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Post by B on Dec 2, 2014 15:50:21 GMT -5
The Rolling Stones Saxophonist Bobby Keys Dies at 70Dec 2, 2014, 1:19 PM ET By MICHAEL ROTHMAN Entertainment Reporter via Good Morning America "Longtime Rolling Stones saxophonist Bobby Keys has died. He was 70. The news was confirmed today by the band's rep. "The Rolling Stones are devastated by the loss of their very dear friend and legendary saxophone player, Bobby Keys," a statement read. "Bobby made a unique musical contribution to the band since the 1960's. He will be greatly missed." The cause of death was not immediately revealed. The Stones had announced in October that Keys would not be joining the band for some of the group's international tour dates. "Due to being a bit under the weather, Bobby Keys will not be joining the Stones for the Australian and New Zealand tour dates," the band announced via its website. "Bobby is under doctor’s orders to take it a bit easy for the next month and hopes to see everyone soon." Keys was a Texas native, who originally joined the iconic band in the late 1960's and early 1970's, had a falling out with the band, but returned in the early 1980's. In an interview with the Nashville Scene, Keys detailed how he first started working with the iconic band. "The first record I played on was 'Let It Bleed,'" he said of recording 1969's "Live with Me," almost by accident. "I ran into Jagger [in Elektra Studios]. ... So he said, 'Well, what are you doing?' ... He said, 'You got your horn?' I said, 'Well, yeah,' and he said, 'Well, if you got a minute, come on down to our studio. We're working on some tracks, and there's a song we were talking about a horn solo on.' ... That was the first track I played with them ... that was fifty years ago!" He is best known for his work on hits like "Brown Sugar." He is also featured on John Lennon's "Whatever Gets You thru the Night". Keys has worked with the likes of Barbara Streisand, The Who and Lynyrd Skynyrd. It was Keys' work with The Stones that really got him going and that he cherished. "As many times as I've played 'Brown Sugar' and 'Honky Tonk Woman' and all that, I never get tired of playing it," he added to the Nashville Scene. "Because those guys — it's not treated like just another day at the office. There's just too much energy up there. Keith Richards don't fake nothing, Charlie don't fake nothing, none of them know how to fake stuff! They really don't." "
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Post by TheRoller on Dec 2, 2014 18:14:56 GMT -5
RIP I'm honored to have seen a live performance this year in Rome with Stones.
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Post by LOVELYRITA on Dec 2, 2014 19:16:58 GMT -5
It's going to happen more often, as most of the stars of that era are over 70....
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Post by B on Dec 3, 2014 18:13:44 GMT -5
And another one's gone... Ian McLagan, Keyboardist and Founding Member of Small Faces, Dies at 69Photo by Mark Sullivan/WireImage"by Christopher Morris Ian McLagan, founding keyboardist for the ‘60s British rock band the Small Faces (known in the ‘70s as the Faces), died Wednesday in Austin, Texas. He was 69. McLagan – a 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee – suffered a stroke at his home on Tuesday evening and died in the hospital today. He had been scheduled to open a tour with Nick Lowe in Minneapolis tonight. Known universally as “Mac” to his friends and fans, the diminutive, high-spirited pianist and organist was also a well-traveled sideman who worked in the studio and on stage with such notables as his Faces colleague Rod Stewart, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Bonnie Raitt, among many others. Born in Hounslow, England, near London, McLagan began his professional career amid the British blues scene of the early ‘60s. His first professional work came with the Muleskinners, first as a rhythm guitarist and then as a keyboardist; the act backed touring American bluesmen and opened club dates for the reigning British blues-rock combo of the day, the Rolling Stones. In 1965, McLagan joined the Small Faces, which became one of the most prominent of the flamboyantly dressed “mod” rock bands in the U.K. The group’s hits on Decca and Immediate – featuring McLagan’s distinctive Hammond organ work — included “Sha-La-La-La-Lee,” “All Or Nothing,” “Here Comes the Nice,” “Lazy Sunday” and “Itchycoo Park” (which became the band’s biggest U.S. hit, reaching No. 16 in 1967). Their LPs included the 1968 psychedelic concept album “Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=14ViwvgtvbAFollowing the departure of lead vocalist Steve Marriott for Humble Pie in 1969, the Small Faces regrouped as the Faces, with Rod Stewart and Ron Wood of the Jeff Beck Group joining the lineup. The group