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Post by B on Jan 2, 2019 18:11:31 GMT -5
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Post by B on Jan 2, 2019 20:47:15 GMT -5
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Post by timmyb52 on Jan 3, 2019 2:10:53 GMT -5
Odd how these superstars always seem to die in three's doesn't it?
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Post by B on Jan 3, 2019 19:11:25 GMT -5
"They say" that's what happens when celebrities die. But then, people die all the time, and it may just appear to be so. A while back there was quite a discussion here about the possibility that Paul, after he 'left the Beatles', sang on Marmalade records. There was also a peculiar "Junior Campbell" connection (and of course: why not?! ) more about that here: invanddis.proboards.com/thread/4959
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Post by B on Jan 6, 2019 13:10:01 GMT -5
Ray Thomas, Moody Blues Flautist and Founding Member, Dead at 76www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ray-thomas-moody-blues-flautist-and-founding-member-dead-at-76-201033/?fbclid=IwAR24I8BTwmNyKnR4jrxkU0glur081MRi89WMngOPmkbl1rDJeLvNiOklPPI "Ray Thomas, flautist, vocalist and founding member of the Moody Blues, died Thursday at the age of 76. Thomas’ label Esoteric Recordings/Cherry Red Records confirmed the multi-instrumentalist’s death on Facebook, adding that Thomas died suddenly at his home in Surrey, England. No cause of death was announced. “We are deeply shocked by his passing and will miss his warmth, humour and kindness,” the label wrote. “It was a privilege to have known and worked with him and our thoughts are with his family and his wife Lee at this sad time.” Moody Blues bassist John Lodge tweeted Sunday, “Ray and I have been on this magical journey through life together since we were 14… two young kids from Birmingham who reached for the stars…and we made it together. El Riot you will always be by my side.” Thomas and Lodge played together in their band El Riot and the Rebels in the early Sixties. In 1964, after El Riot split, Thomas and keyboardist Mike Pinder formed the Moody Blues alongside drummer Graeme Edge, bassist Clint Warwick and guitarist Denny Laine. That lineup would release the hit “Go Now” and the 1965 LP The Magnificent Moodies, which featured Thomas on lead vocals for the Gershwin cover “It Ain’t Necessarily So.” The Moody Blues would soon replace Laine with Justin Hayward and Warwick with Thomas’ El Riot band mate Lodge to form the band’s classic lineup. As flautist, multi-instrumentalist and singer in the Moody Blues, Thomas appeared on all of the prog rock band’s albums – including their classic LPs like Days of Future Passed, In Search of the Lost Chord, A Question of Balance and Every Good Boy Deserves Favour – until his retirement in 2002. Thomas also wrote and sang Moody Blues tracks like “Twilight Time,” “Legend of the Mind,” “Dr. Livingstone, I Presume,” “Dear Diary” and “And the Tide Rushes In.” In addition to his time with the Moody Blues, Thomas also released a pair of solo albums, 1975’s From Mighty Oaks and 1976’s Hopes, Wishes and Dreams, while the group went on hiatus in the mid-Seventies. Thomas retired from the Moody Blues in 2002 after suffering from a series of health issues. In 2013, Thomas revealed that he was suffering from “in-operable” prostate cancer. “The cancer is being held in remission but I’ll be receiving this treatment for the rest of my life,” Thomas wrote on his website. In December, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced that the Moody Blues’ classic lineup – Thomas, Hayward, Edge, Lodge and Pinder – would be inducted as part of the Class of 2018; Laine was subsequently added to the band’s Rock Hall roster days later. Following the announcement, Lodge said in an interview that he was hopeful that both Thomas and Pinder – who left the band in 1978 – would return for the induction ceremony. “If it works, it will be fantastic because it’s a natural thing to do. I’m not trying to force it – it’ll be because it’s supposed to be,” Lodge said. “They’ve been an integral part of my life. You can’t dismiss that. It’s locked in there.” Hayward also told Rolling Stone he would be open to a reunion of the Moody Blues’ classic lineup. "
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Post by B on Jan 21, 2019 12:48:07 GMT -5
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Post by B on Feb 3, 2019 16:39:44 GMT -5
It was 60 Years ago today
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Post by B on Feb 21, 2019 12:24:25 GMT -5
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Post by eddy on Mar 12, 2019 18:02:07 GMT -5
