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Post by bunkerfan on Apr 5, 2017 14:03:41 GMT
Brian Matthew, the veteran broadcaster who hosted Sounds of the 60s on BBC Radio 2, has died at the age of 88. His death follows the announcement in January that he was stepping down from the programme due to ill health. "Our beloved Brian Matthew passed away last night," his family said in a statement. I've listened to Brian Matthew on the radio for over 50 years and for me Saturday mornings will never be the same again. Rest in peace Brian Just announced by the BBC........... BBC radio broadcaster Brian Matthew 'critically ill but alive'
BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Brian Matthew is critically ill, the station has clarified after initially announcing his death. The BBC had originally been informed by a member of Matthew's family that he had died. A spokesman for the corporation said: "We were informed by close family and friends that Brian had passed away in the night. "They have since been in contact to say that he remains critically ill." The statement added: "We will update with more information when we have it. Our thoughts remain with his family at this very difficult time."
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Post by steelmonkey on Apr 5, 2017 15:15:01 GMT
'I'm not dead'
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 5, 2017 15:42:39 GMT
"Think I'll go for a walk"
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Post by bunkerfan on Apr 5, 2017 18:08:10 GMT
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Post by steelmonkey on Apr 6, 2017 17:14:08 GMT
It got better !
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Post by bunkerfan on Apr 8, 2017 20:02:44 GMT
Brian Matthew: BBC Radio 2 broadcaster dies at 88After the farce the other day when the wrong information was shared sadly Brian Matthew has died today. He presented 'Sounds of the Sixties' for 27 years and was a well respected broadcaster who flew the flag for all of us who loved the music of the sixties. Rest in peace Brian.
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 9, 2017 7:43:26 GMT
Brian Matthew: BBC Radio 2 broadcaster dies at 88After the farce the other day when the wrong information was shared sadly Brian Matthew has died today. He presented 'Sounds of the Sixties' for 27 years and was a well respected broadcaster who flew the flag for all of us who loved the music of the sixties. Rest in peace Brian. Brian was the BBC presenter who introduced some of the early radio sessions
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Post by maddogfagin on May 11, 2017 14:31:49 GMT
Robert Miles RIP.
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Post by bunkerfan on May 11, 2017 18:53:22 GMT
Geoffrey Bayldon: Catweazle actor dies aged 93
British actor Geoffrey Bayldon has died at the age of 93, his agency has confirmed. He was best known for playing the lead role in TV series Catweazle, and the Crowman in Worzel Gummidge.
I loved Catweazle
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Post by nonrabbit on May 11, 2017 20:54:38 GMT
So sad - so young. Such a brilliant song. I was reading that he wrote the song so that there would be a calmer end to a gig in order to avoid some of the tragedies that happened ( in Italy) with deaths due to driving and various incidents when the adrenaline ( and other things) were flowing. It was the evolution of trance music.
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Post by maddogfagin on May 28, 2017 7:38:38 GMT
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Post by jackinthegreen on Aug 8, 2017 22:09:39 GMT
Glen Campbell died tonight. Wonderful singer and brilliant guitarist.
Sang so many lovely songs, Wichita Lineman has always been one of my very favourite tracks.
Thanks for all the music Glen.
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Post by JTull 007 on Aug 9, 2017 1:17:12 GMT
Glen Campbell died tonight. Wonderful singer and brilliant guitarist. Sang so many lovely songs, Wichita Lineman has always been one of my very favourite tracks. Thanks for all the music Glen. Glen Campbell plays Wichita Lineman on Jools Holland
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Post by bunkerfan on Aug 9, 2017 6:35:57 GMT
Glen Campbell died tonight. Wonderful singer and brilliant guitarist. Sang so many lovely songs, Wichita Lineman has always been one of my very favourite tracks. Thanks for all the music Glen. Glen Campbell plays Wichita Lineman on Jools HollandYes the world has lost a truly great man who became one of the greatest country singers of all time. "Rhinestone Cowboy singer Glen Campbell has died at the age of 81 after "a long and courageous battle" with Alzheimer's disease, his family said. "It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather," their statement said. The legendary guitarist announced his Alzheimer's diagnosis in 2011. A self-taught prodigy, he rose from a poor rural childhood to release over 70 albums and sell 45 million records."
