I was deeply saddened to read of the death of Carey Lander on Monday, not that I knew her personally but I have been fortunate to see Camera Obscura on quite a few occasions and they always struck me as "good people", the sort of people that you could talk to and have a laugh. I first heard of Carey's illness a month ago from a tweet from Lauren Lavern where she put up a link to the JustGiving page that Carey had set up to fund research into Osteosarcoma, a very aggressive form of bone cancer which she had been diagnosed with in 2011.
My deepest condolences go out to her family and friends.
Camera Obscura - Country Mile
Camera Obscura - French Navy (Vic Galloway session)
6 comments:
Awful news.
I go back almost to the beginning with Camera Obscura. Underachievers Please Try Harder was the one that sucked me in. So, after so many years and albums, Tracyanne and Carey feel like old friends. Truly gutted by this news. You chose a couple of great songs today, Drew.
The Scotsman has a very nice obit today.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-carey-lander-keyboard-player-with-camera-obscura-1-3915985#axzz3obkEDAba
An old friend of mine was really good friends with her. My facebook has been filled with sad this week and some of their lovely memories.
Thanks for the link Brian.
jaysus thats very sad. had missed the news. Nice mail from you Drew
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