Kurt Vile paid tribute to “musical genius” Rob Laakso, his friend and longtime Violators bandmate, who died last week at the age of 44 following a battle with cancer.
and the Violators, died on Thursday, May 4. His wife Mamie-Claire Cornelius confirmed his death following a battle with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare and aggressive form of bile duct cancer. Laakso was 44.wrote on Instagram
. “Thank you for giving me the most beautiful life, the most loving and beautiful children and for believing in me every day. You are the light of my life and the only slightest sliver of peace I have is that you are no longer in pain. We’ll be dreaming of you every night until we see you again.”. “This one’s been hard to get out of the fog in my brain and into words for a long time now ,” Vile wrote. “Tributes are never easy but this one is just too close to the bone I guess.
Vile went on to share the story of Laakso’s “true initiation into the Violators”: It was the last day of sessions for Vile’s 2011 album, and Laakso came in and “made the final touches of ‘Baby’s Arms’ in about 1 hour… .”
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