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Death of Dallas Good, singer-guitarist in The Sadies, mourned in Cariboo

The Sadies were one of the headliners at Arts on the Fly 2019 in Horsefly

The death of Dallas Good, singer-guitarist and founding member of the Canadian band The Sadies, is being mourned in the Cariboo.

In 2019 The Sadies, a rock and roll alternative band from Toronto, Ont., performed at Arts on the Fly (AOF) in Horsefly and were a crowd favourite.

AOF artistic coordinator Brandon Hoffman said he and the others involved with the festival offered their deepest condolences to those closest to Good.

“Dallas and The Sadies have been a massively influential force on Canadian music for almost three decades,” Hoffman said Friday. “It says a lot that despite all their accolades, they still came out and rocked our little festival in Horsefly, B.C.”

Hoffman said it was a pretty emotional experience watching Dallas and the band light up the Horsefly community hall after following their career since he was kid.

“We’re extremely privileged to have had you at Arts on the Fly. Rest in power, Dallas.”

Later Saturday night at Arts on the Fly in 2019, the Sadies played a second concert on the outdoor main stage.

It was raining heavily and The Sadies endured, even when rain water weighted a tarp, fell and drenched the mixer, stalling the performance for a bit.

The Sadies Facebook page announced the musician’s death saying he died Thursday, Feb. 17.

“Forty eight years old, he died of natural causes while under doctor’s care for a coronary illness discovered earlier this week. A son, a brother, a husband, a friend, a band mate, a leader, a force to be reckoned with, we have no words for the shock we are all feeling. The stage is dark today with the all too soon passing of one of music’s brightest lights.”

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Monica Lamb-Yorski

About the Author: Monica Lamb-Yorski

A B.C. gal, I was born in Alert Bay, raised in Nelson, graduated from the University of Winnipeg, and wrote my first-ever article for the Prince Rupert Daily News.
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