Pretentious Snobby Bastard Fly Fishing!

about time for this, we've lost many legends in the recent years.

Starting off with Tom Petty who was part of the fabric of our lives...

Here is Tom Petty in concert from 1977 San Francisco!

https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/tompetty1977-05.mp3

These two young lads had much going for them.  I'll refrain from ranting about drugs and alcohol.

Absolutely breathtaking music by Jeff Buckley

http://youtu.be/XjO4IenAyUw

From the loins of Hank Williams.....

Damn Damn Damn Damn

http://youtu.be/OXbHf5-_IA0

One day I'll wake and all my music makers of my youth and beyond will be gone.
Or I'll be gone.
TP's passing hurts.
Dammit Ken. Buckley hurts.
The list is long.
My iPod is half eulogy and trilogy.

Still bummed out over Walter Becker. I wonder if Donald Fagen will tour anymore?

After a couple decades of playing music semi-professionally, I realized that most of the best singers and musicians were also mostly incurable alcoholics or junkies.

Quote from: Yallerhammer on October 23, 2017, 07:18:05 AM
After a couple decades of playing music semi-professionally, I realized that most of the best singers and musicians were also mostly incurable alcoholics or junkies.

Same for comedians which has always fascinated me considering most of what they put out is hilarious.  being in touch with the dark side of human nature produces great art.  unfortunately it's hard to constrain.

https://youtu.be/xbfMlk1PwGU

Rest in Peace, Fats (http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/entertainment_life/keith_spera/article_90d53f02-b98d-11e7-a3c5-435ccbc47a24.html)

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/malcolm-young-acdc-guitarist-and-co-founder-dead-at-64/

https://youtu.be/epSe9V5ngeo

Malcom has been in bad shape for awhile, hate to hear it. Angus, Bonn, and Brian were the flashy ones that got most of the attention, but Malcolm has always been about 70% of AC/DC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOujzvtwZ6M

RIP lil peep.

Marty Balin - Jefferson Airplane/Starship

https://apple.news/A1sztdWNkSzeOYVwi7jOW3w

https://youtu.be/6bqo7764c_E


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Mr. Chris Squire.  I had the pleasure of seeing Yes in the 1970's; 1980's; 1990's; and in the 2000's.  Great times... he will be missed.

always loved me some Roy Clark... RIP 85 years young...

https://youtu.be/rT2PTetKMU8


https://youtu.be/QhiKgeJV3k0

Yep. I watched Hee-Haw every Saturday night with my Dad in the sixties. Roy was a great guitarist and banjo player.

GREENSBORO's blues man Logie has left the planet.. only heard him a few times but they were special!

https://youtu.be/v3CRhdjzz9A


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https://www.greensboro.com/go_triad/music/greensboro-s-logie-meachum-left-his-mark-as-a-musician/article_3eb262d6-9a6f-5820-82d8-34a6c717a371.html


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Blues tune featuring Logie

Peter Tork of the Monkies @77

https://youtu.be/8Tb3rMEzF4A

Number three on the rolling stone top 100 drummer list, Peter "Ginger" Baker is critically ill in hospital.

https://youtu.be/aYp7_k29TiI


https://www.instagram.com/p/B27BDKLhm2h/?igshid=mo94eoswm6z0

Dang. Hadn't heard that.  :'(

Going back a week, Ric Ocasek, RIP.
I wore their first album out. Still have the second copy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/15/arts/music/ric-ocasek-cars-dead.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/15/arts/music/ric-ocasek-cars-dead.html)

"We will get by; we will survive."

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/robert-hunter-grateful-dead-dead-889788/

Quote from: Dougfish on September 28, 2019, 19:19:37 PMGoing back a week, Ric Ocasek, RIP.
I wore their first album out. Still have the second copy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/15/arts/music/ric-ocasek-cars-dead.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/15/arts/music/ric-ocasek-cars-dead.html)

If you have ever observed the effect that the repetitive squawking guitar lick on "Good Times Roll" has on chickens, you might be a redneck.

Neil Peart.  RUSH

I did't realize that Rush's singer was a man until I was in my teens, and actually saw a video of him.

Only hear Rush on the radio, listening to a full album for the first time today —

hate that we lost John Prine -- lots of good music to remember him by. 

https://youtu.be/UrWb21A_yJU

here is a PRINT EXCERPT: Don't Forget to Write, by John Prine



read:https://www.nodepression.com/print-excerpt-dont-forget-to-write-by-john-prine/?fbclid=IwAR3bD_yQ_7C2SrcoKhFYmRgy4Cm-WU-JoDWNiLpNc8sJkfrLATI9vKuGo-g

https://youtu.be/7HDRq8MoWFI

https://youtu.be/PBksI8zbhrg

50 years ago today...

In Memoriam Janis Joplin R.I.P. and Godspeed Pearl!!
(January 19, 1943 - October 4, 1970)

janis.jpg




https://youtu.be/7uG2gYE5KOs


https://dai.ly/x2lldl7

RIP Jerry Jeff Walker

https://youtu.be/CTraYM0WeLQ

https://youtu.be/f8PiINjCYSs

https://youtu.be/Iu3fKlybE34

not a musician, but a rock star non the less.

Godspeed Chuck Yeager!

R.I.P. Leslie West

https://youtu.be/GNOzw8ufhxE

https://youtu.be/ZFUUtGVsEOE

https://youtu.be/mFtZx55nezw

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/leslie-west-dead-1106777/amp/

Tony Rice, acoustic guitar virtuoso. RIP.
https://wataugaonline.com/tony-rice-bluegrass-music-icon-passes-on-christmas-day/?fbclid=IwAR0p677Je2w8lo2nGNBdWaZRZfWuGAIpe0W_qIjeKm4F9gOkXNOguHO3h-o (https://wataugaonline.com/tony-rice-bluegrass-music-icon-passes-on-christmas-day/?fbclid=IwAR0p677Je2w8lo2nGNBdWaZRZfWuGAIpe0W_qIjeKm4F9gOkXNOguHO3h-o)

https://youtu.be/mdPut30YS8U

Chick Corea dead at 79

We we fortunate to see him at Wait Chapel in 2019!

>>> The keyboardist, composer and bandleader Chick Corea — one of the most revered figures in contemporary jazz, but whose work spanned fusion to classical — died on Feb. 9 at age 79.

Dan Muse from Chick Corea Productions confirmed his death to NPR on Thursday afternoon. Corea's team also reported his death on social media, saying that he died from "a rare form of cancer which was only discovered very recently." No other details about his illness and death were shared.

Chick Corea, Jazz Fusion Pioneer, Has Died Of Cancer At 79  - https://www.npr.org/2021/02/11/967082282/chick-corea-jazz-fusion-pioneer-has-died-of-cancer-at-79


https://youtu.be/15IHNYq6stw

Chick Corea? Crap. I hadn't heard. "Crystal Silence." A fine keyboardist indeed.

https://youtu.be/CdfMh8QgJjA


new director's cut .. reedited and remasters and really cool...

RIP Prince & Tom Petty...

backstory...

