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TREVOR OAKES
aged: 79
guitarist/songwriter and founding member of UK glam-rock band SHOWADGYWADDY
article:
Showaddywaddy bandmate pays tribute after guitarist Trevor Oakes dies aged 79
Wiki:
Trevor Oakes - Wikipedia
as a tribute, their UK #2 hit, a cover of the Eddie Cochran classic:
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They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
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Moya Brennan has taken her leave of this mortal coil. She was 73 - had suffered with pulmonary thrombosis for some time. Awful. She was the eldest sibling of the family that formed Clannad in 1970 and also had a hugely successful solo career - Enya is her little sister. Talented family - lovely voices. She appears in the last post of my sadly neglected New Age artists thread and I'm picking a track I linked there in tribute - written by Ian Bairnson and from Alan Parsons' The Time Machine ... RIP Moya Brennan ...
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Three days ago, the country music community lost legendary songwriter Don Schlitz. I can't count the number of songs from him that are my favorites, but this right here is without a doubt my most favorite performance of anything written by him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRPp6JX9FKQ
God bless you and Mr. Don's family and John always!!!
Holly (a girl who loves John more every day)
P.S. Go here for a list of 50 big songs that were written by Mr. Don. I am surprised that "The Gambler" from the late and legendary Kenny Rogers wasn't labeled the top song.
https://www.billboard.com/lists/don-schl...oard-hits/
Listen to my most favorite singer here sometime, James Otto that is!
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DAVE MASON
aged: 79
article:
Dave Mason, Rock Hall legend and Traffic co-founder, dies at 79
another legend goes...
my favourite Traffic song featured Dave's lead vocals
so as a tribute:
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
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^Aargh! Sorry to learn this news. I love that album cover^^ - have the vinyl. Also several of Dave Mason's solo albums - he made some simply lovely torch songs, if one has a propensity for those, which I clearly do. R.I.P. Mr Mason.
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^^
nice linked tracks Ruby.
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
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DAVID ALLEN COE
aged: 86
article:
Controversial outlaw country music star David Allan Coe dies aged 86
Wiki:
David Allan Coe - Wikipedia
"outlaw country" legend
i dont own anything but my dad had a couple of his albums that i really liked
as a tribute, my favourite of the ones i know:
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
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^^^ At the 11:08 mark of this clip, a butt kicking cover of his song named "The Ride" is done by last year's American Idol runner up John Foster.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG5YVcZzPmQ
God bless you and his family and John always!!!
Holly
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DENNIS LOCORRIERE
singer/songwriter for Dr Hook
aged: 76
cause: kidney disease
article:
Dr Hook singer dies after long and courageous battle
as a tribute:
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
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R.I.P. Dick Parry - wonderful saxophonist - best known for his work with Pink Floyd. He and David Gilmour had been friends and played together in various bands from the age of 17. He was 83. Sad for Gilmour.
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