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Post by Slinger on Mar 7, 2019 11:56:21 GMT
Jacque Loussier seems to have passed, though there is a fake news site claiming that reports of his death are a hoax. Why anyone would joke about that is beyond me A site named slippeddisc.com appears to be reporting it, with zero details, and Wikipedia has been edited to reflect his "death" but other than those two instances I can find no mention of his passing. It appears to be a most unsavoury non-joke, and, as you say, beyond reason. |
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Post by Barrington on Mar 7, 2019 13:52:23 GMT
Anybody heard how Mark Hollis died ?
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Post by Slinger on Mar 12, 2019 15:36:34 GMT
R.I.P. Hal Blaine, a.k.a. " the greatest drummer ever." Here's an absolutely ridiculous list of things Hal played on...It's a partial list, consisting of hit singles and the occasional noteworthy album. It is useful to remember that Blaine was also the drummer on many of the albums that these singles were taken from. OBIT |
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Post by ChrisB on Mar 18, 2019 6:29:53 GMT
Sad to hear of the loss of Dick Dale.
His first single was released in 1961 and he was still playing live until just before his death. He was a massive influence on so many guitarists - Hendrix, SRV, van Halen...
Fender had to create a special amp for him because their standard models couldn't cope with the intensity if his playing style. JBL had to go back to the drawing board to redesign their speakers for him. He used to melt his plectrums by playing so hard!
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Post by Slinger on Mar 18, 2019 13:40:32 GMT
You beat me to it, Chris.
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Post by Slinger on Mar 19, 2019 12:12:40 GMT
I was very sad to hear we've lost another great guitarist, Irish rocker Bernie Tormé. He was 66 years old. Tormé’s family confirmed the news to Variety in a statement. “ [Tormé] had been on life support for the past four weeks at a London hospital following post-flu complication.” OBIT |
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 19, 2019 13:37:32 GMT
That's a name I hadn't heard for a long time!
A very respected guitarist indeed ...
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Post by Stratmangler on Mar 19, 2019 16:17:11 GMT
I first saw Bernie at Manchester Apollo 9/10/79, with Gillan on the Mr Universe Tour. It was a day or 3 before the album came out. Great gig - the whole band were in fine form.
Bernie will be remembered fondly from these quarters.
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Post by MartinT on Mar 25, 2019 13:41:09 GMT
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Post by Slinger on Mar 25, 2019 14:51:32 GMT
R.I.P. Scott. His records were a part of my youth.
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Post by ChrisB on Mar 25, 2019 18:08:55 GMT
Tragic.
Sadly, we are losing the legends at a greater rate than new ones are arriving.
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Post by ChrisB on Mar 27, 2019 6:14:59 GMT
RIP 'Ranking' Roger Charlery
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Post by Slinger on Mar 27, 2019 13:35:40 GMT
R.I.P. Ranking Roger There was a lot of good music that came out of the 2-Tone era. |
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Post by brettj on Mar 31, 2019 18:40:28 GMT
Not Ranking Roger.
One of my favs, I just can't stop it.
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Post by julesd68 on Apr 14, 2019 9:11:44 GMT
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Post by Slinger on Apr 14, 2019 13:36:40 GMT
I can't quite get my head around the fact that he was 73 years old. |
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Post by Slinger on May 31, 2019 23:42:24 GMT
Psychedelic guitarist Roky Erickson, whose work both as a solo artist and as a member of The 13th Floor Elevators deeply influenced rock, punk, and metal, had died, according to both Austin360 and Variety. He was 71. OBIT |
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Post by ChrisB on Jun 1, 2019 5:54:31 GMT
Bad news
"You're Gonna Miss Me"
Not half
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2019 23:08:13 GMT
Just heard the sad news that Dr. John has gone to the rest Gris Gris in the sky 😟
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Post by ChrisB on Jun 6, 2019 23:15:16 GMT
Oh, now that is bad.
RIP Mac.
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