The day the music died.

PJSprog · Feb 25, 2022

BackRoad said:
72m views of the live Denmark recording...so enjoyable!

When I first heard that version, my initial thought was, "Surely, they're not going to play that without that classic Hammond organ sound." Then, when it finally kicks in, it's like, "Aaaaaah, THERE it is." That really is a great performance.

buckeyefarmer · Feb 26, 2022

That song is now stuck in my head…..

Jstpssng · Feb 26, 2022

buckeyefarmer said:
That song is now stuck in my head…..

There could be a lot worse songs stuck there.

MossRoad · Feb 26, 2022

The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round. The wheels on the bus go round and round. All throuuugh the toooowwnn.

/pine · Feb 26, 2022

FWIW...Whiter Shade of Pale is the most played song on British radio...it was also (supposedly) John Lennon's favorite (non Beatles) song....

On some versions there is an additional verse that is not included on many recordings of the song...

Jstpssng · Mar 11, 2022

Willie Nelson's sister died today at 91.

MSN

www.msn.com

buckeyefarmer · Mar 12, 2022

And so it was, that later

As the Miller told his tale

Her face at first just ghostly

Turned a whiter, shade of pale.

It’s still stuck

Jstpssng · Mar 26, 2022

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dead at 50

Taylor Hawkins, the longtime drummer for the rock band Foo Fighters, has died at 50. Officials in Bogota, Colombia, say he reportedly suffered chest pains and emergency workers were unable to revive him.

apnews.com

/pine · Mar 26, 2022

Jstpssng said:
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dead at 50

Taylor Hawkins, the longtime drummer for the rock band Foo Fighters, has died at 50. Officials in Bogota, Colombia, say he reportedly suffered chest pains and emergency workers were unable to revive him.

apnews.com

Hard to call his death "untimely" with so many different drugs in his system....

PJSprog · Mar 31, 2022

Read earlier this week that guitar player Max Baker of Mama's Pride died at the age of 69. He'd been having some heart issues over the past couple of years. Max has long been regarded as a St. Louis legend.

flyerdan · Apr 5, 2022

Just heard on Michael Berry that Bill Fries had died over the weekend, most of you will probably know him as C.W.McCall

MossRoad · Apr 5, 2022

flyerdan said:
Just heard on Michael Berry that Bill Fries had died over the weekend, most of you will probably know him as C.W.McCall

Bummer....

RIP

MossRoad · Apr 5, 2022

Ah, Rubber Duck to Sodbuster, come over
Yeah, 10-4, Sodbuster?
Listen, you wanna put that micra-bus in behind that suicide jockey?
Yeah, he's haulin' dynamite, and he needs all the help he can get

flyerdan · Apr 5, 2022

Still have these after all the years...

fiddlearound · Apr 6, 2022

Lost another old friend in the Bluegrass world--Roland White. He was 83, massive heart attack got him.

Older brother of Clarence White, the great flat picker. He was an innovative mandolin player. They formed the Kentucky Colonels and appeared a couple of times on the old Andy Griffith show. Then played with Bill Monroe and later Lester Flatt before being a founding member of the Country Gazette. Played for years with the Nashville Bluegrass Band and finished leading his own band with his wife.

He taught many workshops where he was so friendly and helpful with novice mandolin players.

It was my great privilege to pick with Roland, Alan Munde and Byron Berline (all members of the Country Gazette) over the last thirty years. Only Alan left now,hope he outlasts me!

two_bit_score · Apr 9, 2022

fiddlearound said:
Lost another old friend in the Bluegrass world--Roland White. He was 83, massive heart attack got him.

Older brother of Clarence White, the great flat picker. He was an innovative mandolin player. They formed the Kentucky Colonels and appeared a couple of times on the old Andy Griffith show. Then played with Bill Monroe and later Lester Flatt before being a founding member of the Country Gazette. Played for years with the Nashville Bluegrass Band and finished leading his own band with his wife.

He taught many workshops where he was so friendly and helpful with novice mandolin players.

It was my great privilege to pick with Roland, Alan Munde and Byron Berline (all members of the Country Gazette) over the last thirty years. Only Alan left now,hope he outlasts me!

Absolutely!

PJSprog · Apr 20, 2022

Not a musician, but still something of a music legend. Read last night that Philly radio legend Sid Mark died at 88. I used to listen to his Sounds Of Sinatra syndicated radio show when it was carried on a local station. Lots of great music and stories from his 65 years of doing that show.