In memoriam to Sonoma’s KSVY Radio co-founder and veteran broadcast producer, John Myers, who died suddenly and mercifully exited this life quickly a few days ago.
When your 74-year-old co-host, born in the same year as you, doesn’t show up for the Wednesday gig because he’s dead that morning at his house, that’s cause for pause.
The reminders of my mortality come more frequently every year, but this one felt like cymbals in my ear. No more time to waste on trivia.
RIP to a real Madman, veteran broadcaster and producer, and a West Coast music scene hipster with a gift for photography, a great work ethic, an aesthete’s taste for music and adventure, and an artist’s curiosity, always learning and growing, always fully present.
He will be missed.
Ben Boyce, Sonoma
As we age, the inevitable examinations of birth dates intensifies. Oh, he (or she) is the same age as I am (or younger!)…. It is an unavoidable but sad stage of life. My sympathies…
He was my very good friend since college days. I talked to him two days before he passed. He had recently lost a dear friend of his named Bill Henry, so our conversation started out talking about our own mortality.. his meeting. his wife was intertwined with his friendship with Bill. He told me all about it and how he and Joan met for the first time. John was content, happy, and grateful for his life and our friendship together. I miss him very much and almost daily I think of something I want to share with him but instantly I remember I cant. Its very sad to me. Your words are also descriptive of a true friend of his. Thank you. If you ever want another friend to converse with my number is 847 910 6871. Sincerely, Randy Groff
I will miss seeing his photographs and hearing his stories of travel with Joan having visited some of the same places. He was a talented photographer, great story teller and inspiration for and example of a life well lived. Even more we were both motor head Formula 1 fans and often shared stories of races most recently of his and Joan’s Le Mans drives. RIP