logged three top-30 albums in the U.S. (concurrent with Stewart’s solo popularity); the 1971 set “A Nod is As Good As a Wink…To a Blind Horse” reached No. 6. The single “Stay With Me” reached No. 17 in 1972. The act disbanded in 1975. (McLagan produced Rhino’s 2004 Faces retrospective “Five Guys Walk Into a Bar…”) Relocating to Los Angeles in 1978, McLagan distinguished himself as a super-sideman. He both recorded and toured with the Stones in the early ‘80s, and was a member (with saxophonist Bobby Keys, who died on Tuesday) of Keith Richards and Ron Wood’s touring supergroup the New Barbarians. He supported Dylan on the 1984 tour captured on the album “Real Live.” He was featured on Springsteen’s 1992 albums “Human Touch” and “Lucky Town.” In L.A., McLagan was a core member of singer-songwriter Pat McLaughlin’s band, which enjoyed a long residency at the Hollywood bar Raji’s. After moving to Austin – long the home of his late Faces band mate Ronnie Lane — following the 1994 L.A. earthquake, he would himself take up a decade-long Thursday-night gig at the Lucky Lounge on Fifth Street downtown, fronting his group the Bump Band. In his own right, McLagan recorded a pair of solo albums for Mercury and several independent collections on his own Maniac label. In June, he released “United States” on Yep Roc. This year, he was also featured on the debut album by the Empty Hearts, a garage unit featuring former members of Blondie, the Cars, the Romantics and the Chesterfield Kings. He published a memoir, “All the Rage,” in 1995. McLagan’s wife Kim – the ex-wife of the Who’s Keith Moon – was killed in a car accident in 2006. "www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vWTtx_PxPo
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Post by LOVELYRITA on Dec 22, 2014 16:55:12 GMT -5
Joe Cocker dies at 70.
Seriously dropping like flies....
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Post by hotman637 on Dec 22, 2014 21:21:21 GMT -5
Joe Cocker dies at 70. Seriously dropping like flies.... If I remember correctly it is Foe Focker who just died. He too was replaced!
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Post by B on Dec 24, 2014 5:12:14 GMT -5
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Post by LOVELYRITA on Dec 25, 2014 19:23:19 GMT -5
What do mean by that icon B ? It seems in my mind I recall Joe Cocker sang a version "I'll Cry Instead".... Never remember anyone discussing Joe Cocker being replaced....
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Post by B on Dec 25, 2014 23:54:46 GMT -5
I couldn't find an "eyes roll" smilie face. hotman637 says that everyone was replaced.
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Post by hotman637 on Dec 27, 2014 12:56:51 GMT -5
What do mean by that icon B ? It seems in my mind I recall Joe Cocker sang a version "I'll Cry Instead".... Never remember anyone discussing Joe Cocker being replaced.... Check out "The Doppelganger and Identity Research Society". Just about EVERY rock star from the sixties and seventies were replaced or died! The Who, Zeppelin, Stones ,Joe Cocker, Rod Stewart, Elton John, Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel etc. etc. etc. MacFake is just the tip of the iceberg!
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Post by eddy on Dec 30, 2014 17:12:39 GMT -5
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Post by B on Jan 2, 2015 16:02:46 GMT -5
Oh dear God! This will make you feel older than dirt! <--- holding monkeyDonna Douglas, aka Elly May Clampett, passes away at age 81www.wsmv.com/story/27748304/donna-douglas-aka-elly-may-clampett-passes-away-at-age-81#ixzz3NhSBnsU2"By Amber Stegall Connect PRIDE, LA (WAFB) - Family members say Donna Douglas passed away at the age of 81. Douglas was an actress, best known for her role as Elly May Clampett, the only daughter of Jed Clampett, in the CBS television series The Beverly Hillbillies. Charlene Smith, Douglas' niece and former mayor of Zachary, says her aunt passed away Thursday, Jan. 1 in her Zachary, LA home, with family members by her side. In 2011, Douglas sued toy manufacturer Mattel Inc., claiming the company used her name and likeness for a Barbie doll without authorization. The suit was settled. She was born in 1933, in Pride, LA. Douglas attended St. Gerard High School, a Roman Catholic school, where she played softball and basketball. She was a member of the school's first graduating class. She was a "Miss Baton Rouge" and was named "Miss New Orleans" in 1957. When Douglas gave her autograph, she signed it with Proverbs 3: 5-6, which reads: English Standard Version (ESV) 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.Copyright WAFB 2015. All Rights Reserved. "
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Post by LOVELYRITA on Jan 2, 2015 19:52:53 GMT -5
She wore her hair the same way....whoa...
