Author Topic: Obituaries for 2016 (Read 143102 times)

alicewonders · « **Reply #75 on:** January 29, 2016, 05:57:46 am »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=166pW5rEjIc

EasyAce · « **Reply #76 on:** January 29, 2016, 06:23:43 am »

Jefferson Airplane's Paul Kantner dies at 74

Jefferson Airplane, "Watch Her Ride"

Jefferson Airplane, "Somebody to Love"

RIP.

alicewonders · « **Reply #77 on:** January 29, 2016, 06:36:19 am »

Thanks. I enjoyed that.

Scottftlc · « **Reply #78 on:** January 29, 2016, 06:39:21 am »

So many passing now...I would suspect that hard "living" is playing a role in that. 1967, the year that many new American bands began to emerge in the long shadow of The Beatles. It was a good year for Airplane in San Francisco (my sister used to live on Jefferson Street in the Marina District - which was the source of the name Jefferson in Airplane) and The Doors in LA.

alicewonders · « **Reply #79 on:** January 29, 2016, 06:42:57 am »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rvetP_Kcgk

EasyAce · « **Reply #80 on:** January 29, 2016, 06:44:12 am »

Quote from: Scottftlc on January 29, 2016, 06:39:21 am

So many passing now...I would suspect that hard "living" is playing a role in that. 1967, the year that many new American bands began to emerge in the long shadow of The Beatles. It was a good year for Airplane in San Francisco (my sister used to live on Jefferson Street in the Marina District - which was the source of the name Jefferson in Airplane) and The Doors in LA.

Jefferson Street might have crossed the band's mind, but the actual story may have been the name coming from a nickname once
attached to Jorma Kaukonen---Blind Lemon Jefferson Airplane, a tribute to his passion for acoustic blues.

alicewonders · « **Reply #81 on:** January 29, 2016, 06:45:29 am »

Quote from: Scottftlc on January 29, 2016, 06:39:21 am

So many passing now...I would suspect that hard "living" is playing a role in that. 1967, the year that many new American bands began to emerge in the long shadow of The Beatles. It was a good year for Airplane in San Francisco (my sister used to live on Jefferson Street in the Marina District - which was the source of the name Jefferson in Airplane) and The Doors in LA.

Gonna start losing a lot of them. Makes me feel old.

EasyAce · « **Reply #82 on:** January 29, 2016, 06:45:57 am »

Quote from: alicewonders on January 29, 2016, 06:36:19 am

Thanks. I enjoyed that.

Here's the Airplane playing Kantner's "Watch Her Ride" . . . on a Perry Como television special!

Watch Her Ride

alicewonders · « **Reply #83 on:** January 29, 2016, 06:51:43 am »

That was groovy man!

katzenjammer · « **Reply #84 on:** January 29, 2016, 08:46:20 am »

RIP, Paul.

Two from one of my all-time favorite albums:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylLdszMHkLo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6JQj7WiJ3M

jmyrlefuller · « **Reply #85 on:** January 29, 2016, 11:58:50 am »

Quote from: alicewonders on January 29, 2016, 06:45:29 am

Gonna start losing a lot of them. Makes me feel old.

There was a story I read a little while back while researching something else.

Arlo Guthrie and Wavy Gravy the Hippie Clown were having a conversation. A talent agent approached Gravy around 2014 trying to gauge support for a 45th anniversary reunion of the Woodstock celebration. Guthrie responded that 45 was a weird number for an anniversary and asked "why not 50th?" Gravy responded that the agent was afraid "there won't be enough of us left!"

Jazzhead · « **Reply #86 on:** January 29, 2016, 12:29:56 pm »

First Bowie, then Glen Frey, and now Paul Kantner. Sure makes a body feel old. I remember buying "Volunteers" the day it came out, and letting it play for hours on my cheap automatic turntable as I did my junior high homework. I used to sing "The Baby Tree" to my kids when they were small. To this day, the hottest rock star I ever saw was Gracie (yeah, she's gotten older too).

Watch Her Ride is a great song, from the Airplane's greatest record, IMO, Baxter's. Thanks for the vid, E-Ace.

Here's hoping that Kantner, a notorious atheist, now knows there's a merciful God, and is up on A-Deck gazing at the stars.

EC · « **Reply #87 on:** January 31, 2016, 10:10:42 am »

Legendary BBC presenter Terry Wogan dead at 77

LONDON – Terry Wogan, one of the best-known voices and faces on British television and radio, has died. He was 77.

His family said in a statement Wogan died Sunday surrounded by family members "after a short but brave battle with cancer."

The Irish-born disc jockey and presenter was a staple of British broadcasting, best known for his long-running radio morning show and his annual hosting duties for Britain's coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest.

His strengths were a deep, buttery voice, dollops of Irish charm and a sly, subversive humor.