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/directors-cut-prince-beatles-solo-while-my-guitar-gently-weeps/?utm_source=GetTheElevatordotcom&fbclid=IwAR3vI-PPF65pDZSY3cdXLIVfxn92v-9VpIyTZi8VDAKIBydSQmrMiMTH4HA

https://youtu.be/WqNMjZpSbnU


RIP Ned Beatty

Ned Beatty, Deliverance, Superman and Toy Story 3 actor, dies aged 83 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57467111

ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, who played with the Texas blues-rock trio for over 50 years, died Tuesday at age 72. His rep confirmed the musician's death, but said a cause of death was currently unknown.

https://youtu.be/SE1xO44FlME

Well that sucks. ZZtop was one of my favorites.

Sip poured.

Rock on! Every girl crazy bout a well hung man!

Tres hombres on an 8 track was gold
'nuff said

Have Tres Hombres on vinyl.  I need to play it again in Dusty's honor.  Saw them twice live.  Still one of the best shows I ever went to.

RIP, Dusty. An irreplaceable rock icon, and one of my rock -n-roll heroes. One of the best bassists of all time, and a good singer and songwriter to boot. I have the serious sadz ever since I heard it. Here's some Dusty in his prime:

https://youtu.be/57F7DvHtKFI

https://youtu.be/pN69GC2amTg (https://youtu.be/pN69GC2amTg)

That live Germany show that both those videos comes from is high energy vintage ZZ Top.  A great watch. 

What were you doing at age 15?


>>>John N. Zei of Washburn Wisconsin passed into Eternal Life at the age of 94 on July 19, 2021. Dr. Zei was born on November 19, 1927 in Stevens Point Wisconsin to Peter and Inez (Parker) Zei. He resided in Wisconsin for 48 years, Bellingham Washington for 38 years, returning to Wisconsin in 2013.

(https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/apg-wi.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/be/bbebfcea-f15a-11eb-be57-139bc2b8408d/6104357c3d28d.image.jpg?resize=212%2C355)

He never completed high school because of entering The U. S. Navy at the age of 15, he served three years during World War II, mostly aboard The USS Windsor, a large auxiliary amphibious transport. He participated in eight major invasions in the Pacific theater including: The Marshall islands, Bougainville, Hollandia, where they landed the 32nd Division from Wisconsin at Aitape New Guinea, Peleliu, Guam, the Philippine Islands and Okinawa.



https://www.apg-wi.com/ashland_daily_press/free/john-n-zei/article_a2571e9a-f15a-11eb-8529-ff7458323810.html

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/USS_Windsor_APA-55.jpg)

UUU Windsor embarked the men and equipment of the 3d Battalion, 17th Regimental Combat Team, 7th Army Division, and departed the Hawaiian Islands on 22 January 1944, bound for the Marshall Islands as part of Task Force (TF) 52. Windsor participated in the assault landing at Kwajalein and, after the island had been secured early in February, sailed for the Ellice Islands.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Windsor_(APA-55)#Kwajalein

Another folk legend passes away.

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/13/1027564725/nanci-griffith-died-texas-singer-songwriter-68

I always enjoy her music. . .

R.I.P. Charlie Watts

https://youtu.be/flSmiIne-4k

Sorry for him and his frinds and family. I'm at least glad to see some of them die of old age rather than self destruction on drugs and alcohol.

https://youtu.be/bEghu90QJH4

Turd Furgeson/Norm McDonald. Dead of cancer at 61.
Friggin comic genius.

https://youtu.be/uXdtafGdIVM

Fuck cancer

Jay Black

Cara Mia Why MustWe Say GoodBye? (https://youtu.be/1sFy5_kmEi4)

Monkees singer-songwriter Michael Nesmith dies at 78
The Monkees exploded in popularity in the 1960s with hits such as "Daydream Believer," "Last Train to Clarksville" and "Valleri."

https://youtu.be/egaCpVRJHtc

https://youtu.be/nS_M3Xj4NHM

https://youtu.be/qXWudWZvDJE

Harris did some amazing stuff. His piano on Lee Morgan's The Sidewinder album is stellar, as is some stuff Miles played on.

R.I.P. John Madden (April 10, 1936 – December 28, 2021)

https://youtu.be/uL3tpEzla0U

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Sidney Poitier, dead at 94. February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022


https://youtu.be/0sMBs9t8FAA

https://youtu.be/Y4uFfjZ3eHA

Happy Grilled Peanut Butter Banana Bacon Sandwich day! Elvis would have been 86!

(https://www.seriouseats.com/thmb/crUW3M388d4xXOBJH6zQtTJ8ZZQ=/880x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/__opt__aboutcom__coeus__resources__content_migration__serious_eats__seriouseats.com__recipes__images__2012__05__20120507-127677-Sandwiched-The-Elvis-PRIMARY-07c1abf15cc34ec0bfb9c3695d7cc837.jpg)

https://www.seriouseats.com/elvis-sandwich-grilled-peanut-butter-ba

Can't believe nobody mentioned Betty White yet. Dirty, foul-mouthed old lady, would have been fun to hang out with, I bet.


"If I had a dick, this is where I would tell you to suck it!"

 Bob Saget dead at 65

https://youtu.be/bghII8TlO_U

Thanks for the laughs

Damn.

https://youtu.be/jSPpbOGnFgk

Bye Ronnie.

"Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys talks to this day about how he had to pull over to the side of the road when he first heard it on his car radio, and he would listen to the record incessantly for hours at a time."

Hal Blaine with his iconic drum licks.

https://500songs.com/podcast/episode-110-be-my-baby-by-the-ronettes/ (https://500songs.com/podcast/episode-110-be-my-baby-by-the-ronettes/)

https://youtu.be/fBT3oDMCWpI

In my youth I really enjoyed this music.


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/meat-loaf-dies-74-singer-rocker-bat-out-of-hell-rcna13015

http://youtu.be/x7ES7ueI7p0

Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on January 21, 2022, 08:43:14 AMIn my youth I really enjoyed this music.


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/meat-loaf-dies-74-singer-rocker-bat-out-of-hell-rcna13015

http://youtu.be/x7ES7ueI7p0

I had that copy when I was a kid. Dammit.

https://youtu.be/WPXbdzjWzXg

Louie Anderson. Dead at 68.
Sorry for the long preview.

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 Paradise by the dashboard light,  :drum  and Love me forever :cheers  /'/

Don Wilson, co-founder and rhythm guitarist of the instrumental guitar band The Ventures, has died.

He was 88.

https://youtu.be/3bKG0p6Tv9Q

Wipeout is in my music rotation.
I love me some surf guitar. Sip poured.

RIP Howard Hesseman



https://youtu.be/BGFtV6-ALoQ

https://youtu.be/UPABesa7wcE

Always was a WKRP fan, Johnny Fever was funny.

https://youtu.be/MM_G0IRLEx4

Ian McDonald of King Crimson and Foreigner dies at 75

https://youtu.be/Mm4MEIPCRak

The singer and guitarist Jimmy Johnson, who has died aged 93, was one of the wonders – if sometimes half-hidden – of the blues world, both for his elegant, passionate singing and for his clean-cut, inventive guitar playing. In the 1960s and 70s he established himself in the clubs of Chicago, one of the generation of musicians such as Magic Sam, Otis Rush and Freddie King who would reshape the blues for a new world and new audiences.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/feb/08/jimmy-johnson-obituary



https://youtu.be/bYCX_yR-HCw
https://youtu.be/JElqsw70LAA

Thanks for the laughs...

