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Post by the Scribe on Jan 4, 2017 2:39:06 GMT -5
I think Charles Manson is about to kick the bucket.
I have a feeling 2017 is going to be worse than 2016 so I am starting my thread now. Seems to be many seriously ill people and it is a proven fact the death rate increases when a Republican/Conservative is in the White House. People get ready.
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 11, 2017 0:56:53 GMT -5
Published on Jan 10, 2017
Storms in California have toppled one of America's most famous trees - the Pioneer Cabin Tree. The giant sequoia was known for having a hole cut through its trunk - big enough for a car to drive through. The tree, estimated to be more than 1,000-years-old, was felled by the strongest storm to have hit the area in more than a decade. California and Nevada have been hit by unusually high rainfall levels, leading to flooding and falling trees. Facebook postImage copyrightFACEBOOK The Calaveras Big Trees Association first reported that the drive-through Pioneer Cabin Tree - carved 137 years ago - was no more. The storm was "just too much for it", the group wrote in a Facebook post that has drawn nearly 2,000 comments. "Many memories were created under this tree," one read. "They will remain good memories." Others pointed out that the tree might have survived for longer if a tunnel had not been carved into it. "You can't cut a hole in a tree like this and expect it to live," said one comment. "This hole always bothered me so much. Why not just drive around it?" Park volunteer Jim Allday said the sequoia, also known as the Tunnel Tree, shattered as it hit the ground. "We lost an old friend today," he wrote in a social media post. Giant sequoia are closely related to the redwood tree, which is considered the tallest tree species on earth, reaching 250ft (76 metres). They only grow in the groves of California's Sierra Nevada mountain range.
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Post by erik on Jan 13, 2017 12:59:24 GMT -5
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 13, 2017 15:39:27 GMT -5
NPR did a great tribute to William. I had no idea how talented he was even "outside" of the Exorcist.
WILLIAM PETER BLATTY
Comedy writer William Peter Blatty dies.
William Peter Blatty, 'The Exorcist' Author, Dead at 89
Oscar-winning screenwriter "wrote the great horror novel of our time," says Stephen King
William Peter Blatty, the author and Oscar-winning screenwriter of the horror classic The Exorcist, has died at the age of 89. PHOTOS: 50 Greatest Horror Movies of the 21st Century From topical zombie apocalypses to retro-slasher flicks, the best scary movies since the turn of the millennium
The Exorcist director William Friedkin revealed news of Blatty's death, tweeting Friday morning, "William Peter Blatty, dear friend and brother who created The Exorcist passed away yesterday."
Stephen King tweeted, "RIP William Peter Blatty, who wrote the great horror novel of our time. So long, Old Bill."
Before authoring what's considered one of the greatest horror novels of all time and adapting the work into an Oscar-nominated blockbuster, Blatty specialized in comedy, penning numerous humorous feature films – notably The Great Bank Robbery, The Pink Panther sequel A Shot in the Dark, Promise Her Anything and What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? – throughout the Sixties.
In 1971, Blatty published The Exorcist, his "based on true events" story of two priests attempting to vanquish the demons possessing a 12-year-old girl in Washington, D.C. Both the novel and its acclaimed 1973 film adaptation – written by Blatty and directed by Friedkin – permanently impacted the horror genre.
Blatty won the 1973 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Exorcist, which was also nominated for Best Picture, a rare honor for a movie in that genre.
Following the success of The Exorcist, Blatty wrote 1978's The Ninth Configuration; two years later, he would act as director, producer and screenwriter of the 1980 film based on that novel.
Blatty would return to the world he created in The Exorcist with his 1983 novel Legion, which served as the basis for The Exorcist III, which Blatty wrote and directed.
A Fox television series inspired by Blatty's The Exorcist – with the victim of the titular exorcism of Blatty's novel now the mother of a possessed child – debuted in 2016.
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Post by erik on Jan 19, 2017 19:09:10 GMT -5
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 20, 2017 0:43:24 GMT -5
It struck me really odd that no articles are mentioning who his mother is:
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 21, 2017 6:39:02 GMT -5
Harambe’s grandmother dies Another tragedy strikes the family of Harambe
Harambe’s grandmother Josephine is dead at 49 By Oliver Noble on Jan 19, 2017
Yesterday another tragedy struck the family of Harambe, the late gorilla turned internet sensation, when his paternal grandmother Josephine was euthanized at Zoo Miami, in Miami, Florida.
