David Osborne visits
Stephen Goodfellow
August 2001
Wow! Half a year ago, who
would'a thought that I'd have David Osborne visiting me, let alone
appearing out of the mists of time.
Well, one fine cold winter day in my studio, I checked the email and got
this:
During an idle
cruise on the web, checking out English
artists...there...in a list....was an artist, born 1953, name of
Stephen
Goodfellow. Now I remember him as being younger, but a check of
his web
site indicates it is my memory, not his birth date, that is
wrong.
It set me old heart a'beating.
Seems he's in Michigan, in Amerika; well,
I'm in Hong Kong (though often in LA), so we can't fault that.
He plays
in a band (outside of his day job); I play solo (outside of a
day job).
He has a web site under his own name; I have a web site under my
assumed
name.
I don't wish to be a
tease...yes, I do....let just go one round first,
see if the penny drops.
The first clue is: http://www.raslo.com
The second clue is: Hull
The third clue is: blues at the art's centre
Stephie, it is great to see
you still have the faith. Mine is very much
a part-time faith. Look forward to hearing from you.
Well, there was no
doubt in my mind. The instant I read it I knew precisely who is was,
even before I checked the proffered website.
To cut a long story short, we blathered over email and ICQ
for half a year, and then Oz says, "Hey man - can you stand a
visit?"
Could I...?!
...And so he did. Oz stayed for a mere three days - much too short a
visit - and we spent it catching up on old and new times. I invited a
few friend over to meet him (Hit the reload button to see the flash
movie again):
Here are a few pics if his
visit:
Stephen & David at Detroit Metro
Airport
Moment in time at party - Marvin Rieli,
David Osborne, Laurenn Rowland, Peter Werbe, Ralph Franklin, Marilyn Werbe,
Saffell Gardner, Scott Tobias
