Brent Mydland: 10/21/52 to 07/26/90

[MarcO]

Brent, you rocked my world once and once only: 3/22/90 at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. But in my mind's eye, YOU are the keyboard player for the Grateful Dead. I loved your playing and your singing, and several of your songs still hold a special place in my heart.

I remember the shock of hearing of your tragic and sad passing sixteen years ago today. You will never be forgotten.

Rest in Peace, brother.

[afro poppa]

Thanks for the heads up Marc

[Kanada Kev]

I was lucky to see him with the Dead about a dozen times. I was a Brent fan and couldn't understand some Heads' supreme dislike of him. Oh well.

I was at the first show sans Brent (Richfield, OH) and it was a very intense scene. After a rainy afternoon and big rainbow appeared over the Richfield Coliseum before we went in. It was a moving moment.

RIP Brent

Later . . .

Kanada Kev =8)

[Davey Boy 2.0]

Brent could evoke some pretty hardcore emotions, so much sadness in his life but so much beauty came out of it too

He passed 2 weeks after my first show and it was only later when i realised how much i missed him

thank you Brent

Edited July 26, 2006 by Guest

[Dr_Evil_Mouse]

How very sad indeed. Brent still reigns as one of my all-time favourite B3 players, and his voice...!

I still can't listen to "I Will Take You Home" without chills going up and down the spine. Someone recently posted (in the wake of Vince's death) that line from Barlow, that Brent had died of "rock and roll, and a terminal affliction of the heart" - there's a phrase that will stick in my head for a long time (even though Time seemed to have missed the nuance of it all).