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bruin
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response 183 of 244:
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Dec 20 00:36 UTC 2000 |
Roebuck "Pops" Staples, the patriarch of the gospel/R&B group The
Staple Singers, died today of injuries suffered earlier in a fall.
Pops would have turned 85 on December 28, 2000.
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ashke
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response 184 of 244:
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Dec 21 14:15 UTC 2000 |
Rob Buck, the lead guitarist for 10,000 Maniacs died of complications with
liver failure Tuesday night. He was 42.
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brighn
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response 185 of 244:
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Dec 22 04:40 UTC 2000 |
The pity about "Fairytale of New york" was that I thought it was a good song
because of the Pogues, only to discover that I couldn't stand much else that
the Pogues did, while I loved nearly everything I heard from Kirsty.
An obscure contribution: Libery Horses, fronted by her brothers, on which she
does backing vox for a few tracks (credited as Kitty MacColl).
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carson
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response 186 of 244:
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Jan 8 03:11 UTC 2001 |
(Les Brown died on Thursday of lung cancer. he was 88.)
(Brown was a band leader in the '30s and '40s, but he's pribly best known
for the Christmas tours with Bob Hope he began in 1950. He was instrumental
in getting the Grammys on television, and is listed in the Guinness Book of
World Records as the leader of the longest lasting musical organization in
recent music history.)
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albaugh
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response 187 of 244:
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Jan 8 16:51 UTC 2001 |
Wasn't he "Les Brown and his band of renown"?
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tpryan
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response 188 of 244:
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Jan 8 17:17 UTC 2001 |
I wonder if Mick Jagger will now claim that title?
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krj
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response 189 of 244:
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Feb 23 22:19 UTC 2001 |
Usenet newsgroup rec.music.folk has carried an obituary for American
acoustic guitarist John Fahey. I haven't seen this confirmed in
mainstream media yet. The obituary says he died following heart
bypass surgery.
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bruin
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response 190 of 244:
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Feb 24 03:13 UTC 2001 |
RE #189 John Fahey was remembered on today's "Fresh Air" and "All
Things Considered" on NPR. He passed away after heart surgery at the
age of 61.
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krj
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response 191 of 244:
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Feb 24 21:02 UTC 2001 |
There are two good obituary pieces at www.washingtonpost.com.
As Fahey was a native of Takoma Park, these may be among the best pieces
available. I haven't checked the Portland papers yet.
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carson
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response 192 of 244:
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Mar 14 05:19 UTC 2001 |
(Glenn Hughes died of lung cancer on March 4. he was the original biker
for the Village People.)
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bruin
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response 193 of 244:
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Mar 18 21:39 UTC 2001 |
"Papa" John Phillips (of The Mamas & the Papas) died this weekend of
heart failure in a California hospital. He was 65.
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dbratman
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response 194 of 244:
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Mar 19 18:42 UTC 2001 |
I don't know which is more surprising: that he died or that he was 65.
65. Wow, man.
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krj
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response 195 of 244:
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Apr 15 19:23 UTC 2001 |
On last night's "Prairie Home Companion," with musical guests the
Battlefield Band, Garrison Keillor announced the death of former
Battlefield member Davy Steele. We'd known for a year that Davy Steele
had a brain tumor, so this was not unexpected; his failing health
had forced him to retire from the band several tours ago.
Davy first came to my notice in the Scottish folk band Ceolbeg, and
from there he moved to the Battlefield Band, probably in the mid-90s.
He sang and played guitar, and wrote contemporary songs.
Around the same time he joined Battlefield he married Patsy Seddon,
harp player with The Poozies, and they had a child just before his illness
struck. (From a web page created by fans where news is posted by
the family, I gather Davy is also survived by one or more older children
from a previous marriage.)
At his last appearance at the Ark with the Battlefield Band, he was happy
to chat with me at length about goings-on with his wife's band.
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carson
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response 196 of 244:
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Apr 16 02:36 UTC 2001 |
(CNN reports that Joey Ramone, the former lead singer of the seminal
punk band The Ramones, died today of lymphoma. he was 49.)
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krj
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response 197 of 244:
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Apr 16 03:37 UTC 2001 |
Damn. I'd heard about his illness, but the report sounded optimistic.
I saw the Ramones a couple of times near their peak, in 1978 and 1980.
And finally there was the unusual evening, after the opening of the Detroit
Opera House, when the opera chorus and their dates (including Leslie
and I) ended up at the same hotel bar as the Ramones, who had played
elsewhere in the city that night.
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micklpkl
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response 198 of 244:
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May 10 22:02 UTC 2001 |
An e-mail from Green Linnett reports that the renowned fiddler P.J. Hayes died
peacefully at his home in County Clare on Sunday, 6 May 2001, at the ripe old
age of 80. He was a founding member of the Tulla Ceili Band, and the father
of fiddler Martin Hayes.
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krj
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response 199 of 244:
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May 21 16:24 UTC 2001 |
From USA Today: Jazz singer Susannah McCorkle committed suicide, age 55.
McCorkle was a constant critics favorite and I have several of her old
LPs.
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gelinas
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response 200 of 244:
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May 21 17:07 UTC 2001 |
Ah. WEMU was playing some of her music while I was driving to work today,
with a note that she had "died tragically over the weekend." Hadn't heard
of her before that, though.
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bruin
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response 201 of 244:
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May 24 12:25 UTC 2001 |
There will be a tribute to the late Susannah McCorkle tomorrow (Friday
May 25, 2001) on "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross on NPR. The show will be
heard at 12 Noon EDT on WUOM (91.7 FM) and at 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm (both
times EDT) on WEMU (89.1 FM). Check your local NPR station's schedule
outside of the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti area for times.
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krj
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response 202 of 244:
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May 24 18:03 UTC 2001 |
(Thanks for mentioning this, bruin!)
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dbratman
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response 203 of 244:
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May 25 06:35 UTC 2001 |
If you like Susannah McCorkle, be sure to read the tribute to her by
her long-time friend Jon Carroll, the San Francisco Chronicle columnist.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?
file=/chronicle/archive/2001/05/24/DD187499.DTL
Get the above all into one line, and there you are.
http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/carroll/ and choose May 24th is
another way there.
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krj
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response 204 of 244:
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May 25 17:48 UTC 2001 |
Thanks, David, that was worth reading.
Salon also has a piece (in their "Sex" column!) which says that McCorkle
was depressed because her record company had told her they couldn't put
out her newest release, and a regular singing gig in New York had
ended.
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dbratman
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response 205 of 244:
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May 27 03:35 UTC 2001 |
Not only was the McCorkle article in Salon's sex column, they had the
same day an article about sex in their "Living" (or whatever it's
called) column. I think wires got crossed somewhere.
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tpryan
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response 206 of 244:
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May 28 17:09 UTC 2001 |
I was wondering why the name looked familiar. I brought home
her "from broken hearts to blue skies" CD to listen to from work.
It is a 1999 Susannah McCorkle release.
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tpryan
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response 207 of 244:
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Jun 5 16:04 UTC 2001 |
I heard John Hartford passed away. Gentile on my mind and
all that. Saw him perform at The Ark a time or two. Impressive
to see him pick and sing and dance on a special 'soft shoe' board
that had a mic pickup on it.
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