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Post by steelmonkey on Aug 9, 2017 17:10:01 GMT
Me and my little sister, in about 1968, thought it was soooo funny to paraphrase Glen Campbell when our noses ran: 'By the Time I Get to Kleenex'...
He wrote and sang some nice songs.
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Post by nonrabbit on Aug 9, 2017 20:33:50 GMT
Simply wonderful. Rest In Peace.
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 4, 2017 7:42:54 GMT
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Post by JTull 007 on Sept 5, 2017 13:40:47 GMT
ROCK IN PEACE Walter Becker
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 27, 2017 7:43:57 GMT
www.columbian.com/news/2017/sep/09/lerner-who-recorded-bob-dylan-other-legendary-artists-dies/Lerner, who recorded Bob Dylan, other legendary artists, diesBy MARK KENNEDY, Associated Press Published: September 9, 2017, 5:56 AM NEW YORK — Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Murray Lerner, who captured Bob Dylan going electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival and preserved legendary music acts like Jimi Hendrix and Leonard Cohen forever on film, has died, said his son, Noah. He was 90. Lerner died Sunday in New York City, his son said. The filmmaker earned an Oscar nomination in 1967 for “Festival,” his examination of the Newport Folk Festival, and won the best documentary statuette in 1981 for “From Mao to Mozart,” which followed violinist Isaac Stern in China. In 2009, he received a Grammy nomination for “Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who.” Lerner also was the filmmaker behind the 3D film “Magic Journeys” at Walt Disney’s EPCOT center in Florida as well as the 1978 influential 3D film “Sea Dream,” considered a classic of stereoscopic cinema. Lerner graduated from Harvard University in 1948, and one of his first films was “Secrets of the Reef” in 1956, voted one of the year’s 10 best films by Time magazine. He made documentaries about the Moody Blues, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Jethro Tull and others, often returning to the same festival footage to craft new films. “Festival” was his second film, capturing Dylan as he cemented his reputation within the folk music community with his first appearance at the prestigious Newport Folk Festival in 1963 and then dividing his audience when he appeared with an electric rock band at the same festival in 1965. Lerner revisited some of that footage years later with “The Other Side of the Mirror: Live at the Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965.” “I tried to make music with the camera, to have the camera be a participant of the action,” he told the Boston Herald in 2002. “The camera isn’t just a fly on the wall. My theory is that the only valid truth is the interaction between object and subject.” His other films include “Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight” in 1991 and “Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival” in 1996. Lerner’s last film was “Taste: What’s Going On” in 2015, and he was working on a new film about Joni Mitchell at the Isle of Wight festival. He is survived by his wife, Judith.
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 3, 2017 8:09:43 GMT
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Post by nonrabbit on Oct 3, 2017 8:47:30 GMT
So sad.
Rest in Peace.
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Post by steelmonkey on Oct 3, 2017 16:16:22 GMT
I think the great Tom Petty would have appreciated the Monty Python exit ( I'm not dead, yet). What a great catalog he leaves behind. I didn't like all his songs but there are some shining jewels...plenty, in fact. I lived near the Fillmore when he played 20 concerts in the small venue over a great month in 1997...saw him 3 of the nights including the last which featured a 14 song encore that included covers of: Elvis, Dylan, Beatles and Stones. Who else in rock and roll history could have done that justice?
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Post by bunkerfan on Oct 26, 2017 6:19:40 GMT
Fats Domino: Rock and roll legend dies aged 89Fats Domino, one of the most influential rock and roll performers of the 1950s and 60s, has died aged 89. The American rock and roll artist was best known for his songs Ain't That A Shame and Blueberry Hill. The New Orleans singer sold more than 65 million records, outselling every 1950s rock and roll act except Elvis Presley. Fats Domino - whose real name was Antoine Domino Jr - was one of the first rhythm and blues artists to gain popularity with a white audience and his music was most prolific in the 1950s. Domino had a string of number ones and more than 30 top 40 hits. His music is also credited as a key influence on artists during the 1960s and 70s. Elvis Presley referred to Fats Domino as "the real king of rock n roll" and Paul McCartney reportedly wrote the Beatles song Lady Madonna in emulation of his style.
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 26, 2017 7:25:14 GMT
Fats Domino: Rock and roll legend dies aged 89 One of the soundtracks to my studies for GCE "O" level exams. Rest in Peace
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Post by bunkerfan on Jan 11, 2018 19:49:32 GMT
Eddie Clarke, the last surviving member of Motorhead's classic line-up, has died at the age of 67.
