Remembrance of the Life of Tony Markellis.
Please join with friends and family as we celebrate the life of Tony Markellis on Monday, September 13, at a new time and location: 4 p.m. at the Double E Performance Center, located at the Essex Experience Campus at 21 Essex Way, in the same building as Essex Cinemas. Doors will open at 3 p.m., so please come early and enjoy a cocktail as you take your seats. You must present proof of being fully vaccinated as of September 1 to attend this event in person, and everyone will be required to wear masks. Alternatively, please join us via livestream: vimeo.com/event/1245646.
Tony Markellis was a mainstay of the Burlington music scene for more than 45 years, most notably as a founding member of Kilimanjaro and the Unknown Blues Band featuring Big Joe Burrell. Tony was also omnipresent musically and equally beloved in his adopted hometown of Saratoga Springs, N.Y. For the past 18 years, Tony gained national prominence playing bass in Phish front man Trey Anastasio’s eponymous sideline band. A complete obituary of Tony is available online here.
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This article appears in Sep 1-7, 2021.
I never knew who you were, but reading your obituary I was overwhelmed with emotion. Tears oh such tears ran down this face. As, I listen to the Beacon Jams. The sound is hitting and I now know you were there, but just several months later you were asleep. I wish I could’ve known you in life. You sounded like an incredible human spirit. Full of love and that good good comedy. You’re missed I know it, because I feel it that’s how! Shine on Anthony