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Timothy White Tribute

I read in the Boston Sunday Globe that JB along with Sheryl Crow, Don Henley, James Taylor and others will perform a concert this fall to benefit his children.

Here’s a quote by Jimmy Buffett in Billboard.

“About an hour before [my] June 27 show, Russ Titelman called me with the shocking news that Tim White, probably the most knowledgeable and honest guy in the record business today, had died suddenly in New York. Unlike my tenure at Billboard — where I worked [in 1971] until I could find a record deal — Tim wasn’t biding time. No, Tim was an editor because he loved his job. He spoke the truth about the record business today even if the labels (who, by the way, were the main source of advertising) didn’t like to hear what he was saying. Tim was simply one of the nicest guys you would want to meet. Several times during that night’s show, I thought of Tim as I had last seen him, on a dancefloor at a friend’s wedding with his bow tie and white bucks obviously winning the dance contest with Judy, his wife. He loved music, and I think he would have liked the view I had that evening of a rain-soaked crowd still having a good time. [When] I counted off the song “Far Side of the World,” I spoke into the mike, “This is for Timmy White.” We will miss you but remember you for the joy with which you lived your life.”

http://www.billboard.com/billboard/specialreport/timothywhite/artist2.jsp