Goodbye Hughie

I ran my 8 miles this morning with my iPod shuffle clipped to my tank. “Green Grass and High Tides” started. I began to tear up so I had to skip over the song. The same thing happened when “There Goes Another Love Song” started to play.

Every few days I log onto the Outlaws website, hoping to find that the “Florida Guitar Army” had added a Sept. 21 concert since they were going to be in SoCal the next night for a private event. Someone from the site had some inside info that they were trying to find a venue for that date, and suggested that we keep checking back.

Tuesday morning I clicked directly onto the home page like any other time, only to find Hughie Thomasson’s photo, with the numbers 1952 – 2007. One of the world’s most underrated guitarists died of a heart attack at the young age of 55. I’m still in a state of shock.

Hughie, you’ll always be remembered. Hopefully I’ll be able to play your songs soon.