I had the privilge of meeting John on numerous occasions and he was unassuming and couldnt do enough for you, my heart and thoughts go to Ann,Paul and Nicki x -- WHO BRINGS JOY

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Date Posted: 16:44:48 04/23/09 Thu
Author: Ossy
Subject: I had the privilge of meeting John on numerous occasions and he was unassuming and couldnt do enough for you, my heart and thoughts go to Ann,Paul and Nicki x
In reply to: A.K 's message, "John Weller R.I P" on 14:39:30 04/23/09 Thu

>It wasn't unexpected to get the news that John weller
>had passed away , it
>was a beautiful sunny morning in fact , but the news
>still stung even though
>the anticipation existed . I finished work today , a
>day peppered by texts
>and calls , I missed the call that mattered but made
>ammends and spoke to
>the one person I needed to speak to , I raised a glass
>at dinner and
>reminisced with my beautiful partner of days of travel
>and nights of glory
>that followed , and after a little to much wine the
>drowsiness lifted and
>the harsh reality that someone very special had passed
>hit me , I wanted to
>say that , with my emotions bubbling very much to the
>surface , I wanted to
>remember those decades and shows and nights that we
>all spent together ,
>indestructible , laughing and making the music of our
>dreams , wide eyed
>vagabonds not quite believing . I remember the day on
>arriving back from
>sydney, John telling me it was all over and he had
>enough of " this lark " ,
>that was 24 odd years ago , and how many amazing times
>were to come , I
>remember the night with a bottle of champange that
>tasted like heaven ( the
>proceeds of a card game ) chewing the fat with the big
>man , " so john " I
>asked " who's your favourite singer ? " a sip of rum
>and coke " paul weller
>" I went further " who's is your favourite song writer
>? " paul weller " ,
>.. " Ok " favourite guitarist ? . " Paul weller " .. "
>best drummer ? " "
>Easy , you whitey " ... " Best band ? " ... " Well "
>he paused , " its this
>fucking band aint it , and then its the jam " ... Pure
>pride , pure belief ,
>I remember just a few years back when I first
>introduced my then new girl to
>the gang , everyone was on best behaviour , gig time
>comes and sally gets
>pride of place next to john a pint sized glass of rum
>and coke is thrust
>into her hand without question , the gig began , we
>sweated and played and
>sang and created to the best of our abilities as we
>did every night and
>sally swore as the final chords died there were tears
>of pride in his eyes
>as he turned and said " my boy and your fella , two
>hundred songs at the
>drop of a hat , any day of the week " at that moment
>she also fell under the
>spell . As life goes on and people depart this world I
>strongly , strongly
>believe that the effect of a passing is a reflection
>of your own mortality ,
>of your own reflections and life and the unwanted
>glimpse of a mirror held
>up to your own future . John is in a better place ,
>and my thoughts are with
>Ann and Nicky and my brother Paul , wonderful memories
>stretching back to
>boy hood for me , I'm not ashamed to indulge either as
>I remember John , by
>the way the one question that wasn't answered " paul
>weller " " steve white
>" or anything related to the world he adored was ? "
>Who's the greatest
>fighter " and with the same pride that all the other
>questions were answered
>" easy , Rocky Marciano " , thanks John for leading
>the way as we made some
>amazing music .
>Whitey x

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