Bernie Torme has
passed away.
This hurts a bit more than the usual passing of a musician I like because I was lucky enough to have struck up an email correspondence with Torme after he saw my review of a Gillan live DVD he was featured on. He contacted me to thank me for the review and for mentioning how much I liked the music video of his current band GMT. I ended up talking with him for a few months off and on. And he sent me not only the 2nd GMT album but when a UK label did an official release of the long delayed Desperado album he did with Dee Snider, that was sent my way as well.
The correspondence waned as you might expect, but the memory of him taking time out to thank me for a review and the brief time we did talk back and forth will be a nice memory I carry forth as I remember his kindness and his fantastic contributions the music I love.