Today it was Glenn Frey (of the Eagles) who kicked the bucket.
Number Three?
To answer my own question:
Mic Gillette, renowned trumpet and trombone player and founding member of the legendary Oakland funky soul band Tower of Power, died suddenly of a heart attack over the weekend. He was 64.
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Moved my post over the first one on Frey, but that said, I don't think you can compare Mic Gillette and Lemmy -- who are both admired and appreciated within their small sphere -- with two giants of popular music of the last 40+ years.
I don't think you can compare Lemmy, a man admired world wide by musicians, with any of them.
Heavy metal star Ozzy Osbourne was among those to pay tribute on social media.
He tweeted: "Lost one of my best friends, Lemmy, today. He will be sadly missed. He was a warrior and a legend. Alice Cooper said: "I will see you on the other side. When we say 'one of a kind' in rock'n'roll, Lemmy was the epitome of that - one of the most beloved characters in rock'n'roll.
"I can't think of anyone who didn't adore Lemmy; you can't say 'heavy metal' without mentioning Lemmy.
"Rock'n roll heaven just got heavier."
Queen's Brian May described Lemmy as "our utterly unique friend". Metallica tweeted: "Lemmy, you are one of the primary reasons this band exists. We're forever grateful for all of your inspiration.''
Kiss star Gene Simmons said: "Lemmy: Rest In Peace. Shake the heavens, my friend."
Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan added: "Rest In Peace Lemmy. A hell of a man who suffered no fools.
"U shall be missed brother, and, THANK u 4 the years of unwavering kick ass R&R."
And Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello described Lemmy as "a true rock icon".
Black Sabbath founding member Geezer Butler said: "Very sad to hear of Lemmy's passing. We've lost a true, true legend. RIP."
Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer added: "RIP #Lemmy heaven is Rockin tonight."
And the band's Joe Perry also paid his respects on Twitter: "RIP Lemmy. A true rocker from beginning to end. We'll all see you there, soon enough."
Rock band Judas Priest also paid tribute: "Words about Lemmy can never be enough so we will simply say farewell Lord Lemmy, thank you for the music, the shows."
Hawkwind's Dave Brock tweeted: "Lemmy was a gentleman & a friend. I'll miss our eccentric text conversations.We had that magic when we played together.His legend lives on."
Rock's biggest names lined up to pay tribute to Motorhead frontman Lemmy at a star-studded Hollywood funeral.
A tearful Dave Grohl, Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash and Metallica members Lars Ulrich and Robert Trujillo, took turns to share their memorable experiences with the hellraiser, who died last month just days after he turned 70.
The memorial service, held at the Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Los Angeles, was broadcast live on YouTube and watched by over 280,000 Motorhead fans around the world.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Mott the Hoople drummer Dale Griffin dies, aged 67
The drummer, who later became a producer of sessions for the John Peel show, had been suffering from Alzheimer’s for nine years
Mott the Hoople drummer Dale Griffin has died, aged 67, after suffering from Alzheimer’s for several years. He died in his sleep on Sunday night, according to Mott’s manager, Peter Purnell.
“Dale was a nice, well-spoken man and a brilliant drummer, it’s unbelievable that he’s gone,” Mott keyboard player Verden Allen told the Hereford Times. “I suppose in some ways it’s a release for him now – he had suffered for many years.”
Griffin, who was nicknamed “Buffin” while in Mott the Hoople, was an ever-present in the group, from 1969 until they split in 1976.
He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at the age of 58, which meant he was unable to take his place at the band’s 40th anniversary reunion shows in October 2009.
His place was taken by Pretenders drummer Martin Chambers, but he was able to appear for the encores, playing on a second drum kit.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Well, so far I'm feeling fine.... for a given value of "fine".
Now watch me get clobbered while riding my bike by someone who was texting while driving. -"BB"-
Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
If you are looking at the American society bell curve, Glenn Frey is the biggest of those names by far. If you are judging by the eclectic tastes of this board, then he was less well-known than the guy who exfoliates Leonard Cohen's microphone after each performance.
Long Run wrote:If you are looking at the American society bell curve, Glenn Frey is the biggest of those names by far. If you are judging by the eclectic tastes of this board, then he was less well-known than the guy who exfoliates Leonard Cohen's microphone after each performance.
In your opinion. If Glenn Frey never existed culture would not have been any different than it was. If Bowie had not existed it would have been profoundly different.
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
rubato wrote: Lemming somebody? I think I saw an obit in The Economist two weeks ago about him.
yrs,
rubato
Just for you, as you seem very culturally inadequate*;
LOS ANGELES >> Lanky and long-haired, with mutton chops and moles, Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister looked and lived like a hard-rock hero. He founded Motorhead in 1975, and continued recording and touring with the band until his death.
He began every legendary live show with the announcement, “We are Motorhead, and we play rock and roll!”
The singer and bassist died Monday at age 70 after a brief battle with aggressive cancer, said his agent Andrew Goodfriend. Kilmister had learned of the diagnosis just two days earlier, according to a statement from the band, and he had also suffered several other health issues in recent months.
The British musician, who was born Ian Fraser Kilmister in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, died on 28 December, aged 70, just two days after discovering he had an "extremely aggressive cancer".
Following the death of Motörhead singer-bassist Lemmy Kilmister, countless musicians, including Metallica's Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich, Tom Morello and Ozzy Osbourne, have penned stirring, funny and heartfelt tributes to the rock icon. Having just finished an opening slot for Motörhead on their 40th anniversary tour earlier this year, Anthrax saw firsthand the intelligence and debauchery of Kilmister. Anthrax guitarist and founding member Scott Ian was heavily influenced by the group and shared his favorite memories of the rocker to Rolling Stone.
Lemmy Kilmister, singer and bass player of Motorhead, somehow lived to be 70 before he died of cancer Monday. He played hard, he partied hard, and he lived hard — and leaves a venerable oeuvre eclipsed only by his reputation as one of rock’s most grizzled survivors. For sheer durability in a field where many a legend is undone by substances or suicide by age 30, only Ozzy Osbourne and Keith Richards come close to Lemmy — and neither is as frequently referred to by only his first name.
Lemmy Kilmister, the lead singer of the heavy metal band Motörhead, died of a recently discovered cancer on Monday, according to an announcement on his band’s Facebook page. He was 70.
Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, the hard-living, hell-raising frontman for British heavy metal band Motorhead, has died at age 70 after recently being diagnosed with an aggressive cancer, the band said on its Facebook page on Monday.
“Lemmy was a force of nature and the very essence of heavy metal,” Wright wrote on the petition page. “We believe it is fitting that the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry recommend that one of the four new discovered Heavy Metals in the Periodic table is named Lemmium.”
His family and friends have since announced that a memorial service for him will be streamed live on Youtube on Saturday 9 January. The funeral will be held in Hollywood, California but the band have respectfully asked that fans don’t attend the actual ceremony but watch it via the power of the internet instead, according to their Facebook page.
* your middle name isn't "inadequate" by any chance Dick?
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
rubato wrote:If Glenn Frey never existed culture would not have been any different than it was. If Bowie had not existed it would have been profoundly different.
I tend to disagree. Each affected "culture" in their own unique way, and you could say the same thing about any performer, whether it was Frey or Ziggy Stardust — or Frank Zappa, Warren Zevon, Donna Summer, Karen Carpenter, or Lawrence Welk, just to name a few others.
No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were. .....John Donne
-"BB"-
Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