Director Ivan Reitman has "unexpectedly" died at 75 years old.

https://youtu.be/MPrGc2cY3CU

https://youtu.be/qw03mtr6uOg

https://youtu.be/FOzub_ghAbM

RIP PJ



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaFSnN_LHHw

Gary Brooker. Procol Harum lead.  Dead at 76.

https://youtu.be/St6jyEFe5WM

I use to love to play this song when the party was about to hit another gear.

It was Gary Brooker, the founder of the rock band Procol Harum, who taught Clapton to fly fish. Brooker lived a few miles away from Clapton and explained to him that fly-fishing was different — it was a psychological victory over a trout or salmon. Presenting a fly to a fish without spooking it was most of the challenge.

R.I.P. Hot Lips!

https://youtu.be/Ul1Gz-zsSIg

https://youtu.be/45X0_m1KYQM

R.I.P. William Hurt - March 20, 1950 - March 13, 2022 (aged 71)




https://youtu.be/XEqlq0MJK88

Altered States was his best.

Kiss of the Spider Woman was a good one to.

Children of a Lesser God was awesome.

https://youtu.be/5Xe0Qd6bUFo


Taylor Hawkins (February 17, 1972 – March 25, 2022) R.I.P.
Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n Roll


https://youtu.be/tN_Z5CANMyY

https://youtu.be/y3FNW6S2XAM

That's crazy. Awaiting to hear the cause. Seemed like a genuine guy from his interviews and interactions

Quote from: Big J on March 26, 2022, 17:14:17 PMThat's crazy. Awaiting to hear the cause. Seemed like a genuine guy from his interviews and interactions

drugs...  :drum

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-hawkins-foo-fighters-tribute-1347073/ (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-hawkins-foo-fighters-tribute-1347073/)

Might not of been just recreational drug use.  Interesting article from Rolling Stone.

https://nypost.com/2022/09/24/doobie-brothers-drummer-and-cofounder-john-hartman-dead-at-72/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=pasteboard_app

Nurse Ratched has left the building.

https://twitter.com/THR/status/1573491362896429072?t=FuguFy6p8Xa63GtBxAGlDQ&s=19 (https://twitter.com/THR/status/1573491362896429072?t=FuguFy6p8Xa63GtBxAGlDQ&s=19)

R.I.P. dead at 76 Gallagher, has left the stage

https://youtu.be/ErppAlOIGQE

https://www.instagram.com/p/ClZ-Ynktp-5/?igshid=NDk5N2NlZjQ=

Shit. He was a true legend.

Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hGhl7ki3HM (https://www.brfff.com/forum/index.php/Don't%20Stop)

"Gaylord Perry, a master of the spitball who wrote a book about using the pitch, died Thursday. He was 84."

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35155515/hall-fame-pitcher-gaylord-perry-spitball-master-dies-88

Quote from: jwgnc on December 01, 2022, 10:28:42 AMChristine McVie of Fleetwood Mac.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hGhl7ki3HM (https://www.brfff.com/forum/index.php/Don't%20Stop)

Back when I use to smoke a lot of weed I listened to FM almost every day. I still like them. She was a great performer.

https://youtu.be/7SYYCMhFUS8

Kim Simmonds of Savoy Brown

https://youtu.be/NZ5PVMsjsvc


Dino Danelli of The Young Rascals

https://youtu.be/OUNJbVFW5Pw

https://youtu.be/D-5qjdr4ODk

Brazil soccer superstar Pelé has died  - https://www.npr.org/2022/12/29/993143216/pele-brazil-soccer-superstar-dies

My grandfather received a gold medal for football in regional play in Scotland

NYT Dave Whitlock Article

Dave Whitlock, a Star of the Fly-Fishing World, Dies at 88
Known for the flies he created and for the eloquent way he chronicled his adventures in streams and rivers, he was, one editor said, "Everyman's fly-fishing mentor."

(https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/12/28/obituaries/28whitlock-2/28whitlock-2-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp)

Full Article https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/29/sports/dave-whitlock-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=MaGJdO2wBDRUO0OsmQJzU1j8Hw-Oz6D8WUKIljXQpNQ8dKII0eRZcqjr5xUrv3iuWWKaOvmJxS9VrLWEWQKcJpV76jXt5hC0zZrCQh9C8wEyDTG5YIXDxvzyhYMSpNZdL2oR_vb0d-0qAsxL5OfB28_oGlZuHl9MAjYgQKPG4l_qqTzUeAAr4_Ox2OhKC1uI4cL_24BiLuTr1m6hkU478JzEK4JTw8ij5pKGjM5mJH56pbnJQLm6zZaLzEHkMqGKoCC-yZsB80fjzudyPd9cl3BM2MI2Cpmud2eb_AcVTGAGF4KK6EVtbHH9FRURL7r62J8FgoskW953N0I7&smid=share-url

Guitar Hero Jeff Beck
 (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/arts/music/jeff-beck-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqIhkSVUaAibcR8Q86RibnvnEh74xiHG7JiWeSnNOwu0ZRYic_kOHLYxSW-wO5RXJDtlQLO1oA_Vo0u5UO0EqQlWl_ZaJxJ5AKXRt8MfuUmg4mpiUB7t9qjS1NznpJr0jlODi9VqcPTexINHX0XQnIwdnoZNjZAvqjSROnvGZZ7Yzjtpu3v4hBIR4RSMDZESKvfrrDxZ5ObaWf02Wq1l2C6wCB2alzZPL4KkAcQ5TFVvFUHh4hG0949tbM98VV73tohTE5tk8RhiuvU8E2REEig&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare)


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The Yardbirds weren't the Yardbirds until Eric Clapton was replaced with Jeff.  :bow

Jeff was my hero. I have 2 of his signature fender strats, one in pearl and one in surf green. A beer for him tonight.

Lisa Marie Presley, the Daughter of Elvis Presley, Dies at 54
The death on Thursday came after a medical emergency and brief hospitalization. (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/us/lisa-marie-presley-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqIhkSVUaASbIRp8jrwaPwP3G2r0xw2fkITORRCcHw-kcD86A50LJL-JFVucE4g66FpVHIaN9A7t71PNeNEhgDFX1r8vflMRUZi849tv2AzJq0tecDO5gtG_kP2LkJL1xmrG14ljOKjW_ANyp2nUjIQlvoJNmcEj7miBbg_eYTZMmn4V2zvwjBZplRD8fZCPsv_HgCRR2PN3ufQiLo0BtGLkfAWeP6Ibav7EQcwxSC0bETGd_5ws_6NBdMdAQPMXvPpdAMunLgOdRhat8CAXgTtQ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare)

Quote from: Woolly Bugger on January 13, 2023, 06:42:33 AMLisa Marie Presley, the Daughter of Elvis Presley, Dies at 54
The death on Thursday came after a medical emergency and brief hospitalization. (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/us/lisa-marie-presley-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqIhkSVUaASbIRp8jrwaPwP3G2r0xw2fkITORRCcHw-kcD86A50LJL-JFVucE4g66FpVHIaN9A7t71PNeNEhgDFX1r8vflMRUZi849tv2AzJq0tecDO5gtG_kP2LkJL1xmrG14ljOKjW_ANyp2nUjIQlvoJNmcEj7miBbg_eYTZMmn4V2zvwjBZplRD8fZCPsv_HgCRR2PN3ufQiLo0BtGLkfAWeP6Ibav7EQcwxSC0bETGd_5ws_6NBdMdAQPMXvPpdAMunLgOdRhat8CAXgTtQ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare)

The medical experts are saying she may have died as a result of cardiac issues from a Covid booster.

https://youtu.be/28PPqlc39Qw


Gina Lollobrigida, Italian film siren of the 1950s, dies at 95
She was dubbed "the original Italian over-stuffed star," a precursor to Sophia Loren, who would soon claim the public imagination as the quintessential Italian spitfire

https://wapo.st/3XymzNs


and who doesn't like to say Lollobrigida!

https://youtu.be/TpkELuj6kn4

R.I.P. thanks for the music

I always though he was in the right place at the right time. Nash, Young, and Stills would have been fine without him. He's lucky he lived as long as he did.

