Obits

[CN211276]

Richard Tandy, ELO keyboard player. RIP

[slinger]

R.I.P. Duane Eddy, pioneering rock’n’roll guitarist.

Duane Eddy, the rock’n’roll guitarist who achieved solo stardom with a string of instrumental hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including Rebel Rouser, the theme to the TV series Peter Gunn, and the theme tune DJ Johnny Walker uses to this day, "Because They're Young", has died at the age of 86.

OBIT

[slinger]

Steve Albini (61)

Legendary Post-Punk artist and producer.

RIP

[Nigel]

RIP David Sanborn.
The great alto sax player.
Not many musicians have created an identifiable style, you instantly know it's them when the music plays. Sanborn was one.

[slinger]

RIP David Sanborn.
The great alto sax player.
Not many musicians have created an identifiable style, you instantly know it's them when the music plays. Sanborn was one.

Check out his Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sanborn#Discography page, and prepare to be amazed by the sheer stylistic breadth of talent he backed up.

[antonio66]

We have a few of David Sanborn's albums, I will be certainly giving at least one a listen in remembrance to the great man.
RIP David.

[slinger]

John Hawken (84)

One of the top keyboard players in the 1970's with, amongst others, Renaissance, The Strawbs and Spooky Tooth.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hawken

[slinger]

Sixties pop phenomenon Frank Ifield dies aged 86

OBIT

[slinger]

Pop, folk and fashion icon (I think that's fair) Francoise Hardy.

Obit

[slinger]

R.I.P. Donald Sutherland, aged 88, after a long illness.

OBIT

If you haven't already seen it, try to catch his (TV) film "Citizen X". It's based on a true story, and was written and directed by Chris Gerolmo, who also wrote Mississippi Burning.