Re: VERY Sad News - Ed Stabler Has Passed
| February 01, 2017 01:57PM |
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Jason Rose Wrote:
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> Here is another video. In this one Ed's giving a
> concert in Rusk, Texas on Opening Day, 2013.
> Near the end, Earl Knoob joins in. This was a
> great day and will be a treasured memory of
> good times with good friends.*
AMEN, Jason -
Ed was one of the VERY few people brave enough to accompany yore's trooly when I attempted to sing. IMHO you need to edit the above post, and add a warning that persons with sensitive ears may want to skip the last two minutes of the video, and also save Earl's reputation by making it clear that he was coerced into playing along at the end.
OTOH, I had to twist Ed's arm pretty hard to get him to learn 'Fast Freight' - the opening song, above - and he ended up liking it so much that he made it the title track of his album of railroad songs:
Ed was one of the finest people I have ever been privileged to know. I will miss him very, very much.
- Roosso
* Speaking of good friends, here's a shot you sent me a few years ago – a young apprentice on board the C&TS with a Carload of Cantankerous Curmudgeons and Notorious Ne'er-Do-Wells, 09/17/11:
Jason Rose Ian (Rattie) Rattray Steve Forney Ed Stabler Ernie Robart
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 02/01/2017 05:28PM by Russo Loco.
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> Here is another video. In this one Ed's giving a
> concert in Rusk, Texas on Opening Day, 2013.
> Near the end, Earl Knoob joins in. This was a
> great day and will be a treasured memory of
> good times with good friends.*
AMEN, Jason -
Ed was one of the VERY few people brave enough to accompany yore's trooly when I attempted to sing. IMHO you need to edit the above post, and add a warning that persons with sensitive ears may want to skip the last two minutes of the video, and also save Earl's reputation by making it clear that he was coerced into playing along at the end.
OTOH, I had to twist Ed's arm pretty hard to get him to learn 'Fast Freight' - the opening song, above - and he ended up liking it so much that he made it the title track of his album of railroad songs:
Ed was one of the finest people I have ever been privileged to know. I will miss him very, very much.
- Roosso
* Speaking of good friends, here's a shot you sent me a few years ago – a young apprentice on board the C&TS with a Carload of Cantankerous Curmudgeons and Notorious Ne'er-Do-Wells, 09/17/11:
Jason Rose Ian (Rattie) Rattray Steve Forney Ed Stabler Ernie Robart
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 02/01/2017 05:28PM by Russo Loco.
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