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General => General Music Discussion => Topic started by: bout to crash on September 19, 2016, 09:42:41 PM
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A friend and I were wandering a local cemetery last weekend and came across a butterfly-shaped headstone for a 17-year-old girl. I decided to Google her name and found this blog with an old article about her getting to meet Geoff Tate and see the band before she died.
https://trenchreynolds.com/2003/07/28/queensryche-rules/
I don't think I ever heard about this at the time, but how cool! Also, DT is briefly mentioned haha
Putting all recent negativity about Geoff aside, really cool that he did this for a dying fan. I might have asked for something similar in her situation. Also, it's cool that a hospice social worker set it up, since that's what I do :D
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That is cool of Geoff indeed.
Just out of curiosity though, why did you decide to google this girls name?
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*shrug*
Every once in a while I will do a search, if somebody's name or headstone stands out to me. Weirdly enough, my friend and I had been talking about both Queensryche and DT earlier that day! So it was "meant to be," I suppose.
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That's cool.
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A friend and I were wandering a local cemetery last weekend and came across a butterfly-shaped headstone for a 17-year-old girl. I decided to Google her name and found this blog with an old article about her getting to meet Geoff Tate and see the band before she died.
https://trenchreynolds.com/2003/07/28/queensryche-rules/
I don't think I ever heard about this at the time, but how cool! Also, DT is briefly mentioned haha
Putting all recent negativity about Geoff aside, really cool that he did this for a dying fan. I might have asked for something similar in her situation. Also, it's cool that a hospice social worker set it up, since that's what I do :D
I didn't click the link, but that's because I already know the story you are referring to. Yeah, it was really cool, and he was obviously very touched by the experience. I had forgotten about it. It's a really great reminder about how sometimes going out of your way to do something that really isn't all that big a deal can really mean a lot to someone and touch their life in a special way.
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A friend and I were wandering a local cemetery last weekend...
All the best stories start out this way. :biggrin:
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A few years ago when I read this story and was very moved by it. I was in college and I corresponded with her Mom I believe. I don't recall if Brittany was alive when I did but I did send her way a few cds and some cash. If I recall, I sent her a few Dream Theater and Queensryche CDs. We went back and forth a couple of times but then life took over and I/we didn't follow up. I still have the letters though and I probably still have the emails that I sent to the reporter so I could get Brittany's address. This is probably one of the stories that touched my heart deeply and did something about it.
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Awesome!
A friend and I were wandering a local cemetery last weekend...
All the best stories start out this way. :biggrin:
Definitely true for me :lol
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Great story!
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2003. I think that was the DT/QR/FW show. I was at that show right before DT dropped Train Of Thought. It was my first DT show and I traveled from Austin TX to Denver for it (family and such in the area).
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That is cool of Geoff indeed.