NYTimes: David Crosby, Folk-Rock Voice of the 1960s Whose Influence Spanned Decades, Dies at 81 (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/19/arts/music/david-crosby-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqIhkSVUaCibcR8Q86RibnvnEh7A1mH7yaSOPTi1I3qEZDoGMvUfRYK4pL_0C4wOmfv4Terk-WK41ieZFI01mTwTv-5HeycpfeH1wpYm-UyZrjp_AGLlmqWGvPzm3cLouzrCztkzcenCqDPKEqQApJA9jpppndVmsyCZIkv-DSrgpr4E4ifQxBZl6RyMCZD2KvpTrCxZ-OtaAa3LM-1V8GrEZCXyIw4nqu_9Xex5SCFnHUHp__W89jdtfM9gWN6v5RAUyhMJ64omXekmK5jScwwRDcg&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare)

Quote from: Trout Maharishi on January 19, 2023, 20:48:24 PMI always though he was in the right place at the right time. Nash, Young, and Stills would have been fine without him. He's lucky he lived as long as he did.

As a musician, I disagree. He may have been an asshole, but was an excellent songwriter, vocalist, and musician.

Quote from: Phil on January 20, 2023, 09:36:32 AM

Quote from: Trout Maharishi on January 19, 2023, 20:48:24 PMI always though he was in the right place at the right time. Nash, Young, and Stills would have been fine without him. He's lucky he lived as long as he did.

As a musician, I disagree. He may have been an asshole, but was an excellent songwriter, vocalist, and musician.

my anthem

https://youtu.be/MfjPjQvXdcg

Was he perfect as a person, probably not. I'm not either. Won't argue if the good things he did even out the bad. I figure that's being worked out as we speak/type, but the man's music was awesome! 

Been listening to his channel on Pandora, which has a strong dose of what he has done since CSN&Y, and his latest stuff (in last 2 years) may be his best.  I suggest you give it a listen.  I, for one, will miss him.   :wave

TB

We like the music that we like. I'm not qualified to judge his musical ability, and I'm certainly no one to judge what kind of person he was.  I never though much of CSN&Y's music, let alone Crosby :drum . I look at music like art and women, we like what we like.

Quote from: Trout Maharishi on January 20, 2023, 15:22:39 PMWe like the music that we like. I'm not qualified to judge his musical ability, and I'm certainly no one to judge what kind of person he was.  I never though much of CSN&Y's music, let alone Crosby :drum . I look at music like art and women, we like what we like.

Quote from: Trout Maharishi on January 19, 2023, 20:48:24 PMI always though he was in the right place at the right time. Nash, Young, and Stills would have been fine without him. He's lucky he lived as long as he did.

You may have already judged.

Quote from: Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 on January 21, 2023, 12:58:56 PM

Quote from: Trout Maharishi on January 20, 2023, 15:22:39 PMWe like the music that we like. I'm not qualified to judge his musical ability, and I'm certainly no one to judge what kind of person he was.  I never though much of CSN&Y's music, let alone Crosby :drum . I look at music like art and women, we like what we like.

Quote from: Trout Maharishi on January 19, 2023, 20:48:24 PMI always though he was in the right place at the right time. Nash, Young, and Stills would have been fine without him. He's lucky he lived as long as he did.

You may have already judged.

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Of all the albums I ever owned I never owned one by CSNY (stoned hippies and booty bandit music). Not really a judgement of what type of human beings they were, or their musical ability. I simply didn't like them enough to spend $3 (price of an LP at Tower Records in the 70's) on them. Play some Lynyrd Skynyrd and lets raise some hell  :cheers  d:b  :drum

https://youtu.be/mHhupM_WoSE

Lisa Loring, best known for bringing Wednesday Addams to life in The Addams Family sitcom in the mid-1960s, has died. She was 64.

Loring's close friend Laure Jacobson shared in a Facebook post news of her death on January 28 after the actor was taken off life support following "a massive stroke."

"It is with great sadness that I report the death of our friend, Lisa Loring. 4 Days ago she suffered a massive stroke brought on by smoking and high blood pressure. She had been on life support for 3 days. Yesterday, her family made the difficult decision to remove it and she passed last night," Jacobson informed on the social media post

After The Addams Family, Loring, who was born Lisa Ann DeCinces in Kwajalein, Marshall Islands on February 16, 1958, went on to make appearances on multiple shows like The Phyllis Diller Show, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Fantasy Island, Barnaby Jones and As the World Turns, where she had a recurring role as Cricket Montgomery.

https://deadline.com/2023/01/lisa-loring-dead-actor-original-wednesday-addams-1235243958/

https://youtu.be/F3jnymeJof4

RIP. Burt Bacharach dead at 94.
Genius.

https://youtu.be/DxTpxApVGSI

https://youtu.be/7Jh0cmZrUuE

https://youtu.be/5ccauthYQmA

I bet that guy got some high quality poontang :cheers

RW.jpg

She was vaulted to stardom after wearing a deerskin bikini for the film "One Million Years B.C." https://wapo.st/3XAzbTG

My wife reminded me that I had her poster on my wall when I was a senior in high school.  That's all I'm admitting to!  :;!

Richard Belzer. 78.

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Richard Belzer, a comedian known for his role as cynical "Law & Order" detective John Munch, has died at 78 — his last words as edgy as his long career: "Fuck you, motherfuker."

Belzer died early Sunday at his home in Bozouls, France, his pal and writer Bill Scheft told The Hollywood Reporter.

The actor was famous for his role as the grizzled and wise-cracking Munch, appearing on multiple shows, including "Homicide: Life on the Street" and "Law & Order: SVU," and had cameos in other shows like "The X Files."

 d:b  :drum  :wave

 Covid booster is suspected to have caused some type of cardiac issues.

Tom Sizemore, troubled actor known for tough guy roles, dies at 61
He appeared in films including 'Natural Born Killers,' 'Saving Private Ryan' and 'Black Hawk Down' before substance abuse and repeated arrests derailed his career


https://wapo.st/3EYgfrH

Zizemore was a god actor, but he had the "troubles". I hate it for anyone when substance abuse (drugs/alcohol) takes them so early. You can usually see it coming. My brother and several of my friends started struggling in their teens and proceeded to destroy their lives and the one's who loved them. It's almost like a connect the dot or fill in the blank game. It follows a fairly predictable path. Trouble at school, work, jail, prison, hospital, and lastly dead.

Exactly as the Maharishi  said.  Last week a guy died near where I live.  Same ole' same ole'---------  Trouble at school,work,jail,prison. And this guy got hold of some bad drugs that were laced with fentanyl and checked out at his father's home while many other people were around.


