tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66388041821749203362011-04-21T16:43:35.825-07:00ronblibbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830609340521102946noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638804182174920336.post-62579661597944181962007-02-09T14:04:00.000-08:002007-02-20T06:41:41.147-08:00Gary Phillips: -good friend I will miss. Patti Smith sometimes called him her little tin soldier, no doubt in reference to his definitive kick-ass version of that song but more perhaps alluding to his innate boyish premise and tough (as tin) personae. tin in fact is quite a rare element and Gary was quite a rare kind of man. i liked him, i loved him and am a better person in every way for having known him. he once laughed when i suggested that GKB should open for the stones. i somehow knew it would soon happen and sure enough not a year later we shared one of Jagger's marlboros (which Gary had politely pilfered from their common backstage) secretly in his magical montclair lair long since burned.<br />-the last thing he said to me face to face before goodbye: "all there is is forgiveness."<br /><br />i foresee your smile, Gary.<br /><br />ron b. libby<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6638804182174920336-6257966159794418196?l=rblinsf.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ronblibbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830609340521102946noreply@blogger.com0