Sure sorry to hear about him. Just found out Noel Redding died. Didn't know that either or if I did I had forgotten about it, I have an old Hendrix album I weaseled off of my cousin. Rip...

Dennis of Yost of Dennis Yost & the Classics IV has died. I was so sorry to hear about him & so sad how his later yrs were with him being sick & not being able to use the Classics IV name. Sadly it's being done to other 60's & 70's groups like the real version of the British group Edison Lighthouse who did Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes. The real Edison Lighthouse are using the name Original Edison Lighthouse because there are some imposter groups out there pretending to be them. The inposters licensed out the name from the songwriters of Rosemary. All in the name of money & greed. The originals are singing in Cornwall England wherever that is doing gigs there. & There are several sets of imposters doing gigs in England & here in the US. That really ticks me off. After the group broke up, the songwriters wanting to keep the song live put together a new version of Edison Lighthouse with imposters in it. They did a video of Rosemary lipsynching to the real ones a yr or so after the song was out & it's on Youtube.

While looking up Dennis Yost I came across in the search results an article on him by Colmes the liberal from Hannity & Colmes. Since I'm betting ya'll like him, I am posting the link to that on here.

http://www.alan.com/2008/12/09/rip-dennis-yost/

So many have gone on and way too soon. RIP Dennis Yost...

Eartha Kitt, the real "Santa Baby" singer, died on Christmas Day 2008. She was much, much more than many knew:

In 1968, she drew a torrent of criticism for condemning the Vietnam War during a stage performance attended by President Lyndon Johnson's wife, Lady Bird. Lady Bird Johnson's widely reported distress sparked a backlash that forced Kitt to take much of her career to Europe, where she was already popular. She stayed visible in popular culture thanks to props like a Monty Python sketch in which a delusional character believes he is Leon Trotsky and then decides he's Eartha Kitt.

In 1978, she returned to Broadway to star in "Timbuktu!," where she purred a song about a recipe whose main ingredient was cannabis. ..."

"Santa, Baby," which was later recorded by Madonna, among many other artists, was certified gold a few weeks before Kitt's death.

There's more here: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/2008/12/25/2008-12-25_versatile_legendary_performer_eartha_kit.html

I remember her from the movie of Will Handy's life, St. Louis Blues.

I believe she was in BAtman. I think she was one of the Catwomen. She used to be a on alot of talk shows back then. Sorry to hear about her...

Thanks for the reminder of St Louis Blues. I love that movie and had forgotten she was the singer he went on the road with. She reunites his family at Carnagie Hall in the end. Great movie.

I first heard of BVSC thru a friend and later heard Tao and the Mammals cover Chan Chan, late '05 in Berkeley. Rest In Peace.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7880557.stm

Buena Vista Social Club founding member Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez has died in Cuba aged 76.

The double bass player died in a Havana hospital from complications after having prostate surgery.

Lopez became a worldwide sensation as part of the group of elderly musicians who were living quietly in Cuba before being brought together in 1996.

He was considered to be Buena Vista's "heartbeat" in the band's mix of traditional Cuban rhythms.

"It is a great loss for the group and for Cuban music because he was a superb bassist and a brilliant band mate," said Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal, the group's trumpeter.

"He was an excellent person and the quality of his music was, honestly, unparalleled."

Manuel Galban, a Cuban musician who played with Lopez for decades, said he had lost "a great companion".

"I will remember him as marvellous, both in his music and as a person," he told the Associated Press.

Family members plan to cremate the body but there was no immediate word on funeral services.

International fame

The Buena Vista Social Club, which was brought together by American guitarist and producer Ry Cooder, has lost many of its key members of late.

Singer Compay Segundo, pianist Ruben Gonzalez, and vocalists Ibrahim Ferrer and Pio Leyva have all died in recent years.

But Lopez was also a star in his own right independent of Buena Vista, with his debut album Cachaito winning a BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music in 2002.

Born in Havana in 1933, Lopez hailed from a family of at least 30 bass players, including his uncle, legendary bassist Israel "Cachao" Lopez.

Lopez originally played the violin, but eventually took up the bass after his grandfather urged him to follow in the family's musical footsteps.

But he only gained international fame after joining the Buena Vista Social Club.

German film-maker Wim Wenders released a documentary titled Buena Vista Social Club, in which he profiled the musicians whose talents had all but been forgotten. It was nominated for an Oscar in 2000.

I'd seen a program on them on tv some yrs ago. So sorry ot hear about him. RIP...

I just came across something online saying that Sky Saxon of the 60's group the Seeds (Pushing Too Hard) has passed on. He evidently had a recent short illness and that got him. Sadly this probably won't be in the news or media due to being over shadowed by Michael Jacksons passing. RIP... Pushing Too Hard, I Can't Seem To Make You Mine and Mr Farmer are my fave songs by them

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_b ... axon-.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhPvkzFJhnk

Kenny Rankin passed away on June 7, 2009 only three weeks after being diagnosed with lung cancer at the age of 69.

The shock up there above all those who passed on will see, would kill them if they weren't already dead. RDYW-Rain Down Your Wisdom on us all.

Yep, they could be having one hell... er, that is,... heaven of a hootenanny going on up there anytime they want. MJ's probably busy teaching God the moonwalk and stuff.


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MJ's teaching them the Moonwalk while Billy Mays is selling Farrah some Oxyclean. RIP to them all. Amen. So sorry to hear about Kenny Rankin. He had out a good song I liked but I forget the name of it. RIP...

David Carradine, Ed McMahon, Gale Storm

It's a bit scary

I discovered Twitter last week and have been following Billy Mays's son. This has been a strange thing. It's almost like being in his "Back Pocket"
You know, that back pocket we all ride in when we can't make it to a show. I think it's cleansing or healing or something for him. Letting everyone know what's going on, where he is ( well almost...he's having to avoid media that is holding his family hostage.) What's next and what he is thinking. For example, he is going to the funeral home today and will be seeing his Dad for the first time since.....well you know.

Kind of surreal.

The entire last week and a half has been very emotionally charged with all of the passings.

I'm 40 something and have a recording I made when I was very little of a Jackson 5 record..complete with my Mom in the background yelling at me to "turn it down"

Here's to a better week ahead!