The Band of Heaven

[RoseMorninStar]

Wow! That does not look like Jimi as I think of him!

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Reminded me to look into the 27 Club. I never realised Robert Johnson was a "member"

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Robert Johnson could be considered the founding member of the 27 club! He is an immensely important figure in the history of blues and rock and roll.

[RoseMorninStar]

A lot of wonderful talent gone all too soon.

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Robert Johnson could be considered the founding member of the 27 club! He is an immensely important figure in the history of blues and rock and roll.

I'm well aware...

[Voronwë the Faithful]

So I figured. But not everyone may be as aware of how important he was.

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Rest in Peace Shane

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Nice Cave performs "A Rainy Night in Soho"


Glen Hansard and Lisa O'Neill performs "Fairytale of New York" while members of friends and family dance. I think Shane would have been proud.

[RoseMorninStar]

I believe I was introduced to The Pogues music in the film, P.S. I Love You (along with millions of others). Loved it. RIP Shane.

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Imelda May, Liam O'Maonlaigh and Declan O'Rourke performed "You're the One"

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Another one of the greats, joining some of his friends and brothers.

Dickey Betts, co-founder of the Allman Brothers Band, dead at 80

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Very sad to hear of the passing of the great master of the kora, Toumani Diabaté.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Eric Clapton speaking about the passing of John Mayall and the impact that Mayall had on Clapton's career is very worth listening to.

[Frelga]

We don't have a separate thread for non-musicians, but RIP Alain Delon, an icon of French cinema, and one of the most handsome men who ever lived.

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[N.E. Brigand]

Just yesterday on the radio I heard Johnny Cash's hit 1970 recording of Kris Kristofferson's "Sunday Morning Coming Down."

I suppose it's fitting this news broke on a Sunday: "Kris Kristofferson, Country Music Legend and 'A Star Is Born' Leading Man, Dies at 88" (Variety).

(And just today I got a (political fundraising) text from Barbra Streisand, Kristofferson's co-star in the 1976 version of A Star Is Born.)

Now just one of the Highwaymen remains.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

"Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
Nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free."

Me & Bobby McGee
Kris Kristofferson

[RoseMorninStar]

Wow, I am familiar with the Janis Joplin version of that song (love it) but I had no idea Kris Kristofferson wrote it.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

This one hits hard. Rest in power, Phil.

Phil Lesh, Grateful Dead Co-Founder and Bassist, Dead at 84

[Frelga]

I thought of you, V, when I saw the news.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

I'll say this. New York knows how to do these things.

[RoseMorninStar]