   JT

Quote from: Stone-Man on March 05, 2023, 12:26:45 PMExactly as the Maharishi  said.  Last week a guy died near where I live.  Same ole' same ole'---------  Trouble at school,work,jail,prison. And this guy got hold of some bad drugs that were laced with fentanyl and checked out at his father's home while many other people were around.


   JT

:'(  Awful, and it's always the ones who love the person the most who are doing all the suffering.

Freebird!
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/gary-rossington-lynyrd-skynyrd-dead-1209960/

https://youtu.be/QxIWDmmqZzY

 V:;  V:;  V:;

David Lindley (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-lindley-dead-obituary-1234690754/)

Quote from: Phil on March 06, 2023, 09:41:21 AMDavid Lindley (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-lindley-dead-obituary-1234690754/)

https://youtu.be/Oo7NJ5cdchs

https://youtu.be/i5siBAOAAjw

https://youtu.be/V4Q-447zVPY

Quote from: Phil on March 06, 2023, 09:41:21 AMDavid Lindley (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-lindley-dead-obituary-1234690754/)

Lots of people don't realize that session musicians like him are who the big names call when they want to make a recording and make their music sound good.

R.I.P. Mark Russell

https://youtu.be/MB9cy5YkoNo

Gonna miss that guy.

TB

"NEW YORK — Al Jaffee, Mad Magazine's award-winning cartoonist and ageless wise guy who delighted millions of kids with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions," has died. He was 102."

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/10/1169162240/mad-magazine-cartoonist-al-jaffee-obituary

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https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq5vqoVpx9m/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

I got caught with a Mad magazine in the 7th grade. You would have thought I had a Hustler and some pro Nazi propaganda. Called my mother and everything. My mother told the teacher she had bought it for me, then she beat my ass when I got home.

RIP Barry Humphries. Australia's finest.

https://youtu.be/6FwWmLQB61k

https://youtu.be/ZVyIiDAS9RU

Quote from: Dougfish on April 22, 2023, 15:52:28 PMRIP Barry Humphries. Australia's finest.

I spent a lot of time in England on business trips, and Dame Edna was frequently on TV.  Comedic genius.

https://youtu.be/H5dpBWlRANE

https://youtu.be/_XUlCuW7Drc

Harry Belafonte, 96, Dies; Barrier-Breaking Singer, Actor and Activist
In the 1950s, when segregation was still widespread, his ascent to the upper echelon of show business was historic. But his primary focus was civil rights.

NYT Obit (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/25/arts/music/harry-belafonte-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=hOIt0qcOX4ClWuHH0BCUkeTLIhycvEqXVQsm9sU5AZpdpDxS2jcmesH5VgoDqJRmL0Fo1gYnbFpKOZC3OVJ2n7g9lYINGAj0FAQhcYOeLmn9_jzSDOqSsjK2FCS8kFCwcWzE0Pr070FCM3S57DhiUoZfTIV5BagvNuX3sD_VAInsHPXUoRv_xGCOE9vkC3MxgC-dCRop5yVQQY9T-q_dzVsBui-4GdcwuCvXzSC_u7KJkfFfCTyWttWtxwvXL68o5VgGo0wmo9wTI_SM-g6poayrisax3J5ZI9TMIR4VD-fwe7F_VO1juZa06ARnmZpnSl82_R1XwUUZ2XDJpn_8Tjfc&giftCopy=2_Explore&smid=url-share)

Banna boat :Dance

Missed the Passing of Ahmad Jamal last week.


https://youtu.be/MHpaSAXANqU



Ahmad Jamal, Whose Spare Style Redefined Jazz Piano, Dies at 92
He was known for his laid-back style and for his influence on, among others, Miles Davis, who once said, "All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal."


NYT Obit  (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/16/obituaries/ahmad-jamal-jazz-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=BhX6qFnqUVFum_eJoOoh8Tbn-6U2Qk5VSb0eL9zkUntgbqaPZ23PWhk-DdLEDKvnAYu-jmET61wuOUv1E8eYuLrBfdzrAIecvUR15YF6yIp4qGz9uQFrDOrueoRILhDChPcA5Qkgs9ugWheEfaq7zdOccRH843T6JYqinl4JdP958Byn6blbNdSZ6woXerqLSvjUgygauuUq9XvhIp-k8lspQJRE7Xz3W_P10jazbsX-1XyroxXw0yjgGtX3acFX4bM3dXsESE3tgmjkfoFURnnjhM5PVJSMEfFgAy-h_lFFFnzX6ntzgopGrIzoXe8Fxh46wzZmsemi0VJRfhafYigd2Q&giftCopy=2_Explore&smid=url-share)

Seeing his name associated with Miles Davis brought back some fond memories of Miles. Miles once said "If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I'd spend it choking a white man. I'd do it nice and slow." Miles Davis. At least he was honest.

https://youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A

Quote from: Onslow on May 02, 2023, 05:26:04 AMhttps://youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A

Great tune. He will be remembered in Great Lakes folklore for sure.
I've never been out on Gitche Gumee, but I can't look out over any of those lakes without thinking of those poor lost mariners, and hearing that song in my head.

Quote from: Trout Maharishi on May 02, 2023, 06:34:34 AM

His best song IMHO.  Good call TM.

TB

I went to see John Prine at a dive in Austin. Gordon was there and played a few songs with John. John gave him a lot of credti for helping him with his songwriting ability.

Dan. I miss John Prine. He put on a heck of a show.

Quote from: greg on May 02, 2023, 11:13:35 AMDan. I miss John Prine. He put on a heck of a show.

His son, Tommy, is going on tour...

https://youtu.be/_vT23I9XQ9I

https://youtu.be/aigJtnPxTZM


now, you've sent me down a music rabbit hole...

https://youtu.be/OVhA01J0Zsg

that D-28 sure sounds sweet....

RIP Billy "The Kid" Emerson (December 21, 1925 – April 26, 2023), aged 97

https://youtu.be/i2SRmaTUzNs

Billy "The Kid" Emerson, a blues singer, songwriter and pianist who wrote the rock-and-roll standard "Red Hot" and was one of the first performers on Sun Records, a label that later launched Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis, died April 25 at a nursing home in Tarpon Springs, Fla. He was 97.

His son, Anthony Emerson, confirmed the death but did not provide a cause.

Mr. Emerson lacked a national profile as a solo performer, but his records were regional hits and extensively covered by others.

Bob Dylan took the guitar line from Mr. Emerson's "If Lovin' Is Believing" for his 2020 song "False Prophet." Presley covered Mr. Emerson's Sun recording "When It Rains It Pours" in 1957.

Then there is "Red Hot," his most enduring composition. The infectious song, with lyrics rooted in schoolyard taunts ("My gal is red hot, your gal ain't doodley squat") proved irresistible to a generation of rock-and-rollers.


https://wapo.st/3NIIrnz

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cry8QkiuEqK/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

East Bay music icon Chris Strachwitz, founder of Arhoolie Records, dies at 91

Chris Strachwitz, a nationally renowned musicologist who founded Arhoolie Records in El Cerrito and helped preserve and popularize the work of scores of authentic American roots musicians, died Friday at age 91, his label reported.

