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Post by Slinger on Mar 16, 2015 16:39:31 GMT
Mike Porcaro, bass player with Toto, has passed away from Motor Neurone disease, aged just 59. Obit |
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Post by MartinT on Mar 17, 2015 20:37:58 GMT
Makes it even more incredible that Stephen Hawking has survived for so long.
Was he related to Steve, Jeff and Joe Porcaro, all musicians?
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Post by Tim on Mar 17, 2015 21:08:23 GMT
62 is just too young to go  Andy Fraser died yesterday and I only saw him play a few months ago, he was larger than life - very sad loss. |
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Post by ChrisB on Mar 17, 2015 21:20:11 GMT
Bloody hell, that's bad news.
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Post by Tim on Mar 17, 2015 21:24:28 GMT
Very Chris, Andy was just so much fun and a great musician to boot and then there was that song . . .
Found out via a tweet from Joe Bonamassa who is playing Hammersmith Apollo tonight, I wonder what he will do as a tribute?
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Post by Slinger on Mar 17, 2015 23:18:46 GMT
Was he related to Steve, Jeff and Joe Porcaro, all musicians? He was the middle brother of Toto members Jeff Porcaro and Steve Porcaro. Their father is jazz drummer-percussionist Joe Porcaro. |
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Post by MartinT on Mar 18, 2015 5:29:57 GMT
Thanks, Slinger.
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Post by John on Mar 26, 2015 20:44:09 GMT
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Post by Mr Whippy on Mar 26, 2015 20:50:11 GMT
Was he related to Steve, Jeff and Joe Porcaro, all musicians? He was the middle brother of Toto members Jeff Porcaro and Steve Porcaro. Their father is jazz drummer-percussionist Joe Porcaro. I'm pretty sure Joe Porcaro featured on one of the Sheffield Lab albums. |
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Post by MartinT on Mar 26, 2015 21:00:05 GMT
That was the reason I first asked about Mike's relatives. I have James Newton Howard and Friends on Sheffield Lab direct cut (LAB23) and it features Steve Porcaro on synths, Jeff Porcaro on drums and Joe Porcaro on percussion.
By the way, its the best recording of drums I have ever heard, bar none. A quite outstanding example of what can be done on vinyl.
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Post by ChrisB on Mar 26, 2015 22:44:42 GMT
Bloody hell, I saw him performing a week ago tonight. |
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Post by Slinger on Mar 27, 2015 11:42:26 GMT
Sad to hear about the passing of (yet) another of my guitar heroes, John Renbourn. I love this, from an interview he did recently...
Now it's time for me to dig out Faro Annie I think.
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Post by davidf on Apr 4, 2015 0:54:20 GMT
I can't see it listed, so just mentioning that mastering engineer Doug Sax passed away on Thursday due to cancer. His career spans longer than my lifetime, and although much of his work isn't of much interest to me, he did master The Doors' L.A. Woman and Roger Waters' Amused To Death - probably the main albums I like from his catalogue. His last album he worked on was Bob Dylan's Shadows In The Night.
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Post by ChrisB on Apr 4, 2015 5:53:40 GMT
I didn't know that. Gosh, what a shame to lose someone who has contributed so much to music. A sentence from his Wiki page is rather telling as to the impact he made on the lives of anyone who has ever heard any music since about 1957 : There is a discography here and it is an astonishing list of records. |
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Post by John on Apr 4, 2015 6:07:25 GMT
That is some legacy
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Post by MartinT on Apr 4, 2015 7:51:58 GMT
Doug Sax was a legend in his own lifetime. I have so many albums mastered by him and they all have the stamp of quality sound. A true loss to the recording world.
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Post by Slinger on Apr 14, 2015 23:12:56 GMT
R.I.P. Percy Sledge who recorded the iconic soul single "When a Man Loves a Woman" amongst many others during his long career. Percy Sledge Obit |
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Post by ChrisB on Apr 14, 2015 23:21:52 GMT
Bloody hell, they're dropping like flies.
Bless you Percy.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2015 23:04:53 GMT
Yeah heard about that one, a real shame |
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