Clarke, whose nickname was Fast Eddie, played with Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister and Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor in the heavy metal band between 1976-82.
RIP Eddie
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Post by maddogfagin on Jan 21, 2018 8:42:49 GMT
www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42760180Kinks and Zombies bassist Jim Rodford dies aged 7620 January 2018 www.squirrelmusic.com/members.htmlJim also played alongside Mick Abrahams between 1996 and 2000. 1996 to 2000 Mick Abrahams - Guitar, slide guitar, vocals Plus varying combinations of the following: Nick Payn - Saxes and Harmonica Nick Pentelow - Saxes Mick Parker - Keyboards and Accordion Clive Bunker - Drums Paul Burgess - Drums Graham Walker - Drums Steve Rodford - Drums Andy Pyle - Bass Bob Skeat - Bass Jim Rodford - Bass Big George Webley - Bass Dave Bronze - Bass Jackie Challoner - Vocals, backing vocals Sharon Watson - Vocals, backing vocals Tracy Graham - Backing vocals Nigel Williams - Drums
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Post by bunkerfan on Mar 12, 2018 10:35:44 GMT
Sir Ken Dodd: Comedy legend dies, aged 90Very sad news. Me and my mate had tickets to see him next month and we've always joked that we hoped he wouldn't die before we saw him, and now sadly he has passed away. Surely one of the greatest comedians of all time who certainly gave very good value for your money. My post back in October 2015 after going to see Sir Ken Dodd which sadly turned out to be the last time I'd see him. "Well I survived The Ken Dodd Happiness show last night. Ken Dodd was a little late starting and late finishing but the show was top class with just one half hour break at 10.30 pm. The years are starting to tell of course but his enthusiasm certainly hasn't dwindled. My favourite story was when he was telling a tale of a very big woman who he reckoned would stir fried lamb shanks. He said "you could tickle her all night and not go back to the same place twice." The curtain finally came down at 12.34 am and another memorable show from a true entertainer came to an end." Sir Ken Dodd 1927-2018
Rest in peace
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Post by maddogfagin on Mar 15, 2018 8:36:48 GMT
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge"
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Post by Equus on Apr 14, 2018 15:59:48 GMT
Milos Forman is dead... Rest In Peace... Thank you Milos for your fantastic movies...
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Post by nonrabbit on Apr 26, 2018 20:44:14 GMT
"Tim was not made for the business machine he found himself in.."This has hit home not just because it's hugely upsetting and so tragic for the young man and his family; my son is also just starting out as a Dj/Producer in Electronic Dance Music and told me that it was seeing Avicii when he ( my son) was sixteen that had the biggest influence on him. His family have issued a statement; " “Our beloved Tim was a seeker, a fragile artistic soul searching for answers to existential questions. An over-achieving perfectionist who travelled and worked hard at a pace that led to extreme stress. When he stopped touring, he wanted to find a balance in life, to be happy and be able to do what he loved most: music. “Tim was not made for the business machine he found himself in; he was a sensitive guy who loved his fans but shunned the spotlight. Tim, you will forever be loved and sadly missed. The person you were and your music will keep your memory alive.” He was only seventeen - straight from school when he was thrust into the music industry. An intelligent young man and enormously talented musician who's work crossed musical boundaries. This story has sadly, been repeated since the 60's, when young people were exploited by the 'industry' I urge you to watch the documentary that was made about Tim last year called Avicci - True Stories (it's available to download - Netflix UK pulled it a couple of days ago and I'm not surprised in a way! If you want to see a vivid,brilliantly made documentary that shows what the 'machine' is like for a global star then this pulls no punches. He was expected to do hundreds of concerts a year - all round the world. He was hospitalised in Australia and needed an operation on his pancreas and gallbladder ( he drank to cope)however they wanted him to continue his tour so they had him pumped full of painkillers and as he left the hospital, sitting in the waiting limousine, one of his suited tour managers asked him while he was looking at his laptop, if he would do a telephone interview in half an hour. The boy could hardly speak, He said 'Ok, then' Rest In Peace Tim Bergling i63.images obliterated by tinypic/11c47px.jpg[/IMG]
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