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PEACE BE WITH YOU, SCOTT Our bandmate, our brother, our friend
Dark Star Orchestra keyboardist and co-founder Scott Larned passed away of heart failure Sunday afternoon. This is quite a sudden shock for all of us and will take some time for us to process. Scott was a leader, co-founder and, for years, the band's manager helping guide this thing through some tricky waters in the early goings. His swirling Hammond organ and glassy piano trills captured the eighties-era sound backed up by a most effective growling Mydland-esque voice. He will be missed both on and off the stage.
The Larned family has asked us to thank all of you for the outpouring of emotions you have shown. The family's service will be private but they will bring with them the love, memories and thoughts you have expressed. It is comforting for them to know that so many kind people were a part of Scott's life. We thank them for sharing him with us.
As mentioned above, we are still in shock and need to take some time to get our bearings. For now, we are canceling the remaining dates of the Spring tour with our deepest apologies. Please check back at the website for information on a memorial as well as donations in Scott's name in lieu of flowers.
On a more personal note: When I first started working on this website for the band, Scott was the one with whom I collaborated. He would have been proud of the fact that I didn't end that last sentence with a preposition, for instance. In a previous but simultaneous life, he had been a teacher and the site became another student's paper to grade. One time in the early years he said to me, "I can trust you to write what I would and not have to proofread every word." And so I tried to live up to that compliment. I now knew at least part of my audience and spent many hours just trying to make Scott smile when he would check in. It had been a cinch... a silly photo, a casual inside joke... it wasn't hard to find something to say. Until this Sunday. The first thing that I thought was "what would he want me to say?" followed by the realization that without him I had no grade, no teacher and, worst of all, no friend to make smile. If the site seems not up to its usual caliber in the coming weeks, I apologize in advance for I have lost one hell of a creative mind to work with. (Sorry for that last preposition, Scott...)
damn that is sad.....a friend of mine had been trying to get me to go to one of their shows for several years now......things kept coming up at the last minute and i always cancelled.....damn.....
I really enjoyed the couple of times I saw them. Obviously, it wasn't the Dead (although with the right 'mindset' when I closed my eyes it was close), but the vibe and good times were the same. I saw many people I met from touring in the early 90s at shows. Kind of like a family reunion, in the good way.
