http://bluesrevue.com/2012/09/the-photo-page-detroit-blues-festival-by-len-katz-9-21-12/ Fri, 10 May 2013 18:46:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://bluesrevue.com/2012/09/the-photo-page-detroit-blues-festival-by-len-katz-9-21-12/#comment-73148 Flor Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:29:39 +0000 http://bluesrevue.com/?p=18863#comment-73148 I host the Family Entertainment program on Detour Music. As both a frneid and colleague of John’s, I was devastated to hear of his passing. John was a warm and wonderful person who was passionate about the blues, his listeners, and life in general. He was something of an on-air mentor to me, always offering words of encouragement and advice. Often, those words came over the phone as he was doing his own show. I used to tell him how much I envied that great radio voice of his. I’ll never forget the remote broadcast we did together at the Blue Plum Festival. I did the show following John’s; we had a blast, and we talked about one day going on the air together. Then his health problems took him away from the Tricities, and we had to put that goal on hold.This week I’m returning to The Detour’s airwaves after several months away due to school obligations. In doing so, I will offer and on-air tribute to John. He was a man of incredible vision, talent, and humanity, and will not be forgotten by those of us who knew and listened to him.

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