FUCK GUNS !!!!!

Nathan Nothin' here.

It is with an anguished heart that I post today.

Yesterday, my dearest friend, guitarist & composer Rick 'G-Funk' Smith of Joyride, lost his seventeen year old son, Alex "Young Ace" Smith to senseless gun violence.
Alex was at a party where a fight amongst some other party-goers erupted into gunfire. Alex was struck in the back by a random bullet that pierced his lung & he bled out before doctors could save him.

I have not the words to say to convey how I feel---the mixture of sadness, loss, & anger.
As always for me, when overwhelmed by life (or in this case death), I turn to music for solace.

Shot Down With a Gun - Steve Diggle & Flag of Convenienc
If It Were Up to Me - Cheryl Wheeler

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UPDATE: Suspect held in Smith slaying

January 26, 2008

Yuba City police arrested a Williams man Friday in the death of Alex Smith.

Gregory Kevin Wilson Jr., 19, was arrested at 1:45 a.m. Friday on suspicion of murder, according to Police Department records. Wilson also was arrested on suspicion of attacking 19-year-old Deandra McGraw during the same Frederick Street house party where Smith, 17, was murdered last Saturday, said Webster. McGraw suffered a broken jaw.
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I was working on a new posting when this all transpired, & I just lost interest in it all.
Here's something to fill the void for now...
New Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame inductees - The Ventures