Monday, May 11, 2015
I have been a close friend and musician friend of Pete for many years. Looking at the calendar, these many years make up exactly half of my life. For most of those many years, Pete was my guitar mentor. For the last few years, roles reversed and I was showing him chords and new ways to play old songs. Isn't this the true goal of all true mentors?
During this later period of time, I learned three old songs in melody-bass-chord style that Pete said were among his favorite-of-all-time songs. These were (are) "My Funny Valentine", "Love Story (theme)", and "Christmas Time is Here" as heard on the Charlie Brown Christmas special each year. To prove we were close friends, yes, we had arguments every now and then, mostly musical but some personal. But we always made up. That's What Friends Are For. I will miss him dearly.
Ken Tekel kentekel@yahoo.com
