RIP'S.....

[strech]

Very sad news...

Mountain was the very first band I saw live back in the early 70's @ the Asbury Park Convention Center.

Good bye, Leslie

One hell of a musician. His playing influenced many in a wide cast of genres. From metal to rap.

 

[macbill]

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Chad Stuart Dies: Half Of Chad & Jeremy Hitmaking Duo, Father Of ‘General Hospital’ Actor James Patrick Stuart Was 79


Chad Stuart, left, and Jeremy Clyde (1964)Everett Collection
Chad Stuart, who, as half of the hit British Invasion duo Chad & Jeremy had a string of whispery folk-pop hits in the mid-1960s that included “A Summer Song,” “Yesterday’s Gone” and “Distant Shores,” died December 20 of pneumonia at his home in Hailey, ID. He was 79.

 

[Bologna]

RIP K.C.. Boston lost a true Legend ...:

Twelve NBA championships as a player and coach, two NCAA rings and one Olympic gold medal. That makes him one of only eight players in history to have achieved basketball's "Triple Crown."

Boston Celtics legend K.C. Jones has died at age 88

 

[JCat]

Tony Rice

Tony Rice, Innovative Bluegrass Guitarist, Dead at 69 - Rolling Stone

Fellow Deadheads should be familiar with him from The Pizza Tapes which is one of my favourite recordings ... the banter in between songs between Garcia/Grisman/Rice is just great (and of course goes without saying the music is amazing)

 

[BabyFacedFinster]

Tony Rice

Tony Rice, Innovative Bluegrass Guitarist, Dead at 69 - Rolling Stone

Fellow Deadheads should be familiar with him from The Pizza Tapes which is one of my favourite recordings ... the banter in between songs between Garcia/Grisman/Rice is just great (and of course goes without saying the music is amazing)

Rice was a master flatpicker. Sad to hear he died so young. His version of Freeborn Man was better than Jimmy Martin's IMO.

 

[BestBuds]

AEW Star Jon Huber, Known as Brodie Lee, Dies at Age 41​

 

[crossfader]

Very sad news...

Mountain was the very first band I saw live back in the early 70's @ the Asbury Park Convention Center.

Good bye, Leslie

I grew up in that area but was too young at the time. I believe Rush opened for them. It was held in the old Casino skating rink. Saw Leslie/Mountain years later...'85 if memory serves me.

 

[strech]

Mary Ann From 'Gilligan's Island,' Dawn Wells, Has Died From COVID-19

The actress and producer was 82 years old. Her publicist announced Wednesday she died of complications related to the coronavirus.

www.npr.org

 

[Bologna]

Bummer about MF DOOM. I don't feel like I'm the right person to post about it, as I know very little about him and rap/hip-hop in general.

She was my 16yo daughter's favorite though, and I do feel for her. She said he was a "pioneer", I tend to gravitate towards those types of artists myself.

RIP MF DOOM

 

[macbill]

Gerry Marsden of Gerry And The Pacemakers has died

Gerry Marsden, singer of the Liverpool band Gerry And The Pacemakers, has died, it has been confirmed.

The musician was 78 years old and died today (January 3) from an infection in his heart, friend and broadcaster Pete Price wrote on social media.

I must have been 12 when I saw the movie "Ferry Cross the Mersey".

 

[macbill]

Tommy Lasorda, Dodgers manager and profane master of motivation, dies at 93​

For all of his life, Mr. Lasorda, who died Jan. 7 at 93, was a master motivator with a profane, highly effective kind of bravado.

 

[Pistol Pete]

I never even knew that this page existed. I just wanted to say R.I.P. Leslie West. A guitar legend & true gentlemen. Great sense of humor and a very humble guy as well. The last time I saw Mountain was in '84 or "86, they opened for Triumph.

 

[NYC_Frank]

I never even knew that this page existed. I just wanted to say R.I.P. Leslie West. A guitar legend & true gentlemen. Great sense of humor and a very humble guy as well. The last time I saw Mountain was in '84 or "86, they opened for Triumph.

Was sad to hear of Leslie's passing ... I immediately took a listen to an old favorite bootleg of Who's Next with Leslie on lead guitar ... rest in peace brother ...

