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MUSICAL DEATHS 2020:
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#11
15-02-2020, 15:41
Lyle Mays - keyboardist and musician extraordinaire. He passed away on the 10th of February after complications from a recurring illness - he was 66. Closely affiliated with Pat Metheny - a very sad loss. R.I.P.  Sad



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#12
20-02-2020, 00:39
POP SMOKE

rapper from New York

aged 20

died from being shot during home invasion in California

had a brush with the law earlier this year but not gang or gun related.

https://www.tmz.com/2020/02/19/pop-smoke...n-robbery/
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#13
21-02-2020, 12:54
^^

never heard of this dude
strange he gets knocked off the same week his new album hits the chart
label head probably arranged the hit to boost sales

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21-02-2020, 14:20
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"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..."  -  Me 2014.

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#15
23-02-2020, 00:44
surprised Ruby didn't post this one a week or so ago??

JOSEPH SHABALALA

aged 79

cause: natural causes

founder and leader of Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
recorded over fifty studio albums and received over a dozen Grammy nominations over the decades.
found international prominence/success in the mid 1980s by playing on Paul Simon's Graceland album and subsequent tour with him


well respected musician and humanitarian



"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..."  -  Me 2014.

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#16
26-02-2020, 09:41
DAVE ROBACK (guitar/keys/writer/producer) for Alternative band Mazzy Star

aged: 61

no cause of death yet:

the article:  https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/...spartandhp

im pretty sure I had a discussion with Jerome about Mazzy Star on more than one occasion.
cant remember if he was a fan of the band or just the Among My Swan album that I posted a while ago.

favourite track:



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They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..."  -  Me 2014.

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29-02-2020, 00:20 (This post was last modified: 29-02-2020, 00:21 by CRAZY-HORSE.)
DAVE ENGLISH  drummer for Willie Nelson

aged 87

no cause of death available.

first played with Willie (that reads so wrong LOL) in 1955
became his permanent drummer in 1966 and never left.

the article: https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/...spartandhp
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They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..."  -  Me 2014.

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21-03-2020, 10:08 (This post was last modified: 21-03-2020, 10:10 by CRAZY-HORSE.)
sad, sad day for country music:

Kenny Rogers

aged 81

cause: natural causes

the article:  https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/...spartandhp

could have picked up to ten different tracks to post but heres the first that came to mind:



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They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..."  -  Me 2014.

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#19
21-03-2020, 11:26
loved him before he went pop on me
and that would be my fav track
RIP Kenny

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#20
21-03-2020, 12:14
^^

okay so when do you define the "pop" move MH ???

Islands In The Stream with Dolly, or several years later with Sheena Easton, We Got Tonight???

I just asked because he really blurred the line between pop and country for me a lot of the time anyway...
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