The “matriarch gorilla” was 49 years old and had been suffering from unnamed medical conditions. The zoo said in a Facebook post that Josephine had “no chance for positive outcomes or hope for recovery.” Josephine gained attention in 2009 when she received successful surgery for cataracts that outfitted her with two “artificial human lenses.” The death marks the passing of Harambe’s last surviving grandparent. Harambe’s father, Moja, and mother, Kayla, are also deceased.
According to Ron Magill of the Miami Zoo, Moja sired 15 children, including Harambe. Most are believed to be alive, and living in zoos around the U.S.
However, the larger family of Josephine and Harambe, the western lowland gorilla subspecies, is “critically endangered” according to the World Wildlife Fund. Populations of the gorilla species have declined by 60 percent over the last 20 to 25 years, largely due to poaching.
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 25, 2017 15:35:11 GMT -5
Mary Tyler Moore dead at 80.
Very sad day.
www.yahoo.com/tv/mary-tyler-moore-pioneer-on-and-off-the-screen-has-died-194733054.html
Mary Tyler Moore, whose touchstone of a 1970s sitcom ushered in a new era for women on and off camera, has died. She was 80.
Related: Mary Tyler Moore’s Greatest Roles
After achieving fame on The Dick Van Dyke Show, Moore won four Primetime Emmys for her work as the spunky and unrepentantly single TV news producer on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, which ran from 1970 to 1977. She later earned an Oscar nomination as the icy mother in Ordinary People and co-founded MTM Productions, the influential production company behind iconic series like The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart, Hill Street Blues, and St. Elsewhere.
Related: Ken Tucker Remembers Mary Tyler Moore: The Gracious, Graceful Groundbreaker
More than anything, though, Moore made her mark as Mary Richards. “I think she represents an indomitable spirit — that she believes, as everyone can, in possibilities,” Moore told CNN of her alter ego in 2002.
Unlike primetime women who came before her, the Mary Tyler Moore Show heroine was nobody’s wife, widow, mother, or girlfriend. All this, and she was on the other side of 30, too. “The women’s movement more or less broke when we went on the air,” series co-creator Allan Burns told the Associated Press in 1973. “Rather than fight it, Mary has become increasingly independent.”
Today Mary Richards and her DNA can be found in nearly every major female character in primetime. Moore’s behind-the-scenes influence can be felt, too — she was a pioneering female executive whose series jump-started the careers of women writers. Tina Fey, who would write, produce and star in her own sitcom about a single woman working in TV, said her 30 Rock team literally studied The Mary Tyler Moore Show. “We talked about that show a lot, as a template, obviously, of a great show,” Fey told The New York Times in 2007, “but also a show that is all about the relationships in the workplace, but not the making of television so much.”
Born Dec. 29, 1936, in Brooklyn, Moore danced in dishwasher commercials, and bared her legs on the 1950s P.I. series Richard Diamond before achieving stardom with her role as a housewife in New Rochelle, New York. On The Dick Van Dyke Show, Moore was Laura Petrie, the supportive suburban spouse of TV writer Rob, played by namesake star Dick Van Dyke. Considered the smartest TV comedy of its day, the 1961-66 series led Moore to the first two of her seven career acting Emmys. After its run, Moore worked in film, most notably in the 1967 Julie Andrews musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and most notoriously in the 1969 Elvis Presley vehicle, Change of Habit.
In 1970, The Mary Tyler Moore Show debuted. The first episode saw Moore’s Mary Richards, fresh from a broken engagement, take a job in the newsroom at Minneapolis’ WJM-TV. In the pilot, she declared her independence by spurning her former fiancé; the sentiment was reiterated in each week’s opening credits when Mary was seen tossing a tam into the air as the theme song declared, “You’re gonna make it after all!” (In 2002, Moore was present for the unveiling of a bronze statue in Minneapolis that immortalized that iconic hat throw.)
Ratings, though still strong, slipped in Mary Tyler Moore Show’s sixth season, and just as Carl Reiner ended The Dick Van Dyke Show before it lost its luster, Moore decided her sitcom’s seventh season would be its last.
In 1980, Moore put Mary Richards in deep freeze to star in Robert Redford’s Ordinary People. The jarring portrayal of a withholding, bitter mother earned her a Best Actress Academy Award nomination, and, for a time, a renewed film career. Meanwhile MTM Enterprises, which Moore founded in 1969 with then-husband Grant Tinker, produced a number of well-regarded shows into the 1980s, each ending with the company’s signature kitten meow.
