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re: Endless Sleep - The Obituary Thread
Posted on 10/25/24 at 3:47 pm to FightinTigersDammit
Posted on 10/25/24 at 3:47 pm to FightinTigersDammit
and ten years ago he gave us this:
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Posted on 10/25/24 at 4:24 pm to Kafka
The greatest and most sexist lyrics of all time.
RIP
RIP
Posted on 11/15/24 at 4:20 pm to hogcard1964
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Shel Talmy, the rock producer known for recording hits with the Kinks and the Who, has died at the age of 87.
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“I wanted a rock n’ roll band,” Talmy recalled decades later. “I grew up with rock n’ roll, R&B. What I felt I could do was give an American sound to a really good rock n’ roll band, and I was on a constant lookout for rock n' roll bands. I guess the Kinks were the first one I found that I thought were really sensational. They were not nearly as good then as they eventually wound up being.”
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Talmy went on to produce the Kinks’ first five albums. His run with the band included such timeless hits as “You Really Got Me,” “All Day and All of the Night,” “Tired of Waiting for You,” and “Waterloo Sunset.” There remains some debate regarding his final album with the band, 1968's Something Else by the Kinks, which reportedly featured tunes produced by both Talmy and Ray Davies.
In a tweet following Talmy's death, Kinks guitarist Dave Davies called the producer a "sweet gentle soul" who was "really crucial to the beginning of our career."
quote:I once read The Who sued to get out of the contract w/Talmy. Talmy countersued, and in a settlement got 5% of the next three Who albums - which turned out to be Tommy, Live At Leeds, & Who's Next. The deal eventually made Talmy a millionaire.
Shel Talmy's Work With the Who
Pete Townshend, then an unknown guitarist in a band called the High Numbers, heard “You Really Got Me” and was captured by the track. The rocker contacted Talmy and asked if he’d be interested in producing his band. The High Numbers soon became the Who, and Talmy became integral to the group’s early sound.
Talmy produced the band’s debut album, 1965’s My Generation. With beloved tunes like “The Kids Are Alright” and the emphatic title track, My Generation set the Who on course for their legendary career.
“I had always felt that the so-called Who sound, on record at any event, was a good deal my creation,” Talmy later admitted. “And I don't think that's an ego trip. All you have to do is listen to the record they did before I was with them, the High Numbers record [“I'm The Face”/”Zoot Suit”], and compare the difference. And I certainly felt that after I stopped recording them, they weren't being recorded nearly as well.”
Talmy’s career also featured hit songs with an array of other artists, including the Easybeats (“Friday On My Mind”), Chad & Jeremy (“A Summer Song”) and Dave Davies (“Death of a Clown”). The producer also worked with Small Faces and a pre-fame David Bowie, then going by his real name, David Jones.
Posted on 11/19/24 at 5:30 pm to Kafka
I have belatedly learned of the death of Moby Grape guitarist Jerry Miller in July
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Born in Tacoma, Washington in 1943, Miller came up in the same Pacific Northwest bar-band scene as Jimi Hendrix, a friend since their teenage years. “He was good, but somehow you didn’t think of him as the man who’d reinvent the electric guitar,” Miller told The Seattle Times in 2021. “The main thing you heard in those days was that he played too damn loud. Like me, I suppose.”
By 1966, Miller was living in San Francisco, where one of the most creatively fruitful scenes in the country was blossoming, with acts like the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Big Brother and the Holding Company getting underway. Miller joined former Airplane member Skip Spence and other local musicians in forming Moby Grape, which quickly won a reputation as one of the most promising bands in the Bay Area.
Miller was one of three guitarists in the original Moby Grape lineup, and his lead parts were a major part of the group’s widely admired sound. “His playing was never self-indulgent, and his soloing was propulsive, always aware of where the song was headed,” Rolling Stone’s David Fricke wrote in a 2010 feature that included Miller in his list of his 100 Greatest Guitarists at Number 68.
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Moby Grape’s self-titled 1967 debut album is regarded as a classic of its era. The album, which made Rolling Stone’s original list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003, was hailed as “San Francisco rock at its ’67 peak. This is genuine hippie power pop. Moby Grape sang like demons and wrote crisp songs packed with lysergic country-blues excitement, while the band’s three guitarists — Jerry Miller, Peter Lewis and Skip Spence — created a network of lightning.”
Reviews praised songs like “8:05” and “Hey Grandma,” co-written by Miller and drummer Don Stevenson, and the group was one of the headliners of the historic Monterey International Pop Festival in the summer of 1967. English rock acts like Eric Clapton and the newly formed Led Zeppelin were among the biggest fans of the band and Miller’s playing in particular. Zeppelin reportedly played Moby Grape songs at their early rehearsals, and their 1970 song “Since I’ve Been Loving You” has been widely compared to Moby Grape’s 1968 song “Never.”
