R.I.P. Dime:(
My heart is in a different place tonight. I know others are thinking about John. I am too, but Dime and several others were shot to death in a club a year ago tonight. I
don't really have the time to go into this extensively. But I wanted mention, my heart today and tonight is with those loving fans who were rocking out, having a good time, and saw their guitar hero, idol onstage shot in the head right in front of them.Dime was good people, and a hell of an underrated guitar by those not in the know.
I wept today again over Dime. And for Vinnie, who witnessed his brother killed in front of him.And for the fans who will probably never quite be ok after witnessing such a thing.
For the others killed trying to protect them.For Dime and Vinnie's mother.
The accounts of what happened are heartbreaking.
When Darrell died, a fan who was a nurse was doing cpr, while other fans were crying and kissing his hands and feet. A vendor said this, in broken English " I went to try to pull them all away from him. They were crying and kissing his hands and feet. They loved him so much, I couldn't bring myself to try and stop them."
So that's who my thoughts and love go to tonight. The fans that loved Dimebag Darrell
and witessed his death. The families of all involved.The others killed.
Yes, I'm sad for John. But I can only imagine the hell that the survivors of that hellish concert a year ago are going through.
And it's a horrible coincidence that it happened on the anniversary of John Lennon's
death. Partly because Darrell deserved more recognition for the stunning guitarist
he was, and for the big heart and kind words that he had for everyone.
R.I.P. Darrell, we love you.
don't really have the time to go into this extensively. But I wanted mention, my heart today and tonight is with those loving fans who were rocking out, having a good time, and saw their guitar hero, idol onstage shot in the head right in front of them.Dime was good people, and a hell of an underrated guitar by those not in the know.
I wept today again over Dime. And for Vinnie, who witnessed his brother killed in front of him.And for the fans who will probably never quite be ok after witnessing such a thing.
For the others killed trying to protect them.For Dime and Vinnie's mother.
The accounts of what happened are heartbreaking.
When Darrell died, a fan who was a nurse was doing cpr, while other fans were crying and kissing his hands and feet. A vendor said this, in broken English " I went to try to pull them all away from him. They were crying and kissing his hands and feet. They loved him so much, I couldn't bring myself to try and stop them."
So that's who my thoughts and love go to tonight. The fans that loved Dimebag Darrell
and witessed his death. The families of all involved.The others killed.
Yes, I'm sad for John. But I can only imagine the hell that the survivors of that hellish concert a year ago are going through.
And it's a horrible coincidence that it happened on the anniversary of John Lennon's
death. Partly because Darrell deserved more recognition for the stunning guitarist
he was, and for the big heart and kind words that he had for everyone.
R.I.P. Darrell, we love you.
posted by Nabonidus at 6:07 PM
13 Comments:
Hey Lisa. Thanks for the comment about John.
I know he did not have to suffer and that makes me feel better. And he did die when he was still at the top and he did not have to go through 9/11, so it was not the worst of the worst.
I have heard about Darrel. A few of my friends listen to him. That is a horrible story, I had never heard about it in detail. God I can't even IMAGINE being at a concert...a band or a person I loved with a deep passion, and then experiencing the death. Oh god, that's so depressing.
I don't even know what to say.
But thank you for being here for me. It makes me feel good.
xxx
- claire -
I can tell you're very sad tonight, sweetie.I am, too. I'm sorry if I made you feel worse, but at least there are things we can comfort ourselves with.
But yes, I think looking back that Darrell was very much on my mind this past week. In trying to make sense of what happened, my bro and I had found out a lot of heartbreaking things about that night.As awful as my post was tonight, I tried to cushion it and not go too in -depth.
But I wanted to say, don't forget how important it was that John found true love, Claire.And that he didn't suffer for years from something like alzheimers or cancer. or AIDS or any
number of things. Pain.I know it's small comfort, but that's really important stuff. I'm not going to insult you by saying you're too young to understand. You're not too young to understand pain or love.
Thanks for being there for me, too.
Love, Lisa
R.I.P. Dime.
There is a wonderful interview in GuitarWorld, actually, with Vinnie. I can't even begin to imagine...
He was in my thoughts today too.
Jack
See Lisa..underneath those hard edge boots, which I think are smashing! you have such a beautiful heart! I think as time goes by you will find yourself ready to share this with another in your life and this time a great guy!
TOTALLY off your post here. Yes I did read it...just wanted to reach out to the inner you that is speaking either about John or something else that touches you!
Your progress from that aweful place is inspiring and perhaps like I have you will touch and help another down the road..YOU MUST! It is your gift back from being a survivor!
Lots of Love!!!!-XX M.
Thankyou nabonidus,
A long post and you will get one in return... tomorrow after I have slept some... right now I make no sense.
You are really cool, and you'll get a long, boring story from me. :)
I'll tell you what a CRAZY 36 or so hours I've had :p
Jack
Dime was a friend of mine. I have known him since his poofy haired Metal Days when he was a kid tearing it up. He had a heart of gold and a liver of iron. What people did not know about Darrell was that he was a really bluesy player also. It was like a bad dream when he died. A year has passed it still seems that way. I was very proud of him when Pantera came back and Headlined a huge show in Dallas. The Album he and his brother did with David Allen Coe should be out. I last saw him at a Kings X show in Dallas. We had a few shots and talked about what we were up to. I miss him.
Thanks you guys, I have been remiss
in replying because I was just so sad about it all.
Ihearwhat your saying, Joe, he played with a lot of heart and it came through. Not the typical stuff people think of when they remember Pantera. And, his playing had gotten more sophisticated as time went on.:)
Lisa,
If I had remembered that it was in the same week, I would certainly have added them to my list. I'm sorry I left them out, more benign ignorance than anything else.
Thanks for the reminder, and I'm sorry you were feeling so low down.
-AM
Aw, I know you would have, Anne Marie.
That's why I mentioend it, because I could tell you were a thoughtful person about these things, and it had to be that you just didn't know that
horrble tragedy had occurred at the same time:(
Thanls for the sweet words. xoxoLisa
Lisa,
Molly is right about you. You have a beautiful soul. Thanks for the kitty comments- I will work on the papoose method. ;)
-AM
Aw, thanks Anne Marie!
Yep, I worked at that one bad place about 3 weeks to a month. I already was not happy with the scary old equipment and lack of common sense.But the more comfortable they were with me, the more violence and abuse came out. So by the time I spewed forth and walked, I was
quite aware of everything.And the weird thing? They were making the bucks!!!
They had heavy stream of clients, and they weren't putting any money
back into the business! One of the old metal dryers burst into flames one day! Not kidding! It was horrible.
Thanks for not minding my rant. xoxoLisa
Wow, it's just horrible what guns can do. I didn't know about Pantera because I wasn't into the whole metal thing, but from what I hear, this guy was the nicest person, and that's so often what comes out when something like this happens, always to the nicest, sweetest people.
Call me a left wing whacko, but there should be tougher gun controls in America so whacko's like this can't do this sort of thing. The NRA makes me laugh, like if the laws were tougher we would be taking away their constitutional right to bare arms. How about a consitutional right to bare arms only after you have completed a self defense course, proved that you have no criminal convictions, that you are over 21 and are not crazy. Too many guns = too many murders.
I hear you, Gary. I do advocate
gun control.
But hwat I did hear yesterday on morning news is that Darrells family is suing the club for wrongful death,
apparently this nut wasn't even patted down, nothing. Not searched. He just walked right in with it, no one even searched him. :O
I'd wondered about that.
But I do agree with you. I'm just saying, damn. No wonder he got in! That had always puzzled me.
xolisa
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