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krj
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response 34 of 106:
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Oct 30 05:41 UTC 2002 |
Warren Zevon is still not dead; in fact, he must be feeling pretty
good, he's been announced as David Letterman's guest for Wednesday
night. 11:30 pm Eastern time on CBS, channel 62/cable 14 in
Ann Arbor.
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dbratman
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response 35 of 106:
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Oct 30 17:20 UTC 2002 |
Warren Zevon's ghost is haunting / Cable Channel 14 ...
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scott
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response 36 of 106:
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Nov 5 23:08 UTC 2002 |
Lonnie Donnegan died Sunday at the age of 71.
He'd just be a very minor footnote in music, except that the "skiffle" music
craze he started in 1960's England inspired a lot of kids (including those
who later formed The Beatles and The Who) to start playing.
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krj
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response 37 of 106:
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Nov 11 16:07 UTC 2002 |
Skiffle also played a large role in the 1960s British folk revival.
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bruin
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response 38 of 106:
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Dec 16 22:09 UTC 2002 |
IWLTA with great sadness the passing of Zal Yanovsky, who was an
original member of the 1960's group The Lovin'Spoonful. He left the
Spoonful under less than friendly terms with the group, especially
frontman John Sebastian. More recently, he owned a restaurant in
Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
"Zally" died of an apparent heart attack on December 13. He would have
turned 58 later this week.
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remmers
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response 39 of 106:
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Dec 17 15:15 UTC 2002 |
Sad news indeed. The Lovin' Spoonful is one of my favorite rock groups
from the 60s; I still have some of their LPs that I acquired back then.
I always thought Zal was a great contributor to the group and was sorry
when he split.
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jaklumen
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response 40 of 106:
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Jan 13 05:35 UTC 2003 |
I *can't* believe someone didn't get this first!
Maurice Gibb, bassist and keyboardist of the Bee Gees, died at 53 last
Sunday of cardiac arrest before undergoing surgery for a blocked
intestine.
One article on the story can be found at:
http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=111793
Sad. I really liked the Bee Gees, and thought they very talented and
not just a disco band, although a lot of their hits were during the
disco era.
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dbratman
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response 41 of 106:
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Jan 18 00:05 UTC 2003 |
Are they the guys who sang that once ubiquitous song that went "ah, ah,
ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive"?
If so, I will refrain from commenting on their talent only out of
respect for the dead.
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krj
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response 42 of 106:
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Jan 26 22:43 UTC 2003 |
He's Still Not Dead Department: Jon Pareles has a lengthy article
on Warren Zevon and his final months of creativity in Sunday's
New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/26/magazine/26ZEVON.html?8hpib
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jaklumen
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response 43 of 106:
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Feb 2 11:08 UTC 2003 |
resp:41 Yes, but really, I couldn't disagree with you more vehemently,
if only because you're probably thinking of their disco hits alone.
I think Barry Gibb, who is still alive, is quite a talented
songwriter. The BeeGees may not be to your taste, but I think he
knows how to write a catchy hook that's easy to sing along to.
"Grease," written for the movie version of the musical of the same
name and performed by Frankie Van..ack, I forget the last name.. is
one of my favorite Barry Gibb tunes.
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mcnally
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response 44 of 106:
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Feb 2 12:49 UTC 2003 |
I've always appreciated the Bee Gees less for their music and more for
their acting career, which included the phenomenally misguided film
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Despite the fact that it's
an awful film with the Bee Gees acting the parts of the band and playing
their own unique interpretations on a number of Beatles classics,
I have a mysterious soft spot for it and can't resist watching it on the
increasingly infrequent occasions when I come across it on late-night TV.
All hail FVB!
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scott
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response 45 of 106:
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Feb 2 13:44 UTC 2003 |
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" - wow, terrible movie. Still, it's
got Alice Cooper AND Aerosmith, and Earth Wind & Fire's tune is awesome.
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dbratman
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response 46 of 106:
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Feb 2 21:10 UTC 2003 |
resp:43 About popular music, I only know what I hear on the radio
stations that are being played in stores.
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jaklumen
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response 47 of 106:
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Feb 3 09:14 UTC 2003 |
resp:44 The storyline was a colossal flop-- was George Harrison doing
drugs when he wrote it? (He's done better. Time Bandits was weird,
but cute.) I think my folks still have a taped copy, so resp:45 I'll
have to go back to look at the EWF segment. Really, the covers by the
various bands and other celebrities are what make movie interesting.
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dbratman
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response 48 of 106:
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Feb 4 17:48 UTC 2003 |
Obituary: Lou Harrison, aged 85, a late survivor of the Henry Cowell-
John Cage circle of 1940s avant-garde American composers, on Sunday in
Lafayette IN on his way to a festival of his music at Ohio State. (He
lived in Aptos CA.) His most typical music blended western instruments
with eastern aesthetics, with more rigor and astringency than Alan
Hovhaness; he also wrote for what he called the American gamelan, a
collection of tin crockery and other miscellanea he and his partner, an
instrument-maker, put together.
It's not been a good couple years for great musicians named Harrison.
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bruin
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response 49 of 106:
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Feb 4 21:28 UTC 2003 |
We also lost legendary Latin jazz musicial Mongo Santamaria, who is best
remembered for his 1960's hit "Watermelon Man".
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goose
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response 50 of 106:
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May 13 14:56 UTC 2003 |
And as was announced in Agora, Noel Redding, 57, former bassist of The Jimi
Hendrix Experience.
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krj
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response 51 of 106:
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May 16 18:29 UTC 2003 |
June Carter Cash, the wife of Johnny Cash, has died following surgery
earlier this month to replace a heart valve. June Carter was the
daughter of A.P. and Maybelle Carter, who as The Carter Family were
towering figures in American folk music.
June Carter was also the mother of country-rock singer Carlene Carter,
from a previous marriage.
June Carter Cash had a lovely solo album which came out in 1999,
"Press On." USA Today reports that she had just completed another
album, and presumably it will be released posthumously.
Johnny Cash has been very sick for years, and from all accounts
June has been taking loving care of him. Hard to imagine that he'll
outlive her by very long.
The NY Times has an excellent obituary:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/16/obituaries/16CASH.html
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albaugh
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response 52 of 106:
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May 16 19:04 UTC 2003 |
A couple of weeks ago I believe she was featured on A&E's "Biography".
One wonders if this was because of suspected grave state of health affairs...
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tod
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response 53 of 106:
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May 16 19:06 UTC 2003 |
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happyboy
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response 54 of 106:
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May 18 17:38 UTC 2003 |
i caught that. :)
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tod
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response 55 of 106:
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May 19 18:26 UTC 2003 |
This response has been erased.
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albaugh
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response 56 of 106:
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Sep 12 18:00 UTC 2003 |
As reported in summer Agora (see item #221), Johnny Cash has passed away at
the age of 71.
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dbratman
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response 57 of 106:
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Sep 17 06:27 UTC 2003 |
And according to his obituary, Johnny Cash's first name was actually
the initial "J."
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bruin
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response 58 of 106:
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Sep 17 13:16 UTC 2003 |
Just got word that singer/actor Sheb Wooley died at the age of 82. His
biggest hit was the 1958 novelty song "Purple People Eater."
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