I WILL REALLY MISS YOU, JERRY FUCHS

8 November 2009

Today was a really bad day Jerry and I could have used one of those big sweaty hugs you gave after a show, when you were genuinely excited and surprised to see me. “Galkin, what the fuck are YOU doing here?!”, you would exclaim, as if I didn’t ever attend the live shows from bands on my own label.

You were truly one of a kind, and whether you knew it or not, people wanted to be in the same room as you, or near the same room as you, because maybe just maybe, some of that radiant joy and in-the-moment spirit you exuded would rub off on them.  You didn’t take it all with you, because there are a lot of people today who are going to feel mighty responsible to carry and spread that joy with them for the rest of the time they have here. And who knows now how long that might be. 

You were a really good drummer, some might say the best we had, but you were a greater friend. I love you and miss you, Jerry.