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Post by MartinT on Dec 18, 2020 10:04:23 GMT
Primarily big band, played at lowish volume on his flat-panel speakers.
Neither the music nor the sound were to my taste.
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Post by mikeyb on Dec 18, 2020 16:33:01 GMT
Boba Fett has gone too, Jeremy Bulloch the original Boba Fett actor has passed away
"You can run, but you'll only die tired."
RIP
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Post by Slinger on Dec 21, 2020 17:29:10 GMT
Dame Fanny Waterman: Leeds International Piano Competition founder dies at 100 OBIT |
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Post by Slinger on Dec 23, 2020 23:10:31 GMT
I'm sad to report that Leslie West has died. I've known for a couple of days it was touch and go for him, but he finally passed away tonight. COD was given as cardiac arrest. OBIT |
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Post by ChrisB on Dec 24, 2020 0:51:36 GMT
Now that's bad news. Really sorry to hear this.
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Post by John on Dec 24, 2020 4:21:10 GMT
I remember seeing Mountain at Port Vale I think ChrisB was at the same Festival One of the early pioneers of guitar driven Hard rock
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Post by MikeMusic on Dec 24, 2020 10:10:57 GMT
RIP Leslie
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Post by Slinger on Dec 24, 2020 14:11:53 GMT
I've got several of his solo albums, as well as the Mountain albums. They're pretty good too.
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Post by julesd68 on Jan 1, 2021 23:37:58 GMT
Eugene Wright, Jazz Bassist and last surviving member of the legendary Dave Brubeck Quartet has passed away aged 97. From Instagram - "We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of bassist Eugene Wright yesterday at the age of 97. Gene was the last surviving member of the “Classic” Dave Brubeck Quartet, and remained a good friend and honorary Uncle to the Brubeck family to the end. Known by the jazz community as “The Senator”, Gene was born in Chicago, IL on May 29, 1923. He studied cornet in school and taught himself how to play upright bass. In his early career, Gene led his own band, the Dukes of Swing, and played with the Lonnie Simmons group. Gene played bass in The Dave Brubeck Quartet for many years, joining the group for their U.S. Department of State tour of Europe and Asia in 1958 and becoming a permanent member the following year. He left the Quartet in 1968 when Dave disbanded the group to pursue his career as a composer, but Gene performed with Dave off and on for many years afterwards, including the famous 1988 Joint State Dinner organized by President Reagan and Secretary Gorbachev in Moscow. Gene performed with the world’s best jazz musicians, including Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, and Carmen McRae. In the 1970s, he recorded film soundtracks and worked in television studios. He served as head of the Jazz Department at the University of Cincinnati and was head of the advisory board in the jazz division of the International Society of Bassists. We remember the challenges Gene and the Quartet had to undergo in order to play at segregated universities on their US tours in the early 1960s." Dave recalled: “I wasn't allowed to play in some universities in the United States and out of twenty-five concerts, twenty-three were cancelled unless I would substitute my black bass player for my old white bass player, which I wouldn't do. They wouldn’t let us go on with Gene [Wright] and I wouldn't go on without him.” 
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Post by Slinger on Jan 3, 2021 17:48:39 GMT
Very sad news, doubly so for me as a Liverpool supporter for 55+ years. R.I.P. Gerry Marsden. #YNWA Gerry. OBIT |
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Post by Mr Whippy on Jan 4, 2021 21:06:14 GMT
His is the best rendition of a pop tune, ever, for me any way. Some time ago read he was making more money now with the 60s shows than he was in the 60s.
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Post by Slinger on Jan 14, 2021 21:33:01 GMT
Tim Bogert has died aged 76, after a long battle with cancer. Vanilla Fudge, Beck Bogert, and Appice, Cactus, Savoy Brown. Boxer... OBIT |
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Post by ChrisB on Jan 15, 2021 11:40:31 GMT
Sylvain Sylvain (Sylvain Mizrahi), guitarist of The New York Dolls, died on Wednesday of cancer, aged 69.
I saw him play a couple of times - great performer, sad loss.
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Post by Slinger on Jan 17, 2021 15:58:46 GMT
Phil Spector, the music producer responsible for some of the biggest hits in music and the architect of The Wall of Sound has died ... sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ. We're told he died from COVID-related complications, after being transferred from his prison cell to a hospital. We're told he was diagnosed 4 weeks ago and went to the hospital but recovered well enough to return to prison, where he is serving a 19-to-life sentence for the murder of Lana Clarkson. Our sources say he relapsed, had trouble breathing and was rushed back to the hospital, where he died Saturday. OBIT |
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Post by MartinT on Jan 17, 2021 16:02:10 GMT
That's a loss, notwithstanding the murder charge.
His name will go down as a very recognisable production style.
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Post by julesd68 on Jan 17, 2021 16:31:32 GMT
A great loss to the wig making industry for sure.
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Post by Slinger on Jan 22, 2021 16:02:23 GMT
R.I.P. Mira Furlan. The vivacious Croatian actress and singer who played the Minbari Ambassador Delenn on Babylon 5, and later Danielle Rousseau on Lost, has passed away after a long illness. She was born September 7, 1955, and passed away Januery 21, 2021. OBIT |
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Post by MartinT on Jan 22, 2021 20:03:49 GMT
Gosh, 1955. They're catching up with us, Paul.
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Post by Slinger on Jan 22, 2021 20:20:40 GMT
Gosh, 1955. They're catching up with us, Paul. Us? She was younger than me by three-hundred-and-fifty-something days.  |
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Post by MartinT on Jan 22, 2021 20:23:00 GMT
You first, by all means!
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