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RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - CRAZY-HORSE - 25-09-2020
W.S HOLLAND early rock drummer
aged: 85
cause: 'illness'
the article: https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/ws-fluke-holland-johnny-cash-drummer-dead-at-85/ar-BB19nX6O
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._S._Holland
a staple at Sun Records, played on Carl Perkins' "blue suede shoes" amongst others, drums on the infamous Million Dollar Quartet session, as part of John Cash's Tennessee Three and remained with him until 2008.
so without a doubt an integral part of early Rock and Roll history.
lets go with Carl's classic as a tribute:
RIP Fluke
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - Ruby - 25-09-2020
(21-09-2020, 08:41)CRAZY-HORSE Wrote: are/were you a fan of Uriah Heep Jerome (or nayone else for that matter??)
if so,
what would you recommend as an introduction to the band?
RIP Lee Kerslake. You must know "July Morning"? That's on Look at Yourself - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAx5XtiB2CQ - my friend Douglas Maxwell designed the cover for that album, swiftly followed by Roger Dean on the next! Lol! He worked for Island Records and also did some work for Bronze way back when. Got to hobnob with various musos - the Beatles, Traffic, Dylan, etc. Cool stories - a vanishing world.
He designed this one too - typical of his sense of humour - he's quite mad, in a sane kinda way ... a compilation of various artists - 1971 ...
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RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - Ruby - 25-09-2020
(24-09-2020, 00:36)CRAZY-HORSE Wrote: JULIETTE GRECO French cabaret singer/actor (movies and theater)
aged: 93
cause: stroke.
i have no idea who she is but she is highly reveered in her homeland,
BBC say she was as respected in her homeland as Dame Vera Lyne is in the UK.
i wouldnt be surprised if Ruby is knowledgeable of Ms.Greco, but we'll see.
the article: https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1339258/juliette-greco-dead-death-stroke-France-singer-news-latest-updates
her Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Gr%C3%A9co
one of her 'noteable' songs according to Wiki:
Nope - not all that familiar with French singers other than Edith Piaf and Françoise Hardy. RIP Juliette Greco.
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - CRAZY-HORSE - 28-09-2020
MAX MERRITT - New Zealand rocker
aged: 79
cause: Goodpasture Syndrome (never heard of it but it is a rare auto-immune disease)
article: https://www.magic.co.nz/home/music/2020/09/music-legend-max-merritt-dies-from-goodpasture-syndrome.html
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Merritt
released his first single in 1959, his last in 2003.
biggest hit, and to be honest, the only one a can remember is this classic from the early 1970s:
should have been released the world over, would have been a huge hit everywhere if it had, but in those days it was just too hard
to take Aussie artists to the world without some 'backing'...
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - CRAZY-HORSE - 30-09-2020
HELEN REDDY singer
Aged: 78
cause: dementia related
the article: https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/australian-music-icon-helen-reddy-dies-at-78/ar-BB19yazW?ocid=msedgntp
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Reddy
Aussie pop singer.best known for her feminist anthem, "i am woman".
had five US #1s between 71-76 including a cover of Delta Dawn.
RIP Helen.
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - CRAZY-HORSE - 30-09-2020
MAC DAVIS songwriter/singer
aged: 78
cause: complications after heart surgery
the article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/09/30/mac-davis-singer-songwriter-elvis-actor-dies-78/3584784001/
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Davis
wrote numerous hits for others including numerous tracks for Elvis 68-72.
had a large number of hits himself also.
up there alongside Willie Nelson for sheer volume of hits he wrote for others,
a country music legend.
RIP Mac.
could pick any one of about ten he reocrded to post but went with this one:
after the disasterous Presidential Debate in the US i think we could all use this little ditty:
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - James Otto Sweet Heart - 07-10-2020
Sadly 2020 has claimed two other musical legends: Eddie Van Halen and Johnny Nash who gave us the song named "I Can See Clearly Now" back in 1972.
God bless you and their families always!!!
Holly
P.S. It was on this day five years ago that one of my favorites went forward, if only I had officially discovered Billy Joe Royal before then.
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - CRAZY-HORSE - 07-10-2020
EDDIE VAN HALEN guitarist
aged: 65
cause: throat cancer.
the article: https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/music/guitar-rock-legend-eddie-van-halen-dies-of-cancer-at-65/ar-BB19Lyb4
his Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Van_Halen
Van Halen Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Halen
often described as a "rock and roll guitar God", "guitar virtuoso".
ranked #8 in the Rolling Stone list of greatest guitarists of all time.
to be perfectly honest i was never really a big fan of them but i respect Eddie as a rock guitarist
tribute is from their debut album before they jumped all over us and Roth went all Cali-girls on us LOL
RIP Ed.
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - Jerome - 07-10-2020
My fave Van Halen track - https://youtu.be/i2RKWJD5ops
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - CRAZY-HORSE - 07-10-2020
^^
LOL
throw in a few obscene adjectives and verbs and its basically a rap song on par with 50 Cent's "candy shop" (plus numerous others)