Pittsburgh Jazz Community laments the passing of guitarist Gerald "Shotgun" Haymon - Pittsburgh Jazz Network2024-03-28T19:02:24Zhttps://jazzburgher.ning.com/forum/topics/pittsburgh-jazz-community-laments-the-passing-of-guitarist-gerald?groupUrl=obituaries&commentId=1992552%3AComment%3A345861&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI loved playing with Shotgun.…tag:jazzburgher.ning.com,2015-01-15:1992552:Comment:3458612015-01-15T03:56:13.389ZPhat Man Deehttps://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/PhatManDee
<p>I loved playing with Shotgun. I loved his tone, his groove, the unique way he just hit those rhythms.... and his fingers just sounded like raindrops on grass.....I didn't get to play with him nearly as much as I wished I had... but we had some beautiful crazy gigs together.... We played a haunted hotel in Windber Pa once.... Ken Foley booked it, with Christiane D on poetry, and I think Dan Wasson and Butch Jones... and we rolled up to this crazy place, and people were reading poetry at each…</p>
<p>I loved playing with Shotgun. I loved his tone, his groove, the unique way he just hit those rhythms.... and his fingers just sounded like raindrops on grass.....I didn't get to play with him nearly as much as I wished I had... but we had some beautiful crazy gigs together.... We played a haunted hotel in Windber Pa once.... Ken Foley booked it, with Christiane D on poetry, and I think Dan Wasson and Butch Jones... and we rolled up to this crazy place, and people were reading poetry at each other til 5 am man and they loved that music, they just dug it... and then once we played at this film event at Pgh Filmmakers and they were showing like 40 different reels of found footage on the screen and we were the live musical accompaniment.... the weirdest though was a gig at Quiet Storm, and I had booked Shotgun, Tall Paul Leech and Paul Cosentino.... together we sounded like the Benny Hill band.... that was the oddest sounded group I ever did play with..... bluegrass bass, trad jazz clarinet and Shotgun just powering through.... I will miss him. I really will. But I know he'll make Heaven sound phenomenal....</p> So very soulful. God watch ov…tag:jazzburgher.ning.com,2015-01-14:1992552:Comment:3454122015-01-14T22:46:27.043ZRoberta Windlehttps://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/RobertaJeanWindle
<p>So very soulful. God watch over him.</p>
<p>So very soulful. God watch over him.</p> I know his brother Bobby, and…tag:jazzburgher.ning.com,2015-01-14:1992552:Comment:3454962015-01-14T13:06:41.977Zian kanehttps://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/iankane
<p>I know his brother Bobby, and he was always looking up to Gerald.</p>
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<p>I know his brother Bobby, and he was always looking up to Gerald.</p>
<p></p> R.I.P. Shotgun. You will be m…tag:jazzburgher.ning.com,2015-01-14:1992552:Comment:3455652015-01-14T04:17:24.446ZAnthony (Tony) Janflonehttps://jazzburgher.ning.com/profile/AnthonyTonyJanflone
<p>R.I.P. Shotgun. You will be missed. Your music will live on. Rest in the arms of the Lord.</p>
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<p>R.I.P. Shotgun. You will be missed. Your music will live on. Rest in the arms of the Lord.</p>
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