Maynard wrote:
HE WILL NEVER BE GONE.... HE HAS LEFT US PHYSICALLY BUT LIVES IN ALL OF US. I OFTEN SIT AND WONDER.......WHY ME!! WHY DID THIS GREEN 22 YEAR OLD KID FROM THE HILLS OF TENNESSEE GET THE OPPORTUNITY AND ADVENTURE TO TRAVEL THE WORLD WITH THE HIPPEST MAN AND BAND ON THE PLANET ..........AND GET TO DO IT FOR 24 YEARS................ BLESSED......... YES, BEYOND WORDS, I LIVE EVERYDAY TO BE THANKFUL FOR ALL OF THE EXPERIENCES AND LIFE'S LESSONS AND LAUGHTER I WAS BLESSEDWITH. TO SHARE MONTHS AT A TIME IN TOUR BUSSES, BACKSTAGES, AIRPLANES RESTAURANTS AND AIRPORTS.......ALL WITH MY BEST FRIEND.
YES, I MISS HIM TREMENDOUSLY EVERYDAY BUT WITH A JOY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF HAVING HIM SO CLOSE FOR SO LONG......... AND I MISS ALL OF YOU TOO. AUGUST 23RD LET US ALL CELEBRATE THE TIME WE HAD HIM AND THE LEGACY OF HIS MUSIC HE LEFT US.
WITH SINCERE LOVE,
ED

ed,
my profound condolences for the loss of your best friend, and our hero. i think about maynard daily,as i'm sure most people on this board do as well. i still hear his laugh and the funny remark he made to you when you lifted my portrait of him to show him.