"STRANGE BAND - the Family Home Page," created by Michigan Family fan Patrick Little, has been removed from the Web, presumably forever. AOL Hometown, which hosted the site, was shut down permanently recently. Too bad. Patrick's site was undoubtedly the best source for information about the greatest band to come out of Leicester, England, and was chock full of details on their discography, their tour dates, their biographical data, you name it. But the truth is, Patrick hadn't updated it since Tony Ashton, the group's last keyboardist, died of cancer in May 2001. In fact, he kind of disappeared. Meanwhile, I put up my Blogger-based Family page, a link to which is to the right of the screen, and I've been updating it ever since.
Anyone who wants to visit my page devoted to the greatest band you've never heard is encouraged to do so. I've never found a Family page as good as Patrick's, and even though mine is a poor attempt to imitate his, it seems it's up to me to help keep Family's legacy alive in America.
The torch has been passed . . ..
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