YoungWillz 21,025 Posted June 21, 2019 Jim Pike, co-founder of the US close harmony group The Lettermen has died aged 82: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/jim-pike-co-founder-lettermen-192102134.html Whilst never darkening the door of the UK charts later, they briefly troubled us with their 1961 cover of The Way You Look Tonight peaking at #36: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
machotrouts 828 Posted June 21, 2019 10 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Jim Pike, co-founder of the US close harmony group The Lettermen has died aged 82: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/jim-pike-co-founder-lettermen-192102134.html Final Destination fans – I imagine there'll be a few on a forum like this – may best recognise The Lettermen for their version of 'Turn Around, Look at Me': Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted June 21, 2019 Kelly Jay, a former member of the Hamilton, Ont. band Crowbar, has died at age 77. His son Hank announced on Facebook that the musician passed away in a Calgary hospital at 2 a.m. on Friday. He has a massive stroke on the 9th....family said DNR. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FixedBusiness 407 Posted June 22, 2019 14 hours ago, Sir Creep said: Kelly Jay, a former member of the Hamilton, Ont. band Crowbar, has died at age 77. His son Hank announced on Facebook that the musician passed away in a Calgary hospital at 2 a.m. on Friday. He has a massive stroke on the 9th....family said DNR. SC When I first saw that here, I was like "wait, a sludge metal band had a billboard hit??" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowbar_(American_band) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowbar_(Canadian_band) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,964 Posted June 27, 2019 Fiddler Aly Bain had triple-bypass open heart surgery: https://www.grampianonline.co.uk/news/aly-bain-heart-surgery-findhorn-gig-cancelled-179681/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,100 Posted June 27, 2019 45 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Fiddler Aly Bain had triple-bypass open heart surgery: https://www.grampianonline.co.uk/news/aly-bain-heart-surgery-findhorn-gig-cancelled-179681/ Guessing he'll soon be as fit as a fiddle? 2 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted June 28, 2019 7 hours ago, Paul Bearer said: Guessing he'll soon be as fit as a fiddle? Some old joke about 80-yr old man tells hotel clerk ‘send up a 2x4, a violin, and a hoor’, clerk asks why and he says ‘at my age I don’t know if I’m going to whittle, fiddle, or diddle.’ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted July 12, 2019 On 16/09/2018 at 04:36, gcreptile said: Christy Dignam update with a bit more focus on his health: https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/aslan-frontman-christy-dignam-opens-13252506 Says he no longer faces a death sentence after a cure has been found for his “untreatable” cancer. At least we don’t have to hear him overdramatize his battle anymore Good for him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,639 Posted July 12, 2019 3 hours ago, Joey Russ said: Says he no longer faces a death sentence after a cure has been found for his “untreatable” cancer. At least we don’t have to hear him overdramatize his battle anymore Good for him. And those of us who had him on the DDP subs bench! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 21, 2019 @Phantom missed this one. Too busy celebrating 7777 posts and prepping for his birthday. Jerry Lawson, who for four decades was the lead singer of the eclectic cult-favorite a cappella group the Persuasions, has died. He was 75. Lawson died Wednesday at a Phoenix hospice after a long illness. Lawson's smooth baritone led the group of five and later six singers, who were revered as the "The Kings of a Cappella" by their small but devoted fan base. Through 25 albums (!) the Persuasions recorded rock, blues, gospel and pop songs, all with no sound other than their own voices, long after the doo-wop era and long before the "Pitch Perfect" movies, when a cappella was rare. They had many famous fans including Rod Stewart, the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia, the members of Boyz II Men and Frank Zappa, who gave their career a boost when he discovered them in the late 1960s. They began in Brooklyn in 1962. "It was just five guys who used to stand on the corner or go down to the subway station every night and just do this," Persuasions member Jimmy Hayes told the AP in 2000. Joseph Russell, Herbert Rhoad and Jayotis Washington rounded out the original quintet. They got their break when Zappa signed them to his independent label for their first album in 1969. I LOVE that last line. That is friggin awesome. