Angelo Bowers

One week ago today Angelo Bowers was killed by a drunk driver (pictured on the right). You can read more about the tragedy here. Josh Adam Meyers (pictured on the left) was also injured in the crash.



I didn't know Angelo well. I remember distinctly that he was one of the forty(?) people who was present at my first open mic at Cafe Muse as I shivered my way through it more than a year ago. He had a memorable "white guy fro," and I just randomly saw him every other week at various mics.
My only vivid memory of him aside from my first open mic was when he was performing at a coffee house and I was sitting a few feet away from him. A documentary film crew just randomly entered the store and filmed parts of its back and interviewed the guy who was working at the counter. Angelo, who was performing in silence (as is so often the case for everyone at an L.A. open mic) laughed and said with a grin, "No! No! Don't film THIS. What if your film goes huge and wins an Oscar or something. Do you think I want people all over the world to see me bombing up here?" I agreed very loudly with him-- partly because I was slotted to perform immediately after him.

I wonder if that crew still has that footage.

Anyway, R.I.P. dude.