John "Slidin' Slim" Firman
RIP
1945 – 2008
At 5:10 PM, June 23, 2008 John Firman our beloved friend, cousin, brother in music, and our lead guitar player, lost his battle with Pancreatic Cancer.
There are really no words that can truly express the loss we all feel at this time, but I will try.
Many times when you play in a band with someone the act of playing music draws you closer to the other members of the band. You become like family. In our case John literally was family. Gene our lead singer is the cousin to Ann Firman, John’s life partner, his wife, his love, and his collaborator in all things. And David our drummer is Gene’s son, so they not only lost a good friend and musical collaborator but a close, deeply loved family member as well!
For myself, and I’m sure I speak for Chuck & Eric too! John was a great friend with whom we all got to know and collaborate with, all to briefly. But that all to brief time, was all quality time! John! You touched us deeply!
I know I speak for the whole band when I say that even though the time we had to collaborate with John was all to brief. We will always dearly cherish that time for the rest of our lives. John you are missed now, and you will be missed long into the future my friend.
Rest in Peace, gentle soul!
Save us a place in the band!
Our love be with you always!
Here is a link to a cool tribute John's brother Pope made of John's life…
http://www.davidkfirman.com/jvef.html
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