I did not know Paul, but he has touched so many. Rest in Peace, and blessings to the family.
Marc

I did not know Paul, but he has touched so many. Rest in Peace, and blessings to the family.
Marc

I have a gig tonight where I shall make my debut as vocalist,singing the Ramones version of 'What a Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong.We're dedicating the gig to Paul and that song especially.  
 
Paul,if you can hear it,and if my rookie singing sucks,just bang that bottle real hard brother!.
 
(Message edited by bassfingers on February 06, 2009)

David, thanks for that great picture!
 
John

There isn't much I can say that hasn't already been expressed. I feel a mixture of terrible sadness at Paul's passing mixed with gratitude that his suffering is over. There is a strange echo in the fact that my Alembic leaves me tomorrow, so closely following the passing of a never met but fondly remembered friend.
 
As I said before, I will miss you Brother Paul. Of all the people on all the forums I've been on, you were undoubtedly the most fun. Take care wherever you are, and I hope to share a beer with you some peaceful day.

Rest In Peace.

Rest In Peace, Brother Paul.
Your postings will be missed.

For people who live in Belgium: the funeral service will be with the family alone.
 
But  
there will be a special service on Saturday 14 feb. at 18.00h in Herent,near Leuven. Place:'Den ouden tijd'. As I have heard, several musicians will be playing... to honor Paul. It will be a warm goodbye.
I'll keep you informed.

Thanks for the information Peter.  At 12:00 EST I'll raise a glass and join everyone there in my thoughts with a salute to Paul.
 
Sam

I too will raise a glass in honor of Paul.
 
John

To me, Paul was the Alembic Super User and had one hell of a collection of basses. I bet he knew how to ply them too!  
 
I too will miss his upbest and informative posts on this bulletin board.
 
RIP Palembic
 
Bob Stark

What a real shame.  
 
Paul TBO was one of the first people I remember when I joined this forum. He gave me the name Paul The AAAAARGH one.
 
Life is short!

For various reasons I've not been checking in on the club for some time and, like others, I recognised, and was a bit surprised to see, Bonnie as the featured custom. I explored a bit further and was saddened to read of the horrible illness and death of the wonderful character that was Paul.
 
I don't want to repeat what others have said before me, but oh, how his fun and warmth will be missed. Few of us actually knew him personally, but all of us feel we have lost a personal friend.
 
Sleep well, my friend.
 
Rob

I have posted some new pictures sent to me from Yoeri Fransens in the Pictures of Paul section.  I asked Yoeri if I could share his note with you, and he agreed.  Following is his note.
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Hello Dave,
 
My name is Yoeri Fransens and I am a guitarplayer who had the honour to be in a band with Paul for several year.  I hadn?t been in contact with Paul for a while so the news of his passing earlier this week came as a total shock.  I still can?t believe that he has left this planet for that great gig in the sky.
 
The 1st time I met Paul, when we just formed the band Drive, he struck me as an extremely gentle and kind person.  Although he was a lot older then me, I immediately found an enormous friendship with him.  We 'clicked', not just musically but also on a personal level. He had some things in his personality that I find of the most importance.  I never have known him to be mad at anyone, he always tried (and succeeded) to see the good in anybody and any situation.  His often philosophical ramblings would be spot on.  
 
I always regarded Paul as a special person, one of the few people who are able to make their way thru live on their own terms, not hung up on what others would think about them.  A kind of person that is very rare in this day and age but Paul was definitely one of them.  So in some way, it is rather fitting that Paul would leave us due to an illness that only strikes 1 in a million people, a rare disease for that rare type of person.
 
I also want to thank you and the Alembic-forum for the kind words that have been said and for the 'in memoriam' that is ongoing. I saw that some wonderfull pictures have been posted.  I uploaded some pictures I have stored from when we were playing with Drive. Feel free to post any of them on the forum.
 
Kind regards,
 
Yoeri Fransens
Hever, Belgium

Thanks,Dave for posting this.  
 
Yoeri,along with Paul's family,our thoughts are with you also.
 
Simon.