Walker brothers Elegies

[William Walker <billwalker@baymoon.com>]

Thanks Gareth,
  you joke about ebow's brought to mind something about Kim that some  
but not all  list dwellers might know about. I remember having a  
conversation with him about 6 years ago at one of Rick's Y2K events.  
We were talking and he said how much he hated Ebows. He felt they were  
the ambient musicians crutch and had been used to death, were a cheap  
method to create drones and sustain, and enough with this shoe gazer  
stuff anyway. At first i was a bit taken aback because frankly, I was  
one of those guys he was talking about :-) But then I realized , hey  
he's right!!!  So at that event, knowing he was in the audience I  
dedicated a piece to him, I think I called it the Kim Flint tribute  
Ebow Solo or something, and then I'd drone for about 5 seconds and  
then stopped and thank the audience. But actually I took his critique  
to heart and I rarely ever use my E-bow anymore.  I still dig it, but  
i've found other ways to create drones that don't require it.
  Thanks Kim for the influence
Bill