Jacques

My friend Jacques Cohen passed away over the weekend. He was a music producer and created what I call the MID-HUDSON or POUGHKEEPSIE SOUND. Jacques recorded many bands the Poughkeepsie area. I met him back in the early 1990's. I was in a band called Cellophane and we shared a loft called The Elting Space. It was located on the Main Mall in Poughkeepsie. My band would practice there and Jacques would use it as a recording studio. He recorded Cellophane once and it was a version of The Minutemen's song MORE JOY. It appears on The Minutemen Tribute album that was recorded in the mid 1990's. Jacques was the one person who worked with everyone in our music scene. The last time I saw him was back in October at a party in Poughkeepsie. He had an aneurysm a couple of weeks ago and never recovered. He was only in his mid 40's. Thank you for the great music and friendship Jacques. I will put the lyrics to a song I wrote about him on my blog soon. It's called JACQUES LE ROCK.