+- Music Discussion (https://www.music-discussion.com)
+-- Forum: Music Discussion (https://www.music-discussion.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=4)
+--- Forum: General Music (https://www.music-discussion.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=18)
+--- Thread: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: (/showthread.php?tid=20651)
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - Ruby - 25-07-2020
Crappity crap. Peter Green has died – peacefully in his sleep, which is good, but hell – the greats are nearly all gone and I do not see a rear phalanx waiting to take their place! R.I.P. Mr Green … respect ...
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - CRAZY-HORSE - 25-07-2020
never a big fan of Fleetwood Mac but i can totally appreciate their place in Rock And Roll and Pete Green as a guitarist.
and it seems others were in awe of his talents with the Axe. BB King has been quoted as saying "he had the sweetest tone i have ever heard and the only one who gives me the cold sweats", likewise, another blues legend in Eric Clapton says "the greatest exponent of string bending and vibrato".
and when Clapton and BB heap praise on a guitarist that really says it all IMO because those guys dont waste their breath on wannabe's.
RIP Mr.Green
(and the saddest thing is that you are 100% right Ruby, "he greats are nearly all gone and I do not see a rear phalanx waiting to take their place!")
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - CRAZY-HORSE - 09-08-2020
Wayne Fontana
aged 74
cause of death believed to be cancer.
the article: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/1320126/Wayne-Fontana-death-net-worth-dead-died
he made some very good singles as a member of Mindbenders and as a solo artist in the UK.
my mum was a pretty big fan.
i'll post the obvious one here as a tribute:
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - Music Head - 09-08-2020
^^
bummer
love that song
looked for a next best but couldn't find one
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - CRAZY-HORSE - 09-08-2020
couldnt find another song or dont know any others?
he had a big solo hit with this in the UK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEaFQk4FuL0 it didnt even chart in the US !!!!
Mindbenders had a huge hit in the UK with "groovy kind of love", reached #2 or #3 from memory (same one Phil Collins covered 20yrs later)
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - Music Head - 09-08-2020
couldn't find another song I knew on wiki
love the Mindbenders song too but I knew Wayne wasn't in there
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - CRAZY-HORSE - 09-08-2020
tis better to be remembered for one great song than release a hundred and not be able to recall one (janet jackson, mariah, nikki, Blink etc) haha
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - CRAZY-HORSE - 11-08-2020
MARTIN 'farmer' BIRCH engineer/producer, highly respected, especially in hard rock/metal genres.
aged: 71
cause of death undisclosed at this stage.
worked as:
engineer on 5 Fleetwood Mac albums from 1969-73
engineer/co-producer on 10 Deep Purple albums from 1969-77
producer on five Rainbow albums 1975-86
producer on 10 Whitesnake albums from 1978-84
engineer/producer on 10 Iron Maiden albums from 1981-92
he also worked with Jeff Beck, Canned Heat, John Lee Hooker, Cozy Powell, Peter Green, Black Sabbath (dio years) and Faces to name a few
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - CRAZY-HORSE - 22-08-2020
FRANKIE BANALI
drummer of 'hair band' Quiet Riot.
aged 68
cause of death: pancreatic cancer
the article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/08/21/frankie-banali-quiet-riot-dies/3413503001/
was the last remaining original member of the band still touring as Quiet Riot.
their two biggest hits were Slade covers "cum on feel the noize" and "mama weer all crazee now"
another rocker gone to 'the great gig in the sky' RIP Frankie
RE: MUSICAL DEATHS 2020: - SteveO - 22-08-2020
As far as Peter Green goes he wrote Black Magic Woman and an album by the same name is one of my abso;ute favors with great high energy raw blues ! Albatross is pure genius ! I have tried very unsuccessfully to play it ! Rest in peace Brother Peter !
![[Image: Black_Magic_Woman_%28The_Original_Fleetwood_Mac%29.jpg]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Magic_Woman_(The_Original_Fleetwood_Mac).jpg)