Tule Livingston Dillow
July 3, 1946 - March 3, 2004
http://www.warrenzevon.com

Cancer sucks!

Jan Berry
April 3, 1941 - March 26, 2004
http://www.jananddean-janberry.com/

I just found out a little while ago that an old-timer who most never heard of died last week. His name was Chris LeDoux and he was a rodeo-riding, singing cowboy with an incredible voice who didn't fit into any mold. He was unique.

You may be familiar with his name from a Garth Brooks song, "Much too Young."

http://www.chrisledoux.com/

I loved him a lot and he'll be missed.

I heard about him & was sorry to hear about him. I think he died of liver cancer.

Also the lead singer of the country rock group Molly Hatchet died from diabetes. He was Mikes age. So sad cuz he has the same thing my hubby & I have & died at Mikes age & too many are dying from the disease. Prayers go out for his family & Chris LeDoux's family...

Though not a "Folk Legend" she was an icon of our times...


from New York Times online edition

awwww... i heard about that.

she was also in, "agnes of god".

"..and here's to you, mrs. robinson, jesus loves you more than you will know..."

wyld, i'm glad you posted about her.

Chet Helms the Summer Of Love music promotor who worked with some of the 60's Bay area groups died:

http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/entne ... 00000.html

Music Promoter Who Launched Joplin Dies


Sun Jun 26, 7:40 PM ET

Chet Helms, the revered father of the 1967 Summer of Love and a music promoter who launched the career of singer Janis Joplin, has died of complications from a stroke. He was 62.

Helms, who once stood at the center of the 1960s Bay Area music scene, died Saturday surrounded by friends and family at San Francisco's California Pacific Medical Center.

"It was a beautiful death," said his wife Judy Davis. "It was a goodbye party. We all sang to him and told stories. He died as he lived surrounded by love."

Helms was the founder and manager of Big Brother and the Holding Company with Joplin as its lead singer. He was a rock-'n'-roll impresario who helped stage free concerts and "Human Be-ins" at Golden Gate Park that became the backdrop for what became known as San Francisco's Summer of Love in 1967 at the height of anti-Vietnam War sentiment.

Helms was instrumental in helping to develop bands that delivered what became known as the San Francisco Sound.


"Without Chet, there would be no Grateful Dead, no Big Brother and the Holding Company, no Jefferson Airplane, no Country Joe & the Fish, no Quicksilver Messenger Service," said Barry Melton, the lead guitarist for Country Joe & the Fish.

Helms hooked Joplin up with Big Brother for jam sessions in a basement in the Haight Ashbury neighborhood. They debuted in June 1966 at the Avalon, officially launching the bluesy rock-'n'-roll diva's short career.

Helms eventually dropped out of the concert business for a time in 1970.

"Chet was a hippie," said Mickey Hart, drummer for the Grateful Dead. "We were all hippies. He hated to charge for the music."

I read on the internet that Long John Baldry the 60's singer & John Herald the Bluegrass folk singer have both died at age 60 something.

http://www.wrgb.com/news/regional/regio ... icle_37502

Figured some folks might be interested in knowing...

As far as I know, he wasn't a musician, but he admired Arlo and he seemed to try to bring some truth to national news reporting. Thank you for all of that, and rest in peace, Peter Jennings.

Vassar Clements the bluegrass guy has passed on. & So has a co-founder of the Newport Folk Fest. The info is here:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u ... /deaths_47

Not really a MUSIC legend, but a legend at any rate...

Bob Denver, most famous for his role as Gilligan, passed today at the age of 70.

He was the first counterculture figure I ever encountered, playing Maynard G. Krebs on the Dobie Gillis Show.

Rest well, little buddy!

Work!!!!



(how could he not be a blunderite?)

Rest in Peace Bob,,,thanks for the many good laughs

Thanks, Wyld et al., for letting us know. No WORK where you are now, little buddy.

maynard was one of my first heros and influnences....good night my friend!