Becky's Island remembers

Adrian Garcia Sabina
3/25/1958, Havana, Cuba - 6/9/08, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Musician, father, son, brother, Cuban, Akita owner, Christian, martial artist, mojito buyer, charter member of the Havana Clean Plate Club, and my friend

Adios, amigo, y gracias para todos!

"From the corner of my eye I saw the sun explode
I didn't look directly 'cause it would have burned my soul
When the smoke and thunder cleared enough to look around
I heard a sweet guitar lick, an old familiar sound
I heard a laugh I recognised come rolling from the earth
Saw it rise into the skies like lightning giving birth
It sounded like Garcia but I couldn't see the face
Just the...smile on empty space

I sat down beside him, said "I thought you bought the store"
He said "I heard that rumour, what can I do you for?"
"Have you written anything I might have never heard?"
He picked up his guitar and strummed a minor third
All I can recall of what he sang, for what it's worth
"Long as songs of mine are sung I'm with you on this earth"

-Robert Hunter, "Down the Road Again"

"Your kindness for weakness I never mistook
I worried you often, yet you understood
That life is so fleeting,these troubles won't last
Forever
Inspired me truly you did from the start
To not be afraid and to follow my heart
There's a piece of you with me they can't tear apart
Forever
Forever I'll find you,forever we'll be
Forever your power and strength stays with me."

- Dropkick Murphys, "Forever"

And The Beat Goes On...