Ralf was the first person to really encourage me and teach me a thing or two about playing the guitar way back in Germany 32 years ago. For me Bm will always be H-moll (pronounced Ha-moll) because that's what the Germans call it. In those days I couldn't play it barre, so I used the "little" version. Ralf was also the first to support me in attempts to write songs. Over the years I played (sang) with his Band(s) in Germany, on the islands of Crete and Kos in Greece, great, great times! Last song we played together was Hymn (BJH) 6 years ago in the Robinson Club on Kos and it kicked ass!
I am, understandably, very upset. Losing a friend in music is somehow a greater loss and it makes me grateful for all the new music friends I have found here at TG.
Ralf wrote lots of his own songs. It seems fitting I say farewell to him here among fellow guitar players. Ralf was one of us.
Irgendwie Frei (Somehow Free), by Ralf Vogel, R.I.P.
