Colin
Rank: Soloist
EWA
Slowing to a stop, due to crap health.
Posts: 11 
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Post by Colin on Apr 21, 2023 15:51:14 GMT
Well I never saw any of Howards old customers there.
Coffin painted with Music in mind, Zak gave a tiny chat about Howards life, lots I never knew, a amazing guy.
Lovely setting in Brighton I left London at 5.00AM and got there at 10.00AM traffic crap, left at 1PM from a service station called Pease Pottage odd name shit road system.
Home at 5.05PM traffic just lovely ukkkkk
Howards Step Daughter is due to give birth soon a bloody shame Grandpa Howards will never see the baby.
Did anybody watch it?
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Post by MartinT on Apr 21, 2023 16:52:25 GMT
'fraid not, Colin, have been at work all day. Glad you made it and that it went as well as these events could be expected to.
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Post by Slinger on Apr 21, 2023 21:25:58 GMT
Mark Stewart, Pop Group frontman and revered countercultural musician, dies aged 62 Bristol-born vocalist celebrated for political lyricism and highly expressive style was influential both with the Pop Group and a long solo career OBIT |
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Post by MikeMusic on Apr 22, 2023 9:30:35 GMT
Damn
Way too young
A stellar talent
Kiss the future gives a good sampling of his music
Metatron
Control Data
Exorcism of envy
essential
Pop Group - Y won't appeal to everyone. Worth hearing at least once
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Post by Slinger on Apr 22, 2023 13:11:55 GMT
Barry Humphries death: Dame Edna star dies aged 89 Legendary comedian died in hosptial surrounded by his family on Saturday 22 April OBIT |
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Post by MikeMusic on Apr 22, 2023 14:37:37 GMT
Sad to see Barry go
RIP
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Post by Slinger on Apr 25, 2023 15:07:21 GMT
Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and tireless activist, dies aged 96 Chart-topping calypso singer who supported US civil rights movement and African initiatives dies of congestive heart failure OBIT |
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Post by MartinT on Apr 25, 2023 16:03:39 GMT
Oh, that is sad. His Live at Carnegie Hall is a classic work and he was quite the entertainer.
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Post by MartinT on Apr 26, 2023 14:06:25 GMT
Harry Balafonte - Live at Carnegie Hall This is really worth listening to, the clarity is staggering for a 1959 recording. open.qobuz.com/track/24369837 |
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Post by wannarock2 on May 2, 2023 2:50:01 GMT
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Post by petea on May 2, 2023 7:28:44 GMT
What an immensely influential artist he was, and a great singer / songwriter.
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Post by MartinT on May 2, 2023 8:23:28 GMT
Agreed with petea he was a great singer/songwriter with a style all of his own. |
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Post by Slinger on May 2, 2023 11:48:54 GMT
I was a big fan, despite butchering several of his songs at Folk clubs in the seventies.
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Post by Slinger on May 2, 2023 22:03:04 GMT
Tim Bachman, founding guitarist of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, dies at 71Canadian rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive is mourning the loss of founding guitarist Tim Bachman, who died Friday. The singer died at age 71 after a battle with cancer, his son, Paxton Bachman, confirmed with an announcement shared on Facebook. Tim Bachman formed the rock group with brothers Randy Bachman and Robbie Bachman, along with bassist Fred Turner. OBITBTO Drummer, and Tim's brother Robbie Bachman died in January at age 69.
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Post by MartinT on May 3, 2023 5:01:41 GMT
Sad, I used to like BTO in my rock days.
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Post by Slinger on May 4, 2023 22:12:10 GMT
Linda Lewis, singer and famed backing vocalist, dies aged 72
British songwriter was known for her five-octave vocal range and work as a backing singer for the likes of David Bowie, Rod Stewart and Yusuf IslamOBIT
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Post by Slinger on May 15, 2023 16:14:14 GMT
Curved Air and Sky founder Francis Monkman has died, aged 73 OBIT |
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Post by MartinT on May 15, 2023 16:33:35 GMT
The generation of obituaries is starting to overlap mine.
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Post by MikeMusic on May 20, 2023 19:56:43 GMT
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Post by Slinger on May 20, 2023 21:45:33 GMT
Pete Brown, countercultural poet, singer and Cream lyricist, dies aged 82 Pete Brown OBIT |
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