Reports said Strachwitz died peacefully at his Marin County home surrounded by friends and family. The cause of death was listed as complications due to congestive heart disease, according to NOLA.com, which noted that the famed music historian's passing came just hours after he was paid special tribute at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the famed annual event that celebrates the genres of music Strachwitz devoted his life to preserving. NOLA.com also reported that festival organizers had planned a second line — a traditional New Orleans-style funeral — for Strachwitz on Sunday afternoon.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/east-bay-music-icon-chris-strachwitz-founder-of-arhoolie-records-dies-at-91/ar-AA1aRZuY

Strachwitz formed Arhoolie Records in 1960, 13 years after emigrating with his family to the U.S. from Germany. He had fallen hard for the raw rhythms, melodies and passion of American roots musicians and made it his life's purpose to preserve and document their songs.

After finishing a stint with the U.S. Army, Strachwitz settled in the Bay Area, learned the essentials of recording music and reportedly traded some of his treasured 78 rpm record collection for recording equipment.

Arhoolie Records' first release, issued in 1960, was a field recording from rural Texas bluesman Mance Lipscomb, "Texas Sharecropper and Songster."

Mance Lipscomb, "Texas Sharecropper And Songster" LP (1960)

https://youtu.be/YGeuYphwlgY

Washington Post Obit; https://wapo.st/3paRsvp

https://youtu.be/hzQnPz6TpGc

https://youtu.be/RrLl1o1shos

https://youtu.be/sVdaFQhS86E


Astrud Gilberto, who struck fame with 'The Girl From Ipanema,' dies at 83
She released more than 15 albums and compilations over four decades but remained best known for her accidental hit

Astrud Gilberto, a Brazilian singer whose impromptu cameo performing lyrics in English on "The Girl From Ipanema" catapulted her to global fame and defined the whisper-smooth mellowness of the bossa nova sound in the 1960s, died June 5 at her home in Philadelphia. She was 83.

Her son Gregory Lasorsa confirmed the death but did not provide a cause.

Ms. Gilberto's style — breathy tones and gentle phrasing that fell like a soft rain — was perfectly suited for the cool sophistication of bossa nova, literally meaning new wave, which fused American jazz and Brazil's traditional samba music. She never described the "The Girl From Ipanema" as her favorite song, but said she was happy it gave the world a "dreamy distraction

https://wapo.st/3CgBYth

Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Is Dead at 92

Deeply disturbed by the accounting of American deceit in Vietnam, he approached The New York Times. The disclosures that followed rocked the nation.


https://youtu.be/gXlmQeSpqI4

NYT Obit (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/16/us/daniel-ellsberg-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=kGVrEIBJvCtrcy2j5sqehznRv0Ezt4FjcYUfBt8rWsQNE3h9HQpQ3jzgTtUObcEhExGbwdzlBG0Bj9Lj3XCD1aXyEvAKzWW1vjI3sD2LGey2ZuqcS8EhDH2V5cxKBu6uR4XI3bKrkjlcLjzXMSwTkT_zGkIRd8Dt7xJ3QZNzO6Lzb-zguJx6HDnWUd8660MxbO9727qmn0FcIbBrZ0zF4eezCJQebJirB2hlMNe0z2jkKjGxbYdGsdqgXyYE-jLKqCyPv5ZDAexXDcVJSSJMpVLxo-Iy3DRm5XdyJ6EPfx8ktnjpFnb8K6m97i9o9MdiFh1TT7E_p2NV9w&smid=url-share)


Time to watch All the president's men, The Post, The White House Plumbers, Gaslit

Alan Arkin 89

https://youtu.be/QGgJPmOUmDU

I saw this movie, The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming, in the theater and thought it was the funniest thing ever! R.I.P. and thanks for the laughs


NYT Obituary (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/movies/alan-arkin-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=Lr3JB5Bn6zSPW4VKiR1YCtPzo5rQk_ahcfOPTKUw7IAAjHzL-gXw0YhE-Ze8CASeFYhAXI1NMW16ouBhzwt5UjB9fFGdaHFRzfQr5ZayaLUpiGICIyqweMUrjFo_C6Ha5v9zurrarV9NCGUK1cgCDHAqY3Mt588zncbptOGNNCcKpanUFUk4JK1I0aqrcqbmiYKkC1RcSM3ub77UGZcxAztNnTMjseV56twZNM3axpYRaTuek0EpXd-ou0AyzTcxUeeeQk4oibd3ZtjA1XQATj21Mw1wYqrzPDKPzBGIKuz2-fVW0uoXO6aGEqpnAHeXdXAFniThggLx&smid=url-share)

Catch-22 is one of my all time favorites.

https://youtu.be/0bkaFNVY2UQ

Arkin was in many great movies, but I particularly enjoyed his performances in The Kominsky Method opposite Michael Douglas. Perhaps at my age I appreciated the jokes more than a younger audience without the same aches and pains that I shared with the characters in the series, but this was good acting in any event.

Man, more keep dying that I grew up watching...  Perhaps there's a lesson there.  :-\

TB

Quote from: troutboy_II on June 30, 2023, 14:17:47 PMThe Kominsky Method

I'll have to watch that, I started years ago, but got distracted. <-;:

"Tony Bennett, last of classic American crooners, dead at 96"

https://news.yahoo.com/tony-bennett-last-classic-american-130908842.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

https://youtu.be/XZvzWxK6Hac

Tony Bennett saw racism and horror in World War II. It changed him.

What were the chances? Thousands of miles from home, in a foreign land devastated by war, old friends bumped into each other on the street.

It was Thanksgiving Day, 1945, when two U.S. Army soldiers met unexpectedly in Mannheim, Germany. Part of the occupation force in a conquered city that had been leveled by Allied bombing during World War II, they had sung together only a few years earlier in a musical group back in high school in New York City.

The young men decided to spend the rest of the day together, attending a church service and then having a turkey dinner. At least, that was the plan. Their impromptu reunion was cut short just before the meal.

https://wapo.st/3Y2oN9c

Quote from: Woolly Bugger on July 21, 2023, 22:20:50 PMTony Bennett saw racism and horror in World War II. It changed him.

What were the chances? Thousands of miles from home, in a foreign land devastated by war, old friends bumped into each other on the street.

It was Thanksgiving Day, 1945, when two U.S. Army soldiers met unexpectedly in Mannheim, Germany. Part of the occupation force in a conquered city that had been leveled by Allied bombing during World War II, they had sung together only a few years earlier in a musical group back in high school in New York City.

The young men decided to spend the rest of the day together, attending a church service and then having a turkey dinner. At least, that was the plan. Their impromptu reunion was cut short just before the meal.

https://wapo.st/3Y2oN9c

Interesting! Thanks for sharing. This article is likely to be banned in Florida within a day or so.

He took it to the limit.


https://youtu.be/pamxzXfwYgw

Typical crappy tv news. They showed Randy one time in all those clips.

Sinead O'Conner. RIP.

https://youtu.be/0-EF60neguk

Paul Reubens. RIP.

https://youtu.be/dXH1YTktPoM

https://archive.org/details/lp_roger-sprung-and-his-progressive-bluegrass_roger-sprung-and-his-progressive-bluegrass

Roger Sprung, Banjo Virtuoso of N.Y.C. Folk Scene, Dies at 92
The "godfather" of progressive bluegrass, he grew up in New York, honed his skills in the mountains and flourished in Greenwich Village in the '60s.

Roger Sprung, a banjo virtuoso and key figure in New York's midcentury folk music revival, whose innovative picking and genre-mashing audacity earned him the unofficial title of the godfather of progressive bluegrass, died on July 22 at his home in Newtown, Conn. He was 92.

