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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP George Young, 70
« on: October 23, 2017, 11:02:10 AM »
The guitarist, songwriter (along with Harry Vanda they wrote Friday On My Mind) and producer (as well as older brother of Angus and Malcolm Young of AC/DC) died of undisclosed causes.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/george-young-easybeats-guitarist-and-acdc-producer-dead-at-70-w509890

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Gord Downie, 53
« on: October 22, 2017, 01:18:59 PM »
The frontman of the Tragically Hip, who was a hugely popular troubadour with a stature rivalling Dylan or Springsteen in Canadian music while being barely known in the US, died of brain cancer. His final album comes out this week.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/18/arts/music/gord-downie-tragically-hip-dead-final-album.html

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/18/entertainment/gord-downie-dead/index.html

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Harry Dean Stanton, 91
« on: September 15, 2017, 06:03:04 PM »
Stanton died of natural causes at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Character-actor-Harry-Dean-Stanton-dies-at-age-91-12201824.php

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Grant Hart, 56
« on: September 14, 2017, 03:54:58 PM »
The drummer and songwriter of Hüsker Dü died at his home in St. Paul, MN, dü to cancer.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/arts/music/grant-hart-husker-du-drummer-dies.html



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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Chester Bennington, 41
« on: July 20, 2017, 01:10:31 PM »
The singer for Linkin Park hanged himself at his home in Los Angeles on what would have been Chris Cornell's 53rd birthday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40676530

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Michael Slavko, AKA M. Dung
« on: June 30, 2017, 12:39:25 PM »
The legendary KFOG morning man and originator of the Sunday Night Idiot Show died early this morning after a long illness. Will post a link when I find one.

Edit: Here's a mention of him and his predicament in one of Ben Fong-Torres columns from February of this year.
http://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/radiowaves/article/On-the-road-with-a-lifelong-radio-addict-10918287.php

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Kevin Garcia, 41
« on: May 03, 2017, 11:57:53 PM »
The bassist for Grandaddy, the best band ever to come out of Modesto California, died yesterday after suffering a sudden stroke on Monday. He was 41 years old and leaves a wife, two children, and many other family members. The band had released their first new album in 10 years earlier this year, and was to start a West Coast tour in Vancouver this coming Sunday. I had planned to see them in Portland next Tuesday, and I am crushed by this. They were one of the most amazing live bands I've seen, and was really looking forward to the show.

http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/05/02/526663521/grandaddy-bassist-kevin-garcia-dies-after-massive-stroke

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP J. Geils, 71
« on: April 11, 2017, 06:44:34 PM »
The guitarist and namesake of the J. Geils Band, whose full name was John Warren Geils, was found dead in his home in Groton, Massachusetts. Authorities say their preliminary investigation shows he died of natural causes.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/guitarist-j-geils-dead-at-71-w476279


Damn, all the rockers I loved in my youth are dropping away. I know he hadn't played with the Geils band for years, but still, a hard one to take.

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Sib Hashian, 67
« on: March 24, 2017, 11:12:54 AM »
The drummer who played on the first two Boston albums died in mid-performance while on a "Legends of Rock" cruise.

http://bravewords.com/news/former-boston-drummer-sib-hashian-dead-at-67

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Larry Coryell, 73
« on: February 20, 2017, 11:55:26 PM »
The guitarist, who was one of the pioneers of jazz-rock fusion, died in his sleep at a New York hotel Sunday.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7694346/larry-coryell-dies-obituary-legendary-jazz-guitarist-godfather-of-fusion

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP John Wetton, 67
« on: January 31, 2017, 04:47:20 PM »
The bassist for King Crimson in the mid-70s as well as Roxy Music, UK and Asia died following a bout with colon cancer.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7676211/john-wetton-dead-singer-bassist-king-crimson-asia

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Maggie Roche, 65
« on: January 21, 2017, 10:07:37 AM »
One of the vocal trio the Roches, along with her sisters Terre and Suzzy. She died of cancer.

http://www.ajc.com/news/maggie-roche-the-roches-sister-vocal-trio-dies/GlwcJQgthXg03fLAJuU9aI/

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The New 10@10 / 4 January 2017: it's 1963!!
« on: January 04, 2017, 10:28:39 AM »
Well, this could be interesting. Beatlemania for sure, but what else is in store?

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The New 10@10 / 26 December 2016 - it's....bupkis
« on: December 26, 2016, 03:06:35 PM »
It appears DW and the SoundwavesTV folks are taking today (at least) off, and I'm not holding my breath about the rest of the week.

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In Memoriam, Happy Birthday / RIP Ron Glass, 71
« on: November 26, 2016, 10:12:38 PM »
The actor, best known for his roles as Lt. Ron Harris on "Barney Miller" as well as Shepherd Book on the shortlived but much celebrated series "Firefly", passed away last night due to respiratory failure.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/26/entertainment/ron-glass-barney-miller-actor-dies/

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/ron-glass-dead-barney-miller-firefly-dies-1201927179/

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