***It's Holy Grail Time for...derbydave! (Donation List Included)***

deadendp

derbydave said:

YOU want to talk about a difficult task...
it wasn't easy, but I chose to stay out of this thread on purpose!!
I saw the "bumps" and had several people congratulate me for being the latest person selected to receive their "Holy Grail."
It's still hard for me to understand why I was chosen for this honor,
I was shocked when Roger sent me the initial PM informing me of this decision.
I really didn't know how to answer some of the questions he asked me,
so I told him that I would be just fine with letting you guys, MY PJ friends and family,
decide what to do.
I wanted whatever YOU had planned for me to be a surprise and while it wasn't easy,
I DID manage to stay away from the thread...
until the packages arrived today!!!
Once I had YOUR gifts in my hands...
I felt I should read through the comments before opening the packages.
To say that I'm grateful for the kind words and warm thoughts expressed in this thread would be a HUGE understatement!!
YOUR words mean more to me than you will ever know!!
I'm so fortunate to have met MANY of you...
We've laughed and cried together, traveled together, shared meals, hotel rooms and many drinks together, attended shows together...both PJ and several other groups we enjoy, and through it all, we've shared a love for the music that has brought so much to all of our lives.
AND I'm also looking forward to the day that I cross paths with those of YOU that I haven't met yet...just be on the lookout for my Tie-dye T-shirts!!
YOU all have become family to me...
and I'm so fortunate that YOU consider my friendship valuable to you as well!!
I'll finish off by saying a heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone here on the PJ boards...
WE have a very special community here and it warms my heart to be a member of this group of INCREDIBLE FANS & FRIENDS!!!

LukinFan said:

It's been a crazy weekend, so I apology about not being able to Pm everyone out with the details this weekend. I just checked the tracking and it looks like both packages have arrived today...so I'm just going to let Dave tell everyone about what he received. It's pretty damn cool - I can't wait for everyone to see.

If you can't wait to hear from Dave, shoot me a PM and I'll fill you in. I'll post the list of people who donated in the first post of the thread, once we hear from Dave.

I see that Roger is leaving it up to me to share the AMAZING gifts I received from YOU...
so here you go:



YOUR gifts included a PRISTINE copy of NO CODE (my FAVORITE PJ album), sealed copies of YIELD and RIOT ACT (Thumbing My Way is my FAVORITE PJ song) as well as very generous donation to Maria's Message...and just so you'll know how much I appreciate YOUR gifts, I'm listening to NO CODE as I'm typing this message!!



THANKS AGAIN to everyone who contributed to this "Holy Grail"...
I'm truly touched by your kindness and YOU all have made a real difference in my life!!
'

YOU brought me to tears, Dave. Truly. I agree. There is a love. There is a family. You have been there in some way for all of us. We wanted to return that favor. I don't know that any one of us or even collectively we could repay you for all of your kindness but-- it's a family thing.

Spin, spin, my friend. Spin, spin.

badbrains

Halts maul Dave! Spin the black circles

lotsalemon

I don't know how you managed to stay out of this thread - not sure I could've lasted that long!
Congrats and enjoy the music!

PP193448

MedozK

WhatYouTaughtMe

Very nice words as always Dave. Congrats on the sweet records!

AnotherTourPlease

Well deserved, Dave. You're truly a special guy!

cmalisze

Much deserved. Hope to meet in the BIG APPLE

SD48277

Yay!! Congrats, Dave!! Enjoy and spin, spin!

HesCalledDyer

Well done everyone and congrats Dave! To say you deserve this is a bit of an understatement! Thank you for all you do for everyone here!

Gillycw

So awesome, enjoy them Dave!! Man you have some self control not peeking. I would have been looking straight away, can't resist shaking those gifts under the Christmas tree.

LukinFan

derbydave said:

YOU want to talk about a difficult task...
it wasn't easy, but I chose to stay out of this thread on purpose!!
I saw the "bumps" and had several people congratulate me for being the latest person selected to receive their "Holy Grail."
It's still hard for me to understand why I was chosen for this honor,
I was shocked when Roger sent me the initial PM informing me of this decision.
I really didn't know how to answer some of the questions he asked me,
so I told him that I would be just fine with letting you guys, MY PJ friends and family,
decide what to do.
I wanted whatever YOU had planned for me to be a surprise and while it wasn't easy,
I DID manage to stay away from the thread...
until the packages arrived today!!!
Once I had YOUR gifts in my hands...
I felt I should read through the comments before opening the packages.
To say that I'm grateful for the kind words and warm thoughts expressed in this thread would be a HUGE understatement!!
YOUR words mean more to me than you will ever know!!
I'm so fortunate to have met MANY of you...
We've laughed and cried together, traveled together, shared meals, hotel rooms and many drinks together, attended shows together...both PJ and several other groups we enjoy, and through it all, we've shared a love for the music that has brought so much to all of our lives.
AND I'm also looking forward to the day that I cross paths with those of YOU that I haven't met yet...just be on the lookout for my Tie-dye T-shirts!!
YOU all have become family to me...
and I'm so fortunate that YOU consider my friendship valuable to you as well!!
I'll finish off by saying a heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone here on the PJ boards...
WE have a very special community here and it warms my heart to be a member of this group of INCREDIBLE FANS & FRIENDS!!!

