Celebrity RIP Thread

[Phorize]

Just found out that Dr Lonnie Smith passed in 2021. I had the pleasure of seeing his trio at Ronnie Scotts in 2018, I think this is the actual performance I attended:

Ronnie Scott's Presents: Dr Lonnie Smith Trio Livestream

We are delighted that the good Doctor Lonnie Smith is returning to the club, bringing his supreme self-taught styling’s of psychedelic funk, gospel, jazz and...

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Great leader in his own right and graced the stage with legends. Maybe I'm getting old but it feels that they don't make 'em like this anymore.

 

[CapMan]

Great leader in his own right and graced the stage with legends. Maybe I'm getting old but it feels that they don't make 'em like this anymore.

I was expecting to see him at the Village Vanguard many years ago, but he sent one of his students -Akiko Tsuruga - she was amazing!

 

[ThatM1key]

Everytime somebody mentions OJ Simpson, I always think of this stupid video:

 

[DavidEdwinAston]

C.J.Sansom.
No more Shardlake.

 

[DonR]

Duane Eddy, pioneering rock’n’roll guitarist, dies at 86

Grammy-winning musician, who had a string of instrumental hits in the 50s and 60s, has died of cancer

www.theguardian.com

 

[JSmith]

RIP.


JSmith

 

[Moonhead]

Maybe not celebrity but...

Paul Auster, American author of The New York Trilogy, dies aged 77

The writer of The New York Trilogy, Leviathan and 4 3 2 1 – known for his stylised postmodernist fiction – has died from complications of lung cancer

www.theguardian.com

 

[CapMan]

Richard Tandy, ELO keyboardist who shaped band’s futuristic sound, dies aged 76

Electric Light Orchestra leader Jeff Lynne announces death of ‘remarkable musician and friend’ who played everything from the Minimoog to the Clavinet

www.theguardian.com

 

[Ken1951]

RIP.


JSmith

I remember listening to a 45 of Rebel Rouser on our TV/Phono console. Since it came out in 1958 it was probably that year or '59. Loved that song. R.I.P. Duane.