"WILEY REED TRIO @ THE GRAND VIEW HOTEL 1993" ['HARRYLEGENDS' ON POOTUBE] . . . . R.I.P WILEY REED, FRIEND, MENTOR, INSPIRATION, BLUESMAN, PIANIST AND A ENTERTAINER PAR EXCELLENCE . . . . I'M DEEPLY, DEEPLY SADDENED TO READ OF THE DEATH OF THIS WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING, SO MUCH A PART OF MY MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT . . . . A SPIRIT AND SOUL AS BIG AS THE MAN HIMSELF . . . . RESPECT.

TO BE IN THE COMPANY OF THIS GENTLE, CARING AND HONEST MAN WAS ALWAYS A PLEASURE, HE WAS LOVED AND RESPECTED BY FELLOW PLAYERS AND AUDIENCES HE TOUCHED THE WORLD OVER . . . . HE WAS A INSPIRATION TO ME WHEN I MADE THE LEAP FROM PUNK DERIVED ROCK AND ROLL TO THE WORLD OF 'REAL' MUSIC TWENTY PLUS YEARS AGO, ALWAYS WELCOMING AND ENCOURAGING, SINGING AND JAMMING WITH THIS GENTLEMAN IS SOMETHING I WILL ALWAYS TREASURE.

TO WILEY'S FAMILY, ESPECIALLY HIS CHILDREN, HIS FELLOW BAND MATES, HIS INDUSTRY ALUMNI AND THOSE WHOSE LIVE'S HE BROUGHT SO MUCH JOY AND HAPPINESS TO, I SEND YOU MY SINCERE SYMPATHIES AND CONDOLENCES . . . . REST IN PEACE MY DEAR FRIEND . . . . YOU'LL BE GIGGING IN THE BEST VENUE THERE IS . . . . MAKE SOME ROOM UP THERE PEOPLE . . . . WILEY REED'S IN TOWN.