LukinFan said:

It's been a crazy weekend, so I apology about not being able to Pm everyone out with the details this weekend. I just checked the tracking and it looks like both packages have arrived today...so I'm just going to let Dave tell everyone about what he received. It's pretty damn cool - I can't wait for everyone to see.

If you can't wait to hear from Dave, shoot me a PM and I'll fill you in. I'll post the list of people who donated in the first post of the thread, once we hear from Dave.

I see that Roger is leaving it up to me to share the AMAZING gifts I received from YOU...
so here you go:



YOUR gifts included a PRISTINE copy of NO CODE (my FAVORITE PJ album), sealed copies of YIELD and RIOT ACT (Thumbing My Way is my FAVORITE PJ song) as well as very generous donation to Maria's Message...and just so you'll know how much I appreciate YOUR gifts, I'm listening to NO CODE as I'm typing this message!!



THANKS AGAIN to everyone who contributed to this "Holy Grail"...
I'm truly touched by your kindness and YOU all have made a real difference in my life!!
'

Awesome! So happy that everything arrived!

Spin spin!

LarsK13

Once again a very good job by all!
Congratulations to you Dave (even if we have never met).
Enjoy the records!
Was nice to have been a part of this HG!
Greetings from Germany
Lars

P.S .: Who is next ..........

lolobugg

Dave, thanks for the heartfelt post.... Man, you got a lot of record listening to do, my friend!!!!

jjflash

Congrats, Derby. Your friendship and all you do for this community are much appreciated.
Looking forward to seeing the tie-dyed shirt in NYC

dankind

Awesome, Dave. Congratulations!

And, as always, thanks to Roger for organizing and everyone for participating.

It's always heartwarming to see the ways in which we take care of each other.

It could be some kind words to pick someone up when they're feeling down, it could be collecting some funds to help folks who've experienced some sort of loss, or it could just be buying someone a few records or posters or other fun trinkets.

And though some of us may have our spats at times, family takes care of family.

Much love to y'all.

LukinFan

dankind said:

Awesome, Dave. Congratulations!

And, as always, thanks to Roger for organizing and everyone for participating.

It's always heartwarming to see the ways in which we take care of each other.

It could be some kind words to pick someone up when they're feeling down, it could be collecting some funds to help folks who've experienced some sort of loss, or it could just be buying someone a few records or posters or other fun trinkets.

And though some of us may have our spats at times, family takes care of family.

Much love to y'all.

Well said, Dan. None of this would had been possible without each of you in this thread.

Even better than the vinyl, we were able to donate $200 toward Dave's charity of choice.
That's incredible!

PJ_Soul

mfc2006

Awesome work, everyone!!!

Enjoy, my friend!

2-feign-reluctance

Awesome!

FoxyRedLa

Beautiful!

demetrios

Congrats Dave!

tino_11

Congrats Dave. You've gone above and beyond a couple of times for me recently, and looking at all the comments here, you do it on a regular basis for others too.

Enjoy spinning the vinyl, you deserve it! Hopefully we'll get chance to meet at a show in the future.

LukinFan

List of people who donated (in no particular order):

HesCalledDyer
cmalisze
jjflash
mcgruff10
SD48277
lotsalemon
tino_11
mfc2006
cjzoly
tempo_n_groove
NAUjackfan
deadendp
Bad Brains
LarsK13
belinda27
WhatYouTaughtMe
kasedoug
demetrios
themessenger
cockage
jlaustin
wall232
Gillycw
Suziemay
dankind
PP193448
alphawolf
MedozK
on2legs
Paige
Ident42
Weston1283
VedderMTL
JimmyV
lolobugg
BF89905
En La Clandestinidad
Brane_of_JFK
PJ_Soul
YLed2
FoxyRedLa
mitchmuhs
AnotherTourPlease
PJ-Cubs
evsgjamm
Jason_94
Rocky Mountain Oysters
wwsuicide
JonnieBeBlue
2-feign-reluctance
dimitrispearljam
LukinFan

silver39

Congrats you deserve it!!

PJ-Cubs

Enjoy the vinyl, Dave! It is awesome to see that you are already spinning it.

Roger - Thank you for continuing to take the time to organize the holy grail searches. These are some of the best things happening on the boards.

LukinFan

PJ-Cubs said:

Enjoy the vinyl, Dave! It is awesome to see that you are already spinning it.

Roger - Thank you for continuing to take the time to organize the holy grail searches. These are some of the best things happening on the boards.

You gotta love how everyone comes together here for people. so much love.

ldent42

I'ma being going up to every dude I see in a tie-dye shirt that weekend going "Are you Dave?" "Haults Maul!" and I'll probably wind up hanging out with the NYPD for a while but you'd come bail me out right?!!

Congrats Dave I'm so glad you are happy! You deserve it!!!

mfc2006

LukinFan said:

PJ-Cubs said:

Enjoy the vinyl, Dave! It is awesome to see that you are already spinning it.

Roger - Thank you for continuing to take the time to organize the holy grail searches. These are some of the best things happening on the boards.

You gotta love how everyone comes together here for people. so much love.

Grails are the best!

tempo_n_groove

Congrats Dave!