tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post113282642323390607..comments2009-09-23T05:44:19.683-07:00David Nevuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14106221562758492940dnevue@gmail.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-35638556332735160932009-09-23T03:07:29.883-07:002009-09-23T03:07:29.883-07:00David, <br />i was very touched to read your blog, to be honest, i still have tears in my eyes.<br /><br />I heard about the music of Dax in YOUTUBE the very first time a couple of months ago.<br />I was researching for some videos about the 2nd WW, and there was a trailer about a silly videogame, it was an air-2-air-combat-scene underlined with his music.<br /><br />I was so thrilled and touched immediatly !! <br /><br />it took me several weeks to did deeper because there was no credit about the music in this trailer.<br /><br />But then, i got an email and the name appeared.<br /><br />After that i was shocked to learn, that this passionate piano-man died so utterly.. <br /><br />David, again, thank you VERY much for your words, and i&#39;ll listen to your music now, too.<br /><br />With best regards and sincerly yours<br /><br />Ralf Janssen<br />GermanyRalf Janssenhttp://www.jassie.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-29394830305129510152009-09-15T15:23:13.477-07:002009-09-15T15:23:13.477-07:00Do you happen to know where to get his sheet music?Chris Innesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07402831899370016560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-47159554725747953112009-07-08T14:44:00.882-07:002009-07-08T14:44:00.882-07:00wow. I discovered Dax Johnson and his music by luck in the internet and was immediately into his music. <br /><br />I felt terrible when I found out that he is dead. Even though it&#39;s been some time now. I can imagine that listening to him live must be incredible. sadly i&#39;ll never be able to.<br /><br />Your blog touched me. I am already sad about his death. How must a person feel about it who even knew him in person, listened to his music live, played gigs with him and was friends with him. When you listen to his music you feel... something... incredible.Chauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13723256136134197888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-40913516918832256442009-06-05T17:23:34.548-07:002009-06-05T17:23:34.548-07:00I recently discovered Dax Johnson and I cant tell u enough how much I love his piano solos Im actually going to buy his albums today! He&#39;s an amazing guy with stellar talent!<br /><br />Im so sorry he died so young! This is a great loss to the world of music.<br /><br />Im truly saddened that he&#39;s no more. And ur tribute to Dax was so very touching I cried.<br /><br />TY! I hv his music playing my blog right now. It just takes me to another world. May his soul RIP!<br /><br />Keshi.Keshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17147250771662427208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-45240599693071018032009-05-09T15:07:00.000-07:002009-05-09T15:07:00.000-07:00Thank you deeply.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-5593759868992870772009-02-24T14:52:00.000-08:002009-02-24T14:52:00.000-08:00I was very curious who wrote that beautiful pianosong: random and the purpos. Now, i found out what a great creative artist he was. <BR/>Touching my heart with love.. Thank You for writing this down.<BR/><BR/>And Dax your music will go on... <BR/>RIP<BR/><BR/>MichielMichielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-83276066559606016252008-06-01T23:16:00.000-07:002008-06-01T23:16:00.000-07:00Whoa, i just stumbled across this site while trying to remember the name of the pianist who used to play outside my store at clackamas town center years ago. So sad to hear he passed!! He was SO talented, i bought one of his CD's that is probably packed away right now (i moved) I used to manage the cutlery store and he'd play RIGHT outside my store sometimes, i LOVED it. So sadCasey Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-1159489468378716382006-09-28T17:24:00.000-07:002006-09-28T17:24:00.000-07:00This site touched my heart. We all miss Dax so much, thank you for taking the time to put together such a beautifully profound site. He was a one of a kind... we will never forget him and I will continue to give his cd's to friends all over the world (as I did long before he passed). <BR/>Jeannette ParkJeannette Parknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-1152582308297221482006-07-10T18:45:00.000-07:002006-07-10T18:45:00.000-07:00I'm am a friend of a young lady who knew Dax very well. He was a dear friend of hers. She just now found out he passed away. She doesn't have internet so i'm looking up information for her. She really needs to know where he is buried. SO if anyone can tell where that would be appreciated very much so.