I met Joel on December 20th, 2009 in a parking lot at 7 Corners. I was struggling with a faulty pay box and awkwardly asked him for a dollar. Fast-forward to a few days later, when I was at David’s Christmas Day gathering and who should walk in but Joel, the Swedish fiddle player. From that day on, I ran into this lovely man a few times a week.

Better writers have said it in a way I never could but Joel really did touch the lives of everyone he met while here in Minneapolis. Here are a few photos from his grand send off.