Dave Carpender lead guitar player for the Greg Kihn Band
passed away last month. Dave played on Gregs record
"the break up song"
Obertson
see below for part of the memorial on Greg's site
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October 5, 2007 - Friday
DAVE CARPENDER--Death Of A Guitarist
by GREG KIHN
Category: Life
I got the news that Dave Carpender had died of heart failure. Dave was the first full-time lead guitarist in the Greg Kihn Band. Dave joined the band in 1976 and played with us until 1983. We were like brothers. We came up together through the rock and roll wars, from the days when we had absolutely nothing, to when we were stars. I'm going to miss him. Do you realize that of the five guys who cut The Breakup Song back in 1981, only two are still standing? That staggers me. We lost Gary Phillips to cancer at the beginning of 2007, and Steve Wright was incapacitated by a stroke several years earlier. It's down to Larry Lynch and me. Any future band reunions are going to be pretty sparse. And so today, with a heavy heart I sit before the keyboard to write what I can about a guy I loved and a time I'll never forget.
The first things that come to mind are memories of the band. Man, I got a ton of them. We must have played over a thousand gigs together, toured the world, cut seven albums, went through drugs, booze, and divorces, and that was just while Dave was in the band. I've had many guitarists since then. It's a blur. Rock and roll does that to you. You lose track of stuff. Like your brain.
Now that I am off that treadmill, I marvel at what we were able to do. I could never do that now. Of course, that was twenty-five years ago and we were bullet-proof.
passed away last month. Dave played on Gregs record
"the break up song"
Obertson
see below for part of the memorial on Greg's site
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October 5, 2007 - Friday
DAVE CARPENDER--Death Of A Guitarist
by GREG KIHN
Category: Life
I got the news that Dave Carpender had died of heart failure. Dave was the first full-time lead guitarist in the Greg Kihn Band. Dave joined the band in 1976 and played with us until 1983. We were like brothers. We came up together through the rock and roll wars, from the days when we had absolutely nothing, to when we were stars. I'm going to miss him. Do you realize that of the five guys who cut The Breakup Song back in 1981, only two are still standing? That staggers me. We lost Gary Phillips to cancer at the beginning of 2007, and Steve Wright was incapacitated by a stroke several years earlier. It's down to Larry Lynch and me. Any future band reunions are going to be pretty sparse. And so today, with a heavy heart I sit before the keyboard to write what I can about a guy I loved and a time I'll never forget.
The first things that come to mind are memories of the band. Man, I got a ton of them. We must have played over a thousand gigs together, toured the world, cut seven albums, went through drugs, booze, and divorces, and that was just while Dave was in the band. I've had many guitarists since then. It's a blur. Rock and roll does that to you. You lose track of stuff. Like your brain.
Now that I am off that treadmill, I marvel at what we were able to do. I could never do that now. Of course, that was twenty-five years ago and we were bullet-proof.
obertson