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted July 22, 2019 On 26/04/2018 at 14:55, YoungWillz said: Charles Neville seems to be dead now: http://www.wwl.com/articles/neville-brothers-charles-neville-dies-79 His and Aaron’s brother Art Neville seems to be dead too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FixedBusiness 407 Posted July 25, 2019 Sigh. Dont know if I should post here or Fringes of Fame or something... Jimmy Johnson, Styx's guitar tech has passed away. I always forget Styx exists. They have not one song that I've ever liked or that was memorable. Todd Sucherman is a pretty good drummer though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,025 Posted July 25, 2019 Depressive on-off brain tumour pop guy John Newman defies those picking him for the DDP by bouncing back, happy and touring in a campervan: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-49089053/john-newman-singer-on-how-career-led-to-depression Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,532 Posted July 31, 2019 On Saturday, July 20, 2019 at 19:33, Sir Creep said: @Phantom missed this one. Too busy celebrating 7777 posts and prepping for his birthday. Jerry Lawson, who for four decades was the lead singer of the eclectic cult-favorite a cappella group the Persuasions, has died. He was 75. Lawson died Wednesday at a Phoenix hospice after a long illness. Lawson's smooth baritone led the group of five and later six singers, who were revered as the "The Kings of a Cappella" by their small but devoted fan base. Through 25 albums (!) the Persuasions recorded rock, blues, gospel and pop songs, all with no sound other than their own voices, long after the doo-wop era and long before the "Pitch Perfect" movies, when a cappella was rare. They had many famous fans including Rod Stewart, the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia, the members of Boyz II Men and Frank Zappa, who gave their career a boost when he discovered them in the late 1960s. They began in Brooklyn in 1962. "It was just five guys who used to stand on the corner or go down to the subway station every night and just do this," Persuasions member Jimmy Hayes told the AP in 2000. Joseph Russell, Herbert Rhoad and Jayotis Washington rounded out the original quintet. They got their break when Zappa signed them to his independent label for their first album in 1969. I LOVE that last line. That is friggin awesome. SC July 20th? I was celebrating my birthday 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted August 1, 2019 Widely reported on Twitter that Lol Mason has died. He was frontman of City Boy ("5-7-0-5") and, more importantly, one of the all-time great one-hit wonder acts, The Maisonettes. RIP stage-hypnotist-looking bro. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,025 Posted August 1, 2019 Well, another miss for my TOTP theme team this year if true. Not even on my radar. Searches for news turned up nowt in December last year. RIP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redrumours 860 Posted August 1, 2019 2 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said: Widely reported on Twitter that Lol Mason has died. He was frontman of City Boy ("5-7-0-5") and, more importantly, one of the all-time great one-hit wonder acts, The Maisonettes. RIP stage-hypnotist-looking bro. Sad news. RIP. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,025 Posted August 1, 2019 And yet another miss for me team - Ian Gibbons of The Kinks who played on Come Dancing, reported dead by Dave Davies: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,639 Posted August 1, 2019 So, another selfless act of form studying awaits me tomorrow (the only one of the three days of A New Day) I'll be doing this year). Some conspiciously old rockers on the line up, as always. I'll let yers know. https://anewdayfestival.com/welcome-schedule 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted August 3, 2019 Australian Damien Lovelock dead at 65 years, he was the Frontman from "The Celibate Rifles" https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-03/celibate-rifles-frontman-damien-lovelock-dead/11373500?pfmredir=sm 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,311 Posted August 3, 2019 3 minutes ago, TomTomTelekom said: Australian Damien Lovelock dead at 65 years, he was the Frontman from "The Celibate Rifles" https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-03/celibate-rifles-frontman-damien-lovelock-dead/11373500?pfmredir=sm Well he is certainly celibate now. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,639 Posted August 3, 2019 Did one day of A New Day, nowt to report in terms of teetering proggers though the globular Thijs Van Leer continues to front Focus; clearly loving every second on stage and likely spending the results on snacks. Self-indulgent instrumental noodling of the highest order and I loved it, even the - basically - pointless scat singing he threw in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,964 Posted August 5, 2019 Christy Dignam's supposed cancer cure turns out to be a "false alarm": https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/aslan-christy-dignam-cancer-cure-16701681 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,591 Posted August 5, 2019 On 01/08/2019 at 09:38, Spade_Cooley said: Widely reported on Twitter that Lol Mason has died. He was frontman of City Boy ("5-7-0-5") and, more importantly, one of the all-time great one-hit wonder acts, The Maisonettes. RIP stage-hypnotist-looking bro. Local newspaper obit of Lol Mason. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,025 Posted August 5, 2019 31 minutes ago, time said: Local newspaper obit of Lol Mason. That is an awesome write-up! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
