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May 1, 2007 · Split Lip Rayfield guitarist and vocalist Kirk Rundstrom succumbed to esophageal cancer on February 22 after a year-long battle with the disease. He was 38. A spirited and tireless performer, Rundstrom was fond of telling anyone who’d listen, “I want to make music every day of my life.”
Split Lip Rayfield is a band from Wichita, Kansas featuring Kirk Rundstrom (guitar), Eric Mardis (banjo), Wayne Gottstine (mandolin), and Jeff Eaton (bass). Early on, the group's gimmick was Eaton's homemade one-string bass, named Stitchgiver, built from the gas tank of a 1978 Mercury Grand Marquis and a piece of hickory and strung ...
Feb 24, 2007 · Kirk Rundstrom, vocalist of cow-punk/bluegrass act Split Lip Rayfield has passed away after a long battle with cancer. Rundstrom, the 38-year old, was diagnosed with the disease last spring and managed to fight - and still perform - for months longer than he had originally been given by doctors. ...
Nov 8, 2011 · Kirk Rundstrom, whom you might recognize from the now-famous photo of him above, taken at SXSW in '99 -- or more likely from the countless shows he played here with his band Split Lip Rayfield ...
Feb 22, 2007 · Thursday, February 22, 2007 – Kirk Rundstrom, the singer/songwriter/guitarist for Split Lip Rayfield and Scroat Belly, passed away Thursday after a lengthy and heroic battle against cancer.
Feb 22, 2007 · Rundstrom, Richard "Kirk", 38, our precious and much loved boy, surrendered his battle with cancer on Thursday, Feb. 22, surrounded by family and loved ones. May God Bless Him and Keep Him. Memorial services will take place at the Orpheum Theater in Wichita, KS on Monday, Feb. 26, at 1 P.M.
Feb 24, 2007 · Rundstrom, Richard "Kirk", 38, died Thursday, Feb. 22. Memorial services 1 P.M. Monday, Orpheum Theater. Survived by: his best friend and wife, Lisa Fletcher Rundstrom and their two...
