samnat Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 Condolences to the family.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 My prayers go out for grey and his family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAL Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Sad news. My condolences to his family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkertown Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 His online persona, which is all I knew of him, was wonderful. Great sense of humor. (that thread above is hilarious! ) And he was probably the best seller I've ever known. Guy must've been goin' to the post office all the friggin' time. I got so many discs from him it's hard to remember them all. Thanks for everything grey; you were the best... My condolences to his family. I'm sure they'll be missing him. He'll certainly be missed around here. I had been kinda worried... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcoliv Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 It's like a death in the family. If the site exists long enough, most of us will be mourned eventually. In a way, that's comforting. RIP Ken and my sincerest condolances to his family. i´ve been away for a few days and.... Patricia took the words out of my mouth thanks Grey for being such a nice guy and a jazz passionate Marcus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 (edited) That's dreadful news. I'd get a kick out of how he'd periodically get all 'fired up' and hit the politics forum for a day or two at BN and this place and then disappear entirely for 60...90 days. Many a JRVG I picked up from him and in the years to come will most certainly think of him whenever I spin one.  Best wishes to his immediate family. Yes, I, too, noticed Grey's guerilla-strike pattern in the politics forum... and I had the same thought about playing CDs when I read this news the other day, Weizen--in fact, two of the JRVGs I bought from him were the Jutta Hipps, an artist I hear you have some appreciation for. Re: Catesta's earlier comment about board members vanishing, this is something else that I've thought about as well. There was also a simultaneously eerie and touching experience on Jazz Corner a couple of years back, where it was announced that a member was dying... a tribute thread was started... and then I believe the member himself posted. It was a sort of online virtual "farewell." Edited December 30, 2004 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 I had been thinking of Grey recently and noticing his absence from the Board. I wish the explanation had been otherwise. My condolences to his family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Terribly sad news. I've dealt with Ken since the BNBB inception in '99. He was BY FAR the most dilligent and accomodating cd seller on board. I know, this is not the right way to remember someone, but that was the extent of my knowing him. RIP, Ken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed S Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 This is terrible news. I never dealt with Ken on the board. But I've been around since the BNBB days and saw him around here and Blue Note enough to know that he added a lot to the community. He'll be missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with the Golden Arm Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Very sad indeed. I had a few e-mail exchanges with him and he struck me as a guy with a big heart. I will miss him. My sincerest condolences to elizaBETH and all of Ken's family and friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzkrow Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 I bought m first JRVG from Ken (Grey), just to be able to say that I had one. I remember always being disappointed because his initial sales posting would always go up while I was sleeping on the West Coast and your East Coast folks scarved up the goodies at 6-7 AM your time. My sympathies go out to his family and close friends..... RIP, Ken! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphie_boy Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Very sad news. A long-time BNBB member who came here like many of us. RIP Ken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 I had no idea. My sympathies to all his family and friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjarrell Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Y'know, nearly every weekday morning at 10:00 eastern I check offering/looking for a Grey post. I'll continue to do it unconciously for awhile, I'm sure, before my coffee kicks in. Goodbye, Grey. There's more good music in my house thanks to you. Take care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Goren. Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 R.I.P. grey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Groper Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 The many affectionate and even tender responses I've read today convince me that grey must have been a true gent. My sympathy to all, especially ElizaBETH and others who loved him close-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregK Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 I never corresponded or even discussed anything with him, but I still feel sorry for those who did know him. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Dye Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 Terribly sad news. RIP, Ken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 My Condolences to ElizaBETH, and the rest of his family! I never bought anything from him, but I do have a fond memory of something Grey said on a thread I started back on the Bluenote Board. It was are you rich??? Everyone beat around the bush....folks with 10's of thousands of cds could only muster an "I'm comfortable" comment. Grey said something on the line of he was too busy being chauffer driven in his fancy SUV, drinking champane and watching a film to comment right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris olivarez Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 RIP Grey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankc Posted January 6, 2005 Report Share Posted January 6, 2005 RIP GREY; my condolenscences elizaBETH to you and your family; stunned, shocked, can't begin to describe my feelings; oddly, ken once asked what I did at mcgill, I'm sure he was well looked after in kingston---life is unfair at times fc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJ Posted January 6, 2005 Report Share Posted January 6, 2005 My deepest condolences to you and to all of Grey's close friends and family members. I found him to be a wonderful contributor to the board, and will miss his thoughts and insights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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