Musician, artist Bo Tompkins dies

Some news from Dan Matthews:

Area artist and musician Bo Tompkins died of a sudden aneurysm at home Saturday in Athens. He was a painter with numerous shows at Lowery Galley near Danielsville, where there will be a memorial service at noon Thursday, May 26 (2400 Booger Hill Road: take Highway 29 North from Athens 13 miles). Tompkins was a thunderous percussionist in many different Athens bands, including the Flicker Orchestra, Synchilla, Houston, Eraser-in-Law, Sky City, Sky Lab, Glen Lizzy, Medaglia D'oro and numerous spontaneous and one-off performances in the extreme avant-garde of dissonance and cacophony. His paintings were often landscapes of varied earthtones.

The Banner-Herald is working on a follow-up.

Posted by David Bill at May 24, 2005 10:37 AM