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Nigel Franks, a colleague from my Multiactive days, just sent me an email to let me know about the upcoming “Ian Tolton: Memorial booze-fest”. I used to work with Ian at Multiactive and just found out that he passed away some time ago. Nigel posted a comment with all of the relevant information in it, but I wanted to bring it to the forefront with this post.

When: Wednesday June 7, 2006, 6 p.m.

Where: Yaletown Brewing Company on Mainland. If you can’t find it, you ain’t welcome!

What: Raising as many glasses as we can to the memory of the recently departed Ian Tolton. You have seven days to tell your work that you will be “at a doctor’s appointment” Thursday morning as you recover.

Details: In case you’ve been living under a rock, unlike the rest of us poor slobs Ian won’t be paying taxes any more. Some of us knew him well, some of us not at all. Some of us liked him a lot, some of us not as much, but who gives a fuck what you think? The purpose of this event is to get right pissed drunk and laugh our asses off, the way the man would prefer it.

Ian used to play bass with Andrew Vincent (and the Pirates). Below is a live performance of ‘Waiting for the Man’ that was played as a tribute to him.

Donations or gifts of musical instruments, can be made in memory of Ian Tolton to:

ArtsCan Circle
c/o Scott Munro
135 Norman St.
Sarnia, Ontario
N7T 6V6
Canada
artscancircle.ca

31 May 2006 |