His death was confirmed by his wife, Nancy Sprung.

A New York City native who honed his skills early on by playing mountain music festivals in Virginia and the Carolinas, Mr. Sprung began his career in the parks and folk clubs in and around Greenwich Village and went on to become an inspiration for the modern bluegrass known as newgrass.

In the late 1950s, he played with a folk trio, the Shanty Boys, who recorded for Elektra Records. He later performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center and made appearances on television in the 1960s backing the popular country and pop singer Kay Starr on programs like "The Jimmy Dean Show."

Full NYT obit (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/02/arts/roger-sprung-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=3FvR91KyNdl6YsuepV1jrY3QLnfSgQPIXuP3_fhHiaGbZgnz5kWWHHWYqiy71w3hS_9fEbiqlnokiYSDoX8SFHy3jAgjKcYnD-96tOXTa0eHyawDPPQchwEpcevFpYPIA7MT7-0p8sU1bx0uGr00-tQw72Y9-Yiz7KThbWe_oBa43MGvz5gqjjZiOLrwRSru4d7AGnuN9cqE9iRlAxeDQtRk9iao7iWR3RG85ERsYXRD7T_pXkdxP_QLlrBgDCirrVKCphvZsWzLYRNC5_R2XwgGZw3TBtYH0rhu3Vq5Bv1j1RF6sQyKhLRlL6MamT75qevCs16_l2it&smid=url-share)

Famed WWII paratrooper who carried beer in his helmet for wounded US soldiers dies

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Vincent Speranza, an Army veteran whose impromptu beer run during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II became legendary, is shown in 2015 at a ceremony in Belgium, to commemorate the battle. Speranza, 98, died Aug. 2, 2023. ( Bernardo Fuller/U.S. Army)

An American paratrooper who became a legend in Belgium during World War II for carrying beer in his helmet to give to the wounded has died, the Army's 18th Airborne Corps said Thursday.

Vincent Speranza, who served in the 101st Airborne Division during the Battle of the Bulge, died Wednesday at the age of 98, the airborne corps said in an online tribute.

"Rest in Peace, Vinny," the Fort Liberty, North Carolina-based unit said in a Twitter post.

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2023-08-03/veteran-wwii-paratrooper-10925829.html

https://youtu.be/mVX7PD111tc

Mark Margolis, 'Breaking Bad' and 'Better Call Saul' Star, Dies at 83

Robbie Robertson. Damn.

Quote from: Phil on August 09, 2023, 17:51:08 PMRobbie Robertson. Damn.

damn, damn

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Robbie Robertson, 80, Dies; Canadian Songwriter Captured American Spirit
As the chief songwriter and guitarist for The Band, he offered a rustic vision of his adopted country that helped inspire the genre that came to be known as Americana.

Robbie Robertson, the chief composer and lead guitarist for the Band, whose work offered a rustic vision of America that seemed at once mythic and authentic, in the process helping to inspire the genre that came to be known as Americana, died on Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 80.

His manager, Jared Levine, said he died after a long illness.

The songs that Mr. Robertson, a Canadian, wrote for the Band used enigmatic lyrics to evoke a hard and colorful America of yore, a feat coming from someone not born in the United States. With uncommon conviction, they conjured a wild place, often centered in the South, peopled by rough-hewed characters, from the defeated Confederate soldier in "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" to the tough union worker of "King Harvest Has Surely Come" to the shady creatures in "Life Is a Carnival."

NYT Obit (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/arts/music/robbie-robertson-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=D2Hc49vzQDqiDGiHs2yDodVB99tGuOIAgRDJAg-73hArrAKwKul13M6dGlkcOksAzg_P3PqVdV2O-vBxCYIu-EGux7e7MSHUeetazCLegb9yv2lNv7J2j4DEnJGgI4Oh8CaDzlX5rVEDWdBSfOXNbiIUODEpxooQdpnQVpYcyPFv00muKsjpVkMZAo7JfKUTx9U6ZxrVuH8gzMmdJ1k4JeK8PiXxpQmTrx5TXdiW4q3YuEETYOl2P6hX9_3q5CwmvYJtdV30xK11BN8uMC5etmFntUgZ0djnEZd387SaUyhoMcJ4xkeKduveMoKFkfhjvkLYiNzxRzYpsTCypMEZpwmaYA&smid=url-share)


https://youtu.be/jREUrbGGrgM


https://youtu.be/Yt1DAMecaWA

https://youtu.be/NKu0OTDvQ-w

https://youtu.be/ph1GU1qQ1zQ

https://youtu.be/OwXXooYmjxI

Quote from: Phil on August 09, 2023, 17:51:08 PMRobbie Robertson. Damn.

Damn is correct!

My favorite with chilling lyrics:

<Wait, did you hear that?
Oh, this is sure stirring up some ghosts for me
She said, "There's one thing you gotta learn
Is not to be afraid of it"
I said, "No, I like it, I like it, it's good"
She said, "You like it now
But you'll learn to love it later">

http://youtu.be/4KP9PNSUME4

Another one that I always migrated towards.  Somewhere, at multiple times, over my 66+ years, his lyrics and voice stirred me to the core.

http://youtu.be/MiOISz3S8UQ

From the same album, Muddy, this one is maybe my favorite --

Give this NPR nod to Robbie listen

https://www.klcc.org/npr-music-news/npr-music-news/2023-08-10/robbie-robertson-guitarist-for-the-band-and-bob-dylan-dies-at-80

https://youtu.be/HZfDKZuCWX0

Oh snap!

Jimmy Buffett, the singer-songwriter and Mayor of Margaritaville, the mythical paradise of tropical breezes, frozen cocktails and laid-back escapism that inspired his greatest hit and fostered a hugely successful branding and business empire, died Friday. He was 76.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/09/02/jimmy-buffett-margaritaville-singer-dead/


https://youtu.be/XKGw_hrlaOY

You can read Jimmy Buffett; The Key West Years on Archive.ogr


https://archive.org/details/jimmybuffettkeyw0000corc/mode/2up

https://youtu.be/1nm_qtiQcXw

https://youtu.be/HNvYSk2KmSY

https://youtu.be/yU8rStLFHXw

https://youtu.be/5vcW5S3tTnw

https://youtu.be/rXaLA2O5IGk


"Well, I'm still here. Didn't have to go to rehab, and I'm not broke."

Jimmy Buffett

Last one, I promise...


https://youtu.be/LHMaP0tTZHs

https://youtu.be/kUQDmneZiIY

Len Chandler, an Early Fixture of the Folk Revival, Dies at 88
A singer who performed alongside Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Pete Seeger, he was known for his topical songs, some of which he wrote in minutes.



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NYT Obit (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/arts/music/len-chandler-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=ZoUpzdvBztl81m-1Vzv5JXdEE3Q06U0HWKr1jJlDLk7L9K6y5K9pbOWZ6jrV2Q52Q-1RP0eCpryroEAW_zcIWKjMLyBK3vlcOQ3j1KneQGu34jOkHlrmScrtVVuxWsxX7epnLsiHqjtUDPGAeDbqDmsxogK44SLRjk_Yc8jr-VrsybJ3IATo54qIgXAlTEK-ooR_eRLChZyls0TBl0OHfkRBseLuBSnEtFwQSXO26-qzi4LuNEwgPHjyE_6LDd1gwqdHp1JGCTW9fMFeEAMFYkJwq3q8mk6jCJ89QtypNOeS3RaLnG1H0u07d9IyupTAXwCoXXGqbiUOPQVwQt2V&smid=url-share)


https://youtu.be/6Wz51GmLavI
Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Len Chandler

https://youtu.be/FYxaRS558aU?

