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______ Passed Away Today, RIP (8 Viewers)

joey said:
If you haven’t seen the music documentary, The Wrecking Crew, go watch it. It’s an amazing look at the group of session musicians (including Blaine, of course) in LA during the 60s/70s that played on ev.er.eee.thing. 
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Wow.  Yeah, those guys were to L.A. rock/pop what The Funk Brothers were to Motown.  

 
BobbyLayne said:
glock said:
Bernie Torme

"Bernie Torme, a member of Deep Purple and a hard-rocking musician, died "peacefully" on Sunday at age 66."
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That seems like it might be misinformation?

He's not listed as a former or current member of Deep Purple.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Purple

He did join a band with Ian Gillan in the late 70s/early 80s called Gillan.

Also played with Ozzy Osbourne (briefly) and Dee Snider.
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Yeah, he was never in Deep Purple. And he barely played with Ozzy (just filled in for a few shows after Randy Rhoads died).

 
joey said:
If you haven’t seen the music documentary, The Wrecking Crew, go watch it. It’s an amazing look at the group of session musicians (including Blaine, of course) in LA during the 60s/70s that played on ev.er.eee.thing. 
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Glen Campbell was in there, right?

 
wikkidpissah said:
Glen Campbell was in there, right?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrecking_Crew_(music)

good info here.

Oh, and for those of you interested in this kind of music documentary stuff, there's a similar version of this movie called Hired Guns which is just like Wrecking Crew except centered around 2000's studio and live cats who, just like in the Wrecking Crew, have played on tons of records and tour to support the big name artists. Both are GREAT music docs.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4026034/

 
joey said:
If you haven’t seen the music documentary, The Wrecking Crew, go watch it. It’s an amazing look at the group of session musicians (including Blaine, of course) in LA during the 60s/70s that played on ev.er.eee.thing. 
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One of the best bands of all time...so many hits and they definitely had a sound...when a song comes on by some artist, I can guess by the sound that it’s really wrecking crew behind the sound...

 
joey said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrecking_Crew_(music)

good info here.

Oh, and for those of you interested in this kind of music documentary stuff, there's a similar version of this movie called Hired Guns which is just like Wrecking Crew except centered around 2000's studio and live cats who, just like in the Wrecking Crew, have played on tons of records and tour to support the big name artists. Both are GREAT music docs.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4026034/
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There's also a book on the wrecking crew by Kent Hartman. I read it this past summer. Interesting stuff. I think I was most intrigued by the insight into Phil Specter. Hal Blaine is all through it too.

 
[scooter] said:
R.I.P. singer Scott Walker of The Walker Brothers.

Here is their best known hit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q11ium_-Lv8

He reinvented his career in the late '60s and became a critical darling for his avant garde art-rock albums.
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Horribly underappreciated.  And, per my friend Joe who posted this great story today, a fantastic guy.

 In the mid 90s I was in London for a couple of days mastering my second album at Metropolis Studios with Tony Cousins. At one point the two of us took a break for dinner and we went downstairs to eat in the large cafeteria. There was a gentleman sitting by himself wearing a baseball cap (who clearly knew Tony very well) and the gentleman asked us if we would join him at his table. 

So, we sat there for a couple of hours having a drink/ eating while he asked me all about growing up in Belfast during the Troubles, Marcel Duchamp, the state of England, James Joyce, women, love, music and so forth. 
At the end of dinner he asked me what I was working on and that he would love to hear it. Then he said “You should pop in tomorrow to hear what I am working on”. I told him I would pop in, that it was lovely to meet him and that I would check out whatever he was creating...
We get back up to the mastering room and Tony asks me “So what did you think of Scott? You two didn’t stop chatting!” I said that I thought he was a lovely man. Then Tony said “Are you a fan of his music?” I said that I had no idea but that I would go see him at the studio tomorrow as promised. “You know that was Scott Walker right?” I nearly fainted with shock. I had just spent two hours with Scott Walker!!!!! And he was finishing the album Tilt. Mind blown. 
RIP you truly beautiful man.
 
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El Floppo said:
didn't know about this guy or his story until today. RIP
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[scooter] said:
I saw a really good show about this on one of the history channels. The saboteurs were a mixture of elite soldiers (who knew nothing about nukes) and scientists (who had to learn how to shoot, ski, skydive and mountain climb in just a few weeks). The weapons plant was located on a cliff face with just one bridge crossing the gorge. The plan was to cross the bridge in the middle of the night, but they discovered that it was too heavily guarded. So, with no other option, they scaled down the 600-foot ravine, crossed the icy river, and then climbed back up the cliff to get to the plant. After the raid, they skied 250 miles to Sweden and escaped capture.
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Mrs. Rannous said:
You can read about it here on Wikipedia.

Then you can watch the movie.

