Greg Wycliffe - Remembering Greg Arcade

00:00:00.000 But so far, the people I've been interacting with in Calgary and Alberta have been just great people.

00:00:06.840 Great people, very friendly, very helpful.

00:00:10.260 Oh my god.

00:00:13.340 Like I just saw a ghost.

00:00:16.780 It said Olds, two kilometers.

00:00:20.000 Man.

00:00:21.720 Man. 0.95

00:00:22.940 I'm guessing that's the same Olds, Alberta, where they did a fundraiser for the Coots Boys.

00:00:28.240 in which Greg Arcade drove all the way out from Manitoba

00:00:35.140 to do a concert, a fundraiser, for the Coots Guys in Olds, Alberta.

00:00:47.000 I don't really know what to say.

00:00:49.840 I hope it's okay to talk about it now.

00:00:51.740 Um, but, uh, you know, I'm very, I'm, I'm not very familiar with death actually.

00:01:04.980 The only people who are close to me or closer to me who have died is, uh, my grandparents

00:01:11.200 who are quite old.

00:01:12.600 And for Reg Arcade, it was brain cancer, and it came really quick, and I heard he put up a fight, and then he was improving, and then everything went south.

00:01:36.040 That's what I heard. I haven't really talked to many people about it.

00:01:42.600 i'm really grateful to have gotten to work with him

00:01:49.620 on uh creative projects he helped he helped he's helped me any like professional sounding song

00:01:57.960 that i've released greg arcade has helped me uh he's helped me produce it mix it master it

00:02:04.220 in some cases he's recorded all of the instruments okay he recorded all of the

00:02:11.500 if you know greg arcade you wouldn't be surprised by that but i mean for for me it's like

00:02:17.280 i got used to knowing greg arcade and how talented he is but like for the average person

00:02:25.100 like it's not normal to know someone like greg arcade like greg arcade was like not a

00:02:29.480 not a sort of average person in terms of uh what's the word uh aptitude like this person was

00:02:36.780 he can make websites

00:02:39.240 graphic design

00:02:42.020 he can play drums

00:02:44.560 bass

00:02:45.700 lead guitar

00:02:46.500 probably other instruments as well

00:02:49.440 and very handily

00:02:51.860 like very very well

00:02:53.340 plus he can like it

00:02:54.700 he can record it

00:02:55.440 mix it and master it

00:02:56.680 he's a very very talented guy

00:02:59.860 and

00:03:00.760 it really is tragic

00:03:04.760 for a lot of reasons mostly because he had just had a baby girl not even long ago

00:03:13.340 just started a family you know and it's times like that where you kind of question god you're

00:03:20.320 like why would you take this person why specifically would you take this person

00:03:26.280 like what are you doing

00:03:30.380 on the other hand

00:03:40.100 it's super

00:03:41.500 it's very

00:03:46.020 cool

00:03:46.580 that he was able to leave us so

00:03:50.080 much

00:03:50.580 you know

00:03:52.280 there's a whole bunch of Greg Arcade

00:03:55.440 albums that will live on, like original songs that, yeah, those are going to be played for

00:04:05.280 years and years and years and years into the future. And, you know, it's really weird.

00:04:11.740 I was obviously upset at the news. I listened to Bury Me With My Boots On, obviously. And

00:04:22.820 But I did think of kind of like Star Wars.

00:04:33.680 I'm like, this is the part where Darth Vader strikes down Obi-Wan Kenobi.

00:04:40.500 And he's like, you have no idea how much more powerful I will become.

00:04:46.100 And I think as patriots, I know it's kind of like a really childish way to look at it,

00:04:51.740 but it kind of gives me some peace of mind.

00:04:54.260 You know, I'm working on this documentary,

00:04:58.160 this film that will hopefully turn the tides

00:05:02.940 or help reinvigorate people,

00:05:06.540 revitalize the spirit of the nation in Canada.

00:05:10.280 And it's sad that Greg Arcade is gone,

00:05:15.260 but I know that he's with me on this trip.

00:05:18.180 I know that he is with me.

00:05:19.560 he's going to make sure that the cameras are set properly he's going to give me the words that i

00:05:25.760 need in an interview to to unlock like what i need to get out of the people who i'm chatting with

00:05:32.340 you know um 0.96

00:05:35.300 it just it just sucks because

00:05:42.180 and maybe this is like a selfish way to look at it but it's like man

00:05:47.460 And he was such a creative guy who, I just, oh man, there's just so many more things that he could have done.

00:06:02.400 And obviously the ultimate in content creation, which is his daughter, right?

00:06:07.500 The ultimate in content creation.

00:06:10.340 But he's going to be missed big time.

00:06:14.680 big time

00:06:17.700 I'm sure

00:06:21.420 maybe there's a lesson in all this

00:06:22.920 I don't know what it is

00:06:23.880 I don't know

00:06:24.380 but

00:06:25.920 I know he was a man of Christ

00:06:28.540 I do it

00:06:30.520 you know it's weird

00:06:31.540 I have these old like voice memos

00:06:33.440 when people die in the 21st century

00:06:36.640 it's weird

00:06:37.080 because you can go back to your like chat

00:06:39.220 with them

00:06:40.240 their chats

00:06:40.940 and you can listen to their voice

00:06:42.900 in old voice memos

00:06:44.180 you know hearing their voice beyond the grave it's very weird

00:06:48.520 but you know it's it's i remember when i got the news of his passing

00:06:53.680 that's what i did at night before i went to sleep i i went back to our old conversation and like

00:07:00.640 listen to some voice memos of his and it felt really special because if you've ever exchanged

00:07:09.480 voice memos with someone yeah they're like voicemails but it's like this is a little bit

00:07:16.380 of greg that technically no one's ever heard before like you know it's like a private conversation

00:07:22.580 between us and i get to like re-listen to some of those

00:07:27.460 and i get to hear like the subtleties and his personality and his little quirks and all that

00:07:36.660 anyway

00:07:43.800 rest in peace

00:07:46.140 to Grey Arcade

00:07:47.780 I'm sure he's

00:07:50.580 watching down and

00:07:51.540 helping me finish this project

00:07:54.800 so thanks

00:07:56.840 for the help bud

00:07:57.480 and

00:07:59.940 we look forward to what you come up

00:08:04.800 with next

00:08:05.320 hey guys there is a fundraiser for greg and his family if he's if his music has ever touched you

00:08:15.260 then i strongly encourage you to check that out it's givecentgo.com assist greg's family

00:08:21.300 here's the information it would be greatly appreciated for his uh his wife and child ayla

00:08:26.520 thank you for watching

Greg Wycliffe - May 08, 2026

Remembering Greg Arcade

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