Good Bye to Performer and Friend Terry Spizzirri (Half Garlic and Half Celtic)

Terry Spizziri, one of our all-time favorite performers and good friend, died at age 66 last Sunday after a month-long sickness.

We had known him for 40 years and he played at both Liz and my 40th birthday parties.

For many years he performed solo, but in the last years had added his nephew Greg to his show which, as he oft-said "Spanned the Musical Horizons."  He played everything from the 1940s to current, with a whole lot of oldies as well as Irish music.

He was very proud of his Irish heritage, even with a name like Spizzirri (his mother was Irish and father Italian).  He liked to describe himself as half garlic and half Celtic.  And could he ever sing the Irish music and was definitely in demand around St. Patrick's Day.

There was his long-standing monthly dates at the Irish Mill in Mundelein, Illinois.

St. Patrick's and Around the Chain Just Aren't Going to Be the Same.  We'll Miss You Terry.  --