Off-camera, Moore was private and more reserved than her public persona. “I tend not to be quite as optimistic as Mary Richards,” she said in 1980. In her 1995 memoir, After All, she revealed that she had been molested by a family friend at the age of 6.When she was 33, soon after suffering a miscarriage, Moore was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes — a condition she would battle the rest of her life — a condition she would battle the rest of her life. She also struggled with addictions to alcohol and Valium. The cruelest blow came in 1980 when Richard C. Meeker Jr., Moore’s only child, died of an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 24.
Looking back, Moore said she was happy to have been a Mary Richards role model for one generation, just as she was happy to have been a Laura Petrie role model for another. In 2002, Moore called The Mary Tyler Moore Show “the best seven years of my life.” In 1988, her sister, Elizabeth, died at age 21 from a drug overdose. And her brother, John, died of liver cancer in 1992 at age 47. one of her funniest episodes and befitting at this moment:
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Post by erik on Jan 25, 2017 19:36:38 GMT -5
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Post by philly on Jan 27, 2017 1:48:10 GMT -5
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 27, 2017 22:52:23 GMT -5
Mike Connors 1925-2017
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 27, 2017 22:54:56 GMT -5
Actress Barbara Hale Passes Away At 94Published on Jan 27, 2017
Barbara Hale, who played legal secretary Della Street on the long-running legal drama “Perry Mason,” died Thursday, her son William Katt said Friday. “Lost my beautiful wonderful mom Barbara Hale yesterday afternoon. She left peacefully at her home in Sherman Oaks Ca surrounded by close family and dear friends,” Katt, known for his starring role on “The Greatest American Hero,” wrote on Facebook. “We’ve all been so lucky to have her for so long.” www.sfgate.com/entertainment/t... www.wochit.com
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 27, 2017 22:59:10 GMT -5
Butch Trucks, Dead at 69,Allman Brothers Band Drummer and Co Founder, Dead at 69
Apparent suicide. RIP my friend.
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 27, 2017 23:03:40 GMT -5
John Hurt dead at 77
Published on Jan 27, 2017
Actor John Hurt has died at the age of 77, the famous thespian stared in 'Alien', 'Harry Potter' 'Midnight Express' and portrayed the title character in 1980s 'The Elephant Man'.
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Post by geoff nicholls dead on Jan 31, 2017 7:35:15 GMT -5
Geoff Nicholls, Black Sabbath Keyboardist, Dead at 68 - Our Tribute
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Post by philly on Feb 8, 2017 1:24:59 GMT -5
R.I.P. Richard Hatch
'Rest with the galactic stars!' George Takei and Dirk Benedict lead tributes to Battlestar Galactica's Richard Hatch who has died from cancer at 71
Richard Hatch who was best known for playing Captain Apollo on TV series Battlestar Galactica has died.
The actor was 71.
He passed away after battling pancreatic cancer, his family told TMZ Tuesday. He is survived by his son Paul.
Hatch started his career in the daytime soap All My Children in 1970 and in 1978 landed the role in the original Battlestar Galactica that ran for one season and earned him a Golden Globe nomination
His Battlestar Galactica co-star Dirk Benedict, who played Lt. Starbuck, said via Twitter that he was 'devastated.'
'Our thoughts and prayers are with Richard's family, friends, and fans,' the 71-year-old actor tweeted.
Star Trek's George Takei tweeted a picture of the actror and the message: 'Rest with the galactic stars.'
Dirk Benedict, 71, expressed his sadness via Twitter after hearing of his former co-star's death
Throughout his long career, Hatch remained devoted to Battlestar Galactica, writing three novels continuing on from the original series, THR.com reported.
He was also a fixture at Comic-Con and Dragon-Con where he spoke about his ongoing movie and television projects and entertained fans with tales from the BSG set.
He once said, according to THR.com: 'In my case, Battlestar Galactica was a milestone. It afforded me the opportunity to live out my childhood dreams and fantasies.'
'Hurtling through space with reckless abandon, playing the dashing hero, battling Cylons, monsters and super-villains — what more could a man want?'
Following BSG, Hatch went on to have roles in high-profile shows including The Love Boat, Baywatch, Dynasty and the soap Santa Barbara.
