Goodbye Dan

It’s been a week since I read the saddest news about Daniel Cho. He was in Europe touring with Regina Spektor as her cellist when a fatal accident happened, early this month. So hard to believe.
Dan was an incredibly talented musician, over the years he got to work with many of the best, both in studio sessions and live performances. His music and his playing can be heard on his myspace and countless youtube videos (like this one).
But music aside the Dan I had the chance to know a bit was one of those good people you come across in life on lucky days, so kind, easy to talk to. Responsible, calm, optimistic, considerate. His strongest love of his family, his baby daughter not yet two..
I last heard from him in January, when he wrote to let me know he’d done a session with Regina some months ago somewhere I used to work and he’d been told I had moved elsewhere. I was bummed to have missed them by only a few months but figured I’d have the chance to see him play again sometime, maybe chat a bit afterwards. Wasn’t to be.
My deepest condolences to his family and friends.
Daniel Cho memorial page.

He liked this photo.

PS 2023. I've come back to re-read this. Every one in a while I remember. I did not know him much, but what happened to him was so impossibly unfair.. he'd been struggling as a musician for a long time, working on other things to make ends meet despite his incredible talent. And when things finally picked up and he could do what he loved this happens... a father to a baby daughter.. Anyway, I see that no links in here work anymore -time works fast. It's also hard to find anything from him on Youtube so though I have all my videos there set to private I've uploaded one to Rumble here. 

I remember Carina Round telling me before this concert that Dan did not know the songs and had only listened to them while they drove down from New York. Pretty genious if you ask me.