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Post subject: Wendell Holmes undergoes Hospice Care
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 5:16 pm
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Wendell Holmes vocalist, guitarist, pianist and songwriter of the critically acclaimed soul/blues band The Holmes Brothers is returning home under Hospice care.

The Holmes Brothers legendary drummer Willie "Popsy" Dixon died earlier this year due to complications from cancer.

Wendell penned an open letter to his friends and fans as he entered hospice care:

"As I write this letter, I am preparing to go home on hospice care. One benefit of hospice is the time it allows you to say some of the things you want to say to those you love and care about. I’m grateful for the opportunity to say “thanks” to many friends for your many expressions of love to me and my wife Barbara.

Thank you for being my friends in life. You’ve shown me how you care through your many cards, letters, phone calls, home and hospital visits, on line acknowledgements, and more importantly, your prayers. Please know that it is greatly appreciated and I am awed by it all. It means a lot to me.

It was Abraham Lincoln who said that “the world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but will never forget what they did here.” Of course, I’m no Lincoln, but I believe there’s an element of truth there, and I do hope my music, whether some song I wrote, sang or maybe some notes I played, will leave a lasting impression.

You know that it is my custom to tell everyone who will listen…”don’t go it alone,” and I can tell you that it’s been by God’s amazing grace that I have had a truly enjoyable journey. It's been a great ride and my thanks to you for making it so.

I love you, and may God bless you all!

Wendell Holmes

P.S. Thanks too as you continue to support, enjoy and appreciate the gifts in my big brother Sherman as he carries on The Holmes Brothers legacy with his own Sherman Holmes Project along with Brooks Long and Eric Kennedy. "


We're about to lose another of the Greats ! :cry: :cry:

cheers!

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Post subject: Re: Wendell Holmes undergoes Hospice Care
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 6:47 pm
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Just read that Wendell Holmes died today.
http://www.startribune.com/wendell-holmes-singer-songwriter-of-holmes-brothers-dies/308526761/

His open letter to his friends and fans is moving. Thanks for posting, Lightnin MN.

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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 8:38 pm
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R.I.P. Wendell Holmes

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Post subject: Re: Wendell Holmes undergoes Hospice Care
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 9:44 pm
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I saw this earlier today, too. R.I.P. Wendell.

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Post subject: Re: Wendell Holmes undergoes Hospice Care
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 6:44 am
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Bluer Monkey wrote:
His open letter to his friends and fans is moving. Thanks for posting, Lightnin MN.


Indeed it is. Rest easy, Mr. Holmes. :(

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Post subject: Re: Wendell Holmes undergoes Hospice Care
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 8:34 pm
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Lightnin MN wrote:
One benefit of hospice is the time it allows you to say some of the things you want to say to those you love and care about.


Not a lot of time, in this case.

It's sad to see how great artists disappear, but the consolation is that there will be new ones, reaching ever higher, standing on the shoulders of giants.
If Palestrina and Pachelbel had never died, I fear music would not have progressed the way it has - they would be the authority figures everyone deferred to. Moving on may be painful, but it brings us forward.


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