In 2004, he accepted the role of Tom Zarek in a re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica starring Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell that aired for four seasons on the Syfy Channel.
Ronald Moore, who created the reboot, tweeted his sadness at the news of Hatch's death.
'Richard Hatch was a good man, a gracious man, and a consummate professional. His passing is a heavy blow to the entire BSG family,' he wrote.
Hatch was working right up until his final illness, appearing at Dragon Con in Atlanta last September to talk about his new sci-fi film Diminuendo.
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Post by philly on Feb 8, 2017 1:50:27 GMT -5
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Post by erik on Feb 12, 2017 13:35:42 GMT -5
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Post by cescpa on Feb 12, 2017 19:06:42 GMT -5
Just heard of Al Jarreau's passing ... the trio of albums that Al Jarreau recorded with Jay Graydon in the span of 1981 through 1984 are among my all-time favorites (1981 Breakin' Away - 1983 Jarreau - 1984 High Crime ) ... Al won a Grammy Award as Best Male Pop Vocalist for the Breakin' Away LP, and which also garnered several other Grammy nominations for which Jarreau and Jay Graydon (and David Foster) received recognition of their superb work on those albums - the epitome of the "West Coast" genre of music ... 1981 through 1986 was a great time for music in my life - I was in college at the time and Jay Graydon, David Foster, Al Jarreau, Bill Champlin, the members of Toto, Richard Page & Steve George of Mr. Mister, Don Henley, Michael McDonald, Paul Carrack, Linda Rondstadt, Nicolette Larson, and Kenny Loggins, The Tubes, to name a few, were making music that spoke to my heart and soul ... and all of these artist have given me many wonderful moments of listening pleasure throughout my lifetime, which brings back youthful memories and more carefree times .. I am deeply saddened to hear of Al's passing ...
just some examples of "my kind of music"
ROOF GARDEN - from Breakin' Away
LET'S PRETEND - from High Crime
TROUBLE IN PARADISE - from Jarreau
BOOGIE DOWN - from Jarreau
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 19, 2017 0:10:13 GMT -5
Clyde Stubblefield, James Brown's 'Funky Drummer,' Dead at 73
Most sampled drummer in hip-hop history dies Saturday from kidney failure.
Norma McCorvey, plaintiff in Roe v. Wade abortion ruling, dies at 69
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Post by erik on Feb 21, 2017 19:41:11 GMT -5
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Post by erik on Feb 21, 2017 23:45:26 GMT -5
Leah Adler is probably not a name you’d know, but you would know who her son is—only the most successful film director in the history of Hollywood, Steven Spielberg. She passed away today at the age of 97: people.com/movies/steven-spielberg-mom-dead/
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 23, 2017 13:49:08 GMT -5
This is particularly shocking and sad for me as I am a fan and avid listener to Alan's show. There have been several guests hosts on his show the past couple of weeks but none have said why he was out other than he was ill. Alan was a particular target of the right wing but at the same time they loved him. They loved hating his views but loved him at the same time. I can almost see these righties being particularly upset by this news, even sorrowful. This year is sucking already with all these deaths so far. Worse than last year and it is only February.
According to Wikipedia Alan died from lymphoma.
Celebrity Fox News’ Alan Colmes Dies at 66 After ‘Brief Illness’ Aurelie Corinthios,People 3 hours ago .
www.yahoo.com/news/fox-news-alan-colmes-dies-145158314.htmlTalk radio, Fox News host Alan Colmes dead at 66
Fox News contributor and commentator Alan Colmes has died after a brief illness. He was 66.
America’s Newsroom co-anchor Bill Hemmer announced the news during Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox program.
“We have, yet again, some sad news to report here at the Fox News Channel,” said Hemmer. “Fox News contributor and frequent guest here in America’s Newsroom, Alan Colmes, has passed away.”
Colmes is survived by his wife, Jocelyn Crowley, who issued the following statement to the network:
“Alan Colmes passed away this morning after a brief illness. He was 66-years-old. He leaves his adoring and devoted wife, Jocelyn Elise Crowley. He was a great guy, brilliant, hysterical, and moral. He was fiercely loyal, and the only thing he loved more than his work was his life with Jocelyn. He will be missed. The family has asked for privacy during this very difficult time.”
