I Remember Steve Letkauskas

Well, what I can say about Steve is that he was a friend in the true sense of the word. We met while we were both working for MXR in the late 70s and became fast friends and of course, we were both music fanatics. Steve would come over to my house on Hazelwood Terrace 2-3 times a week and we would listen to records until the wee hours of the morning. I would often see him at concerts, and we would meet up at Scorgies and other bars to see music and hang. I remember that Steve was the first person I talked to the day John Lennon was murdered. Actually, I hadn’t thought about that until just now.

We didn’t hang out that as much since the early 90s when I got divorced, then moved out of the city, and remarried. But Steve would still regularly stop by the store to say hello, talk about music, pick up some tunes and generally catch up on life.

I last saw him on Tuesday afternoon (September 15^th) and we talked about the Neil Innes concert I had at the store this past June. Steve talked about how much he loved the show and reminded me that the Bonzo Dog Doo Da Band were one of his favorites as they were mine. Neil sang “Urban Spaceman” that night and also talked about his friendship with George Harrison and it reminded me of our friendship.  I’ll miss my friend.

Tom Kohn

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