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goose
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response 25 of 244:
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Nov 25 17:02 UTC 1997 |
Hutchence seems to have shadowed the death of one of the most important
music writers: Robert Palmer (*no* not the Power Station Robert Palmer,
different guy.) HE wrote _Deep Blues_ which is probably the most autoritative
book on the subject of The Blues, and wrote the companion book to the PBS
series _Rock and Roll: An Unruly History_ The book is more complete and more
accurate than the series (don;t get me wron the series was excellent) He
was in his lat 40's and dies waiting for a liver transplant.
Also the rumours that either Paul Weller or Gary Glitter died are untrue,
although Gary may wish he was dead soon.
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bmoran
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response 26 of 244:
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Dec 2 20:32 UTC 1997 |
I saw that Stephan Grappeli, the jazz violinist died recently.
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rcurl
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response 27 of 244:
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Dec 2 20:51 UTC 1997 |
NPR had a piece on him. I'm no jazz afficianado, but he could sure
play the fiddle.
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remmers
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response 28 of 244:
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Dec 2 22:22 UTC 1997 |
Grappeli's obituary appeared in this morning's New York Times.
He was 89 years old and an active performer from the 1920's
until just a year or so ago, when his health began to fail.
Grappeli was a wonderful jazz musician. One of my favorite
vinyls is a re-issue of work he did with guitarist Django
Reinhardt in the 1930's.
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goose
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response 29 of 244:
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Dec 4 17:07 UTC 1997 |
Guitarist Michael Hedges died from injuries received in a car accident over
the weekend, he was 42 or 43. I believe he was also a co-founder of the
Windham Hill record label.
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katie
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response 30 of 244:
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Dec 21 23:12 UTC 1997 |
Nicolette Larson died last week at the age of 45.
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bruin
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response 31 of 244:
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Dec 21 23:14 UTC 1997 |
Re #30 And I still can't get her rendition of "Lotta Love" out of my
mind.
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lumen
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response 32 of 244:
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Dec 22 02:22 UTC 1997 |
Yep, whatta song.
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tpryan
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response 33 of 244:
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Dec 24 20:56 UTC 1997 |
I came across two songs by Nicolette Larson on a Christmas
CD "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" on Rhino. She does
'One Bright Star' and 'Nothing But A Child'.
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bruin
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response 34 of 244:
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Jan 1 19:53 UTC 1998 |
Pianist Floyd Kramer died of cancer at the age of 64 towards the end of
1997. His biggest solo hit was "Last Date" in the early 1960's, but he
did play backup piano on Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" among other
works.
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goose
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response 35 of 244:
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Jan 2 03:23 UTC 1998 |
Locally: Geoff Streadwick, 26, co-owner of 40 Ounce. Sound, ex-Gondolier
bassist, and ex-Morsel guitarist. Geoff was one of my best friends.
His influence on the Ann Arbor music scene was immesurable. There will
be a memorial gathering Sunday Jan 4th from 2-6 pm at 40 Ounce Sound,
5007 Jackson Rd. Jan 4th would have been Geoff's 27th birthday.
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void
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response 36 of 244:
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Jan 3 05:08 UTC 1998 |
yikes, goose, i'm sorry to hear that.
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bmoran
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response 37 of 244:
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Jan 6 14:48 UTC 1998 |
My mom had a few of Floyd Kramer's records. Good country piano.
I hear Sonny Bono crashed into a tree while skiing and died.
"And the beat goes on"
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bruin
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response 38 of 244:
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Jan 6 15:30 UTC 1998 |
Looks like bmoran beat me to it, e.g., the death of entertainer turned
Congressperson Sonny Bono. Ironically, Bono's death came less than a week
after Michael Kennedy's life came to the same tragic end.
Something tells me that tragic events like these come in groups of three.
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bruin
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response 39 of 244:
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Jan 19 19:57 UTC 1998 |
Carl Perkins succumbed to a series of strokes today at the age of 65. His
biggest hit was the classic "Blue Suede Shoes," which was covered by Elvis
Presley. Other songs he wrote/performed include "Matchbox," "Honey Don't,"
and "Everybody's Tryin' To Be My Baby," which were covered by the Beatles
early in their career.
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mcnally
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response 40 of 244:
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Jan 20 04:56 UTC 1998 |
For those who're still trying to place him, being more familiar with
the artists who covered his work than with Perkins himself, he was an
early rock'n'roll pioneer whose career never took off the way some
others' did, partly because of a car accident at a critical juncture
(isn't *that* a familiar story?)
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goose
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response 41 of 244:
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Jan 20 16:09 UTC 1998 |
Floyd Kramer, country pianist, died last week.
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cyklone
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response 42 of 244:
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Jan 20 23:54 UTC 1998 |
I believe blues harmonica great junior wells also died recently.
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mcnally
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response 43 of 244:
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Feb 8 06:39 UTC 1998 |
Carl Wilson, Beach Boy, has died of cancer at age 51. According to
the CNN site, his death was announced by his family yesterday (Saturday..)
He had apparently been diagnosed with lung and brain cancer in the spring
of last year..
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bruin
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response 44 of 244:
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Feb 8 14:27 UTC 1998 |
Austrian techno-pop singer Falco was killed in a car accident in the Dominican
Republic at the age of 40. His biggest hits were "Der Kommissar" <sp?> (1983)
and "Rock Me Amadeus" (1986).
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goose
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response 45 of 244:
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Feb 11 19:10 UTC 1998 |
Hmm..I thought Der Kommissar was someone else.
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lumen
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response 46 of 244:
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Feb 12 01:49 UTC 1998 |
It was..he did a cover of the song, which I thought was really bad-- it was
just a cheesy, half-baked version of the original. I saw the video as Adam
Sandler and Drew Barrymore presented it on VH1 (as part of a promo for their
80's nostalgia movie "The Wedding Singer"). He must have had a low, low
budget because the vid was REALLY, really bad. He was dancing badly to a
background of Austrian police cars and such driving down the highway with
flashing blue lights.
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mcnally
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response 47 of 244:
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Feb 12 02:31 UTC 1998 |
I think the other version might've been by "After the Fire" or
something like that..
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lumen
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response 48 of 244:
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Mar 17 23:18 UTC 1998 |
Excuse me..Falco wrote "Der Kommissar" himself-- I was enlightened by VH1's
Pop-Up Video, of all sources. It's all in German, of course. "After the
Fire" translated it to English, which Falco felt lost much of the meaning.
The vid mentioned there were 7 different stories in the song, according to
him. Falco of course, thought his version was best-- and he still maintained
the rights to the royalties-- which meant none went to "After The Fire." His
version was already on MTV before "After The Fire" even released their cover.
They were pretty discouraged, as it went to #7. However, they decided to
release it as the band broke up, and their version 'trounced' Falco's on the
charts.
Pity the band never got back together. I thought they improved the
instrumentation and tone color of "Der Kommissar," and the video was much
better than Falco's (perhaps this was a reflection of the new direction of
music video at that time).
As for Falco, I believe the show said during his "Amadeus" video that he had
been in the Falkland islands or thereabouts, working on a new album. He was
waiting for the right time to release it.
Speaking of "Amadeus," the video for that one was bad, too.
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carson
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response 49 of 244:
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Mar 18 01:10 UTC 1998 |
(I think the album has been scheduled for a posthumous release.)
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