Prime Minister David Cameron said "Britain has lost a huge talent — someone millions came to feel was their own special friend."

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/01/31/legendary-bbc-presenter-terry-wogan-dead-at-77/

Probably unknown to most here, but he was a small god of the radio for the UK. Had the breakfast show on Radio 2 for decades, Was the face of the Children in Need appeal (and the Eurovision Song Contest, but no one is perfect), and a chat show host that was top for the heap for a long time.
I'll miss him.

aligncare · « **Reply #88 on:** January 31, 2016, 01:20:41 pm »

Did he ever touch on politics?

EC · « **Reply #89 on:** January 31, 2016, 02:23:02 pm »

No. He'd joke about things in the news is all

aligncare · « **Reply #90 on:** January 31, 2016, 02:31:13 pm »

Quote from: EC on January 31, 2016, 02:23:02 pm

No. He'd joke about things in the news is all

Are you familiar with Paul Harvey? It sounds like Terry Wogan may have a similar presentation. Well, not now, the man's dead...

May he Rest In Peace.

Machiavelli · « **Reply #91 on:** February 03, 2016, 09:57:49 pm »

Bob Elliott, the Deadpan Half of Bob and Ray Comedy Team, Dies at 92

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Bob Elliott, who as half of the comedy team Bob and Ray purveyed a distinctively low-key brand of humor on radio and television for more than 40 years, died on Tuesday at his home in Cundy's Harbor, Me. He was 92.

His death was confirmed by his son Chris Elliott, the actor and comedian, who said his father had had throat cancer.

Mr. Elliott and his partner, Ray Goulding -- Bob was the more soft-spoken one, Ray the blustery, deep-voiced one -- were unusual among two-person comedy teams. Rather than one of them always playing it straight and the other handling the jokes, they took turns being the straight man.

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Wikipedia

IMDb

Official Bob and Ray site

jmyrlefuller · « **Reply #92 on:** February 03, 2016, 10:10:17 pm »

Quote from: Machiavelli on February 03, 2016, 09:57:49 pm

Bob Elliott, the Deadpan Half of Bob and Ray Comedy Team, Dies at 92
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Official Bob and Ray site

(removes hat, bows head)

flowers · « **Reply #93 on:** February 03, 2016, 10:11:33 pm »

Quote from: Machiavelli on February 03, 2016, 09:57:49 pm

Bob Elliott, the Deadpan Half of Bob and Ray Comedy Team, Dies at 92
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IMDb

Official Bob and Ray site

His son is Chris Elliott? wow did not know that. Chris Elliot i think was a writer on Leno years ago. His skits were funny.

mountaineer · « **Reply #94 on:** February 03, 2016, 11:49:12 pm »

Quote from: flowers on February 03, 2016, 10:11:33 pm

His son is Chris Elliott? wow did not know that. Chris Elliot i think was a writer on Leno years ago. His skits were funny.

He was the news videographer in Bill Murray's Groundhog Day, which of course was shown many times yesterday on TV.

Paladin · « **Reply #95 on:** February 04, 2016, 12:18:02 am »

Bob and Ray were terrific comics. RIP, Mr Elliott

andy58-in-nh · « **Reply #96 on:** February 04, 2016, 12:27:00 am »

Quote from: jmyrlefuller on February 03, 2016, 10:10:17 pm

(removes hat, bows head)

A genuinely, naturally funny man, as was his partner Ray. They did old school, Theater of the Mind radio, with a twist. RIP.

musiclady · « **Reply #97 on:** February 04, 2016, 12:36:23 am »

Quote from: aligncare on January 11, 2016, 07:04:17 pm

I'm old fashioned, I still love the duet Bowie performed in 1977 with Bing Crosby on live television, Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADbJLo4x-tk

I'm a little late in seeing this, but it's absolutely gorgeous!

Thanks for the link, ac.

aligncare · « **Reply #98 on:** February 04, 2016, 01:57:36 am »

Quote from: musiclady on February 04, 2016, 12:36:23 am

I'm a little late in seeing this, but it's absolutely gorgeous!

Thanks for the link, ac.

It's a treasure. You're welcome. I had a quick listen a moment ago. Sigh.

EasyAce · « **Reply #99 on:** February 04, 2016, 02:05:41 am »

Quote from: Paladin on February 04, 2016, 12:18:02 am

Bob and Ray were terrific comics. RIP, Mr Elliott

Their best series:

Bob & Ray, Bob & Ray Present the CBS Radio Network, 1959-60

RIP Wally Ballou, Biff Burns, Tex Blaisdell, Arthur Sturdley, Johnny (Sports-a-Phone) Braddock, Peter Gory, and Smelly Dave . . . all a.k.a. Bob Elliott, reminding you to hang by your thumbs . . .