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Post by rick on Dec 29, 2012 19:54:24 GMT -5
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Post by erik on Dec 29, 2012 21:59:35 GMT -5
With this long an obituary list, sometimes I wonder if the world really didn't end, and we still don't know about it.
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Post by the Scribe on Dec 30, 2012 2:20:19 GMT -5
To be quite honest I've never heard of most of those people but blessings to them and their families. |
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Post by rick on Dec 30, 2012 16:15:39 GMT -5
Yes, ronstadtfan, there are quite a few I do not know. But here is one remembrance I liked -- in this section -- www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/12/30/magazine/the-lives-they-lived-2012.html?view=Lessons_for_the_Living_From_the_Departed <snip> KITTY WELLS, B. 1919 The Subtle Subersive My heroes are usually outspoken rebels prone to whiskey drinking, self-serious speeches about standing up for your convictions and great bouts of creativity followed by early death. My heroes are mostly miserable people. Except for Kitty Wells. As a happily married mother in her 30s, Wells recorded one song in 1952 about how men are dogs, “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels,” which foretold the modern female country singer archetype. Though Wells’s torchbearers — Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton and even Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood — were influenced by her steely defiance, the similarities end there. Wells was demure and proper — she wore housedresses, not rhinestones — the perfect nonthreatening icon for early feminism in country music. Whenever I find myself winding up for a big righteous speech, I try to think of Wells, with her neat hairdo and conservative necklines, sweetly skewering another no-good man. Sometimes maximum impact requires minimum drama. -- LIZZY GOODMAN |
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Post by the Scribe on Dec 31, 2012 10:56:27 GMT -5
Here is another list with more familiar names (at least to me): NPR Morning Edition shared a link. 3 hours ago.Our tribute to some notable people in music who died in 2012.  Give a listen to the montage in the 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. ET hours and guess who's who. Or find the audio posted here later this morning: www.npr.org/blogs/bestmusic2012/2012/12/24/166984946/in-memoriam-musicians-we-lost-in-2012listen to montage: www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=166984946&m=168334769nice slideshow: apps.npr.org/music-memoriam-2012/And to see the list, read on: 1. Dick Clark intros American Bandstand 2. Earl Scruggs 3. Charles Rosen 4. Dave Brubeck 5. Marvin Hamlisch 6. Duck Dunn 7. Fontella Bass 8. Etta James 9. Donna Summer 10. Chuck Brown 11. Ed Cassidy (drummer with Spirit) 12. Levon Helm 13. Mickey Baker 14. Jenni Rivera 15. Chavela Vargas 16. Kitty Wells 17. Doc Watson 18. composer Hans Werner Henze 19. Whitney Houston 20. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 21. composer Elliott Carter 22. Andy Williams 23. Robin Gibb 24. Ravi Shankar 25. Davy Jones 26. Adam Yauch 27. Dick Clark counts down the new year 28. Don Cornelius |
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Post by the Scribe on Dec 31, 2012 10:57:43 GMT -5
Those are the more famous but we lost so many great other musicians, sidemen, etc. that don't get listed.
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