<BR/>Thank you!<BR/>KariAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-1148943973639690122006-05-29T16:06:00.000-07:002006-05-29T16:06:00.000-07:00I'm not a musician of any sorts but I lived the exact moments of your opening comments about Dax. I had never heard of him before but my wife and myself both traveling through Portland back in 2003 stumbled upon Dax playing in the middle of the mall and being one to never care for any sort of music other than heavy metal, I found myself captivated by the intensity and the emotion coming from his songs and his overall character...Simply amazing to say the least. Hearing and seeing Dax play ended up turning what was to be a short excursion in the mall into a most joyful moment in life that I enjoyed until it was over. I felt like he was reaching right in to my heart and my soul and exposing everything I had inside of me and letting it free. Without ever knowing him I can honestly say that it is a very sad loss to the world that he is no longer with us...Lonnie Piercehttp://www.myspace.com/shadowrockernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-1148943849150194502006-05-29T16:04:00.000-07:002006-05-29T16:04:00.000-07:00I'm not a musician of any sorts but I lived the exact moments of your opening comments about Dax. I had never heard of him before but my wife and myself both traveling through Portland back in 2003 stumbled upon Dax playing in the middle of the mall and being one to never care for any sort of music other than heavy metal, I found myself captivated by the intensity and the emotion coming from his songs and his overall character...Simply amazing to say the least. Hearing and seeing Dax play ended up turning what was to be a short excursion in the mall into a most joyful moment in life that I enjoyed until it was over. I felt like he was reaching right in to my heart and my soul and exposing everything I had inside of me and letting it free. Without ever knowing him I can honestly say that it is a very sad loss to the world that he is no longer with us...Lonnie Piercehttp://www.myspace.com/shadowrockernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-1147242053902093012006-05-09T23:20:00.000-07:002006-05-09T23:20:00.000-07:00Hello,<BR/> My name is Rebecca Kramer and I am the House Manager at Slocum House Theatre. This is the first I have heard of Dax passing. My heart is very sad. I enjoyed his music. My prayers are with you and his family.Rebeccahttp://www.slocumhouse.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-1142488527233126152006-03-15T21:55:00.000-08:002006-03-15T21:55:00.000-08:00There aren't many people I look up to...<BR/><BR/>Yesterday morning, I was on my way to a Dax show in California. Many of my relatives were there as well hoping to see him. When I arrived, the manager told me that there wouldn't be a performance. Now I do not recall if he told me why, but I woke up thinking of Dax's funeral. The look on his wife's face whom I have met on occasion and the disbelief of his children.<BR/><BR/>Today is Wednesday, March 15th, 2006 and I am recollecting this dream. I log onto his website where I find information about someone's passing. I'm reading through it and I'm selfishly hoping with all that I have that it is only a friend of Dax, anyone but him. I see they reference him by his birth name Christopher, which I hadn't known was his birth name since I'd only called him Dax, and momentarily, I was relieved. But after all the sadness I felt from the post, I felt compelled to watch one of the memorial videos.<BR/><BR/>There were pictures of his childhood and below it, his nickname, Dax.<BR/><BR/>This hit me, and is still hitting me harder than anything has in a long time. I can only explain it that there are very, very few people I look up to and admire in this world.<BR/><BR/>One was Dax Johnson. He was a musical genius who had love for his family and his fans. Once you heard him play, you saw into his heart and his mind. Most of his songs were about his family; especially his children.<BR/><BR/>I met him on many occasions in Portland, Seattle, and Spokane. He'd always invite me out to a drink even though I wasn't of age. He even offered to put me and my friends up in a hotel just for coming to see him in Seattle, which I gladly accepted. Every time we spoke, I was his equal, and there was nothing more to it than that.