SAVATAGE / DOCTOR BUTCHER / TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Chris Caffery issued the following tribute to Savatage guitarist Criss Oliva yesterday (October 17th), the day he passed away in 1993 in a car accident:
"Hi all...
Today is the day we lost one of the greatest musicians ever. He was also a dear friend, a brother.
Criss Oliva was taken from us 13 years ago. Some of you are very aware of this, those who are not I wanted to place a reminder here today.
In the Criss Oliva forum Kat has posted about sending donations for a floral arrangement at his memorial. If you get the time and would like to help, please stop by.
The lives of all of us in the Savatage and Oliva family have never been the same since. The lives of millions of Savatage fans have never been the same. One can only imagne the magic he would have brought to our live through his music today.
Missing you as always Criss!
This is a song we dedicated to him live (Click a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9sZkVlnkH4" target="_blank">here to open link) He never even got to play in Greece, but the kids there love him as much as we all do!!!!"