I wrote this about 20 years and two ABB lists ago, and I could not think of another way to honor Skip's memory.
RIP Skipper
Captskip (sung to Billy Joel's Captain Jack)
Christmas Day and you're hammocking around
Sherry's tired of you wearing her nightgown
You'd not like to find a worm in your cuervo gold
Or so we're told
So you go to the store in your really tight jeans
And lustfully stare at the hardwood beams
It's like some new home-decorating magazine
and you're in style
But Captskip will get you hi-fi tonight
And take you to the digital island
Captskip will get you hi-fi tonight
Just a little push on play and you'll be smiling
La da da, oh yeah yeah
Your long-lost twin sister Kenny is on a date
And you just sit home and contemplate
That zoom zoom zoom is gonna come but do you really hate
That fhocking sound
So you stood on the corner in your old disco clothes
And you looked so dainty with the mustache neath your nose
But still the desert dust is getting in your Bose
Don't forgot what wire is ground
But Captskip will get you hi-fi tonight
And take you to the digital island
Captskip will get you hi-fi tonight
Just a little push on play and you'll be smiling
La da da, oh yeah yeah
So you decided to take a bath today
You got your mini disc and your cafe ole
Ah, but there's no place for you to sashay
On the newly laid harwood floor
You've got nothing brand new but everything's cool
They've just found the missing master tape on its spool
And you guess you won't be wearing any disco jewels
Those you abhor
But Captskip will get you hi-fi tonight
And take you to the digital island
Captskip will get you hi-fi tonight
Just a little push on play and you'll be smiling
La da da, oh yeah yeah
So you play your new audio cd and you pave your lot
And you meet your Swiss friends out where it's hot
Oh, but still you ache for communal showers--Sherry says not
It was wrong
And if you can't buy that the analog world is so dead
And why you've got to keep in style, no more Ampeg
Well, you're fifty-six and so must convert to book of red
for a cleaner song
But Captskip will get you hi-fi tonight
And take you to the digital island
Captskip will get you hi-fi tonight
Just a little push on play and you'll be smiling
Yeah, Captskip will get you hi-fi tonight
Yeah, Captskip will get you hi-fi tonight
(fade to end)
I remember getting my first Capt Skipper discs through a BnP. That completely hooked me. Ended up traveling to The Beacon with the left coast crew and threw a couple of legendary parties. Still cherish those “Skipper remasters”. Good Times
I never actually met or knew the Captain but he was one of us, so I do miss him. I hope that Miss Renee is doing well.
Skip was an incredible friend who loved the music and did countless projects not only ABB related but other artists too, to do people a favor. He was incredibly generous with his time to the benefit of so many.
I actually "pilgrimage-d" to Yuma and spent some time with him and his family. Very pleased that every day I can look at four beautiful paintings done by his daughter including one of Duane and also one of Derek.
Coaxed him, along with some of his service buddies, to attend a Red Rocks show and get to meet a whole lot of appreciative ABB fans. Skip was truly one of a kind.
"Is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho?"
I can't say enough about Skip that hasn't been said better by others.
It was unworldly that yesterday I just happened to put on my Skip tie dye from his fundraiser when his wife was ill.
Ten minutes later I got online and saw the terrible news that Karen Bomberry had passed.
I'll never forget the long nights I stayed up and chatted with him and KCJimmy back when I had dial up internet.
The many phone calls with Skip.
Damn, I miss him like I do Bobo and John Ott, Kenny Babb.
