The first thing I remember about Shawn Irons is him driving some sort of mobile home thing that he had rented for us to do a couple of out of town dates. We were on the New York State Thruway playing some sort game and laughing when he got pulled over. He was doing ninety and didn’t even know it. As the cop approached our vehicle, Shawn turned toward us and said, “I don’t have my license. Can someone let me borrow theirs?” There was total silence.
He printed up Personal Effects business cards with his name on them and then told us he wanted to manage the band. He had no managerial experience or managerial skills but he had a mischievous smile and lots of energy. Martin Edic described him as a “big character” and he was a ball to be around. We hear Shawn died in his sleep last week in San Jose.
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Nice shorts Shawn.
RIP until the next go round…
Man oh Man… sorry I learned about this so late… Shawn would’ve made a good advance man for PT Barnum.
Shawn got me me started in stage work way back when. He was a character all right, and good company. Goodbye, Shawn.
Fond memories for one the people that contributed to make up one’s life.
On behalf of his family, thanks for the post about Shawn (Shaughn) Irons. If interested to see more about our dearly missed character, check out the following link:
http://shaughnirons.last-memories.com/