Posted on 11/21/24 at 6:32 pm to Kafka
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Andy Paley, power-popper, producer and songwriter has died at the age of 72 from cancer while in hospice care in Vermont.
Brian Wilson has called Andy Paley, “the most frighteningly talented person I’ve met”….high praise indeed!
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Andy and his younger brother Jonathan made one album as The Paley Brothers for Sire Record back in 1978 and can be seen in the 1979 film, Rock ‘n’ Roll High School.
Andy then went on to play keyboards for Patti Smith before going into production work, most notably with Brian Wilson.
Paley then moved on to film and television work, producing the soundtrack for Dick Tracy and, best of all, writing music for The Ren & Stimpy Show and SpongeBob SquarePants.
Posted on 11/24/24 at 2:13 pm to Kafka
Chuck Woolery
R.I.P.
R.I.P.
Posted on 11/24/24 at 3:05 pm to Kafka
Oh that's great! Who's the guy with Chuck?
Posted on 12/22/24 at 6:40 pm to hogcard1964
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Sugar Pie DeSanto, the San Francisco R&B singer known for her larger-than-life voice and personality, died on Friday, Dec. 20. She was 89 years old.
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DeSanto, who performed well into her 80s, scored her first hit in 1959 with “I Want to Know,” a piano-driven, danceable kiss-off to a former lover that showed off her powerful, raspy voice. Following that initial success, James Brown invited her to open for him on tour, where she rivaled the Godfather of Soul in stage presence and theatrics, earning her the nickname “the Lady James Brown"
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After touring with James Brown in 1960 and 1961, DeSanto made her way to Chicago to work with Chess Records. Her bluesy, seductive single “Slip-In Mules” hit No. 10 on Billboard in 1964; that same year, she traveled to London to perform at American Folk Blues Festival. The performance earned her a following overseas: In 1966, the Thanet Times and East Kent Pictorial, a British newspaper, called her “America’s top female blues singer.”
"I Don't Wanna Fuss"
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Posted on 12/25/24 at 5:07 pm to Kafka
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Richard Perry, one of the most stylish and successful record producers of the 1970s and ’80s, died on Tuesday (Dec. 24) in a Los Angeles hospital. He was 82.
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Perry’s greatest hits include Nilsson’s “Without You” and Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain,” both of which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and also received Grammy nods for record of the year. These two classic hits typify Perry’s production style – immaculate, powerful and precise. Other hits that have that unmistakable Perry stamp include Leo Sayer’s “When I Need You” (also a No. 1 on the Hot 100) and Burton Cummings’ stately “Stand Tall” (a top 10 hit on the Hot 100 in 1977).
Posted on 1/4/25 at 7:31 pm to Kafka
RIP Brenton Wood
Posted on 1/20/25 at 11:05 pm to TFTC
One-hit wonder Bob Kuban, famous for 'The Cheater', dies peacefully at 84
The press release said Kuban performed with some of the biggest names inside and out of St. Louis, including Chuck Berry, Ike & Tina Turner and The Beach Boys.
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1:27 PM CST January 20, 2025
ST. LOUIS — Bob Kuban, the St. Louis musician best known for his one-hit wonder band that once appeared on "American Bandstand with Dick Clark", died Monday. He was 84.
In a press release, Kuban's family said he died peacefully in his sleep after experiencing complications from a stroke.
"He was dearly loved and will be greatly missed. We encourage those impacted by Bob and his musical legacy to share their memories," the statement said.
His starring role came from his own band, "Bob Kuban and the In-Men." Kuban played the drums and led the eight-piece band that featured horns. Their song "The Cheater" reached No. 12 on the Billboard charts in 1966 and topped the Australian charts.
Outside of the spotlight, Kuban was the band director at Bishop DuBorg High School starting in 1963. He continued in the role even through his band's sudden success that landed him on American Bandstand with Dick Clark.
Even after he reached a national platform, Kuban remained "a North County guy" at heart. He performed at local venues like Club Imperial, Gaslight Square and on the S.S. Admiral. His band also performed before St. Louis Football Cardinal and Baseball Cardinal games and many special occasions, including the former Veiled Prophet and Fleur de Lis Balls.
"Bob Kuban and the In-Men" would never reach the Top 40 again, but the band's unique place in history was solidified in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of the museum's permanent one hit wonder exhibit. The family's press release said Kuban never considered the distinction an insult.
"I don't regard it as a put down because I say I would rather have one hit than no hits," he was quoted in the press release. "I would rather be a one-hit wonder than a no-hit wonder. There's a million groups out there that are no-hit wonders. That sort of shuts 'em up right there.”
Kuban is survived by his family, friends and fans.
The press release said Kuban performed with some of the biggest names inside and out of St. Louis, including Chuck Berry, Ike & Tina Turner and The Beach Boys.
