… Turn Out the lights” – Jim Morrison

But the lights came on instead.

On the Marquee of the El Mocambo …

In the club and on the stage …

… on the faces of the hundreds of people who showed up; the way Paul’s face lit up when he played guitar and sang.

We basked in the sun affections and respects of: Paul’s life-long best friend, Martin – His friend from forever & co-worker of decades Joan –

– Sasha a long standing friend, who played drums with Paul on guitar – J.K. a newer buddy who played bass guitar with Paul on guitar and his loving niece Leigh-Anne, as they eulogized.

There are 3 staircases in the Elmo. Each riser has the name of a band or performer on it. Some call it the Stairway to Heaven.

It’s hard to take a pic of a staircase and see every riser, so using old film locations technique, I put the flight together that featured Paul’s name.

And when he sang “Don’t Let Me Down“ – Lennon/McCartney -I knew who he was singing about. I could feel it!

Bands that played: Go Freddy Go – The Sin City Boys – Kensington Shake; with a group of pals jamming to the Spirit in the Sky, at the end.

And of course, The Blushing Brides played.

The Blushing Brides are a Rolling Stones tribute band.

Oh yeah, Paul’s in the video!

Love You, Paul!

Photos taken by Resa – October 25, 2026

El Mocambo, Toronto, Canada