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« Reply #3740 on: May 24, 2023, 10:13:09 PM » |
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« Reply #3741 on: May 24, 2023, 10:16:01 PM » |
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Sad news. I saw her in the 80's with Robert Cray as support. He was excellent and came back on at the latter part of Tinas set with all the old hits - great stuff.
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« Reply #3742 on: May 24, 2023, 11:12:45 PM » |
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Tina Turner is one of those I had thought to be immortal Said the exact same thing earlier. Jules |
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« Reply #3743 on: May 25, 2023, 01:41:47 PM » |
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The legend that was Tina Turner at 83 😢
Just read this. What a gal - incredible voice, legs and hair. She went through hell and came out the other side singing. RIP Tina. Sorry to burst your bubble but it was a wig! I knew that  |
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« Reply #3744 on: May 25, 2023, 02:12:33 PM » |
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I saw Tina on the Private Dancer tour in Edinburgh with Bryan Adams supporting. My main memory of that night is that during Bryan's set one guy, who was obviously mainly there to see him, made his way to the front of the stalls and punched the air along to all the songs from Reckless. Towards the end of his set Bryan went to the edge of the stage and shook the guy's hand. He must've gone home a happy headbanger! There's a nice tribute from Midge Ure on Twitter - "Absolute Queen. Tina sat waiting patiently in the stalls of the Wimbledon Theatre during rehearsals for the Princess Trust concert. No demands. No pulling rank. She waited a long time till it was her turn, then showed her ‘backing band’ below how it was done. Class personified." The backing band included the likes of Macca, Clapton, Rod Stewart, Elton etc.  |
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« Reply #3746 on: May 26, 2023, 12:47:55 AM » |
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I saw Tina on the Private Dancer tour in Edinburgh with Bryan Adams supporting. My main memory of that night is that during Bryan's set one guy, who was obviously mainly there to see him, made his way to the front of the stalls and punched the air along to all the songs from Reckless. Towards the end of his set Bryan went to the edge of the stage and shook the guy's hand. He must've gone home a happy headbanger! There's a nice tribute from Midge Ure on Twitter - "Absolute Queen. Tina sat waiting patiently in the stalls of the Wimbledon Theatre during rehearsals for the Princess Trust concert. No demands. No pulling rank. She waited a long time till it was her turn, then showed her ‘backing band’ below how it was done. Class personified." The backing band included the likes of Macca, Clapton, Rod Stewart, Elton etc. My first ever major concert was the Private Dancer tour, though I caught the Birmingham show. Like the fellow you describe, I was there for Bryan Adams. I wasn't - and I'm still not - a fan of Tina Turner's music, but I have to say, she was excellent. Very charismatic and came across as a really good egg. She was joined onstage by David Bowie, for a song or two, too. |
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« Reply #3747 on: June 06, 2023, 02:28:40 PM » |
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Astrud Gilberto..."The Girl from Ipanema"...Aged 83
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« Reply #3748 on: June 06, 2023, 10:38:41 PM » |
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Groundhogs guitarist Tony McPhee at 79.
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« Reply #3749 on: June 07, 2023, 08:45:43 AM » |
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Groundhogs guitarist Tony McPhee at 79.
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« Reply #3750 on: June 07, 2023, 08:55:03 AM » |
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Groundhogs guitarist Tony McPhee at 79.
I saw him a couple of times, once with The Groundhogs who played an excellent set in about '87 to a handful of people in Aberdeen and to a much larger crowd in Morecambe in 2006. The latter was an acoustic gig with just himself and a female vocalist. She was very good but he less so. Still, it's sad to hear of his passing. |
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« Reply #3751 on: June 07, 2023, 08:40:48 PM » |
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I heard today that His Bobness once told John Fogerty to keep doing Creedence songs (At a time when he wasn't), otherwise other people like Tina Turner would get all the credit for them.
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« Reply #3752 on: June 08, 2023, 12:36:52 AM » |
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Not with that me? Or have I missed something?. .
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« Reply #3753 on: June 08, 2023, 05:13:29 PM » |
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Not with that me? Or have I missed something?. .
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« Reply #3754 on: June 08, 2023, 07:34:37 PM » |
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Pianist and "New Age" pioneer George Winston, aged 74.
I believe he was largely responsible for the success of Windham Hill Records in the 1980s (Windham Hill of course provided a home for Invisible Means by French Frith Kaiser Thompson). One of my brothers came home from a George Winston show in the 1980s with the sheet music for Vince Guaraldi's Linus and Lucy. Winston was reportedly a huge fan of Guaraldi and played/recorded his music frequently. R.I.P.
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« Reply #3755 on: June 08, 2023, 08:00:34 PM » |
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Not with that me? Or have I missed something?. .
Translation, please! Jules Umm I thought it was just me ...probably some kind of ridiculous autocorrect messing up Bernie’s post by auto uncorrecting. Wonders of technology. |
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« Reply #3756 on: June 08, 2023, 10:41:35 PM » |
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Pianist and "New Age" pioneer George Winston, aged 74.
I believe he was largely responsible for the success of Windham Hill Records in the 1980s (Windham Hill of course provided a home for Invisible Means by French Frith Kaiser Thompson). One of my brothers came home from a George Winston show in the 1980s with the sheet music for Vince Guaraldi's Linus and Lucy. Winston was reportedly a huge fan of Guaraldi and played/recorded his music frequently. R.I.P.
Sad to hear this. He was also an excellent guitarist and harmonica player but his piano albums are certainly his most popular. When I was at University in the mid-1980’s, the ‘seasonal’ piano albums were always playing from someone’s room. He had such a defined piano sound but I know he disliked that New Age tag. Will have to play ‘Autumn’ tonight in his memory |
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« Reply #3757 on: June 09, 2023, 09:04:39 AM » |
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Pianist and "New Age" pioneer George Winston, aged 74.
I believe he was largely responsible for the success of Windham Hill Records in the 1980s (Windham Hill of course provided a home for Invisible Means by French Frith Kaiser Thompson). One of my brothers came home from a George Winston show in the 1980s with the sheet music for Vince Guaraldi's Linus and Lucy. Winston was reportedly a huge fan of Guaraldi and played/recorded his music frequently. R.I.P.
Sad to hear this. He was also an excellent guitarist and harmonica player but his piano albums are certainly his most popular. When I was at University in the mid-1980’s, the ‘seasonal’ piano albums were always playing from someone’s room. He had such a defined piano sound but I know he disliked that New Age tag. Will have to play ‘Autumn’ tonight in his memory Oh that's sad. George Winston is one of a few Windham Hill artists I really like. |
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« Reply #3758 on: June 13, 2023, 06:21:19 PM » |
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Maybe, sadly, only of interest to the Irish contingent. But RTE just announced the death of Aslan frontman Christy Dignam after a long, dignified and very public battle with cancer (aged 63). In another world with different breaks it's been said they could have been U2. RIP. https://youtu.be/ExLzypi1dzE |
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« Reply #3759 on: June 13, 2023, 10:38:10 PM » |
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I saw Christy on tv recently, and you could see he wasn't long for this world. My oldest daughter put me on to Aslan a long time ago, when I was missing Horslips the first time round.
Sad , if not unexpected , news RIP Christy😔
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