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Author: Sam Clancy
1:27 PM CST January 20, 2025
ST. LOUIS — Bob Kuban, the St. Louis musician best known for his one-hit wonder band that once appeared on "American Bandstand with Dick Clark", died Monday. He was 84.
In a press release, Kuban's family said he died peacefully in his sleep after experiencing complications from a stroke.
"He was dearly loved and will be greatly missed. We encourage those impacted by Bob and his musical legacy to share their memories," the statement said.
His starring role came from his own band, "Bob Kuban and the In-Men." Kuban played the drums and led the eight-piece band that featured horns. Their song "The Cheater" reached No. 12 on the Billboard charts in 1966 and topped the Australian charts.
Outside of the spotlight, Kuban was the band director at Bishop DuBorg High School starting in 1963. He continued in the role even through his band's sudden success that landed him on American Bandstand with Dick Clark.
Even after he reached a national platform, Kuban remained "a North County guy" at heart. He performed at local venues like Club Imperial, Gaslight Square and on the S.S. Admiral. His band also performed before St. Louis Football Cardinal and Baseball Cardinal games and many special occasions, including the former Veiled Prophet and Fleur de Lis Balls.
"Bob Kuban and the In-Men" would never reach the Top 40 again, but the band's unique place in history was solidified in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of the museum's permanent one hit wonder exhibit. The family's press release said Kuban never considered the distinction an insult.
"I don't regard it as a put down because I say I would rather have one hit than no hits," he was quoted in the press release. "I would rather be a one-hit wonder than a no-hit wonder. There's a million groups out there that are no-hit wonders. That sort of shuts 'em up right there.”
Kuban is survived by his family, friends and fans.
This post was edited on 1/20/25 at 11:10 pm
Posted on 1/21/25 at 10:55 am to Mizz-SEC
Garth Hudson - RIP
Posted on 1/21/25 at 5:21 pm to hogcard1964
Eric Garth Hudson (August 2, 1937 – January 21, 2025) was a Canadian multi-instrumentalist best known as the keyboardist and occasional saxophonist for the rock group the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
He was a principal architect of the group's sound and was described as "the most brilliant organist in the rock world. Garth Hudson, who played the Lowrey organ, synthesizers, accordion, and woodwind with the Band, died in his sleep this morning (January 21), the Toronto Star reports. Hudson’s estate executor confirmed the news to The Star. Hudson was 87 years old.
Eric “Garth” Hudson was born to musician parents in Windsor, Ontario, before the family moved to London, Ontario, and enrolled him in formal piano and theory training from a young age. In his early twenties, to his parents’ alarm, he joined Ronnie Hawkins and Levon Helm in a rock band called the Hawks, assuaging his parents by stipulating that the group pay him an extra $10 a week for music lessons. He was the lineup’s final addition, joining fellow Canadians Robbie Robertson, Rich Manuel, and Rick Danko, as well as Helm and the soon-to-depart Hawkins; Hudson would go on to be the last surviving member of the Band.
Impressed with their live energy, Bob Dylan hired the Hawks in 1965 to be his backing band. They played on his electric tour in 1966, developing material for Blonde on Blonde and the sprawling Basement Tapes. Minus Dylan, the group released its first album as the Band in 1968, Music From Big Pink. The record included “The Weight,” now a classic, as well as the Band’s versions of Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released” and the murder ballad “Long Black Veil.”
In 1994, The Band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Later in his career, Hudson worked as a session musician for artists including Norah Jones and Neko Case. In 2023, he performed publicly for the first time in several years at a house concert hosted by pianist and close collaborator Sarah Power (formerly known as Sarah Perrota). Harry Hew shared a video of the performance on X.
"As soon as his fingers touch the keys, everything is right with the world, and it's magical," Hew says. "I mean, he never lost that spark."
He was a principal architect of the group's sound and was described as "the most brilliant organist in the rock world. Garth Hudson, who played the Lowrey organ, synthesizers, accordion, and woodwind with the Band, died in his sleep this morning (January 21), the Toronto Star reports. Hudson’s estate executor confirmed the news to The Star. Hudson was 87 years old.
Eric “Garth” Hudson was born to musician parents in Windsor, Ontario, before the family moved to London, Ontario, and enrolled him in formal piano and theory training from a young age. In his early twenties, to his parents’ alarm, he joined Ronnie Hawkins and Levon Helm in a rock band called the Hawks, assuaging his parents by stipulating that the group pay him an extra $10 a week for music lessons. He was the lineup’s final addition, joining fellow Canadians Robbie Robertson, Rich Manuel, and Rick Danko, as well as Helm and the soon-to-depart Hawkins; Hudson would go on to be the last surviving member of the Band.
