Rolling Obituary Thread 2023

all true and should add that this is from an interview with another mockney tory prick, John Harris.

Talk of James & Harris sadly off topic

Knowing both, I’d say JH has more redeeming qualities.

the first time i read an interview with oasis back in the mid-'90s it was pretty illuminating, liam going on about shagging a bird and creaming her gob. imagine the man who sensitively sang about rolling with it talking like that...

The Collected Wit and Wisdom of Liam Gallagher

This is all well and good but can we get back to talking about how awesome Steve Mackey and Wayne Shorter were?

They do sort of shine by comparison.

Yes fair! Although their own threads are active

crazy that Pulp started in 1978

Steve wasn't in the band until 1988 though, so still off-topic.

RIP Wayne ;_;

Trad jazzer and cartoonist Wally Fawkes aka Trog, aged 98.

as a small child i often read "flook by trog" in the hope that the furry moomin-esque animal of that name (flook not trog) wd deliver content that i grasped (instead of opaque insider jokes about deputy labour leader george brown and such)

Yeah, it was "Flook by Trog" until he got bounced off the paper, then went to another paper and it became "Flook by Trog AND KEITH WATERHOUSE"

Kinda lost interest after that.

Maybe I liked Flook because I didn't understand it

David Lindley, though not official yet. 78.

https://claremont-courier.com/latest-news/iconic-claremont-musician-david-lindley-dead-at-78-72983/

Awe shit

one of the few musicians to routinely play remote Humboldt County and became a pretty big draw up there

Holy shit, I was just talking about him with a friend on Wednesday, about how iconic and instantly recognizable his lap steel playing was. Thrilling.

One of those uniquely talented guys (like Ry Cooder) that could pretty much master anything with strings.

Love "Egyptian Gardens."

He even played on Leonard Cohen's debut album

Kaleidoscope was apparently one of Camper Van Beethoven's biggest inspirations. You can hear it.

Oh man, R.I.P. Lindley. His first two solo albums are really good. (Others may be too, I only know those.)

Also of course the falsetto on “Stay” (in addition to all his guitar work obv).

(xpost) I hadn't really thought about that, but definitely.

RIP. It takes a keen mind.

I grew up in David Lindley's Claremont and his presence in the scene, his meaning to so many there, can't be overstated. A titan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P45Dav1SPzY

Tom Sizemore now officially dead.

Former Claremont resident (1979-1983) here also - loved seeing Lindley at the Folk Music Center.

Kaleidoscope was apparently one of Camper Van Beethoven's biggest inspirations. You can hear it.

Yeah when I eventually heard kaleidoscope in the 2000s I immediately thought of CVB

Damn, David Lindley. I saw him at a "Reggae on the Rocks" in the late 80s, he was a highlight.

My own Lindley moment as such was the mandolin he added on the Church's "Antenna" -- subtle but undeniably there, and it sends the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqHVJBSXeZ0

Spot (aka, Glen Lockett), producer of Black Flag, the Minutemen, Hüsker Dü, and many other SST bands.

RIP. Used to see him all the time at shows in Austin. He always had a coffee mug in his hand.

RIP. I’m not sure there’s any producer with their name on more of my favorite albums. Maybe Joe Boyd.

Did not know that his father was one of the Tuskegee Airmen until just now.

Also seem to remember he had this friend who had no idea of his history and one time asked him “hey, are you some kind of big deal or something?”

good people, we just lost my old buddy spotski, a terrible blow. he recorded the minutemen's first stuff, I go way back w/this man. brother matt took this shot six years ago when spotski came to visit our pedro town... man, this is a terrible blow. I love you spotski forever. pic.twitter.com/8Ibn0JrakQ

— mike watt (@wattfrompedro) March 4, 2023

Given the age of everyone, I've been preparing myself mentally for this morbid pop culture deluge, but it doesn't make it any easier.

Saxophonist Carlos Garnett, who played on Miles Davis' On the Corner (and one track each on Big Fun and Get Up With It) and Pharoah Sanders' Live at the East and Black Unity, and also made a bunch of albums on his own and with drummer Norman Connors. Not super well known, but if you're into soulful/spiritual early 70s funk/fusion, check his catalog out.

A podcast with Spot guesting.

https://www.thevinylguide.com/episodes/ep196-spot-producer-engineer-witness-music-history

This is the Tom I choose to remember. So young & full of dreams. He wanted to be DeNiro. I said, but why? You’re already Richard Burton. In many ways, he was. pic.twitter.com/hPDk1YsJ6O

— Dana Delany (@DanaDelany) March 4, 2023

Robert Haimer aka Artie Barnes of the weird pop duo Barnes and Barnes. they're only gonna be remembered for their one bizarre novelty hit but I always thought they were the godfather of stuff like Ween and TMBG (at least, the *early* versions of those bands). lots of great songs in their catalogue. also the only time the actual artist himself commented on my music blog (it was something like "thanks for the nice words, but you're about as accurate as Wikipedia").

Nashville session dude Michael Rhodes

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/michael-rhodes-dead-1235279997/

Disability rights activist Judy Heumann.

Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Last Original Member, Dead at 71

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/gary-rossington-lynyrd-skynyrd-dead-1209960/

rip gary, u were gr8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKbkArYyics

call me the breeze rules mostly bc of gary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsIqEq9OFxE