The segment then aired a tribute package from Fox News host Sean Hannity, Colmes’ former co-host on Hannity & Colmes, a nightly political debate show that ran on the Fox News Channel from 1996 to 2009.
“When Alan and I started Hannity & Colmes, there wasn’t a day that went by where we didn’t say we were the two most fortunate men in all of television,” he said, noting that despite their political differences, the two “forged a deep friendship” over the years.
“Alan, in the midst of great sickness and illness, showed the single greatest amount of courage I’ve ever seen,” continued Hannity.
Colmes, a liberal political commentator, had appeared on Fox News since the channel’s launch in 1996 and was known for his often fierce debates. He also hosted the nationally-syndicated Alan Colmes Show on Fox News Radio.
Several journalists at the network have taken to social media to share tributes to their late colleague, including former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, who tweeted that Colmes “lit up the FNC halls” with his kindness and humor.
“I can tell you tears flowing @foxbusiness @foxnews right now,” tweeted Countdown to the Closing Bell anchor Liz Claman. “We are all devastated by the loss of kind soul @alancolmes may god bless RIP.” One of the saddest songs ever written or sung but it will ring true for each of us in the end. Dedicated to the most special of special people. RIP Alan.
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Post by erik on Feb 26, 2017 11:40:55 GMT -5
This one happened just this morning: Bill Paxton, who starred in films like TITANIC, APOLLO 13, TOMBSTONE, and TWISTER, and was also appearing in the CBS-TV crime series Training Day, has died from complications from surgery. He was only 61: people.com/movies/bill-paxton-dead-complications-surgery-age-61/Nobody expected this.
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Post by philly on Feb 26, 2017 18:29:03 GMT -5
TMZ 2/26/17
Joseph Wapner, the retired judge who literally changed television as the judge on "The People's Court," has died ... TMZ has learned.
Wapner became an instant sensation when the show debuted in September, 1981. "The People's Court" was the first TV reality show, and it opened the door to many more, including a slew of TV court shows.
He was opinionated, passionate and irascible as he heard thousands of cases during his 12-year run.
The show became a touchpoint for pop culture. It was parodied on "Saturday Night Live" and many other shows. Dustin Hoffman's "3 minutes to Wapner" in "Rain Man" became an iconic expression.
Before becoming a TV judge, Wapner served as an L.A. County Superior Court judge for 20 years.
He was hospitalized last week with breathing problems and his condition worsened, to the point he was taken to his West L.A. home Friday under hospice care. He died Sunday morning.
Judge Wapner was married to wife Mickey for 70 years. He had 3 kids.
Joseph Wapner was 97.
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 26, 2017 22:21:14 GMT -5
TMZ2/26/17
Joseph Wapner, the retired judge who literally changed television as the judge on "The People's Court," has died ... TMZ has learned. Before becoming a TV judge, Wapner served as an L.A. County Superior Court judge for 20 years. He was hospitalized last week with breathing problems and his condition worsened, to the point he was taken to his West L.A. home Friday under hospice care. He died Sunday morning. Judge Wapner was married to wife Mickey for 70 years. He had 3 kids. Joseph Wapner was 97. I couldn't resist. This was a great filler show for a good laugh.
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 27, 2017 12:22:04 GMT -5
Game of Thrones' Neil Fingleton Dies
© Provided by TVLine
Game of Thrones actor Neil Fingleton, who played the towering Mag the Mighty on the HBO drama, died Saturday in the UK of heart failure. He was 36.
The 7’7″ Fingleton, who held the title of tallest British-born man in the world, played basketball in college (at both the University of North Carolina and Holy Cross) and professionally before transitioning into acting.
Additional TV credits included playing The Fisher King on Doctor Who. On the big screen, he appeared in 47 Ronin, Jupiter Ascending, X-Men: First Class and Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Fingleton was featured in the British documentaries Britain’s Tallest Men and Superhuman: Giants.
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 5, 2017 2:41:23 GMT -5
Singer Valerie Carter Dead at 64: Check Out the Many Great LP's She Sang On Our Tribute .
