tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479422.post6289559765381950839..comments2024-01-30T17:05:16.978-05:00Comments on XMASTIME: The Ramones Are Officially DeadXmastimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15544674192781787193noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479422.post-25780255843538988712014-07-13T08:28:54.200-04:002014-07-13T08:28:54.200-04:00Tommy was my dearest and oldest friend.
We grew u...Tommy was my dearest and oldest friend. <br />We grew up together in Forest Hills Queens New York.<br />I went to Stephen A Halsey Jr High and Forest Hills High school with him.<br />He got me to pick up the bass guitar and enter into the crazy world of rock music.<br />We played in several bands together (Triad & Butch) here in NYC over the late 60's and early 70's.<br />We built and managed Performance Studios in NYC, a recording/rehearsal studio the Ramones started in. I worked with him when he was in the Ramones and well after he left.<br />He had an advanced musical foresight, well ahead of the times in forming and being part of the Ramones. He was a great musician on the guitar, then the drums, later on the mandolin, banjo, fiddle and many more instruments. His musical expanse bridged from Punk to Indie Bluegrass.<br />I mourn the passing of the last of the original Ramones, my friend and a true musical visionary.<br /><br />Monte A. MelnickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com