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Post by B on Mar 18, 2019 0:07:54 GMT -5
Dick Dale, “the King of the Surf Guitar,” has died at the age of 81www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dick-dale-surf-guitar-king-dead-obituary-809294/?fbclid=IwAR1DRUZe9jVCJM080czWjzRzTqkDl5uS9Tg1dINeZh7OHgCgyFOMrf-4b6Q"In 2015, Dale’s six-string peers named him one of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in a Rolling Stone feature. “His arrangements were really complex, really unruly,” Rush’s Alex Lifeson said. “It was all staccato strumming reverb, but with a reverb that just sounded so cool.” “I’m not some great guitarist like the Satrianis and the Van Halens,” Dale told the Washington Post in 1993. “I never went to school and learned music theory. When I play, I go, ‘This sounds like a tiger; this sounds like a volcano; this sounds like the lip of the water coming over my head when I’m surfing.’ My bass player says, ‘When I stand behind you, I don’t just see your arms moving, I see your shoulders shuddering, your back straining.’ That’s because I put all my physical force into my playing. I take people for a ride on a non-chemical wave of sound.” "
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Post by B on Mar 31, 2019 20:27:43 GMT -5
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Post by B on Oct 8, 2019 22:44:23 GMT -5
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Post by B on Oct 14, 2019 12:33:11 GMT -5
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Post by B on Oct 28, 2019 21:25:36 GMT -5
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Post by joseph on Nov 22, 2019 13:40:41 GMT -5
Odd how these superstars always seem to die in three's doesn't it? Robin Williams died close to a couple of people not long ago and I remember thinking the same thing. Can't remember who they were.
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Post by B on Dec 8, 2019 17:21:28 GMT -5
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Post by joseph on Dec 30, 2019 9:05:29 GMT -5
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Post by B on Jan 10, 2020 17:42:27 GMT -5
Rush's Neil Peart, drum virtuoso, dead at 67www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/neil-peart-obit-1.5422806?fbclid=IwAR0Wr6zHsaQL5fDkgSyBHSNSX8cD7r6292zk30XDcmZGUYHkaQ6X7GNyHtU"Neil Peart, the virtuoso drummer of iconic Canadian band Rush who was revered by fans and fellow musicians as one of the greatest drummers of all time, has died at age 67. The influential musician and lyricist died Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif., after having been diagnosed with brain cancer, according to a statement issued Friday by family spokesperson Elliot Mintz. His death was confirmed by Meg Symsyk, a media spokesperson for the progressive rock trio comprising Peart, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson. "It is with broken hearts and the deepest sadness that we must share the terrible news that on Tuesday our friend, soul brother and bandmate of over 45 years, Neil, has lost an incredibly brave three-and-a-half-year battle with brain cancer," his bandmates said in a statement. They also called for privacy for Peart's family and urged fans wanting to express their condolences to make a donation in his name to a cancer research group or charity of their choice. "Rest in peace, brother." "
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Post by hotman637 on Jan 11, 2020 13:25:16 GMT -5
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Post by joseph on Jan 11, 2020 21:35:52 GMT -5
Have you got any images of the replacements just after the switch was made? 40-odd years tends to change people.
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Post by eddy on Jan 11, 2020 22:28:13 GMT -5
I don't think those guys in Rush were replaced. Abarato over at fakeologist.com coined the phrase DCP or dead celebrity program. Basically for people who want to just exit the world stage - Bowie, Prince, Frey, Joan Rivers etc. so they fake the deaths and get a sales blip. He thinks Peart has joined the program. fakeologist.com/blog/2020/01/11/rip-neil-peart-rush-drummer-extraordinaire/
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Post by hotman637 on Jan 12, 2020 13:10:36 GMT -5
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Post by hotman637 on Jan 12, 2020 16:10:35 GMT -5
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Post by joseph on Jan 12, 2020 20:14:14 GMT -5
34 years and enough plastic to suffocate a pod of blue whales? I'll take it!
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Post by eddy on Jan 12, 2020 21:06:51 GMT -5
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