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Died on this day ... - Music Head - 03-05-2015
Leslie Harvey - Scotland native died on this day in 1972 at the age of 27, of electrocution during a live concert gig
brother of better known Alex
Leslie was a guitarist and co-founder of Stone The Crows in 1969
that band also included James Dewar of Robin Trower fame
Stone The Crows disbanded after that shocking performance mentioned above
good prog rock here
reminds me of Vanilla Fudge for some reason
[video=youtube;vttTrXKIiAA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vttTrXKIiAA[/video]
Died on this day ... - Music Head - 04-05-2015
Paul Butterfield - Chicago native died on this day in 1987 at the age of 44, of a heroin overdose
R&RHOF in 2015
[video=youtube;e3LEhfbKCSc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3LEhfbKCSc[/video]
Died on this day ... - Music Head - 07-05-2015
Eddie Rabbitt - New York native died on this day in 1998 at the age of 56, of cancer
1 ACM Award
other than writing Kentucky Rain for Elvis, never cared for his work
this one went to #1 on the pop and country chart
one of the early artists to try and make country be pop
[video=youtube;VJ1GQFtHGxU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ1GQFtHGxU[/video]
Died on this day ... - CRAZY-HORSE - 07-05-2015
weird....
i heard "i love a rainy night" on the radio today...first time in years, i love it.
Kentucky Rain....one of my top 10 favourite Elvis songs also.
Died on this day ... - Music Head - 07-05-2015
CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:weird....sometimes I have a hard time believing we're related
i heard "i love a rainy night" on the radio today...first time in years, i love it.
Died on this day ... - Music Head - 08-05-2015
Eddy Arnold - Tennessee native died on this day in 2008 at the age of 89, of being 89
Grand Ole Opry in 1943
CMHOF in 1966
2nd to George Jones in number of songs on the Billboard country chart
my fav
#1 US Country in 1965
[video=youtube;q8hSJMOd0qk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8hSJMOd0qk[/video]
Died on this day ... - Music Head - 09-05-2015
Keith Whitley - Kentucky native died on this day in 1989 at the age of 33, of alcohol poisoning
at the peak of his career with 5 consecutive #1 country hits when he died
[video=youtube;wyYwOTnFXGw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyYwOTnFXGw[/video]
Died on this day ... - Ruby - 09-05-2015
Stephen Bruton died on this day in 2009 at the age of 60, from throat cancer. Singer/songwriter/producer/musician and long-time collaborator with Kris Kristofferson â over 40 years - he also worked with Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan, Christine McVie, T-Bone Burnett, Willie Nelson and others. The film Crazy Heart was dedicated to his memory and Jeff Bridgesâ character was apparently inspired by Bruton who had co-written a lot of the music and was working on the movie prior to his death. He released five solo albums during his career.
[video=youtube;Fme0YpQMW5o]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fme0YpQMW5o[/video]
Died on this day ... - CRAZY-HORSE - 10-05-2015
Shel Silverstein
died in 1999....
found fame for writing "a boy named sue", picked up a Grammy for that one...
also wrote,amongst others, "cover of a rolling stone" and "sylvia's mother" for Dr.Hook
[video=youtube;WOHPuY88Ry4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOHPuY88Ry4[/video]
Died on this day ... - Music Head - 10-05-2015
Woody Shaw - North Carolina native died on this day in 1989 at the age of 44, of kidney failure
[video=youtube;Z3oCW8eOykg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3oCW8eOykg[/video]