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RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - Ruby - 15-02-2020
Lyle Mays - keyboardist and musician extraordinaire. He passed away on the 10th of February after complications from a recurring illness - he was 66. Closely affiliated with Pat Metheny - a very sad loss. R.I.P.
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - CRAZY-HORSE - 20-02-2020
POP SMOKE
rapper from New York
aged 20
died from being shot during home invasion in California
had a brush with the law earlier this year but not gang or gun related.
https://www.tmz.com/2020/02/19/pop-smoke-dead-dies-20-murdered-home-invasion-robbery/
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - Music Head - 21-02-2020
^^
never heard of this dude
strange he gets knocked off the same week his new album hits the chart
label head probably arranged the hit to boost sales
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - CRAZY-HORSE - 21-02-2020
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RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - CRAZY-HORSE - 23-02-2020
surprised Ruby didn't post this one a week or so ago??
JOSEPH SHABALALA
aged 79
cause: natural causes
founder and leader of Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
recorded over fifty studio albums and received over a dozen Grammy nominations over the decades.
found international prominence/success in the mid 1980s by playing on Paul Simon's Graceland album and subsequent tour with him
well respected musician and humanitarian
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - CRAZY-HORSE - 26-02-2020
DAVE ROBACK (guitar/keys/writer/producer) for Alternative band Mazzy Star
aged: 61
no cause of death yet:
the article: https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/celebrity/david-roback-mazzy-star-co-founder-dead-at-61/ar-BB10odn6?ocid=spartandhp
im pretty sure I had a discussion with Jerome about Mazzy Star on more than one occasion.
cant remember if he was a fan of the band or just the Among My Swan album that I posted a while ago.
favourite track:
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - CRAZY-HORSE - 29-02-2020
DAVE ENGLISH drummer for Willie Nelson
aged 87
no cause of death available.
first played with Willie (that reads so wrong LOL) in 1955
became his permanent drummer in 1966 and never left.
the article: https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/music/paul-english-longtime-drummer-for-willie-nelson-dies/ar-BBZXkAS?ocid=spartandhp
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - CRAZY-HORSE - 21-03-2020
sad, sad day for country music:
Kenny Rogers
aged 81
cause: natural causes
the article: https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/music/country-music-icon-kenny-rogers-dies-at-81/ar-BB11uyNa?ocid=spartandhp
could have picked up to ten different tracks to post but heres the first that came to mind:
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - Music Head - 21-03-2020
loved him before he went pop on me
and that would be my fav track
RIP Kenny
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - CRAZY-HORSE - 21-03-2020
^^
okay so when do you define the "pop" move MH ???
Islands In The Stream with Dolly, or several years later with Sheena Easton, We Got Tonight???
I just asked because he really blurred the line between pop and country for me a lot of the time anyway...