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Re: R.I.P Michael Burks. (Iron Man)
 G-damn.....that Vee hits me square in the gut and makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
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Mods might want to sticky this one....
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I want to echo what I've said elsewhere.
The loss of Michael has devastated my wife and I. Its not just because Mike was one of the very first people to start playing my guitars but because he had become an incredible friend to the both of us. Mike and his entire band are some of the nicest people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. My favorite couple stories: It was my birthday a few years back and I finally reached that age when your birthday doesn't really matter to anyone else any more. It was hot in the shop, long day of everything I worked on fighting me (when I really just wanted to be out fishing or something fun lol) and the only person who called was my car insurance agents secretary lol... except Mike. Mike called me, just before going on stage for a show to wish me a happy birthday and to tell me about some amp he had just found in town that day. LOL We talked often and at length about guitars, music ect. My wife joked that Mike's wife would just hand Mike the phone when he started to talk about guitars to her! Last time we saw them, Mike and the entire band went out of their way to make both my extended family feel like part of their family before and after the show. It was something I'm beyond grateful to too this day. We are going to miss him immensely. We were so excited to see him in 3 weeks and give him his newest guitar (a V in red metal flake). :*(
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05-07-2012, 11:10 AM
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That's terrible. My condolences.
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Re: R.I.P Michael Burks. (Iron Man)
This is indeed sad news. I have a couple of pics of Michael from the Peoria Bluesfest from a couple years ago. He was wireless and was jammin' out right in front of me. It was memorable show. A damn fine player he was.
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Re: R.I.P Michael Burks. (Iron Man)
I met Michael about a year ago. We spoke for about an hour. He was an awesome person and an exciting performer. This is an extremely sad event for me. RIP Michale K Burks.
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Re: R.I.P Michael Burks. (Iron Man)
It's just a shame, 54 is too soon.
RIP and respect.
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 This was Mike's next guitar, we were about 3 weeks away from being done. I'm still planning on finishing it and hopefully can work something out with Mike's wife about selling it towards a memorial fund or other fund to help the family. Man... this is just still killing me. Its really tough working on his guitar now to boot.
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Damn - he was a hell of a player and will be sorely missed. I was listening to one of Doug's videos that he posted on Facebook recently and was thinking how much I was going to enjoy watching Michael continue honing his craft and move toward being one of the greats - and now he is gone, shocked doesn't do it justice.
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Re: R.I.P Michael Burks. (Iron Man)
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 Michael Burks by JustToClarify, on Flickr[/IMG] St. Petersburg (Tampa Bay Blues Fest), a few years back. |
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05-08-2012, 07:33 PM
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I'm very sad to hear this, RIP Mike...
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