Obits

[wiicrackpot]

Plenty of peeps quoting his obvious hits, (rightly so) i like this obscure gem,
saw this back in days VH1 was one of a few music channels, top man and immense talent.

[slinger]

Billy Paul, the man who soundtracked a thousand affairs in 1972 has passed away at the age of 80.

BBC Obit

[slinger]

Sad to say that Isao Tomita has passed away at the age of 84.

OBIT...

[Fretless]

And the snowflakes stopped dancing.

Death of an innovator. Very sad.

[jammy395]

Muhammad Ali - RIP - He floated like a Butterfly & stung like a Bee.....

[Sandman]

Swarb passed yesterday
Dave Swarbrick

[slinger]

Two big losses. I'm not really sure if I remember Clay (as he was then) being knocked down by 'Enry's 'Ammer in the fourth but I think I do. I'd have been 9 then, and those sort of memories are unreliable. Perhaps I just wish I remembered it live. One thing's for certain, Muhammad Ali was THE boxer of my youth and it's very sad to see him pass.

Swarb, bloody genius bloke. Had a double lung transplant in 2004 which gave him (and us) another 12 years or so. The best Swarb story I know was when he woke up in hospital (must have been 2003) and was told the sad news about John Martyn having his leg amputated. "Blimey" says Swarb, "can I have a go on his foot pedal?" In 1999 a newspaper mistakenly published news of his death. Not one to miss an opportunity he photocopied the article and signed it for fans at his gigs...for a quid. During his last live performances he had an oxygen bottle on stage and had to suck on it between songs. We'll never see his like again.

[terrybooth]

The Torygraph 'fessin up.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2 ... -obituary/

[slinger]

A bunch of great musicians have just passed.

Ralph Stanley - Bluegrass pioneer, inspired Bob Dylan, featured on the soundtrack of 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?" He passed on Tuesday aged 89. https://is.gd/35yjQZ

Harry Rabinowitz - Conductor, composer...His cinema credits included Chariots of Fire, The Remains of the Day, Howards End, The English Patient, and The Talented Mr Ripley. For T.V. He was involved with Upstairs, Downstairs, Black Beauty, and Love For Lydia His theme music for which was nominated for an Ivor Novello award. He was 100 years old. https://is.gd/ISTd6C

Bernie Worrell - Bernie Worrell, the keyboardist whose anarchic solos and Moog synthesizer bass lines with Parliament-Funkadelic indelibly changed the sound of funk and hip-hop. He also played with Talking Heads. Bernie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Parliament-Funkadelic in 1997. He died aged 72. https://is.gd/z6f4eM

Wayne Jackson, Memphis Horns Trumpeter. - He had his first gold record when he was still in high school, performing on the instrumental “Last Night” with the Mar-Keys and went on to join the house band at Stax, with Booker T. and the M.G.’s. where he played with Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Percy Sledge. He formed one half of The Memphis Horns (with Andrew Love) and appeared on recordings by Elvis, Neil Diamond, Dusty Springfield, and Al Green. The Memphis Horns also toured and recorded with the Doobie Brothers, Robert Cray, Jimmy Buffett and Joe Cocker. He was 72 https://is.gd/KPn6Kv

Chips Moman - Guitarist, record producer and songwriter who co-wrote The Dark End of the Street and worked with Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin and Tammy Wynette among a host of other stars. He died aged 79. https://is.gd/S2MsLo

[slinger]

R.I.P. the legendary Scotty Moore

BBC Obit