Saturday, March 17, 2018
I have known Woody and Karin for almost 40 years. I met Woody when he began visiting my record shop back in the days when people purchased vinyl. We became good friends and enjoyed some great times together. We shared a common bond not only with our music, but other important matters within our shared lifetime. Woody understood and objected to the senseless rich mans' profiteering wars from Viet Nam to date, he was mindful of social injustice, racial inequality and plight of the poor and less fortunate in our society. Whether he was hanging out at my record store, or helping me out selling on the road at record conventions, or just striking up a conversation with a stranger, one of his many qualities I witnessed was that he often exhibited a nonresistance attitude that included...he knew to look for the extraordinary in people, he was comfortable in not always knowing and he was okay with letting others be right most of the time. Woody knew how to build bridges between people, not walls. I learned much from Woody. Often times he didn't have much to say, but there were those amazing moments he would say one of his intensive one liners that would blow my mind! Along with his concerns he had a big heart and a very caring manner. Peace and equality, Woody took both very seriously. Woody was clearly a man of conscience and conveyed the genuine qualities that measure and define a man who is of true "character". I will always be thankful and grateful for the moments we shared and the wisdom I gained from knowing Woody. Thank you for being part of my life Woody, I give you my word that I will endeavor to continue the activism and struggles for what we mutually believed in. Peace Bro
