This post comes to us from Laura Ellis.
The Louisville music community said goodbye to one of its elder statesmen today. Tim Krekel passed away this afternoon after a brief illness. He truly was a Louisville treasure, and lots of local musicians of my generation wouldn’t be playing today if it weren’t for his support and tutelage. More than just a phenomenal songwriter, he was a beloved figure on a personal level, and in a business where competition sometimes overshadows creativity, I’ve never heard anyone say a bad word about Tim Krekel.
WFPK will pay tribute all day on Thursday, June 25th, so tune in to reminisce, and you can leave your thoughts and memories here on WFPK’s site.
We’ll update this post with memorial service information should it become available. In the meantime we thought we’d repost the last time Tim was with us here on State of Affairs, on Valentine’s Day, 2008, to talk about love songs. Nobody wrote them or played them like Tim. Click here to listen.
UPDATE:
Tim’s family has set up a memorial fund called “The Krek Fund.” Checks can be made out to that name and dropped off at Ear-x-Tacy where John Timmons is collecting.
The family also invites all of his friends and fans to join them at a special memorial event following the funeral service this Sunday, June 28th, at 4pm at the Vernon Club.
Photo from www.timkrekel.com
