Brian and I were close friends. We were in the same band at one time, alternating when whomever wasn't busy doing other gigs. I did his bass repairs. He's buried in Brooklyn, with his 1958 Precision. He had the first Music Man Stingray I ever saw, and the best sounding one I've ever heard, too. We jammed together in a club once, and his Stingray just smoked my prized Carl Thompson. He was a great bassist. He was also a great guy. At the time of his death, he was working/ rehearsing with Phil Collins, and he was also playing with Domenic Troiano. He did quite a bit of New York City session work.. he played bass on at least one of the 'Barney Miller' theme tracks.. those themes were usually different each season.. he also played bass on the CBS TV 'Late Show' theme music.The foreboding thing- we were sitting in his Chevy Vega on my block in Brooklyn, and he was telling me about seeing a bike messenger get killed hitting a car in Manhattan. He was pretty freaked out by it. And not long after, he suffered the same fate- only a truck hit him, while he was on his motorcycle. At the time, I also knew the other bassist mentioned here- the great Frank Gravis, and did some work for him. He and Brian both did sessions for The Village People. Rest in Peace, Brian... see you on the bandstand.
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