# RIP Lyle Mays

**URL:** <https://forum.psaudio.com/t/rip-lyle-mays/15275>\
**Category:** Everything Else\
**Created:** [February 13, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/rip-lyle-mays/15275 "2020-02-13T15:00:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![RonP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/ronp/32/213555_2.png) [@RonP](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/RonP)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/rip-lyle-mays/15275/1 "2020-02-13T15:00:34Z")

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He was an excellent musician. Sorry he’s gone. He paired up perfectly with Pat Metheny.

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**Author:** ![badbeef](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/badbeef/32/142_2.png) [@badbeef](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/badbeef)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/rip-lyle-mays/15275/2 "2020-02-13T15:17:12Z")

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Yes and many others.

Also RIP Joseph Shabalala. Saw Ladysmith back in the day. Made me realize what matters.

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**Author:** ![efete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@efete](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/efete)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/rip-lyle-mays/15275/3 "2020-02-14T01:56:02Z")

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Very sad to hear that he lost the battle at the end. Excellent, from-the-heart pianist, keyboardist with such lovely disassociation of the hands! Lyle was largely the main reason I got into the conservatory in my town (Manuel De Falla in Buenos Aires), not because of wanting to play in a band or live off performing etc… but for trying to replicate at home and in my intimate chambers a little bit of that emotion / expression of his.

Just got Metheny’s ‘Letter from Home’ CD ready in my DMP, but I don’t want to play it tonight as I’m sure by the time I get to the Dream of the Return (as sung by my compatriot, Pedro Aznar) I’ll be in tears.

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**Author:** ![rajugsw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/rajugsw/32/16086_2.png) [@rajugsw](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/rajugsw)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/rip-lyle-mays/15275/4 "2020-02-15T08:48:31Z")

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It’s feeling like 2016 all over again. Still not over Neil Peart.

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**Author:** ![badbeef](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/badbeef/32/142_2.png) [@badbeef](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/badbeef)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/rip-lyle-mays/15275/5 "2020-02-15T17:19:19Z")

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A nice tribute to Joseph Shabalala from local folks eTown:

> **[‎eTown on Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/etown/id441558505)**
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> ‎Music · 2020