Friday, April 18, 2008

Sean Costello

NOTE: I'm having some sort of language issue. If anyone can advise me on it I'd love to know what the heck it is. (Could it be related to the banner in the previous post??)

NOTE 2: Looks like I'm back to English only.

NOTE 3: I deleted the offending banner coding, credibility be damned.

I wish I had more time to post properly on this. Sean was only 28. You may remember he played at the Cementon blues festival a few years ago and put on a great show. You get used to losing some of the older blues artists; you almost expect it. But when a young, promising talent dies, it's jarring.
This was posted on pollstar:

Blues artist Sean Costello died in Atlanta on April 15, one day shy of his 29th birthday. The cause of death was not reported.
Costello had been on the road in recent weeks and had numerous concert dates scheduled in the U.S. and abroad, running well into November.
His record label, Delta Groove, issued the following statement today:
"Sean was not only a member of the Delta Groove musical family, he was also a friend, and words cannot express the sorrow we feel at having to say goodbye so soon. As blues music fans, we unfortunately grow somewhat accustomed to the sadness of the inevitable passing of musical elders after long and fruitful careers.
"Losing someone as young, vibrant, and talented as Sean, who had accomplished so much in just a few short years and still had so much potential, is a terribly difficult blow, not only to those who knew him personally, but for the music community as a whole.
"He had been unanimously praised as one of the main torch-bearers of the blues flame for the coming generations, and now that potential will go sadly unfulfilled."

2 comments:

Katie Bee said...

Can't help with the grief, but the script is Hindi (it's known for that absolutly dominating line).

atown-liker said...

Bad Hindi.