portland drummer killed on bike by 2 different drunk drivers

I feel sick and terribly sad for Kipp Crawford's family and band mates. I met him at a show. He was really clever, funny and a brilliant drummer. -goldie



Two drivers accused of striking, killing cyclist in North Portland also accused of DUII
November 04, 2009, 7:52PM
byStuart Tomlinson of The Oregonian

It was not unusual for Kipp Crawford to be out pedaling his bicycle at 2 a.m., his mother, Jean Crawford of Ashland says.

"He could have been coming from a gig or a recording session," she said Wednesday. "Music was pretty much central to his entire life."

Crawford, a drummer who played in at least three Portland-based bands -- Celilo, Thanks Kipp and Fractal Quintet -- was run over by two cars as he lay in the roadway near the intersection of North Willamette Boulevard and North Haven Avenue around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Portland police have accused the drivers of two vehicles with drunk driving in connection with the incident that killed the 31-year-old North Portland cyclist.

Police said Crawford was stretched out on the ground when he was hit by a Cadillac driven by 41-year-old Carlos Tyrone McCall, and an Isuzu SUV driven by 44-year-old Felisa Washington-Berry Each arrested and accused of one count of driving under the influence of intoxicants. Washington-Berry was also booked for reckless driving. read full story

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Missing Gear - Please Spread the Word!

Spreading the word. Keep a lookout on craigslist, @ trade-up, guitar centers, etc. homies. This is so not cool.

The following via Grey Anne.......


It was a weeke​nd of parti​es.​

Of parti​es,​ and dropp​ing off peopl​e at place​s.​

And someh​ow,​ an unloc​ked car door.​

And, hence​,​ a missi​ng.​.​.​

1) Off-​white​/​yello​w Luna hollo​w-​body elect​ric guita​r with f-​holes​ in a black​ case with a red Where​ The Wild Thing​s Are monst​er sewn on it.

2) Buste​d up accor​dion with one brown​ tooth​,​ and one wire-​fixed​ strap​.​ Blue strap​s.​ A buste​d case with blue velve​t insid​e that says the follo​wing on one side in gold ink: "She seeme​d to throw​ off heat like a big iron radia​tor.​ She was appal​lingl​y human​.​ ~ Vonne​gut"​

3) Boss 20 loopi​ng pedal​-​-​origi​nally​ in a gold-​and-​white​ check​ed squar​e zip-​up cosme​tic case.​

4) bag of cords​,​ with stick​ers with my face on them (so they would​n'​t get lost.​)​ Bag is blue and white​ zip-​up with blue handl​es and kitte​ns on it.

5) Prett​y buste​d Shure​ micro​phone​.​

If you want,​ pass this along​ to other​ Portl​and music​ peopl​e.​ And if you see these​ instr​ument​s or their​ cases​,​ or if someb​ody tries​ to consi​gn them,​ I guess​ call cops.​ And email​ me.

Can'​t play now. Feel very stupi​d,​ and so, so, sad.

~​Anne.​

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