Jay Reatard R.I.P.
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| Jennifer Maerz |
| R.I.P. Jay Reatard |
R.I.P. JAY REATARD It is with great sadness that we report the passing of our good friend Jay Reatard. Jay died in his sleep last night. We will pass along information about funeral arrangements when they are made publicI always feel strange writing about the death of someone I never knew, but I'll say that as a big Jay Reatard fan, I'm really bummed to hear he died. He was a great songwriter, and his show at the Hemlock a couple years back on my birthday was one of the best shows I've seen at that club, period.
He had a huge following in San Francisco, touring and playing shows with many of our locals. I'm sure he'll be greatly missed here.
If you have any good Jay Reatard memories, please share them below.
My favorite memory, from that same Hemlock gig, was of him breaking the bar's clock on his face to signal the end of the show.
Oh, and one other: My sister and I took a road trip through Memphis last year, a trip I started in Memphis because I knew Jay lived there so there had to be some good, fucked up garage punk culture--not to mention Goner being an institution. We even went to the main punk club in town, only half expecting Jay would be there. Turned out there he was, hanging out outside the place as some shitty metal band played inside. I didn't talk to the guy, but it cemented him as the patron saint of Memphis in my mind, kinda like my punk Elvis.
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