Peter Bailey: Mare's New Blog

Still missing you and feeling like an outsider when it comes to friends. A lot of people tell me I should move on. Not sure what that means as far as my life goes. I understand clean out the closets, sell the instruments, sleep on your side of the bed. All things I've done and have been doing since you were promoted home. However no one can tell me how to stop thinking of you. How to stop feeling the emptiness your absence has brought into my life. How to not feel like I was so specially blessed by God that I was your wife. That I found a partner who for the first time in my whole life...made me feel like someone. Not even my mother or family ever did that. Not that they weren't supportive but you always made me feel oh so special in every way. As a person, a woman, a friend, a music collaborator, a lover, a wife, but most of all you thought of my spiritual being. You know being married before like I was and you were it was the one and most IMPORTANT thing we shared together...God. [...]

Oh and I forgot to say that he wrote one of the best lines in a song I've ever heard.   It is the tag line for his website..."it's through His grace and bought with a kiss".  The realization of that statement of what Jesus did always hits me smack dab in my face. It spoke to me the first time I ever heard it in November 1999 and always does each time I listen to it now. It's from the song "Walk in Your Fire" from the "Dancing With God" cd. Miss you honey and thank you for the music, the smiles, the laughter and the love. 

Just kidding...but those of you out there who ever played with Peter and know him well as in his CO brothers know the extent of instruments, recording equiment  and software that he had amassed over a 40 year career.  You also know how well he kept "his girls" as I would call the plethora of bass, electric and acoustics guitars that he owned.  It's been months and months of going through these items and figuring out what is what.  Especially tedious when you yourself are not a musician.  Luckily Peter has wonderful friends and I've been blessed with their help to know what is what and time frames they were purchased or how to find out.  Oh, but there is still so much.  I love my husband but that man could collect and never EVER let things go.  The great thing about that is that I've been able to find almost every warranty card and manual even receipts.  Now logging them onto Ebay has been somewhat of a little nightmare [...]

FENDER® JAZZ BASS® (1965) De-Fretted
 
Here is 60's Jazz with a killer sound, sunburst finish, rosewood fretboard has been lacquered, dot inlays, it was made fretless in the mid 70's, neck dated 7 OCT 65A, bridge and pickup covers are intact, the playability and sound is absolutely remarkable.  I have more picture of the back and the pots. I believe the pots are dated from 1966 week 17.  It has additional routing in the control pocket.  The tuners on it are not original but I have the originals which will be sold with it.  Also includes a non original Fender case. 
Check it out by clicking on the link below if you are interested in purchasing it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/1965-Fretless-Fender-Jazz-Bass-/260682761778?pt=Guitar&hash=item3cb1e74632

I thought of you with love today but that is nothing new,I thought about you yesterday and days before that too.I think of you in silence I often speak your name,All I have are memories and your picture in a frame.Your memory is my keepsake with which I’ll never part,God has you in His keeping I have you in my heart.