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Post by Ayinger on Dec 17, 2010 20:39:49 GMT -5
The Captain has sailed on to the distant shore..... |
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Post by phil on Dec 17, 2010 21:05:44 GMT -5
He'll get reunited with his old pal Frank...!
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Post by maarts on Dec 18, 2010 6:38:28 GMT -5
stunned.
he was battling MS for so long...hope the pain is now away.
RIP- the Captain.
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Post by Ayinger on Jan 3, 2011 17:20:20 GMT -5
 ....and I just watched Forbidden Planet last night only to find out the actress here also died yesterday! |
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Post by Ayinger on Jan 24, 2011 13:30:20 GMT -5
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Post by RocDoc on Jan 24, 2011 15:19:30 GMT -5
a man ahead of his time....little did he know that these days, the only ones with a physique like that are the ones comin' out of the country's prison system.
no one else gots the TIME to do that anymore!
ergo the worldwide american image as the 'wide-load' bunch.
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Post by RocDoc on Feb 2, 2011 16:27:24 GMT -5
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Post by Ayinger on Feb 6, 2011 16:15:39 GMT -5
Thin Lizzy guitarist Gary Moore dead at 58LONDON – Bandmates say rock guitarist Gary Moore, a former member of influential Irish band Thin Lizzy, has died. He was 58.
Manager Adam Parsons told the BBC that Moore was found dead Sunday at a hotel on Spain's Costa del Sol, where he was on holiday. The cause of death was not immediately known.
Thin Lizzy drummer Brian Downey said Moore's death was a "total shock," and guitarist Scott Gorham said he was "a great player and a great guy."
Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1952, Moore was a member of Dublin band Skid Row before joining Thin Lizzy in 1973, playing on tracks for the "Nightlife" album. He left after four months, but rejoined four years later and played on the band's "Black Rose" album before going solo once again.
He had a successful solo career, and his accomplished, bluesy playing won plaudits from other musicians.
Thin Lizzy had global hits in the 1970s with songs like "The Boys are Back in Town" and "Whiskey in the Jar." Frontman Phil Lynott died in 1986, but with a different lineup the band continues to tour today.
Funeral details were not immediately available. One of the few performers that I always wanted to see in concert....I just now heard the news on the BBC and still feel in shock. dammit........
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Post by RocDoc on Feb 6, 2011 20:26:50 GMT -5
that fucking blows.
one of the great guitarists who filed through lizzy.
he's a absolutely blazing player that i hadn't seen in person yet either.
rest in peace shredmaster.
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Post by Ayinger on Feb 7, 2011 17:06:29 GMT -5
I find myself still reeling today.....
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Post by Ayinger on Feb 11, 2011 22:16:38 GMT -5
Near 'official' that it was a heart attack that took Moore in his sleep.....guess we can discount the Brit rag that tried to say he choked on his own vomit after a night of champagne & brandy. At any rate, been digging around into my collection of his stuff and some online video....just now came across this pounding take of the title track of the very first album I ever bought of his in the late 70's:
....oh,,,,,and you might recognize some faces here....the familiar long haired Scott Gorham on 2nd guitar, Don Airey fingering the keyboards (I believe), the late Cozy Powell on drums, and the also passed-on Mr. Lynott holding down the bass end....
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Post by RocDoc on Mar 9, 2011 1:14:11 GMT -5
sad because he seemed like an ok guy... Former Alice in Chains rocker Mike Starr dies
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former Alice in Chains bass player Mike Starr, who went public with his drug problems on the reality TV show "Celebrity Rehab," was found dead in a Salt Lake City house, police said on Tuesday, nine years after the rock band's singer died of an overdose. Starr was 44.
A spokesman for the Salt Lake City Police Dept. said officers responded to call about a possible body at a residence southwest of downtown earlier in the afternoon.
"There is nothing to indicate that this was foul play by another individual," the spokesman said.
He did not have any information about the state of Starr's body, or who made the call. The medical examiner's office will likely conduct an autopsy on Wednesday, but the results of toxicology tests could take up to two months.
Starr left the band shortly after the release of its breakthrough 1992 album "Dirt," which was packed with drug-related songs.
With replacement Mike Inez on board, Alice in Chains enjoyed even greater success at the helm of the Seattle "grunge" movement. But singer Layne Staley's drug battles put the brakes on the band in 1996. His decomposed body was found in a Seattle apartment in April 2002. His bandmates have resurrected the band with some success in recent years.
Starr, meanwhile, largely disappeared. He re-emerged in January 2010 as a patient on the third season of "Celebrity Rehab," a VH1 reality show hosted by addiction specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky.
But Starr was unable to beat his demons. He was arrested in Salt Lake City three weeks ago on an outstanding warrant related to an earlier drugs charge, and was also carrying unauthorized prescription medications.
TMZ, which broke the news of Starr's death, quoted his father as saying, "It's a terrible shock and tragedy."
(Reporting by Dean Goodman, editing by Jill Serjeant)
www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-entertainment-us-alitre72802x-20110309,0,5914220.story
i watched that rehab show and starr came off as someone totally behind the 'drugs-are-my-life' eightball (no pun intended) from getting high as a preteen w/his dad to superstardom within a band of stone fucking junkies...i'll bet a couple more of those co-rehabbers take starr's way out after hearing about this. ouch. drew pinsky better understand that thrusting these folks into the public eye, prob did little to help them out. |
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Post by Ayinger on Mar 9, 2011 11:32:39 GMT -5
strikes me too as he really was just a young pup when AIC started out....and then reached the age of 44, for what?
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skvorecky
Streetcorner Musician
Now I Am Become Death, Destroyer of Worlds.
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Post by skvorecky on Mar 9, 2011 17:06:58 GMT -5
I really wish musicians/artists/writers would cut loose from this shit. It sucks and it's sad. Although reading on Starr's history, I feel like he may have been more a product of environment after reading that he got high with his Dad.
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Post by Ayinger on May 1, 2011 9:17:52 GMT -5
RocDoc will probably be the only one in the know here, but this guy was an institution!
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]'Empire Man' Elmer Lynn Hauldren Dies At 89[/size]
The man behind the memorable radio and TV jingle "5-8-8, 2-300, Empire!" has passed away.
Elmer Lynn Hauldren died Tuesday at his Evanston, Illinois, home, according to his family, the Chicago Tribune reports.
He was 89.
On Wednesday, the flooring company acknowledged the impact of his nearly 40-year career.
“Lynn was truly passionate about the Empire brand," Steve Silvers, Empire Today's CEO, said in a statement. "He has made an indelible mark on advertising history with his creativity and warmth."
Hauldren started working for Empire in the early 1970s after the company's owner requested him for TV spots, the company said. Soon, Hauldren would provide the voice of the "Empire Man" and become synonymous with the brand. He wrote and performed the jingle with the a capella group the Fabulous 40s.
Hauldren did more than voice-over work. He was also a member of the singing quartet Chordiac Arrest.
Hauldren was humble about his notoriety. According to the Tribune, he downplayed his fame: "People are good-natured," he said, "but once in a while they'll grab at you and say, 'Here's that carpet dude!' or 'Hey! Aren't you somebody?' I always hope folks understand I'm not a celebrity. I'm just a TV pitchman, a glorified salesman."
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