In Memory of Cy Rawls

It’s hard and sad to believe, but our friend Cy Rawls passed away last Friday. I only met him a few times, but he had a way of leaving an impression through his love for music and his friends. The first time I remember seeing him, he had driven up from Raleigh to attend a Nutstock in Fairfax. When the festivities wound down at 1:00 or 2:00 am and everyone else was plotting which floor or couch they were going to crash on, someone asked where Cy had gotten to. “Oh, he drove back to Raleigh.” That’s what he would do. Drive all day, breeze in, rock out, make a ton of new friends, and then he’d be gone, driving all night to return home or go to the next show on his route. A seemingly inexhaustible source of energy and love.

People who had the privilege of knowing him better than I did have written many moving remembrances on the site that his NC friends created to help raise funds for his medical bills.

Cy, we’re lucky to know you.