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Michael Johnstone


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Sylmar,Ca. USA
Post  Posted 10 Jan 2009 12:08 pm    
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Another monster picker gone.

http://www.cybergrass.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5807
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Mark Eaton


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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
Post  Posted 10 Jan 2009 1:51 pm    
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Such a shame. An absolutely brilliant player, and though I never had the pleasure of meeting him, it's my understanding that he was a great guy.

Saw him play live only once or twice - incredible!

He was way too young to leave us - I'm not sure how old he was - anybody know?

RIP Butch.
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Walter Stettner


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Vienna, Austria
Post  Posted 11 Jan 2009 12:26 am    
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Sad news! he ws a true master of the instrument and a very creative player.

Kind Regards, Walter
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Janice Brooks


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Pleasant Gap Pa
Post  Posted 11 Jan 2009 7:07 am    
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"Rebecca" was added to my playlist last night
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Jay Jessup


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Charlottesville, VA, USA
Post  Posted 20 Jan 2009 10:59 am    
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Butch was 56 and succumed after a several year battle with brain cancer. He was a great Mandolin player and musical entrepenuer and was at least as good a teacher on the mando as Jeff Newman was on the steel. I am sure most of the folks around Nashville had run into him at one time or another.
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David L. Donald


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Koh Samui Island, Thailand
Post  Posted 22 Jan 2009 12:11 am    
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He did really fine irish stuff I had a book of his
and learned a lot from it.

RIP Butch you were an influence
on many you never even met.
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