 

[Pistol Pete]

Was sad to hear of Leslie's passing ... I immediately took a listen to an old favorite bootleg of Who's Next with Leslie on lead guitar ... rest in peace brother ...
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I never knew he played with The Who, very cool. The last time I saw The Who was '82 or '83, It's Hard tour. JFK Stadium, Philly. Then again at Shea Stadium at night. We took LSD, man the crazy things I did in the 80's.

 

[NYC_Frank]

I never knew he played with The Who, very cool. The last time I saw The Who was '82 or '83, It's Hard tour. JFK Stadium, Philly. Then again at Shea Stadium at night. We took LSD, man the crazy things I did in the 80's.

From a Leslie West Interview

Sterling: I wanted to talk a little bit about Who's Next. What was your invlovement with that record?

Leslie: The Who's company were representing us in England. I think this was in about 1971, I got a call from Kit Lambert, one of their managers, asking would I play guitar on this new album they're doing? I said, "They have a guitar player." But he said, "Pete doesn't want to overdub, he wants to do it straightaway."

So I came in and we did the whole album, and then they went back to England, and Glyn Johns re-did it [with Townsend playing the lead guitars].And then sure enough, they re-released it in the Nineties, the Who's Next re-mixes. So it's on there, and it talks about me in the booklet. On one [bonus] cut especially, "Baby Don't You Do It", you hear me playing lead on the right, and Townsend playing on the left, the rhythm, and it was so thrilling to do that.

 

[macbill]

Phil Spector, Legendary Record Producer And Convicted Murderer, Has Died At 81​

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/17/5289...roducer-and-convicted-murderer-has-died-at-81
Legendary music producer Phil Spector — who was convicted in 2009 of murdering actress Lana Clarkson — died Saturday at age 81. His death was announced Sunday by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which said that he had died of natural causes. His official cause of death is yet to be determined.

 

[BHOMG]

I never even knew that this page existed. I just wanted to say R.I.P. Leslie West. A guitar legend & true gentlemen. Great sense of humor and a very humble guy as well. The last time I saw Mountain was in '84 or "86, they opened for Triumph.

Awful to hear about Leslie West. May he rest in peace - he will be missed by many.

 

[macbill]

Hank Aaron, the Brave Home Run King Who Rose Above Babe Ruth and Vicious Racial Hatred, Dead at 86​

He ignored the bigots, despite an avalanche of vicious letters and threats when he approached Ruth’s record. His 755 home runs made him a player for the ages.

 

[Chainfish]

Larry King gone at 87.

 

[macbill]

Cloris Leachman, Emmy and Oscar Winner, Dies at 94​

Oscar winner and multiple Emmy winner Cloris Leachman, best remembered as the delightfully neurotic Phyllis Lindstrom on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and her own subsequent sitcom, died of natural causes on Tuesday in Encinitas, Calif. She was 94.

 

[Buzzbomb Almighty]

Cloris Leachman, Emmy and Oscar Winner, Dies at 94​

Oscar winner and multiple Emmy winner Cloris Leachman, best remembered as the delightfully neurotic Phyllis Lindstrom on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and her own subsequent sitcom, died of natural causes on Tuesday in Encinitas, Calif. She was 94.

I remember her all the way from The Last Picture Show; she was an amazing actress.

 

[macbill]

Cicely Tyson, groundbreaking award-winning actor, dead at 96​

Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” died Thursday at age 96.

 

[Buzzbomb Almighty]

Hilton Valentine of The Animals, dead of unknown causes at 77.

 

[strech]

Hilton Valentine of The Animals, dead of unknown causes at 77.

I just saw this news and came here to see if it was posted.


Sad

Hilton Valentine, Founding Guitarist For The Animals, Dies At 77

Valentine's ghostly and circular guitar riff on the song "House of the Rising Sun" helped make The Animals' 1964 recording of the folk staple one of the most evocative versions ever recorded.

www.npr.org

 

[strech]

Watch saved by the bell a bunch as a kid. Sad to see this..

Dustin Diamond, Screech on ‘Saved by the Bell,’ Dies at 44

Dustin Diamond, who spent 13 seasons as the nerd Screech on 'Saved by the Bell' and its various iterations before his life and career took a turn for the worse, has died. He was xx.

www.hollywoodreporter.com