Jay Reatard Died

[MikeInManhattan]

He played for free at Stuyvesant Village over the summer. Outdoors, half-filled with fans and Stuy residents. He had tremendous energy as he blasted out song after song barely swallowing the Red Bull he was chugging in between. It was a great experience - one that I did not think would be the last.

here's a link for that show

http://www.nyctaper.com/?p=1302

Thanks for this - really great. Here's a pic too for reference. Taken from my iPhone so it's small. You can just make out Stuy village. What a loss.

[AllisonLeGnome]

Kind of an unexpected turn:

MPD Investigating Jay Reatard's Death as Homicide

[Dan B]

That link is broken, but I read it earlier. It's BULLSHIT. Overdoses (if that's what happened) require homicide investigation to rule things out, for whatever reason. Jay wasn't murdered.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

as a memphis local, this event has truly turned this community upside down.  jay was a great example of the memphis lifestyle (positive+negative+everything in between).  he could be a crank at times, and more than once i've been punched in or around my face and body from jay lunging at anybody who pissed him off from crowd (why next to me?!), but i got my apologies and i'll miss the guy.

please, visit the goner board, share in the stories, and enjoy a life lost too soon.

[methanolcereal]

I saw him at some dockside festival in New London, CT in the fall of '08. It was the first (and only time) I got to see him, and I was more than impressed. At the time I had only heard Blood Visions and Night of Broken Glass, but I was on board after that show. I never really noticed (most of his songs were short, loud, and fast) but the dude could really shred on guitar. I was pleasantly surprised.

Much too young.