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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] OT - RIP Sherman Hemsley

From: gino wong <wonggster@gmail.com>
Date: 2012-07-25

I never met Carroll O’Conner but I did met Sherman Hemsley,  He was a gentleman, conversant on all levels, he was very kind and about as far away from the character that he played than anyone I can imagine.  He loved Gong, Nektar and Gentle Giant and could talk about mainstream prog as fluently as any of us. In his shows and live appearances he did what he could,  I’ll post the Gentle Giant dance number if I can find it.

gw

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 1:03 AM, Gary Brumm <gabru@comsec.net> wrote:
 

I worked with Archie (Carroll O’Conner) on a play he wrote in a San Francisco Theater.  I even got to meet Edith (Jean Stapleton)

when she came to visit and see the play.  Carroll was an amazingly talented guy and a very gracious guy to work with.  He knew exactly

how he wanted things to go and that is how we did it (or elseJ).  Keith Richards was trying to buy the house next door to Carroll and he out bid him and bought the house because he didn’t want ant “Stones” in his neighborhood.  He lost a son to drug addiction and was very “anti-drug” as one might be after such a tragedy. I was the audio engineer (or sound designer as they called it but I hate that title because of all the awful untalented

union guys who boast that title).  A real bonus for me was working with Joe Sherman (Ramblin Rose and other classic hits) who wrote a tremendous soundtrack for the play.  All in the Family is a classic but unfortunately the “politically correct Nazis” wouldn’t allow it or anything like it today because they have lost their since of humor.  It’s sad really.

 

g

 

 

From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Robert
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 5:27 PM
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Subject: [newmellotrongroup] OT - RIP Sherman Hemsley

 

 

Wasn't it Gino who recently wrote that Sherman was a big fan of progressive rock music ?  I guess he didn't make it to NEARfest last month ?

 

Watch the replay of the scene from "All In The Family".  What a fantastic show !

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/-the-jeffersons--star-sherman-hemsley-dead-at-74.html

 

 

 

 




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Gino Wong Birgelo
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