{"id":135,"date":"2011-11-06T01:38:28","date_gmt":"2011-11-06T01:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lushlife.com\/?p=135"},"modified":"2012-01-22T01:51:57","modified_gmt":"2012-01-22T01:51:57","slug":"bass-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lushlife.com\/?p=135","title":{"rendered":"Bass Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lushlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/BillCrow4x5-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"BillCrow4x5\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-136\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lushlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/BillCrow4x5-257x300.jpg 257w, http:\/\/www.lushlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/BillCrow4x5-878x1024.jpg 878w, http:\/\/www.lushlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/BillCrow4x5.jpg 1801w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/br><\/p>\n<p>Hi, Devra and John,<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for giving me the opportunity to celebrate with you.<br \/>\nJohn, I&#8217;ve admired your work for many years, and am delighted to hear that you are still hanging in there. \u00a0I send you my compliments and best wishes.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Crow<\/p>\n<hr size=3>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lushlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Buster-Williams-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Buster Williams\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-138\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lushlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Buster-Williams-300x220.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.lushlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Buster-Williams.jpg 482w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Dear John:<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t think of anyone who is a greater example than you on how to live a life of value creation; integrity; trustworthiness; honesty; compassion; love, and truth.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve stood as a constant reminder to me of these great human attributes as I&#8217;ve strived to navigate through the vicissitudes of my own life.<\/p>\n<p>You remain a true giant in my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>May you live as long as you want to live as I am inspired by every moment of your being. Thank you, John, for everything you give us.<\/p>\n<p>HAPPY BIRTHDAY, my fellow Aries.<\/p>\n<p>Love,<br \/>\nBuster Williams<\/p>\n<hr size=3>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lushlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/LarryRidley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lushlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/LarryRidley.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"LarryRidley\" width=\"233\" height=\"290\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-150\" \/><\/a>Hi John,<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nJust a few words to let you know how much I appreciate our acquaintance and respect for each other through the years.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nYou have been a great role model to me and have opened doors for many of my friends who also have held you in high esteem like Joe Williams, Cannonball Adderley and Wes Montgomery.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSincerely,<br \/>\nLarry Ridley<\/p>\n<p>\ufffc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, Devra and John, Thanks for giving me the opportunity to celebrate with you. John, I&#8217;ve admired your work for many years, and am delighted to hear that you are still hanging in there. \u00a0I send you my compliments and best wishes. Bill Crow Dear John: I can&#8217;t think of anyone who is a greater [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lushlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lushlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lushlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lushlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lushlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.lushlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283,"href":"http:\/\/www.lushlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions\/283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lushlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lushlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lushlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}