The Mellotron Group

My sympathies to Greg and his family. I don't know what else to say. He is  
a very talented man who will be mourned and missed by many. I guess that's 
it. I  will pray for him.
 
Frank
 
 
In a message dated 11/3/2009 12:32:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
sdavmor@systemstheory.net writes:

 
 
 
We're into the final stages now of his cancer. Greg has been in
at home  hospice care since the middle of last week. He is heavily
sedated on  Dilaudid, a very strong narcotic. He was moved to it
after morphine was no  longer cutting it for his extreme pain.

Greg went to sleep on Sunday  before noon and has been completely
non-responsive since then. Saturday  evening was the last time he
engaged in any conversation, and that was only  "yes", "no" and "it
hurts". He is expected to pass away in the next few  days, and his
wife Diane has urged all friends and family that want to see  him
to do so immediately. I am on my way to his house now.

Should  Greg somehow still be alive on Friday he will be 50 years
old. Not that  there will be anything to celebrate, since he will
be there in body but not  much else. I have chosen Nov 6th as the
official release date of both his  3rd solo album "The Noble Gases"
and the new Systems Theory album  "overfulnoisecascadand

His family and band-mates appreciate the  fact that many progressive
music community members emailed, texted, phoned,  etc., their well-
wishes. Since there won't be anything further to report,  the next
time I post an update regarding Greg Amov will be to advise of  his
death.

On a positive Greg Amov related note, our friend Kurt  Barabas (UTS,
Amaron's Plight, Roswell Six) has offered me the use of his  studio
and as much help as I need to get all the remaining music of  Greg's
into releasable shape. That will be a project for 2010, after I  get
his currently OOP solo albums "The Dark Within The Dark" and  "Gecko
Highway" back into available status.
-- 
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