giottoscircle (Robert)
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« Reply #920 on: September 05, 2015, 09:12:50 PM » |
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Rico Rodriguez of The Specials passed away, aged 80
I'm not sure I could name another trombone player & he turned up in lots of odd places & his playing was always interesting. I can't remember who he played with when I saw him guesting, might have been Steel Pulse, but he stole the show.  "Certain Surprise" on John Martyn's One World (LP: Island ILPS 9492) - it's almost straight easy listening, a tinkling bossa-nova, with Harry Robinson's lush orchestration and one of the melee of visitors to Woolwich Hall Farm, Rico Rodriguez, playing an incredible sweet trombone solo. Martyn was delighted with his ability: "Rico walked in, played the one solo and walked out," he recalls. "I couldn't believe it. It was a difficult tune - semitones all over the place, a tricky little number - and then he walked in and did it in one. I love Rico. One of my favorite people in the world. A gentle man. He reminds me of Scratch. Same build, same vibe". Quote from the booklet to the 2004 reissue of the One World - deluxe edition" (Wikipedia) RIP Didn't he play at Cropredy with Jools Holland? Yes, yes he did, and sang his "Love is all i have to give to you" signature song. And he did "Enjoy yourself"-one of my favourite Cropredy moments |
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« Reply #921 on: September 08, 2015, 05:12:22 AM » |
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A memory of the past, they were a favourite of my Dad. is a 40 minute show. Listening as I type. Takes me back ... |
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« Reply #922 on: September 14, 2015, 08:10:52 PM » |
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Gary Richrath, original lead guitarist and co-songwriter of REO Speedwagon, died this weekend at age 65.
He wrote "Riding the Storm Out" and "Take it on the Run," two of their very best. He left (or was fired) in 1989 and pretty much disappeared from music. R.I.P.
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« Reply #923 on: September 15, 2015, 06:08:11 PM » |
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Should have been in this thread Bryn Merrick - Barry lad and erstwhile bass player in The Damned. He was playing at the time they played on The Young Ones. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/damned-bassist-bryn-merrick-dies-10041318I've known Bryn for years - he played bass in Cardiff-based punk band Victimize and I used to watch them rehearse. In later years he was in a Ramones tribute act - The Shamones and he was always in various Barry pubs, having a laugh. He was a character and a proper punk, in that he lived it. He didn't wear a suit to work and then change for going out (like I did  ) Bryn had the bondage trousers, the spikey hair, the attitude. There's a strange back story here. Bryn was diagnosed with throat cancer at the same time as Paul Gray, the bassist he replaced in The Damned, in the same hospital by the same Doctor. RIP Bryn. |
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« Reply #924 on: September 15, 2015, 09:00:33 PM » |
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Very sad to hear of Bryn Merrick's death. Saw him on three occasions with The Damned including one of their farewell shows at Brixton Academy and then once with Vanian and co in The Phantom Chords.
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quodlibet (Ian)
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« Reply #925 on: September 27, 2015, 09:47:14 AM » |
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Ray Warleigh sax & flautist, mostly jazz orientated but appeared on albums by John & Beverly Martyn, Nick Drake, Ian Matthews, Shelagh Mcdonald, Keith Chris tmas, Bert Jansch & John Renbourn. http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/24/ray-warleigh |
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« Reply #926 on: September 27, 2015, 03:43:06 PM » |
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« Reply #927 on: October 01, 2015, 09:38:08 AM » |
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..and you gotta be ready - so, ur banne coreff ma pliche!
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« Reply #928 on: October 01, 2015, 09:48:01 AM » |
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In the words of the Zen Master " Don't just do something, sit there"
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« Reply #929 on: October 01, 2015, 09:56:08 AM » |
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Such a shame. An underrated guitarist and (very) occasional songwriter ('Uncle Sam' from the 'Fog on the Tyne' album is a big favourite) - he wasn't at all interested in fame and all that went with it, but just ploughed his own furrow. Famous for never signing his own name when asked for an autograph - a true character and a real one off. He spent the last 25 years living in Canada, having moved there to start up his own microbrewery. RIP Si.
P.S - the annoying thing is if you try to google his name, guess who comes up?!
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« Reply #930 on: October 01, 2015, 10:13:21 AM » |
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Sad news ,RIP Si.
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« Reply #931 on: October 07, 2015, 03:46:06 PM » |
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If theoretically, someone was wanting the correct pronunciation of Simon Cowe's surname to mention on air... what would be right?
Rhyming with "Nick Lowe"?
Like the milk producing animal?
As I've seen elsewhere "cow-ee"?
Or something else?
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More like I am today than I ever have been before.
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« Reply #932 on: October 07, 2015, 03:54:31 PM » |
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If theoretically, someone was wanting the correct pronunciation of Simon Cowe's surname to mention on air... what would be right?
Rhyming with "Nick Lowe"?
Like the milk producing animal?
As I've seen elsewhere "cow-ee"?
Or something else?
The animal. At least that's how I've always said it. Jules |
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« Reply #933 on: October 07, 2015, 07:27:48 PM » |
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Definitely as in the animal (problem is these days people will think you're saying 'Simon Cowell'!!!)  |
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If I had all the money I've spent on drink, I'd spend it on drink!
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« Reply #934 on: October 07, 2015, 10:35:08 PM » |
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Simon Cowe, as in Si Cow
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The Dude abides
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« Reply #935 on: October 08, 2015, 02:40:37 AM » |
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Thanks all. |
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More like I am today than I ever have been before.
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« Reply #936 on: October 10, 2015, 09:49:35 AM » |
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BBC reporting the death of Jim Diamond of I Should Have Known Better fame, aged 63.
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« Reply #937 on: October 10, 2015, 10:14:08 AM » |
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Have to say he's managed to pass me by. Waiting for the onbits to see if my memory can he jogged
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« Reply #938 on: October 10, 2015, 10:26:28 AM » |
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Oh I remember that song. Always sounded like he was singing "jus de mon père". I lived down the hall from an otherwise affable chap who used to love that song and play it regularly. I somehow forgave him.
Jules
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« Reply #939 on: October 10, 2015, 10:39:48 AM » |
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Yes I have to admit that I was not terribly fond of that song either. If it helps Chris, he was previously in a band called, I think, Phd who also had a huge hit with I Won't Let You Down.
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