The day the music died.

[Jstpssng]

I showed restraint and didn't post the song "The Byrds" allegedly wrote about them.

 

[3930dave]

Not too well known outside of Canada, except maybe for Signs.

RIP Les. Rgds, D.

Five Man Electrical Band's Les Emmerson, writer of rock classic 'Signs,' dead at 77

 

[Oaktree]

Michael Nesmith of "The Monkees" passed away. They were more of a kid's show than musicians, yet when they were on I was a kid.

Actually, 3 of them (Nesmith, Jones & Dolenz) were established musicians before joining the Monkees. I was in high school during their 15 minutes of fame. Liked a lot of their songs, thought the tv show was lame.
Nesmith wrote Linda Ronstadt's first hit "Different Drum".

 

[two_bit_score]

Michael Nesmith was born in Houston, Texas but mostly raised in Dallas.

 

[prichard]

Didn't Nesmith start MTV?

Answered my own question.
From wiki:

He created one of the first American television programs dedicated to music videos, PopClips, which aired on Nickelodeon in 1980. He was asked to help produce and create MTV, but had prior commitments with his production company.

 

[RickB]

J.D. Crowe Dec 24, 2021

J.D. Crowe passes - none finer on the five string banjo - Bluegrass Today

Another giant passes in the world of three finger banjo. J.D. Crowe died in the early hours of this morning in hospice care at home. He was 84 years of age.

bluegrasstoday.com

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I have a Gold Star banjo, but not the JD Crowe model. He was so talented.

 

[Hay Dude]

Not too well known outside of Canada, except maybe for Signs.

RIP Les. Rgds, D.

Five Man Electrical Band's Les Emmerson, writer of rock classic 'Signs,' dead at 77

Love that song. My kids love it, too.
Kinda makes me laugh. In an age where theres virtually no rock music being created, I have teenagers and a post teen who love that song.
I like to listen to it after a rough day of work to ease the pain.

Has to be the biggest of all one-hit wonder songs of all time?!?

 

[3930dave]

Thanks to the tech we have access to, us mere mortals can peek into Heaven once and a while....

Rgds, D.

Edit - watching it, for the first time, right now. Spoken exchange, in-between songs: Albert "(promise me).... The Better you Get, the Harder You Work".

A couple of universities worth of Wisdom, right there.....

D.

 

[3930dave]

Has to be the biggest of all one-hit wonder songs of all time?!?

Kids and Teens..... born asking Why ?, then get louder about it later....

Many Adults stop asking.... but if you've got one molecule of Questioning left in your bloodstream, the song still plays well,,,,
Rgds, D.