Doug Boucher – Buy the ticket, take the ride
I went to investigate the reason for one of my favourite bloggers’ recent quiet spells today (he has changed blog host before and I suspected that was the reason) to be met with some tragic news. Doug died following an…
Mad Dog Days
RIP John Martyn Another month, another rock legend passes on… It’s been over 20 years since I saw him perform (as a duo with Danny Thompson). It was the first gig I had been to where I had never heard…
So Long Lonesome Cowboy Burt
Jimmy Carl Black RIP 1-2-1938 to 1-11-2008 Another rock legend has left the stage… JCB was the drummer with the Mothers in their earlier days and stamped his unique sound onto some of the finest albums in the Zappa collection.…
Mr. Gone
RIP Joe Zawinul The legendary jazz keyboard player passed away earlier today. I first came across his work with Weather Report back in 1987 in a TV concert presumably broadcast following the death of bassist Jaco Pastorius, was immediately transfixed…
Now It Can Be Told
Just back from a fortnight’s holiday on the emerald isle, refreshed and renewed, to discover the passing of another great. Kurt Vonnegut RIP Of the small group of writers I would categorise as my ‘favourites’, Kurt Vonnegut has always felt…
Ivor Cutler – RIP
I’ve just learned that Ivor Cutler passed away last Friday. Quite disgusted that there was no mention of it on the news (even the local Scottish news) – unless I blinked and missed it. He was a true original, and…
