Rest In Peace, Amos

I have been on holiday, idling away the days in the half-timbered and stone villages of Normandy, France, attending the wedding of my beautiful God-daughter, Laura. As so often happens, happiness is followed by sadness and so it is upon my return to hear about the passing of Amos Heilicher.
Amos was the father of my friend, Ira. He was co-owner of Soma Records, the label that put it’s faith behind “Little Latin Lupe Lu/YoYo” and “So Fine/I'm A Man” by “The Chancellors”. He was a force in American music recording, retail and distribution and radio industry that was incomprehensible to me as a teen-age musician but that I intuitively respected.
I wish now I would have stopped in to see Amos when I was in Minneapolis last but I didn’t. Instead Ira and I mused over the old days, catching up on our lives and families. Amos was still working, keeping his mind sharp on the grindstone of business.
I had the pleasure of meeting Ira’s daughter, Hannah. She has been engaged with the promotion of St. Anthony Main for a number of years. Another Heilicher involved in the music legacy of Minneapolis.
What more can we ask of our lives than to be a positive influence to the next generation. Rest in peace, Amos.