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Update: Bewley passed away shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday evening. Our hearts go out his family. He will be missed.
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According to Pylon's Facebook page, guitarist Randy Bewley suffered a heart attack while driving on Monday night and was rushed off to the ICU. In an e-mail to Creative Loafing, vocalist Vanessa Hay wrote "His van drifted off the road and tipped over. No other people or vehicles were involved. Rescue workers did CDP at the scene and he was taken to Athens Regional Medical Center." A source close to the band says Bewley is currently in a coma.
Pylon's 2007 reissue Gyrate Plus may have helped to bring the Athenian troupe back onto the national map, but the rock quartet has been garnering local fame since 1978, when Bewley and bassist Michael Lachowski founded the band. They debuted with drummer Curtis Crowe and vocalist Vanessa Briscoe (now Vanessa Hay) in 1979. Although the group disbanded in '91, they reunited for a New Year's Day show in 2005, and have been playing in and around Athens and touring ever since.
Related links:
WeArePylon.com
Pylon on MySpace
YouTube: Pylon - "Danger"
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actually, they reunited in Aug of 2004... when a party/practice mushroomed into sweaty night in the as of yet unnamed Little Kings Shuffle Club. it was a tremendous night.
Randy passed away just before 5p ET - shortly after he was removed from life support.
Long live Pylon.
That Pylon show at Little Kings is one of my most treasured concert memories. I had never even heard their songs before; the crowd was so dense and the stage so low that the view was terrible. But that didn't matter one bit: Pylon was pure energy electrifying the crowd, and the music was so perfect that I could've stayed in it forever. Thank you, Randy.