Re: Remembering Tom Verlaine

[Joe Hartley <jh@brainiac.com>]

I saw he'd remove the bit about touring.  I'm glad he did that, it came across
as a bit tone-deaf.

J

On Tue, 31 Jan 2023 08:00:51 -0500
Phil Obbard <pobbard@gmail.com> wrote:

> … I see that Richard has amended his post, removing the tour promotion and
> asking us to put Tom in our prayers:
> 
> “Thank you everybody, for your kind words and sentiments regarding the
> death of my partner in music, Tom Verlaine (Miller) of Television. We will
> all miss him terribly. Please add him to your prayers. I myself, am fine
> and am in good health.  —Richard Lloyd”
> 
> https://www.facebook.com/529957689/posts/pfbid02C6few5wCofTrGUztdKmh4A8enDAsFKTHtUZNT3v5YKXJkd2ZyABv8SVNTY5mumZRl/?mibextid=cr9u03
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 4:26 PM Phil Obbard <pobbard@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Yeah, I had the same thought. As I just wrote in another email, I don't
> > think Lloyd and Verlaine were ever really friends (like Hell and Verlaine,
> > or Verlaine with Fred Smith, Jimmy Rip, Patti etc). It's pretty clear that
> > Verlaine was not an easy person to know - extremely private and guarded -
> > and my guess is that it was possible to work with him but not really bond
> > with him, if that makes sense.
> >
> > 20+ years ago, Lloyd responded to a Television reunion question that he
> > never fully understood the attachment rock fans had to specific combos of
> > players. In Lloyd's view, playing music should be like jazz, where it's
> > normal to play with lots of other musicians and switch-up combos regularly.
> >
> > Anyway, if you have the chance this year, go see Richard live! I hope he
> > continues to tour and record for many years to come, but you never know
> > when a tour will be the last one.
> >
> > "Isn't that the funniest thing?
> > I think about it all the time.
> > But I don't want to talk much about it.
> > Ok, ok - anything you say."
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 4:19 PM Jay Pontrelli <jpontrelli44@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Well that’s not exactly heartfelt but I understand
> >>
> >> > On Jan 29, 2023, at 3:11 PM, Joe Hartley <jh@brainiac.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > On Sun, 29 Jan 2023 15:06:29 -0500
> >> > Joe Hartley <jh@brainiac.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>> On Sun, 29 Jan 2023 14:18:07 -0500
> >> >>> Jay Pontrelli <jpontrelli44@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Richard hasn’t posted a word
> >> >>>
> >> >>> That’s a bad divorce
> >> >>
> >> >> I keep looking, but all he's posted has been an article about Jeff
> >> Beck
> >> >> and his Wordle score.
> >> >
> >> > I take that back.
> >> >
> >> > Thank you everybody, for your kind words and sentiments regarding the
> >> death of my partner in music, Tom Verlaine (Miller) of Television. We will
> >> all miss him terribly. I however, am fine and am in good health. In fact I
> >> go on tour in March and April, in ther Northeast and Canada. We look
> >> forward to seeing some of you then. —Richard Lloyd
> >> >
> >>
> >>


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