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Richard Roundtree.

Richard Roundtree, the stage and screen actor best known for his performance as a tough-talking private eye in 1971's "Shaft," has died. He was 81.

https://youtu.be/Q429AOpL_ds

Shaft - a badass with class. RIP

Kissinger Dead At 100!

Henry A. Kissinger, the scholar-turned-diplomat who engineered the United States' opening to China, negotiated its exit from Vietnam, and used cunning, ambition and intellect to remake American power relationships with the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War, sometimes trampling on democratic values to do so, died on Wednesday at his home in Kent, Conn. He was 100.

His death was announced in a statement by his consulting firm.

Few diplomats have been both celebrated and reviled with such passion as Mr. Kissinger. Considered the most powerful secretary of state in the post-World War II era, he was by turns hailed as an ultrarealist who reshaped diplomacy to reflect American interests and denounced as having abandoned American values, particularly in the arena of human rights, if he thought it served the nation's purposes.

He advised 12 presidents — more than a quarter of those who have held the office — from John F. Kennedy to Joseph R. Biden Jr. With a scholar's understanding of diplomatic history, a German-Jewish refugee's drive to succeed in his adopted land, a deep well of insecurity and a lifelong Bavarian accent that sometimes added an indecipherable element to his pronouncements, he transformed almost every global relationship he touched.

At a critical moment in American history and diplomacy, he was second in power only to President Richard M. Nixon. He joined the Nixon White House in January 1969 as national security adviser and, after his appointment as secretary of state in 1973, kept both titles, a rarity. When Nixon resigned, he stayed on under President Gerald R. Ford.

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Mr. Kissinger with President Richard M. Nixon in New York in November 1972 after Mr. Kissinger returned from secret negotiations in Paris with the North Vietnamese negotiator, Le Duc Tho, during the Vietnam War.Credit...Associated Press


https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/us/henry-kissinger-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CU0.uzh1.EFx8DqV_MEH1&smid=url-share

Denny Laine, band member of Moody Blues and Wings, dies at 79
With the Moody Blues, he sang lead on the group's breakthrough hit, "Go Now"

Denny Laine, a British singer, songwriter and guitarist who performed in an early, pop-oriented version of the Moody Blues and was later Paul McCartney's longtime sideman in the ex-Beatle's solo band Wings, died Dec. 5 in Naples, Fla. He was 79.

The cause was interstitial lung disease, according to an announcement on Laine's Instagram page by his wife, Elizabeth Hines.

Mr. Laine's death comes almost exactly 50 years after the release of McCartney's acclaimed "Band On the Run" album, on which Mr. Laine played guitar and provided backing vocals.

Mr. Laine was born Brian Frederick Arthur Hines on Oct. 29, 1944, in the Channel Islands and grew up in Tyseley, England. He changed his professional name in his early teens, in part in homage to pop singer Frankie Laine.

In 1964, around the time he turned 20, he joined Ray Thomas and Mike Pinder in forming the Moody Blues and sang lead on the group's breakthrough hit, "Go Now."


https://youtu.be/V2L3UzM_FfE


Full Obit; https://wapo.st/41bwziT

Norman Lear, who brought social commentary to the sitcom, dies at 101
Archie Bunker, Maude Findlay and George Jefferson were among the characters he brought to America's living rooms


Norman Lear, the TV writer and producer who transformed the bland porridge of situation comedy into a zesty stew of sociopolitical strife and brutally funny speech and who gave the world such embattled comic archetypes as Archie Bunker, Fred Sanford, Maude Findlay and George Jefferson, died Dec. 5 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 101.

A family spokeswoman, Lara Bergthold, announced the death but did not provide an immediate cause.

Mr. Lear's entertainment career spanned the late 1940s to the 21st century, and he also found prominence in later life as a liberal political activist. But his legend was sealed in the 1970s, when he created a handful of shows that transformed the television medium into a fractious national town meeting and showcased the American family in all its hopes and dysfunctions.

https://wapo.st/41aTScv


https://youtu.be/prRtcQz8Uqk


This show was brilliant, the writing and the acting. Our family would always watch it together and i thought my dad was pretty much just like Archie...

https://youtu.be/1jYDpAf4XLM

https://youtu.be/08DnYRJhHks

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https://www.wncw.org/2023-12-28/musicians-we-lost-in-2023

https://youtu.be/Q8UKf65NOzM

Mary Weiss, lead singer of the 1960s pop group The Shangri-Las, has died at the age of 75, her record label said.

Always enjoyed Charles on Sunday Mornings although it took a while after he replaced Charles Kuralt

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 https://wapo.st/3S8T0B3

Fred Chappell, Writer Who Celebrated the Carolina Mountains, Dies at 87

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/books/fred-chappell-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QU0.YW9p.hmte2TihyQK4&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

https://youtu.be/qlOt4IyRdg8

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https://wlos.com/news/local/he-was-iconic-beloved-herbert-lee-cowboy-coward-memorial-by-family-friends-life-celebrated-deliverance-actor-fame-kind-well-loved-community-haywood-county-beulah-baptist-church-car-crash#

I've been a fan of Bob's Red Mill products for decades!

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 https://apple.news/AFe9u7lAPReSPWUD1GOjLSw

Randy Sparks, who gave folk music a big choral sound, dies at 90
The New Christy Minstrels founded by Mr. Sparks became a steppingstone for a host of future stars including Kenny Rogers


https://youtu.be/PfxgbsXeTdE

Randy Sparks, a folk music maestro who crafted choral odes, ballads and ditties of droll wit such as "Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio" during the 1960s folk revival and who nurtured a host of future stars including Kenny Rogers and John Denver, died Feb. 11 in San Diego. He was 90.

Mr. Sparks had health problems including heart trouble, said his son, Cameron Sparks. Mr. Sparks, who lived in Mokelumne Hill, Calif., was under medical care at his son's home.

Amid the range of folk and roots music that flourished before the rock revolution — from the activist strains of Pete Seeger to the pop-style sound of the Kingston Trio — Mr. Sparks flexed his versatility. He defied easy labeling as a songwriter and leader of troupes including the New Christy Minstrels and the Back Porch Majority.

https://wapo.st/42IHBg1

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Lefty Driesell, the Hall of Fame coach whose folksy drawl belied a fiery on-court demeanor that put Maryland on the college basketball map and enabled him to rebuild several struggling programs, died Saturday. He was 92.

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/17/1232270712/lefty-driesell-maryland-college-basketball-coach-dies

NC-based music legend Dex Romweber of Flat Duo Jets dies at age 57


https://youtu.be/fyPxiTRQVVQ

https://wr.al/1RKA

Roni Stoneman, the "first lady of the banjo," who picked her way into bluegrass and country music history as a member of the Stoneman Family band and found wider fame as an irascible performer on "Hee Haw," the down-home variety show, died Feb. 22 at her home in Murfreesboro, Tenn. She was 85.

https://youtu.be/UabuGXSYS_A

https://wapo.st/4bW4lxl