[78-L] Mike Seeger Gravely Ill

[David Sanderson]

Bill Knowlton wrote:
> THIS IS A POST FROM ALICE GERRARD:
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> I don't know if you've heard the news re Mike Seeger but I thought you should, and also pass it along to anyone you think should know. Mike has been fighting non-Hodgkins lymphoma for a long time as you probably know, but very recently it kind of morphed into a multiple myaloma leukemia that involved blood, bone and throat. He underwent radiation this past week but it didn't work, and he's opted to go home and receive hospice care. It is probably a matter of days according to his wife, Alexia. Her email is alexia at rockbridge.net and she prefers to receive emails rather than phone calls. They will leave the hospital where he's been receiving treatment and go home tomorrow.
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> Sad days...
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> Alice
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> Mike Seeger's contribution to the preservation, promotion and protection of oldtime country music is priceless. As a member of the pioneer "New Lost City Ramblers" Mike and his partners literally recreated and introduced the wonders of the Carter Family, Gid Tanner, the Blue Sky Boys and Uncle Dave Macon to new and enthusiastic listeners in the 50s and 60s. His accomplishments are his epitaph. God bless him. 
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> --BK

Terrible news.  Pete, the half-brother, has had the publicity, but 
Mike's substantive contributions to American music are ultimately 
greater, I think, and he should be remembered as a major figure.

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      David Sanderson
      East Waterford, Maine

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