Passages

[Gaddis]

I think the best tribute I can pay the guy is that as a newish parent I look forward to the day I can read Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen to my kid.

What a week. Oscilloscope Laboratories put out a doco about Sendak. Well worth a look.

[domino harvey]

Vidal Sassoon

[antnield]

Joyce Redman.

[flyonthewall2983]

Carroll Shelby

[Lemmy Caution]

Donald 'Duck' Dunn

Probably best known to film fans for playing himself in The Blues Brothers film.
Was 70 and on tour in Japan.

[colinr0380]

Günther Kaufmann, the star/muse figure of many of Fassbinder's films.

[zedz]

Günther Kaufmann, the star/muse figure of many of Fassbinder's films.

And 'singer' of one of the all-time great theme tunes: 'I Kill Them'.

[dadaistnun]

Carlos Fuentes

[knives]

No. That hurts.

[LQ]

Donna Summer

[dad1153]

'The Godfather of Go-Go' Chuck Brown.

[MichaelB]

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

Spookily, Alan Blyth, the obituary author, died several years earlier...

Obviously, much more famous for his gargantuan contribution to classical music, though he appeared in a handful of films, and of course his recordings have featured on several soundtracks.

[Matt]

Dear Grim Reaper,

I understand you have a job to do and that maybe it's not your fault that Adam Yauch, Donna Summer, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, each a giant in their genre of music, showed up on your list in succession. I would like to point out, in case you might have overlooked someone on your list, that Dave Matthews, a giant in the genre of crap rock, still lurks among us. Just trying to help.

Sincerely,

Matt

[swo17]

Should we have a "Passages: Forthcoming, Wishlist and Random Speculation" thread?

[hearthesilence]

Don't forget Duck Dunn, Levon Helm and Chris Ethridge, all involved with groups and works that were massively influential. (Stax's house band, the Band, country-rock blueprint Gilded Palace of Sin).

This is probably the worst run of pop music deaths in quite a while, maybe the worst since John Entwistle, Dee Dee Ramone, Jam Master Jay, Joe Strummer, etc. all died the same year.

[tavernier]

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

Very sad...just put on his Winterreise CD in his honor. Then onto his amazing Lear.

[flyonthewall2983]

This is probably the worst run of pop music deaths in quite a while, maybe the worst since John Entwistle, Dee Dee Ramone, Jam Master Jay, Joe Strummer, etc. all died the same year.

And it's not even June

[Napier]

Dear Grim Reaper,

I understand you have a job to do and that maybe it's not your fault that Adam Yauch, Donna Summer, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, each a giant in their genre of music, showed up on your list in succession. I would like to point out, in case you might have overlooked someone on your list, that Dave Matthews, a giant in the genre of crap rock, still lurks among us. Just trying to help.

Sincerely,

Matt

I love you.

[jbeall]

Yeah, but these things always happen in threes, so the Reaper would have to start a new trio. In addition to Mathews, perhaps the Reaper can also take John Mayer and that guy from Maroon 5?

[flyonthewall2983]

My mother will be crestfallen

[Gregory]

Some of the early-career Bee Gees stuff was great. This track, for example, is unbelievable.

[Drucker]

I'm partial to this one. James Carr also does a wonderful cover of it. RIP!

[John Edmond]

And this superb edit of Love You Inside Out give you a chance to explore what the Bee Gees were good at. Sink into the strings.

[tajmahal]

I'm partial to this one. James Carr also does a wonderful cover of it. RIP!

Yes, their finest moment, for sure. Janis Joplin took it places, too.

Nice call on the James Carr connection. Had he been given the material ( and been a less troubled soul), he could have been recognized as one of the greatest deep soul singers.

His finest moment, for me is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLbJ1xb0k5c

Compare it to Otis - James Carr was the real deal.

[MichaelB]

Paul Willemen.