Hot Ptah Posted September 13, 2020 Report Share Posted September 13, 2020 (edited) For many years the Music Exchange was one of the nation’s truly greet music stores, with a huge and deep jazz selection. Bill “Stretch” Osment was a big part of that. He worked for many years at the Music Exchsnge as a friendly, warm, helpful and extremely knowledgeable friend to all who entered. He was always very kind to my autistic son, which meant a lot to us over the years. I learned a lot about jazz from him. Bill is in trouble. He has a serious lung disease and the Ciry has evicted he and his wife from their home. They are now living in motels and nearly out of funds. I shudder to think what could happen to his large, unique music collection in this situation. That may be the least of their troubles but it comes to my mind. Bill is a truly good person, and a fundraiser has been set up to help him. I will post the link in case any of you feel moved to help a member of the international jazz community who needs a helping hand right now, very much. By the way, Ron Rooks, owner of the Music Exchange, passed away many years ago. His widow has made the largest donation so far. https://www.gofundme.com/f/get-bill-quotstretchquot-osment-amp-angie-back-home?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet. Edited September 13, 2020 by Hot Ptah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted September 13, 2020 Report Share Posted September 13, 2020 done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Ptah Posted September 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 22 hours ago, AllenLowe said: done. That is very nice of you, Allen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 feeling so desperately helpless these days; there's still some ways to just do stuff without all the crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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