Maybe not older than dirt....but pretty close....
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Post by B on Jan 8, 2015 22:00:20 GMT -5
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Post by LOVELYRITA on Jan 10, 2015 20:21:27 GMT -5
I'm feeling really old today......
BTW Little Jimmy Dickens, Grand Ole Opry musicians...he was 90.
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Post by B on Jan 19, 2015 14:45:05 GMT -5
Dallas Taylor, Former Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Drummer, Dies at 66variety.com/2015/music/news/dallas-taylor-former-crosby-stills-nash-young-drummer-dies-at-66-1201408369/"Alex Stedman News Editor, Variety.com January 18, 2015 | 12:30PM PT Dallas Woodrow Taylor Jr., a drummer best known for his work with folk group Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, died Sunday morning, his wife Patti Mcgovern-Taylor confirmed in a Facebook post. He was 66. The Denver native first broke into the music scene with 1960s band Clear Light. In 1967, Dallas moved the band to Los Angeles, where he was introduced to Stephen Stills. At the time, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young was beginning to take shape, and Stills asked Taylor to play drums on their record. Together, they recorded the band’s first album, “Crosby, Stills & Nash,” which was released in 1969. Taylor also played with the band on their 1970 follow-up with the addition of Neil Young, “Deja Vu.” Taylor would go on to appear on Stills’ first solo album in 1970, as well as serve as the drummer for Stills’ group Manassas in 1972 and 1973. Taylor and Stills would later go separate ways. Taylor also performed with Van Morrison in 1974, and drummed in the mid-70s for Paul Butterfield’s touring band. Later in life, Taylor became an alcohol and drug interventionist in Los Angeles. "ORIGINAL CROSBY, STILLS, NASH, & YOUNG DRUMMER DALLAS TAYLOR DEAD AT 66 - (01/19/2015)Nashville's Hippie Radio www.facebook.com/pages/Nashvilles-Hippie-Radio/290560117665518?fref=nf"Original Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young drummer Dallas Taylor died on Sunday (January 18th) at age 66 of undisclosed causes. He had been in delicate health for years following a 1991 liver transplant. Taylor, who had become an addiction counselor, was the first musician outside of CSN to join the group in the studio. Upon being let go -- due to Neil Young’s personal and professional issues with him -- he continued playing on Stephen Stills’ solo works, as well as co-founding Manassas with him in 1972. Taylor drummed on such CSN-related projects as 1969’s Crosby, Stills, & Nash; 1970’s Deja Vu; 1970’s Stephen Stills; 1971’s Stephen Stills 2 and Graham Nash’s Songs For Beginners; 1972’s Manassas; Manassas’ 1973 set Down The Road; and 1975’s Stills. He was the group’s original live drummer and backed them on its initial tour -- including CSNY's historic 1969 Woodstock appearance. His face can be seen looking through the front door on the back cover of the Crosby, Stills, & Nash album, and he is standing with the musicians on the front cover of the Deja Vu album. Dallas Taylor later worked with Van Morrison, Bill Wyman, Paul Butterfield, Sammy Hagar, Buddy Guy, John Sebastian, and others. In 1995 Taylor published his memoir, Prisoner Of Woodstock. Taylor’s wife, Patti McGovern-Taylor, announced the news via a Facebook post, which reads in full: “This morning at 2:30 am I lost the love of my life Dallas W Taylor, he came into my life almost 18 yrs ago and saved me as much as i may have saved him, To me he was just a Good Man, a Good Friend, a Good Father, a Good Grandfather or Pop Pop, a Great Drummer and much beloved by many. I cannot even find the words to put down to say how grateful I am for the many friends and family who have been there for both of us these many days he has spent in the hospital, especially last night. I know he is a peace. He will be missed beyond words, it is so very hard to imagine my life without him by my side, but i feel his love even as i write these words. Much Love to you all. . . Patti” "Always wondered who that guy was!
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Avacyn
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Post by Avacyn on Jan 25, 2015 13:58:04 GMT -5
I know they're all old, but so many celebrities to die in such a short space in time? Truly weird...
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