Sad News...

Literally right after our gig at North Start Bistro on 2/7, Amileigha found out that her Father had passed away earlier that day. It wasn't something I was comfortable posting on the internet until I saw a note from her on Facebook about it. I think the note says it best:

Michael Kerry Troutman - Please Remember

If you have not already heard I want to let you know that my father passed away this Saturday. He suffered from a massive abdominal aneurysm and once he got to a hospital that could help him it was too late. He was 57 years old and we lost him far too early in life.

My father dedicated the last years of his life to helping other people and lived his life by his motto "Do Good Deeds". He has touched so many lives and the world will never be the same without him. He was the smartest, most creative, most giving, most wonderful person that I have ever and will ever meet.

In his memory I would like everyone to try and do as he would have done and "Do Good Deeds". Help someone with their groceries, give someone a ride somewhere, hold the door for someone, make a donation to a local charity or anything else that helps another person. This is the way that he did things and this is the best way for us all to remember him.

If you got to meet my father then you are very lucky and if you didn't then I only hope that you will keep his memory alive by helping others in the way that he did in the last years of his life.

He will never be forgotten.

Michael Kerry Troutman
3-23-51
2-7-09