He's gone away now.  
 
You were right Mica... no regrets. The only regret I have is we didn't play more music together than we did. I'll post some of it later... just gotta' let this moment pass right now.  
 
Thanks again *All*.

Very sorry for your loss.

You are in my heart.

I'm so sorry for your loss Gregory. I pray that God will replace your sadness with many fond memories of great times with Tony.

Huge hug from this side of the pond... :-(

Gregory,
 My deepest condolences for the loss of your friend.  
You were there for him and his family and that will never change. As hard as that might have been it was righteous. We should all be so lucky to have a friend like you. I was there for both my parents and I would not have traded a second of it.
Thoughts and Prayers,
Peace,
Pete

May all the music you played together soothe the pain, and all the nice memories ease your loss. A hug from this side of the planet.

May he be lifted up by angels wings and wrapped in the arms of those that prepared the way for him.
Peace be with all.
 
You are a good man and wonderful friend Gregory, blessings upon you. Hugs from here.
 
slawie

I'm still a mess today... but as if it were a sign my buddy was watching, while looking for contacts on my old smartphone that didn't make it to my last upgrade, I found some demos of the last couple tunes Tony was showing me. We recorded them late one night in his man-cave the last time I was down there for a weekend of gigs. Been listening to them all morning... crude as they are, it just reinforces what everybody knew anyway - he was a musical genius, and an absolute peach of a guy. After all this settles, I'm going to clean-up/edit and post them in some kind of format, along with some professionally recorded tracks we did together a while back.
 
There's a memorial service planned for Thursday, but this came out before we knew that:
 
http://bluegrasstoday.com/tony-collins-passes/
 
Thanks Again - All of You.

Nice article.

A nice tribute to a good friend. I'm so sorry to hear about his passing.

Condolences and prayers, I am so sorry about your loss.

Very nice tribute as well.
 
(Message edited by moongerm on July 21, 2015)

So sorry for your loss Gregory. You can be sure your extended family will be offering whatever prayers and thoughts we can.
 
Graeme

RIP Tony.  Condolences Gregory.