Hey Friends---Sorry to deliver the bad news this way, but our old drummer and friend Tennyson Lemaster passed away at his home in Lawrence, Kansas this past week. Tennyson was a sweet but intense guy with a great work ethic that he brought to drumming. I remember in the early 90's he would spend hours rehearsing alone, after getting off work from his day job as a STONE MASON !! He earned his Hickoid handle "Venison" in the early morning hours after a show in Wichita. There was a vehicular mishap involving the band's van and a deer in a corn field outside of town. Even as much as he disliked the nickname he was a good sport about it. Little did he know how valuable his experience with the 'Oids would be, as he went on to have a career working with autistic children.
He also played with Austin outfits Polio, the Gay Sportcasters and some others I can't recall at the moment. At the time of his death he was in a Lawrence based band , Red Lefty.
We'll miss Tennyson, as will his other band mates, family and friends...you can view his obituary online at: http://www2.ljworld.com/obits/2007/jul/08/charles_lemaster/
take care,Jeff & the Hickoids