Impressed with their live energy, Bob Dylan hired the Hawks in 1965 to be his backing band. They played on his electric tour in 1966, developing material for Blonde on Blonde and the sprawling Basement Tapes. Minus Dylan, the group released its first album as the Band in 1968, Music From Big Pink. The record included “The Weight,” now a classic, as well as the Band’s versions of Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released” and the murder ballad “Long Black Veil.”
In 1994, The Band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Later in his career, Hudson worked as a session musician for artists including Norah Jones and Neko Case. In 2023, he performed publicly for the first time in several years at a house concert hosted by pianist and close collaborator Sarah Power (formerly known as Sarah Perrota). Harry Hew shared a video of the performance on X.
"As soon as his fingers touch the keys, everything is right with the world, and it's magical," Hew says. "I mean, he never lost that spark."
Posted on 1/30/25 at 12:39 pm to Kafka
RIP Marianne Faithful
Singer and actress Marianne Faithfull has died at the age of 78, a spokesperson has said.
Faithfull's hits included As Tears Go By, which was written by The Rolling Stones' Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
In addition to her music career, Faithfull also acted in films including The Girl on a Motorcycle, as well as theatre productions.
Singer and actress Marianne Faithfull has died at the age of 78, a spokesperson has said.
Faithfull's hits included As Tears Go By, which was written by The Rolling Stones' Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
In addition to her music career, Faithfull also acted in films including The Girl on a Motorcycle, as well as theatre productions.
This post was edited on 1/30/25 at 12:41 pm
Posted on 1/30/25 at 2:13 pm to ItzMe1972
RIP Marianne
Posted on 1/30/25 at 4:32 pm to ItzMe1972
She definitely had some ups and downs.
Posted on 1/30/25 at 5:57 pm to FightinTigersDammit
Posted on 2/5/25 at 1:26 pm to 14&Counting
Michael Roland Ratledge (6 May 1943 – 5 February 2025) was a British musician. A part of the Canterbury scene, he was a founding member of Soft Machine. He was the last founding member to leave the group, doing so in 1976.
In 1966, Ratledge's friends were forming a new band, Soft Machine, and asked him to join. The band included Robert Wyatt, Daevid Allen, and Kevin Ayers. There were many personnel changes over the years. Wyatt's departure in 1971 left Ratledge as the only remaining founding member, while the 1973 departure of Hugh Hopper (who joined in 1968) left Ratledge as the only member from the 1960s to still be in the band.
With his distinctive hairstyle, moustache and trademark dark glasses, Ratledge was, for many, the most easily identifiable member of Soft Machine, with whom he remained from their 1966 debut album through to 1976's Softs album. "Cool as frick," is how Prog writer and Canterbury Scene fan Sid Smith paid tribute to Ratledge earlier today. "He had such a distinctive and inventive voice as a soloist. I count myself lucky to have seen him play several times. A brilliant composer."
In 1966, Ratledge's friends were forming a new band, Soft Machine, and asked him to join. The band included Robert Wyatt, Daevid Allen, and Kevin Ayers. There were many personnel changes over the years. Wyatt's departure in 1971 left Ratledge as the only remaining founding member, while the 1973 departure of Hugh Hopper (who joined in 1968) left Ratledge as the only member from the 1960s to still be in the band.
With his distinctive hairstyle, moustache and trademark dark glasses, Ratledge was, for many, the most easily identifiable member of Soft Machine, with whom he remained from their 1966 debut album through to 1976's Softs album. "Cool as frick," is how Prog writer and Canterbury Scene fan Sid Smith paid tribute to Ratledge earlier today. "He had such a distinctive and inventive voice as a soloist. I count myself lucky to have seen him play several times. A brilliant composer."
Posted on 2/18/25 at 5:55 pm to bleeng
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Rick Buckler, drummer for acclaimed English new wave band the Jam, has died at the age of 69.
The musician’s passing was confirmed by his former bandmates who took to social media to share their memories.
“I'm shocked and saddened by Rick's passing,” the Jam’s frontman, Paul Weller, wrote on X. “I'm thinking back to us all rehearsing in my bedroom in Stanley Road, Woking. To all the pubs and clubs we played at as kids, to eventually making a record. What a journey! We went far beyond our dreams and what we made stands the test of time. My deepest sympathy to all family and friends.”
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Born in Woking, England in 1955, Buckler met Weller and Foxton while all three were attending Sheerwater Secondary School. The aspiring musicians formed the Jam and initially started out covering American rock groups before finding a style all their own.
In 1977, the Jam’s debut single, “In This City,” became a Top 40 hit in the U.K. So began an impressive string for the band, which churned out 18 consecutive U.K. Top 40 singles during their five year existence. This short yet prolific period included four U.K. No. 1 hits – "Going Underground" (1980), “Start!” (1980), “Town Called Malice” (1982) and “Beat Surrender” – and six full-length studio albums.
Posted on 2/19/25 at 2:06 am to Kafka
Damn. The Jam were really good.
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