Susan and I are searching through our scrap books for pictures of Edward to post on this page. If any of Ed's friends or family have any pictures that they would like added to this page, they should send them to me at michaelchickey1960@gmail.com.
 I took this picture of Ed at a practice session in my folk's garage in
Summer 1974. He is holding a bass (a copy of a Hohner) that his
grandfather loaned him so that we could form a band. We called the
band "Pegasus" after I saw a cartoon-version of some Greek myths one
afternoon. Ed played bass and sang some, Scott Slawinsky played drums
(sorry if I spelled your name wrong, Scott--it is 35 years ago, after all!), and I
played guitar and sang. Ed did not like to have his photo taken, even then,
and let me take this only because his face as in shadow....
 This photo is from a New Year's Eve party/rehearsal session
at the end of December 1975. Ed and I had formed a band with
Ed's friend the keybord player Bill (? last name? ), my friend guitarist Jim Klein, and our
mutual friend the drummer (and now ace recording engineer/producer)
Larry Sturm. Ed is pictured here playing his Gibson "Ripper" bass (which he later sold
to Emmet Kilgariff--another of our mutual close friends in the late 1970s/early1980s).
 From the same party/rehearsal... Bill on organ and Moog, Larry Sturn on
drums (he is back there...), Ed playing a bass solo, and me playing a great
1961 Les Paul Junior loaned to me by our friend the late Ross Traeger.
Ross--a great friend of my brother Dan--passed away a few months after Ed.
When Ed and I were teenagers, we'd stop by Ross' house and bug him into
showing us how to play songs. One of Ed's favorite "we're lucky that we got
through that!" stories involved going to a house party somewhere in Kane County
with Ross...we left when the house caught fire... but that is a story for another day...
 In the late 1970s, Ed and I had several short-lived bands, generally called
"Road's End" (for some reason I was really taken with that name) . The most
ambitious version included Ed on guitar and piano, me on guitar and vocals,
Jim Klein on guitar and vocals, the electronic engineering wizard Emmet Kilgariff
on bass and various recorders, and the exceptionally talented Larry Sturm on drums.
This photo was taken at some community center party in June 1979, when we all were
on summer breaks from college (Larry would start at the Berklee School of Music a few
months after this picture was taken). This photo is from the instrumental introduction to
"Black Magic Woman." Ed is playing Larry's Fender Rhodes--I'm pretty sure this is one
of the few photos of him playing piano.
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Ed playing percussion during the instrumental "rave up" ending to "Black
Magic Woman," with Emmet's shoulder in the foreground. Ed had started out
playing drums, and when he was in his teens he had a good feel for percussion.
Larry and Ed had really grown a lot in their tastes since high school, so we tried
our hand at Zappa numbers and even some simple jazz things. But I was
still focused on trying (with little luck) to play like Clapton or Santana, and so
the guys indulged me and we also played "Let in Rain" and "Black Magic Woman."
 Christmas Eve around 1983. I think... Edward, my cousin Tim Hickey, and our friend
Eileen S. (I'm sorry, Eileen, but I forgot how to spell your name!), who sang
with Tim for years. And the back of my head. Ed liked to spend Christmas Eve
at our house (he loved the Christmas candy that my mother made each year),
and this photo is in my folk's living room. Tim and Eileen stopped by and brought
some guitars. For a time, Ed and I used to go to "The Dock" to see them play almost
every Friday or Saturday night, and we'd pack the place with our friends. Ed loved Eileen's
voice (and was secretly sweet on her as well...). A rare photo of him in a tie!
 Edward at a suprise birthday party for me (Ed was a passive conspirator)
in 1985. Ed is indulging in two of his favorite pastimes here--eating cake
and drinking imported beer. The woman at the window is my dear friend
Mary Ball, a wonderful singer with whom I played in a very good duet
(if I do say so) in the mid-1980s. Ed liked Mary a lot, too, and made some really
fine photos of her in the '80s.
 Edward at my place (with Tony Pope) in Dekalb, 1986. When Ed finished
college, he went to work trading commodities in Chicago, which meant that
he was able to spend a lot of time visiting me in Dekalb during my endless years
in graduate school. Most of my friends ended up being Ed's friends, too, including Tony.
So Ed frequently stayed at our place (at the scenic corner of 10th and Lincoln Highway).
 Although it is grainy and slightly out of focus, this is one of my favorite pictures
of Edward, taken at my place in Dekalb in 1986 on a Sunday morning. He was
more relaxed than usual, which shows in his posture, I think. |