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tuba player, minister, good guy

We lost him way too soon.

RIP Michael. Today would have been his 59th birthday. We were both products from Kentucky. He was one of Skip Gray's first students, and I was one of his last before he moved into administration and eventually retired.

I bought a few tubas from him over the years and chatted with him frequently about our shared experiences at UK and life in general.

A wonderful, extremely intelligent guy. He had moved back to KY when he passed away and was ministering in Versailles (Kentucky pronunciation: vur-sales... also home of Woodford Reserve bourbon, if that rings a bell), at the Pisgah Pike Church, which is a beautiful church from the 1800s in the middle of horse country.

I had moved to CT by the time we connected, so unfortunately I was never able to meet him in person.

Just a great guy. I was thinking about him the other day, too. Gone way too soon. Thanks Joe.

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I don't mean to be insensitive, and I feel horrible to ask this, but did this just happen, or did it happen a while ago? (I thought a while ago...?)

I remember having some nice exchanges with him. I think that he had briefly owned my old Rudy 4/4, having bought it to mess around with it and see what it was like before sending it along its way to someone else. I found that very relatable.

I didn't realize that he was so young here

Michael passed away in 2017. I thought I remembered reading about his passing away years ago, so Bort's comment below caused me to look it up.

https://www.tributearchive.com/obituari ... ael-D-Bush

the elephant wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2023 12:43 pm Michael passed away in 2017. I thought I remembered reading about his passing away years ago, so Bort's comment below caused me to look it up.

https://www.tributearchive.com/obituari ... ael-D-Bush

Thanks Wade. Wow that was a long time ago, very sad.

Joe, thanks for reminding us about Michael.

(birthday)