tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post113580520812195842..comments2024-03-25T16:51:04.370-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Joseph McLellan DeadCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-5632820434771994032009-05-25T22:01:37.046-05:002009-05-25T22:01:37.046-05:00Thank you everyone for your kind
words about my da...Thank you everyone for your kind<br />words about my dad.<br /><br />Andree McLellan WheelereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1136559004704272182006-01-06T09:50:00.000-05:002006-01-06T09:50:00.000-05:00I have known Joe for a long time. REally I grew up...I have known Joe for a long time. REally I grew up in DC "just down the street" and had the pleasure of speaking with him now and again, being friends with part (at least) of his family. I applaud Tim Page's appraisal: he was a gentle and a generous soul. Joe seemed to work all the time and his house had more music (not to mention books) in it than any five other houses I have ever seen! Despite Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1136448430963993962006-01-05T03:07:00.000-05:002006-01-05T03:07:00.000-05:00I always admired the man. Having grown up in a sm...I always admired the man. <BR/><BR/>Having grown up in a small East Coast city with some major league artists leading the music & dance scene, yet where the local critic was nothing but a Bully (a "CRITICAL critic") really outright nasty even to teenaged community performers just to sell papers, when I started working in DC (14th & K) in the mid 80's I quickly learned to read and respect Princess Alpenrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745033267349506217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1135912305932208352005-12-29T22:11:00.000-05:002005-12-29T22:11:00.000-05:00Thank you for the fascinating and personal backgro...Thank you for the fascinating and personal background about your uncle's life. I feel that I understand him much better having read it.Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1135899405975904092005-12-29T18:36:00.000-05:002005-12-29T18:36:00.000-05:00Thank you for your kind words. Joe McLellan was my...Thank you for your kind words. Joe McLellan was my uncle, and I got to job shadow him for a week in the seventies. He skipped the Carter White House St. Patrick's Day party because he had a Japanese lesson that night and wanted to be ready for the National Orchestra tour, which he was covering; but he also was taking private Italian lessons at that time. He worked at understanding.<BR/><BR/>He Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com