And it was amazing.
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That Heroes of Telemark movie we discussed last fall when the principle passed away will be on the Movies! broadcast&cable network Wednesday @ 9am

 
wikkidpissah said:
That Heroes of Telemark movie we discussed last fall when the principle passed away will be on the Movies! broadcast&cable network Wednesday @ 9am
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feh - waste of time. standard 60s boilerplate WW2 mission picture where Kirk Douglas's mighty chin saves the world. Guess i'll have to have Mayor Bootyjudge teach me Norwegian so i can watch @Mrs. Rannous's movie

 
mr fancypants said:
RIP Ranking Roger 56 years old

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6853821/Ranking-Roger-Dead-Beat-singer-passes-away-aged-56.html
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sunnava :(  

he and dave wakeling ended up in the local bar near my HS (2am club- famous from Huey Lewis album cover) one night while they were working on an album (maybe general public album) nearby. roger, in particular, couldn't have been nicer- shot pool with everybody, chatted- accepted a bought beer or three. one of my favorite hype guys- and always seemed like a happy dude (from that night, videos or seeing them live) with a big smile on his face. 

sucks. rip 

 
mr fancypants said:
RIP Ranking Roger 56 years old

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6853821/Ranking-Roger-Dead-Beat-singer-passes-away-aged-56.html
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The Beat were the opening act for my very first concert as a kid. Roger was pretty coked up as I recall. Second "big" show of my life was General Public and were totally cool with the stage being overrun with teens dancing around them. It was like something out of Hard Days Night and was a blast... 

I had read recently that he and Dave had been touring again together. He had health problems that kept the tour from going longer and dates had been rescheduled, iirc. I had hoped to catch them again. 

 
El Floppo said:
sunnava :(  

he and dave wakeling ended up in the local bar near my HS (2am club- famous from Huey Lewis album cover) one night while they were working on an album (maybe general public album) nearby. roger, in particular, couldn't have been nicer- shot pool with everybody, chatted- accepted a bought beer or three. one of my favorite hype guys- and always seemed like a happy dude (from that night, videos or seeing them live) with a big smile on his face. 

sucks. rip 
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Tam High in Mill Valley? My oldest son starts there next year. 🤝

 
El Floppo said:
Yep.  A lot of my classmates kids are going there. You in MV or another town?
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Yup. In MV. On the Tam Valley side. I bet we know some of the same people. 

The 2am is an institution, eh? I never knew that Huey Lewis' album cover was from that bar. Cool. 

As for Rankin Roger...English Beat and General Public where the furthest I ever got into ska/reggae. They were the perfect cross over between ska and new wave (which I was obsessed with). 

 
Both members of Liverpool band Her's died in a head-on collision traveling to Santa Ana after a show in Phoenix. 

Mrs. Eephus always likes to hang around and talk to bands after their shows.  She's made a lot of acquaintances and a number of friends that way.  I'm not much for small talk so I usually stand off to the side while she's mingling but I do try to wish the bands "safe travels" because touring can be a dangerous life.

 
joey said:
Yup. In MV. On the Tam Valley side. I bet we know some of the same people. 

The 2am is an institution, eh? I never knew that Huey Lewis' album cover was from that bar. Cool. 

As for Rankin Roger...English Beat and General Public where the furthest I ever got into ska/reggae. They were the perfect cross over between ska and new wave (which I was obsessed with). 
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“The Deuce” is an institution much like Smitty’s and Silver Peso are institutions, the Marin trinity of dive bars.

 
SFBayDuck said:
“The Deuce” is an institution much like Smitty’s and Silver Peso are institutions, the Marin trinity of dive bars.
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exactly. My friends and I have the saying "nothing good even comes from going to the Peso". ;)

very UN-Marin kind of places, which I like.

 
Howard Lee, recipient of the Medal of Honor, passed away this past weekend.  He convinced a helicopter pilot to drop him into a half platoon of marines (half had been evacuated by helicopter before the second helicopter had been shot down stranding the remainder) outnumbered and surrounded in Vietnam, and led a six hour defense through the night despite having been severely wounded (and half blinded) by a grenade.

Hurtling toward his fate, flying in a piston-engined helicopter above the jungles of central Vietnam, the 33-year-old Marine captain bowed his head in prayer. "If it's your will, I die tonight, fine," Howard Lee later recalled saying. "But if not, then just give me the courage to do what I have to do."
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Henry Ford said:
Howard Lee, recipient of the Medal of Honor, passed away this past weekend.  He convinced a helicopter pilot to drop him into a half platoon of marines (half had been evacuated by helicopter before the second helicopter had been shot down stranding the remainder) outnumbered and surrounded in Vietnam, and led a six hour defense through the night despite having been severely wounded (and half blinded) by a grenade.
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Rest in peace brother.

 
Character actor Seymour Cassel passes away at 84. Had a long career and did good work all along the way. Worked with directors like Cassavettes and Wes Anderson but also awesome actors like Peter Falk, Bill Murray, and Gene Hackman. Seemed like a good guy. 

 
saintfool said:
Character actor Seymour Cassel passes away at 84. Had a long career and did good work all along the way. Worked with directors like Cassavettes and Wes Anderson but also awesome actors like Peter Falk, Bill Murray, and Gene Hackman. Seemed like a good guy. 
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I missed this , great character actor

 
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