In memoriam
I am very sorry to hear that Steve tragically passed away doing what he dreamt.
A long time ago I moved from Switzerland to Australia. With me only a recorded cassette of 'open'. Only this cassette kept me alive driving from perth down to Albany, up to Broome, no radio station worked, only you and Gotthard. Many times I asked myself, where is this bloody 'blueberry way'.
Sometime I received my 'leftovers' from Switzerland, among lots of Swiss CD's. A few months after I had a burglary and not only the whole Swiss Music disappeared. I was broken-hearted...I still don't know who is listening to Gotthard, Swiss Mundart and who is riding my Mountain-Bike. Anyhow, I slowly but surely regained copies of your recorded voice. My Australian friends liked you very much; they were very much impressed of your lyrics, which means a lot and at all for me.
Your CD's rested for a long time somewhere in a rack. It was a few months ago, when I bought a new car with a CD-Player... it was last Tuesday, when I took all Gotthard-CD's into my car, listening to all the absolute gorgeous songs and your unique voice.
Today, I was told from home what happened to you. I still can't believe it!
'There will always be a place in my heart'.
Farewell