Rock History Music Published on Mar 4, 2017
Singer Valerie Carter Dead at 64 She certainly had a gorgeous memorable voice. That's why she sang on hundreds of albums since the early 70's. Just to name a few - Little Feat's "The Last Record Album" from 1975, Nicolette Larson debut from 1978 which featured the hits "Lotta Love" written by Neil Young, The next year she sang on Christopher Cross' debut album which had three hits "Ride Like the Wind,""Sailing" and "Never Be the Same.” That was her singing the duet with Cross on “Spinning.” Carter was also on Randy Newman's "Born Again" from the same year. In 1980 she sang backup on Eddie Money's third LP "Playing For Keeps." There was also Jimmy Webb's "Angel Heart" in 1982 and Don Henley's 1989 "The End of the Innocence." Carter was very busy in the 90's with Aaron Neville, Diana Ross, Neil Diamond, Ringo Starr, Glenn Frey, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne among many others. She was the go-to girl when you needed to get it done.
I first noticed her on "Gorilla" the first James Taylor album I ever bought in 1975. It would be the start of long relationship with Taylor but she didn't start touring with him until 1990. Carter would be a huge part of that heavenly wall of sound of background singers to back the legendary singer along David Lasley, Kate Markowitz and Arnold McCuller. Carter would record over half a dozen albums with him. If you have never heard “Shed a Little Light” from Taylor's “New Moon Shine” from 1991. I saw that whole band live outside in Vancouver in 1992 with Valerie. That was one of the best concert experiences of my life.
In 1999 in an interview with Laura Stegman on James-Taylor.com Carter talked about Lowell George introducing her to James Taylor at Amigo Studios in L.A. The place had a basketball net and he was just shooting hoops within a very short time she and Lowell were singing background on “Angry Blues” from the “Gorilla' album.
On her transition to concentrating more on being a background singer than a solo one Carter explained, “I was too delicate. But what I could do was sing, and that’s what I’ve always been happy doing. And I knew I could stand behind someone and let the spotlight shine somewhere else. I could at least express myself through the power of singing.”
She was born on February 5, 1953. In the early 70's Carter formed the group Howdy Moon. Their first album was produced by her mentor Lowell George of Little Feat. He would go on to co-produce her debut album which featured some heavy players including Linda Ronstadt, Earth, Wind and Fire’s Maurice White, Jackson Browne on piano and guitar. Also on the album there were 4 Toto members Jeff Porcaro on drums, bassist David Hungate, Steve Lukather on guitar and Synthesizer's from Steve Porcaro. Lukather said on his Facebook today, “RIP Valerie Carter.. She was an amazing talent and very sweet girl. One of a kind voice.”
She recorded 4 solo albums 1977's "Just a Stone's Throw Away" which featured her take on the soul classic ""O-o-h Child," then came "Wild Child" from 1978, "The Way it Is" from 1996 and "Find a River" - a 5-track-EP released in 1998.
She co-wrote "Love Needs a Heart" with Jackson Browne and Lowell George which appeared on his classic live album, "Running on Empty. In that same Laura Stegman interview Valerie opened up about how her tune “Cook with Honey” ended up being recorded by Judy Collins. They were at a BBQ at the singers house, they got along well very quickly, both moved to Judy's music room where she sang making Valerie cry then she sings “Cook with Honey” for the legendary singer nervously only to look up at the end to see Judy Collins cry. It became a hit.
Shawn Colvin said on Facebook, “The first time I heard her all I wanted was to sing like THAT, and I tried, but no one ever will. Love you, Val.”
In August and October 2009, Carter was arrested in St. Petersburg, Florida for possession of drugs. She later completed a drug program in May of 2011. Taylor was at her "drug court" graduation ceremonies to support her. - by John Beaudin
Full Interview with Valerie www.james-taylor.com/articles/jto-feature-valerie-carter/ Jellyfish in Space by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: incompetech.com/
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 12, 2017 0:34:52 GMT -5
Joni Sledge dies at age 60
Published on Mar 11, 2017
Joni Sledge, singer Of “We Are Family,” Dies At 60 Singer Joni Sledge, who with her sisters recorded the enduring dance anthem We Are Family, died at age 60 at her home on Friday. Sledge was found dead in her home by a friend in Phoenix, Arizona, the band's publicist, Biff Warren, said on Saturday. A cause of death has not been determined but the spokesperson said the singer had not been ill leading up to her death. The family's statement said: 'On yesterday, numbness fell upon our family. We welcome your prayers as we weep the loss of our sister, mother, aunt, niece and cousin.' Sledge and her sisters Debbie, Kim and Kathy formed the Sister Sledge in 1971 in Philadelphia, their hometown, but struggled for years before success came.
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 18, 2017 17:32:21 GMT -5
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