One Love Family Gathering

[Drop-Dead]

FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/175168022638948/

Dear One Love Family,
We'd love for you to join the Cheng family on Sunday April 21, 2013 at 2:00pm Pacific time for a One Love Family gathering at Oak Grove Regional Park in Stockton, CA on Eight mile road and i5 at the pavilion. Parking is $6 per car. Bring your own drinks etc. They have picnic tables and BBQ pits if you want to bring food.
Your outpouring of love and condolences is so very appreciated. Please come join the family as we pay a tribute of love to our dear Chi.
Love always,
Mom J, Chi & the Cheng Gang

[pony_01]

My prayer goes to Cheng family. I wish i could be there. much love from Indonesia!

[defTHE1s]

My prayers and much love from Mexico...

[cvthedrv]

i would love to go there.

[chuckles]

prayers & love to deftones/cheng family from puerto rico. wish could be there!

[Deadradio]

I wish I could go!

[Electron§]

I don't live that far away from this. Hoping I can go but I just need to figure out a ride... I wonder if any of the rest of the band will go too?

[Jesus2Chino]

Gosh I wish I could go. Sending my love from New Zealand.

Much respect,
-Matt

[defTHE1s]

Wearing my Deftones tee from that show in Mexico (2007) as a memory today and tomorrow Deftones again.

[iceache]

So did anyone go to this?

[Inkblades]

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/23/5362458/sacramento-musicians-offer-hard.html

They remembered him with a mix of quiet introspection, camaraderie and intense headbanging.

Family, friends and fans celebrated the life of Deftones bassist Chi Cheng with several services this past weekend. Cheng, a longtime member of the Grammy-winning rock band from Sacramento, died April 13 following injuries he suffered in a 2008 car accident.

Cheng, 42, was laid to rest Saturday in Stockton with a private service for family and close friends. A public gathering was held Sunday in Stockton's Oak Grove Regional Park, with a memorial concert following that night at Harlow's in midtown Sacramento.

Organized in just three days, the Harlow's show drew more than 200 people and included all-star Sacramento musicians paying homage to Cheng.

Deftones drummer Abe Cunningham took the stage to play with his former group Phallucy – one of Sacramento's most popular bands of the early 1990s – as well as the power-pop group Daycare.

On stage, Cunningham bashed his drums with such intensity that the kit nearly toppled over.

"Chi Ling Cheng, I love you, brother," said a sweaty Cunningham into the microphone.

The show itself was a loose affair, with many groups scrambling to rehearse with just a few days' notice. But any technical issues or bum notes were eclipsed by the heartfelt and hard-rocking music.

Dominic Garcia, the Deftones' original bassist, sat in with Sacramento's Kai Kln and pounded through "Punker Than Thou." Tinfed, the local electronic-rock band once signed to Hollywood Records, reunited for Cheng's show. Sacramento's Will Haven, which toured with the Deftones and formed a kinship with the band, played a brief but explosive set that ended with Cheng's favorite Will Haven song, "Foreign Film."

Jeff Irwin, Will Haven's guitarist, said memories of Cheng ran through his mind during all his ferocious performance.

"Chi would've loved this," Irwin said following the set. "If he was here, he would've been the guy buying drinks for everyone. He would've been stoked."

Well-known rock stars including Rob Zombie and Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello, and local musicians alike have openly mourned Cheng's death, but Sunday night's show wasn't a time for tears.

While organizers placed flowers at the foot of the stage and musicians signed a "Chi Cheng" banner, the show felt more like a rocking 20th reunion of the Cattle Club, the defunct Folsom Boulevard club that was the heart of Sacramento's music scene throughout the 1990s and helped launch the Deftones to stardom.

"It's been a very heavy weekend, but I feel very grateful for being here," said Frank Delgado, the Deftones' DJ. "As sad as it is, it feels good to see old friends and come together."

A more formal memorial concert is expected in coming months, but attendees of Sunday night's show said it was a perfect send-off for the much beloved bassist.

"It's a celebration," said Andrew Blaskovich, the local food truck entrepreneur and longtime friend of the Deftones. "Everybody's happy, and that just shows you what kind of person (Cheng) was. Music heals the soul."

Call The Bee's Chris Macias (916) 321-1253. Follow him on Twitter @chris_macias.   

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/23/5362458/sacramento-musicians-offer-hard.html#storylink=cpy

[defTHE1s]

Thanks for the post man