<BR/><BR/>Seeing him play was the only thing that kept every bad thought from coming into my mind. He meant a lot to me. He made me believe that if he could make it in this world, so could I. If all the things that could darken ones mind could not be ignored, but also not be allowed to take over ones entire self, then I could make it. He’d found the way, all hope was not lost.<BR/><BR/>The first time I saw him play was at the Clackamas Town Center Mall. My girlfriend and I were walking on the second level to leave, when we heard him. I stopped, and we listened above him. 10 minutes later I wanted to go meet him. We went down, listened some more and I eventually got up the courage to buy a CD (The Random and the Purpose) and ask him to sign it. While he was signing it, I said I really liked the song he was playing. He said, “It’s George Winston”. I replied, “Yea, off his December album, right?” He asked me if I played, I said no, but I wished I had. I thanked him and off we went.<BR/><BR/>A couple of months later, it was Christmas time. My girlfriend and I were this time looking around for gifts at Pioneer Place in Portland, and Dax was on the bottom floor. His music reached every floor with a resounding presence. We listened for longer this time. My girlfriend offered to buy me his first album for a Christmas Gift and I very much liked that idea. During a break, I asked him to sign it, which he did, and also recognized me. “Hey! The Clackamas guy, right?” Even though I wasn’t from Clackamas, I had no problem with being attached to the nickname. He only had a few minutes to talk and have a break so I thanked him and left him to play again.<BR/><BR/>Every single time I saw Dax, I was given the feeling of acceptance. He always seemed to talk someone for who they were. I once drove to Spokane from Portland to watch him play at the Big Easy, which was coincidentally one that they recorded. I saw him reach out to so many people. I even got my hands on the Dax bumper stickers that people had been sporting in Spokane and had it on my car back in my hometown. He was definitely a local celebrity, and for good reason. Watch the DVD, you’ll see why.<BR/><BR/>The last time I saw him play was in Portland, with you Mr. Nevue. He sat next to me and my girlfriend, while another pianist, Michael Allan Harrison, performed. As always, he joked around and talked with me until he had to go pick up his wife from the Airport.<BR/><BR/>That was the last time I saw him.<BR/><BR/>In a world full of desolation and destitute endeavors, Dax made me hopeful. I felt that he saw things for what they were, and found a way to encourage these perceptions into his music. As you called it Mr. Nevue, the Mind of Dax. Speaking without words, only his piano(s). <BR/><BR/>If only he had showed up to my fictional concert in California, if only I had been able to speak with him, I would have proudly stood by him through all his troubles. "If only" must be the most popular way to begin a sentence when dealing with someone who was so obviously cut short. If only... it wasn't a dream. Or rather, if only this was.<BR/><BR/>I'll remember you and the bottomless memories you provided me Dax, Always.<BR/><BR/>"Bo from Clackamas"<BR/>bojitt@gmail.comBohttp://protean.suchreveries.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-1142055118495439952006-03-10T21:31:00.000-08:002006-03-10T21:31:00.000-08:00My wife just called me from work to let me know that she was sharing one of Dax's CDs with a coworker. Her coworker enjoyed the music, so together, they went online to check out his website, and she just found out that he had passed away.<BR/><BR/>I realize that I just found this out several months after the fact, and for that, I'm even more regretful.<BR/><BR/>My wife and I met Dax just once, briefly, at Lloyd Center. We bought the two CDs he had available at the time, and they became musical staples around our home. Later, when a third CD became available, we bought it, too. His music, and more imnportantly, the brief conversation we had with him that day at Lloyd Center touched us.<BR/><BR/>I'm not a musician. However, I am a writer, and Dax's music always moved me.