Deeply regrettably, according to credible reports here and especially well written/informative here, original, ’80s Let’s Active bassist Faye Hunter passed away Saturday in Advance, NC (near Winston-Salem, where she had been a fixture in that town’s fabled scene), aged 59 years old, apparently having taken her own life.
I didn’t know her well; I met her once or twice, memorably two straight nights when Let’s Active opened for Echo & the Bunnymen at the Savoy Theater near Times Square in the spring of 1984, but I thought she was super friendly besides being a fine bass player. But as someone who enjoyed the group and their spirited live work (of which her bass playing, backing vocals, and occasional lead vocal was a key part of what made Mitch Easter‘s group tick), it’s a sad day for Let’s Active’s fans and for those of us who have a special place in our hearts for all the fine music and especially all the fine, nice, music-loving musicians and people that came out of the Georgia/North Carolina sister scenes of the early 1980s.
