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for Harvey Busch
Nathan Miner
November 20, 2002
Chuck: Here's another person who only knew you through the ExoticaRing music mailing group. You had a zest for life and interesting music that was an inspiration to the rest of us. How great it is that you touched so many people throughout the world without ever having met them face-to-face. You have left many a memory with us.
Vivien & Ralph Biel
November 12, 2002
Dear Harvey and Family,
We first knew Chuck as a young boy,
and even then he already showed the promise of the wonderful young man
he was going to be.
We are deeply saddened and extend
to you, and Cary, Susy,and Billy,
and their families, our heartfelt
sympathy.
Ralph, Vivien, and Cliff
Your neighbors on James Drive
Dean Joynt
November 5, 2002
Chuck
I remember you from the P5 Mailing LIst. I hope there is music in the afterlife.
Dean
Alan Zweig
November 2, 2002
I wonder if the people who knew Chuck "in real life" are surprised at all the tributes from people who only knew him online or on the phone. I wonder if there's ever been anyone in the history of online communication who was more beloved in that community than was Chuck. I did get to meet Chuck in person once. Up to that point, I still kind of wondered if the guy was for real. He was so sweet and so positive and so generous in his praise for me that I was afraid he was going to be boring or cloying in person. But I had nothing to be afraid of. He was fun to be around, a great storyteller, a great listener and a great laugher. He was the sweetest, most positive person I ever met and yet he also had an edge and a lot of charisma and charm. I honestly doubted such people existed before I met Chuck. He was like a character from a novel, one of those people full of life and hungry for more. I guess that makes it sadder that he lived such a short life but when I read all the tributes I've read in the last few days, it's clear that Chuck crowded more life into his years on earth than most of us who live twice as long. Like I say, I only met him in person once but when I heard he died, I had the same thought a lot of us have about our fathers. I wish I'd gotten a chance to tell him I loved him. He was my hero and I'll never forget him.
Pam Becker
November 2, 2002
Chuck,
The bananas are forever golden with your spirit tending the fields. We extend our sincerest condolences to the Busch family.
Pam Becker and Bill McCord
Sean Pearman
November 1, 2002
I met Chuck through an online discussion group, the exotica mailing list. Chuck evolved from an online acquaitance to a real friend. He preferred to call the people he met online, and the conversation was always good. I would be busy with the latest crap to hit my my desk and then be surprised by a call from Chuck. We would talk about the records we found. He never failed to mention how great New Orleans was. I finally got up the nerve to visit NOLA and Chuck in person. Shortly before I left, he broke the news to me that he had cancer. I was hesitant to impose, but he insisted I come and bring a friend or two. That's the way he was. Everyone else came first. I showed up a few days before Mardi Gras, Chuck's favorite event. Chuck was the ideal host, always trying to please. He was pleasant just to be around. I met him again in Chicago when he was visiting his ailing sister. I could see that he was someone who was trying to get everything he could out of life before his time came. I thought I was prepared for it, but I still can't believe it. Our friendship was too short. Rest In Peace, Chuck. I miss you. Sean
Bump Stadelman
November 1, 2002
Good Ole Chuck,
I am honored and privledged to have had you in the Exoticaring trading group.
Your love and celebration of music is something we all admired and shared. We miss you very much.
I am sorry I have never met you in person
but I have always felt you to be a friend in waiting. So now it looks like our meeting will have to take place when I finally leave this earth. Which is something I can to look forward to.
You live when music plays,
Bump
James Botticelli
November 1, 2002
...Although I never did get the chance to meet you personally Chuck (although I knew the invitation was always there, you made that very clear), Five-Plus years of electronic postings to our music groups have given us an opportunity to get to know one another on a pretty groovy level. You have met my pals Cleve and Diane. Diane said you were "cute"! Hopefully you got that CD-R we played phone tag about working! May you rest in peace and harmony. You'd be surprised at how missed you are.....Your friend, Jimmy
John & Betty Thatcher
November 1, 2002
Dearest Harvey and family,
Our deepest sympathy in the loss of your beloved son and brother, Chuck. We share in your loss having known Chuck since a baby.
Please know our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Much Love and Aloha,
John and Betty
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