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Post by MartinT on Mar 20, 2024 17:40:24 GMT
Jim Hastings - Caravan
"It's with great sadness we say goodbye to Jimmy Hastings who has played on the first album and the last, and been such an integral part for so long. Jimmy was a very accomplished jazz musician and also taught at the London College of Music as well as being a Professor of Saxophones for the Royal Marines School of Music in Portsmouth. His brother Pye dubbed him their 'One take wonder' for his amazing ability. RIP Jim"
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 20, 2024 19:34:36 GMT
RIP Jim
Some wonderful work
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Post by Mr Whippy on Mar 21, 2024 7:02:17 GMT
RIP Paul Messenger I cannot count how many reviews and articles of his I have read over the years I was thinking about him just recently. Editor of Hi-Fi Answers before Keith Howard. Preferred the Fons CQ30 to a LP12 at one point. Sad news. I was wrong. Actually, it was Paul Benson that was editor before Keith Howard. Paul M did use a Fons in favour of the Linn, however. |
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Post by Slinger on Mar 30, 2024 23:02:20 GMT
RIP Gerry Conway.
Gerry was "THE" folk rock drummer of the late '60s ‘70s and ‘80s, playing with Eclection, Al Stewart, Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, Sandy Denny, Fotheringay, Kate & Anna McGarrigle and Cat Stevens.
Conway joined Jethro Tull for their album The Broadsword and the Beast and also played on their Grammy Award-winning album Crest of a Knave (possibly my favourite Tull album).
Although he appears on none of his studio albums, Conway was a member of Richard Thompson's live band for several years in the 1980s, appearing on the tours for the albums Hand of Kindness, Across a Crowded Room and Daring Adventures. Some songs from these sessions appear on the compilations Watching the Dark and Live at the BBC.
He played on until last year, playing session work, and drums in the reformed Pentangle, of whom his wife, Jacqui McShee was a member.
He was a superb drummer providing a rock solid structure for the brilliant musicians he worked with.
Conway died on 29 March 2024, at the age of 76, having been diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2022
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Post by Slinger on Apr 2, 2024 15:38:36 GMT
Ultravox star Chris Cross, who co-wrote hit Vienna, dies aged 71 Bass guitarist who helped write some of the group’s biggest hits is described by former bandmate as ‘the glue that held the band together’ OBIT |
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Post by Slinger on Apr 19, 2024 16:57:30 GMT
The Allman Brothers Band co-founder Dicky Betts dead at 80. RIP Dicky. OBIT |
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Post by Slinger on Apr 25, 2024 18:12:00 GMT
R.I.P. Mike Pinder. Moody Blues’ Founding Member and Innovative Mellotron Player, Dies aged 82. OBIT |
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Post by Slinger on May 2, 2024 13:07:11 GMT
R.I.P. Richard Tandy: ELO keyboardist who shaped band’s futuristic sound, dies aged 76 Born in Birmingham in 1948, Tandy met his future ELO bandmate Bev Bevan at school. He was recruited by Bevan to play harpsichord on the Move’s 1968 single Blackberry Way, which reached No 1 on the UK’s singles chart. In 1972, Tandy joined the Electric Light Orchestra, which had formed two years earlier as a side project of the Move. Along with Lynne and Bevan, Tandy was one of three core members who remained in ELO until it disbanded in 1986. When Lynne reformed the band as Jeff Lynne’s ELO in 2014, Tandy joined again. Tandy and Lynne also collaborated on non-ELO projects, including the Electric Dreams soundtrack. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 as a member of ELO, alongside Lynne, Bevan and Roy Wood, who co-founded the group before leaving in 1972 to form Wizzard. OBIT |
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Post by Slinger on May 2, 2024 23:04:30 GMT
R.I.P. Duane Eddy, pioneering rock’n’roll guitarist. Duane Eddy, the rock’n’roll guitarist who achieved solo stardom with a string of instrumental hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including Rebel Rouser, the theme to the TV series Peter Gunn, and the theme tune DJ Johnny Walker uses to this day, "Because They're Young", has died at the age of 86. OBIT |
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Post by MikeMusic on May 8, 2024 20:13:11 GMT
Steve Albini RIP
A real talent, far too young
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Post by MikeMusic on May 11, 2024 16:09:51 GMT
Steve Albini talking about Low
Mimi Parker had a beautifully pure voice, but what made Low special was the way her voice and Alan’s meshed, creating a single tone. There’s no better pairing of voices in music, and the effect of the two of them singing was uniquely moving. I truly loved working with them in the studio, and have had the pleasure of sharing a stage with them a few times. We invited them to play at the ATP events we curated and watching them take command of a huge ballroom with the quietest sounds and smallest gestures was like watching magic transpire. They didn’t do anything to demand your attention, but the purity of their sound commanded you to pay attention. Their music seemed completely free of ego, solely about the sound they made and the words they sang, but through that we learned something about them – that they were capable of that and it put me in awe. I loved Low, both as a band and as people and I’m certain that listening to their music made me a better person.
Magic
RIP Mimi and Steve
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Post by Slinger on May 14, 2024 18:17:06 GMT
RIP David Sanborn, aged 78. David Sanborn, jazz saxophonist known for work with David Bowie and more, dies aged 78 after a battle with prostate cancer. The musician who played sax solo on Young Americans, and released a series of Grammy-winning albums, is one of those guys you may not have heard of, but you will almost certainly have heard. OBITCheck out the famous names he played with, and answer all of those "I wonder who was playing sax on..? questions. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sanborn#Discography |
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Post by MartinT on May 14, 2024 19:41:06 GMT
Check out the famous names he played with, and answer all of those "I wonder who was playing sax on..? questions. Good grief! |
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Post by MikeMusic on May 14, 2024 19:51:09 GMT
A lot
RIP David
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Post by Slinger on May 19, 2024 14:03:10 GMT
From Dave Cousins FB page:
John Christopher Hawken (9 May 1940 – 15 May 2024) was an English keyboard player, best known as a member of The Nashville Teens, Renaissance, and the Strawbs. He also played in Spooky Tooth, Third World War, Vinegar Joe and Illusion, as well as being a session musician.
R.I.P. John.
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Post by MikeMusic on May 19, 2024 14:38:45 GMT
Quite a legacy
RIP John
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Post by Slinger on May 20, 2024 12:34:46 GMT
Sixties pop phenomenon Frank Ifield dies aged 86 OBIT |
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Post by MikeMusic on May 20, 2024 12:46:19 GMT
Thought he was a lot older
RIP Frank
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Post by Slinger on Jun 20, 2024 18:54:12 GMT
R.I.P. Donald Sutherland, aged 88, after a long illness. OBITIf you haven't already seen it, try to catch his (TV) film "Citizen X". It's based on a true story, and was written and directed by Chris Gerolmo, who also wrote Mississippi Burning. |
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Post by MartinT on Jun 20, 2024 19:24:09 GMT
R.I.P. Donald, you made some very fine films.
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