JACkory
Struggling Artist
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Post by JACkory on Dec 23, 2008 20:22:33 GMT -5
And don't forget his specially trained life saving bird, Rook.
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Post by Thorngrub on Dec 24, 2008 12:27:31 GMT -5
Jason & Rook, yes indeed. One of my favorites.
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Post by phil on Dec 26, 2008 8:45:06 GMT -5
US singer Eartha Kitt dies at 81  American singer, dancer and actress Eartha Kitt has died at the age 81, her friend and publicist has said. Kitt died of colon cancer on Thursday, Andrew Freedman said. She was one of the few artists to be nominated in the Tony, Grammy and Emmy award categories and was a stalwart of the Manhattan cabaret scene. She famously played Catwoman in the Batman television series in the 1960s and was known for her distinctive, feline drawl. She also had a number of hit songs, including Old Fashioned Girl, C'est Si Bon and Santa Baby. Kitt was blacklisted in the US in the late 1960s after speaking out against the Vietnam War at a White House function.
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rockkid
Streetcorner Musician
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Post by rockkid on Jan 7, 2009 10:55:43 GMT -5
Passing icon (or atleast part of)
Stooges guitarist Asheton found dead at 60
Ron Asheton, guitarist for influential protopunk pioneers The Stooges, was found dead in his Ann Arbor, Mich., home early yesterday. He was 60.
Asheton is suspected to have died from a heart attack although no cause of death has been confirmed, the Ann Arbor News reported.
Asheton was found on his couch and appeared to have been dead for several days, Ann Arbor Police Sgt. Brad Hill said.
"We do not suspect foul play," Hill said.
The Stooges, featuring Ron Asheton, drummer Scott Asheton, the late bassist Dave Alexander and singer Iggy Pop, formed in 1967 and are best known for the albums Fun House and Raw Power. The band split up in 1974.
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Post by phil on Jan 9, 2009 9:44:34 GMT -5
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Post by phil on Jan 14, 2009 15:10:21 GMT -5
Meh ...! Be seeing you: remembering Patrick McGoohanThe rest of his career may never have matched The Prisoner, but in that one iconic show he opened television up to new possibilties He was definitely not a number, but nor was he really a free man. To older readers, Patrick McGoohan, who has died aged 80 in Los Angeles after a short illness, was king of the British TV airwaves, initially as secret agent Danger Man – one of the first British TV productions to break America (largely thanks to the popularity of James Bond). He also had a few big-screen roles, in movies like Escape From Alactraz, Braveheart and David Cronenberg's Scanners. But McGoohan's finest moment, for which he deserves to be remembered as long as people are watching moving images on little boxes, was undoubtedly the Prisoner – the psychedelically experimental late-1960s series whose influence is still tangible, but whose vision was far too radical for its time. www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2009/jan/14/television  |
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JACkory
Struggling Artist
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Post by JACkory on Jan 14, 2009 20:06:07 GMT -5
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Post by Ayinger on Jan 14, 2009 20:17:03 GMT -5
wha, and no mention for Mr. Fantasy's passing???   course, KHAN never dies..... |
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Post by phil on Jan 23, 2009 7:53:42 GMT -5
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Post by Thorngrub on Jan 23, 2009 11:16:32 GMT -5
Those db pics were cool ^
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Post by bowiglou on Jan 23, 2009 19:40:36 GMT -5
I have quite a few books on Bowie, including a signed text by Mick Rock the "official" photographer during the ziggy era, but many of these pics are new to me!!....very very cool Phil!! |
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Post by phil on Jan 29, 2009 10:34:53 GMT -5
One day, they will all be gone...  Singer-songwriter John Martyn dies, aged 60Known for musical marriage of folk and jazz, Martyn was one of the most distinctive and prolific artists of his generationThe singer-songwriter John Martyn has died aged 60. Known for musical marriage of folk and jazz, Martyn was one of the most distinctive and prolific artists of his generation. His most successful album was 1973's Solid Air, the title song of which was said to be in tribute to singer-songwriter Nick Drake, with whom Martyn was often compared. His career spanned four decades and he worked with numerous high-profile musicians, including Eric Clapton, David Gilmour and Phil Collins. He also worked extensively with his former wife Beverley Martyn. For much of his career, Martyn enjoyed a lifestyle of typical rock'n'roll excess and later struggled with alcoholism. He once told Q Magazine: "If I could control myself more, I think the music would be much less interesting. I'd probably be a great deal richer but I'd have had far less fun and I'd be making really dull music." In 2003 his right leg was partially amputated after a large cyst under his knee burst, leading him to spend his latter years in a wheelchair. Martyn was awarded an OBE in the 2009 New Year honours list. A statement posted on his website today reads: "With heavy heart and an unbearable sense of loss we must announce that John died this morning." The cause of death has not yet been confirmed. |
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Post by RocDoc on Jan 29, 2009 15:58:45 GMT -5
also...
billy powell, longtime lynyrd skynyrd keyboard-guy...age 56.
he actually HAD a cardiologist appointment for that day...which he never made.
freebird, forever.
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Post by Thorngrub on Feb 25, 2009 18:17:12 GMT -5
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Post by RocDoc on Feb 27, 2009 0:52:35 GMT -5
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