I would like to share my deepest sympathy and my great respect for a past band mate that has moved on. Mr Curtis Williams was a great inspiration to me in ways few people know. When I met Curtis I had to learn how to communicate such as "What is the name of the chord?" Chord? What Key? I thought he was crazy. I never learned the names of the chords I used. I tuned my guitar down to b cause i'd never heard of "a- 440" ( I didn't know I was in "b"). So I had to learn how to communicate the tunes I was playing.     Curtis always "dressed up" for a gig. I was a sort of "dress like malcom young of ac/dc/" type and never understood why Curtis did that. Not until my time with him was over and he began playing the local blues here in the Seattle Area. When I saw the movie "crossroads" and the kid asked the old harmonica player "why are you dressed like that" the answer was "cause I'm a blues man" ........ After that a lot of things about Curtis began to make sense. He sang like Otis Redding and what ever one might want to say about his bass playing.. one thing was un mistakable. He had a stage "presence". He was there to "mak show" and "mak show" he did. Curtis was a good friend and our kids grew up friends and still are. He leaves behind a wife that always loved him and always waited for him and never left him. Try finding that in today's world. The kids are all adults and I'm proud of all of them. Some can sing like birds and Curtis Jr sounds just like his dad. He's a professional musician in Hawaii I hear.      Curtis didn't leave a string of hits you can buy in the store but he left a string of memories for a lot of people who loved him. Based on the "wake" LaVena and I went to last night we're  not the only ones that loved this man. May God keep his family and may we see you again my friend.......... In the world to come Craig Stevenz