<BR/><BR/>He will be mourned. He will be missed.Brother Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11319126451180386894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-1135378332276621352005-12-23T14:52:00.000-08:002005-12-23T14:52:00.000-08:00I am one of those people that happened upon Dax playing at a mall in Spokane. After hearing him play for just a little bit, I had to take some of his music home with me. He was an amazing performer. I am listening to one of his CD's right now.Nancynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-1134002535025633152005-12-07T16:42:00.000-08:002005-12-07T16:42:00.000-08:00Such sad news. You introduced me to Dax when I attended your concert in Portland last fall. I was mesmerized and fascinated. Thanks for telling the whole story - I feel like I know him, too. And now grieve, as well.Liz C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-1133483256470532412005-12-01T16:27:00.000-08:002005-12-01T16:27:00.000-08:00I will never forget one night flipping thru the channels on the tv one night and hearing this wonderful music. I just stopped and couldnt believe what I was hearing coming from someone that looked like a hard core rocker. I am hoping someone reading this can point me in the right direction so I can buy his CD's. Thank you David for putting up this blog on and amazing and talented human being...so sad.<BR/><BR/>kittycarlile@hotmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-1133443373815792312005-12-01T05:22:00.000-08:002005-12-01T05:22:00.000-08:00David, i was so shocked to hear of his death. You know i have been a fan of his (and your) music ever since i first heard it. I'm so sorry that we have lost such a great guy.<BR/><BR/>Paul Goodman (England)Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-1133326333461829932005-11-29T20:52:00.001-08:002005-11-29T20:52:00.001-08:00David,<BR/>i'm absolutely stunned. i just learned of Dax Johnson's death through your blog. I've been a fan for a while, purchasing my first dax album a few years back when i saw him for the first time playing at saturday market. i moved away to vegas for college and then relocated to LA and realized just 10 minutes ago that I haven't checked in on what he's been up to for a while. so i thought i'd just see what was up, so i googled him and found this. man, everything hurts. what terrible, terrible news.<BR/><BR/>john t. woods<BR/>Los Angeles, CA<BR/>johntwoods@yahoo.comjohntwoodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334616288627935887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-1133326251788567812005-11-29T20:50:00.000-08:002005-11-29T20:50:00.000-08:00David,<BR/>i'm absolutely stunned. i just learned of Dax Johnson's death through your website. I've been a fan for a while, purchasing my first dax album a few years back when i saw him for the first time playing at saturday market. i moved away to vegas for college and then LA and realized just 10 minutes ago that I haven't checked in on what he's been up to for a while. so i thought i'd just see what was up, so i googled him and found this. man, everything hurts. what terrible, terrible news.<BR/>thanks for your words.<BR/><BR/>john t. woods<BR/>Los Angeles, CA<BR/>johntwoods@yahoo.comjohntwoodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11334616288627935887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-1133310360391895142005-11-29T16:26:00.000-08:002005-11-29T16:26:00.000-08:00Thank you for writing about your friend Dax, David. I think there are as many different griefs as there are people to experience them. I will pray for you, Dax and his brother. God bless, Tamara<BR/><BR/>"Because it seems to say that one's as good as another, or two new ones are better than one that's lost. I've been thinking about it a great deal, and it seems to me that although any one sixpence is as good as any other sixpence, not twenty lambs would do instead of one sheep whose face you knew. Somehow, when once you've looked into anybody's eyes, right deep down into them, I mean, nobody will do for that one anymore. Nobody, ever so beautiful or so good, will make up for that one going out of sight."<BR/>George MacDonald - At The Back of the North WindTamaraPhttp://www.taloferiagraphics.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-1133224733763051562005-11-28T16:38:00.000-08:002005-11-28T16:38:00.000-08:00Very sad news David. I know how much you admired him and he meant so much to you and a lot of people. He will be missed. Find solace in the fact that he is in a far better place than us.Philip Wesleyhttp://www.philipwesley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-1133206520812948192005-11-28T11:35:00.000-08:002005-11-28T11:35:00.000-08:00A beautiful tribute, David.<BR/><BR/>I probably should have been, but was not aware of Dax's music. I will most certainly check it out.<BR/><BR/>Sounds like we lost a very special guy.<BR/><BR/>c-Chuck Brownhttp://HealingPiano.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11984027.post-1133116406240606662005-11-27T10:33:00.000-08:002005-11-27T10:33:00.000-08:00That was an amazing thing to read, Mr. Nevue. I'm praying for your comfort and peace... Much love.Darneshanoreply@blogger.com