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RIP Jerry Ragovoy
« on: July 15, 2011, 08:47:44 AM »
the great writer/producer. "Cry Baby," "Piece of My Heart," "Get It While You Can," "Time Is on My Side" and "Stay With Me." This is so new Wikipedia hasn't been updated yet!

http://www.soul-source.co.uk/soulforum/topic/206263-jerry-ragovoy-has-died-frontpage/
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Re: RIP Jerry Ragovoy
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2011, 10:05:29 AM »
the great writer/producer. "Cry Baby," "Piece of My Heart," "Get It While You Can," "Time Is on My Side" and "Stay With Me." This is so new Wikipedia hasn't been updated yet!

http://www.soul-source.co.uk/soulforum/topic/206263-jerry-ragovoy-has-died-frontpage/

Oh damn.   :'(  He personally sent me a copy of Howard Tate's comeback CD many years ago.
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Re: RIP Jerry Ragovoy
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2011, 03:05:04 PM »
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Re: RIP Jerry Ragovoy
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2011, 09:10:55 PM »
a more offical obit from Variety:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118039989?categoryid=16&cs=1&cmpid=RSS%7CNews%7CLatestNews
Lots of great songs, some of my favorites.  For some reason, however, seeing the name Ragavoy triggers the memory of "Stop" off the Super Session album featuring a tour de force solo by Mike Bloomfield.  Looking in Wikipedia, they don't mention that version, but instead versions by Howard Tate, James Gang, Jimi Hendrix, Band of Gypsys.
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Re: RIP Jerry Ragovoy
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2011, 12:54:22 PM »
Larry Grogans tribute to Ragovoy on his Funky 16 Corners blog:

http://funky16corners.lunarpages.net/?p=1676
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Re: RIP Jerry Ragovoy
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2011, 02:05:47 PM »
odd TANC: listening to a Little Steven show from a few weeks ago; since he records up to a month in advance, he made no mention of Jerry Ragovoy's death, but he happened to be doing a tribute to Harry Dean Stanton and so he played (of all versions!) Bette Midler's take on "Stay With Me" from The Rose.
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