Today marks the 3 year mysterious and unsolved disappearance of Ben Wu, a man who ran the Webster Theatre for most of his life and was responsible for giving many local CT musicians their first chance to perform on a real stage. Ben worked closely with myself & FTI Records, from putting us on our first shows ever, to letting us open for a laundry list of our favorite performers over the years, to eventually giving us the opportunity to put on shows of our own, and he is responsible for the relationship that we still maintain with the Webster today even under different ownership & management. So if you are coming to the show this Sat. Jan 15th at the Webster, please take a quick second to close your eyes and think of Ben while you're there, as many of us CT artists do every time we step on that stage. - Kryptik
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I just happened to think about Ben Wu, and went looking to see if any new information has come out since, stumbled upon your memorial here and just wanted to leave my thoughts. Ben gave my band, just like hundreds of other bands will say, our first chance to play a real rock club. I've never encountered such a nice guy in that capacity. He hasn't been forgotten. If I ever get back to that stage at the Webster Theater I will certainly bring a moment of silence for him.
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