning, I thought I'd check up on Randy's "Stalker Nam" or "Black Ass Coffee" videos. Instead, I saw that he was killed on his bike around 11 AM Friday.
https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cantonrep.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2F2021%2F07%2F16%2Fmotorist-dies-friday-crash-lincoln-way-w-tuscarawas-township%2F7993782002%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0QyxLmed-HvkEZ8VevNtBnB5eJLf-A-g8Czb34j16pZ8eRU8jsSaocvEY&h=AT0v_rFW19cCVbWXa1I9jwYxk6wsvg56rkCRY8Sz5m8lf-KgF8lwr31924EAtfeLfVfRpX8N85l0_WK8j1rBgk9ZcPKCUnnKi9fpugY_MQBD99G-XB9GL2cyU0Uw8dh0qOs
I immediately texted Ken Weber. He knew. He said that he'd known Randy since he was a kid, and although they had differences...(pot, Randy's house)... yeah, Randy was gone. He had his ways, never should have taken the bike out on a rainy morning... especially when he now has a car.
I really only knew Randy only a few short months, but in that time, he was always a friend to me. I kind of sensed it would happen, just like Miguel in 1981, when you mix that type of personality and a motorcycle, it's only a matter of time.
I went out to Nashville Nights to see tailspin. I liked them but Mark (sound guy) Dawn and her associate, didn't. I showed Dawn about Randy, she said THAT was what Keith Wiley was talking about the night before. She said Keith's losing friends left and right this year. Aren't we all?
I found out what the post about no band was about. Fillmore East had broken up. In a follow up message to Ron Speck, I found out that FE got Dan French (Impulse) to drum. I don't remember whether it was Ron or Mark (sound guy) who told me that their guitarist probably gave up and quit. Supposedly, there's a couple of the guys trying to regroup...Anyway, I reminded Mark he needed to do something about next Friday, as Fillmore is scheduled at Nash that night.
Ron was cordial about Randy. I said I'd see him at CinDees with Mo Ho next week.
At least I got Dawn to accept a friend request.,...
