This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Richard Penney, 45, born on July 30, 1968 and passed away on November 25, 2013. We will remember him forever.
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That quote from Jack Kerouac has always stuck to me for some reason. I've never felt a reason to use it, but it was always there, like a little sleeping dog curled up in the back of my head.
It fits Rich perfectly I think.
Just before the quote Kerouac talked about "shambling after" the mad ones. Like he was not actually one of them, but longed to be.
I can say that I had the privilege to stride along side one for a time.
Not as some shambling follower, but like a brother.
O the things we did.
All those wonderful, wretched, horrible, beautiful things...
But those stories are for another time.
I parted ways with Rich a ways back, but I never actually said goodbye.
I'm not about to break with tradition now.
TIM MALVITA. (KILLING SILENCE)
This man was a big brother to me, a mentor, and life guide. For three years he taught me to "shred", supplemented by mimicking and learning EVERY Killing Silence song, which I can still play today. These lessons went well beyond just playing an instrument.
When I would be on the cusp of making bad decisions, he'd talk me through why it was a bad idea. If I didn't listen, he backed me completely. This man pulled me out of the darkest place I have ever gone.
So tonight I will fix my poor, abused Fender Jazz, play along w/ Killing Silence and raise a glass to a great friend gone.
Be at Peace my friend......Forever we will remember you with love.
GENA
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In 1991 I was 10 years old and I was studying guitar at a music store in South Florida. One day my teacher didn't show, but this huge guy hanging in the store said he'd give me a lesson. He showed me some stuff on the guitar, but then picked up his bass and blew my mind. The next week I was a bass player.
Rich introduced me to the music of Flea, Les Claypool, and Jaco Pastorius. He bacame a friend of the family and even took care of our house and pets when we went on vacation (my favorite story is still when we came home from one vacation and he had brought Marilyn Manson and Trent Reznor over to our house. Manson stood on my bed and signed "Each night as you sleep, I kill the world" on the poster Rich gave me). He even invited me, my sister, mom, and dad to a studio session for Killing Silence. He was the coolest guy I knew. Rich's pink Peavey bass was my A-rig for a long time. He was a friend.
He took off to pursue music on the road, but I never forgot him. I continued with music and played with some of the best musicians in the world. In 2005 I earned a Bachelor of Music from Indiana University. We lost touch, but last night I had a dream about him. I walked into the music store in Florida and he was there, showing us how his band was being played on the radio. Today I looked him up, nervous about telling him how my mom died this year (they were very close), but he was already gone. I'm sorry I missed you, Rich. Your soul is present in every note I play.
Richard Whitney Penney Jr.,
I will love you forever and ever, I will morn your death till I die, and the way we parted will be with me. I am so gratefull for Gena, I know that she gave you unconditional love. And I know how much you loved her so the past 10 years you have had a good life. Rest in peace my son you will be forever loved.
Your Mom