3. On Thursday, June 25th, 2009 at 12:14AM Webb Wilder (a member) replied:
 Webb Wilder Member Since: July 2003 | I am saddened to learn of Tim's passing. Not long out of the hospital from a very serious and involved surgery Tim came to our show in Louisville a few weeks ago. It was great to see him and now it means even more. Tim was very important to my musical journey. I first heard him and his band around 1980 in Mississippi. When I moved to Nashville in 1982, I knew three people: Dan and Adele Tyler and Tim Krekel. By this time he had formed Tim Krekel and the Sluggers with Willis Bailey and Tom Comet. This is how I met Tom. They were my favorite band in Nashville and I used to go hear them all the time. Later they would be managed by Praxis International along with Jason and the Scorchers, The Georgia Satellites, the Questionaires, Webb Wilder and the Beatnecks and at one time or another many more including Steve Forbert and John Hiatt.. Tim always played a Guild Starfire VI guitar. I got the bug from him in '79 or '80 and played a Starfire V almost exclusively for several years. At one time or another Tim was lead guitarist for Jimmy Buffet and Billy Swan. He wrote songs that were hits by Crystal Gayle, Patty Loveless and Martina McBride among others. He moved back to his native Louisville at some point but, came back to Nashville frequently to write and perform. He played with his band up there as well as solo. I think he wrote "Greetings From Nashville." I know he and Jason and the Scorchers both recorded it. He was an artist, a singer, a songwriter and a helluva guitarist. Hate to lose him. I know those of us who knew him and his music never will. Wish he coulda stayed around longer, though. WW |
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