The RIP thread

DaleHauskins wrote:       Scotty Moore († 28. June 2016) American guitarist Winfield Scott "Scotty" Moore II Scotty Moore,Elvis Presley's First Guitarist, and pioneering rock guitarist who was a member of Elvis Presley's original band has died,aged 84. He died in Nashville on Tuesday after several months of poor health. Scotty Moore is credited with helping Elvis shape his music that came to be called rock'n'roll,and inspired generations of guitarists.  Moore was the last survivor of a Elvis's original band which included Presley,bassist Bill Black and producer Sam Phillips.  Keith Richards from The Rolling Stones once said: "Everyone else wanted to be Elvis,I wanted to be Scotty."

Huge.   Page loved him.   Was rock 'n roll for several years.

LearsFool wrote: RIP Bernie Worrell, keyboardist, key member of Parliament-Funkadelic, and touring musician for Talking Heads. http://www.factmag.com/2016/06/24/parliament-funkadelic-keyboardist-bernie-worrell-dies-at-72/

     
Scotty Moore († 28. June 2016)
American guitarist Winfield Scott "Scotty" Moore II
Scotty Moore,Elvis Presley's First Guitarist, and pioneering rock guitarist who was a member of Elvis Presley's original band has died,aged 84.

He died in Nashville on Tuesday after several months of poor health.

Scotty Moore is credited with helping Elvis shape his music that came to be called rock'n'roll,and inspired generations of guitarists.

Moore was the last survivor of a Elvis's original band which included Presley,bassist Bill Black and producer Sam Phillips.

Keith Richards from The Rolling Stones once said: "Everyone else wanted to be Elvis,I wanted to be Scotty."

http://www.noise11.com/news/r-i-p-scotty-moore-guitarist-for-elvis-presley-1931-2016-20160629

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/scotty-moore-elvis-presley-guitarist-dead-at-84-20160628

http://www.scottymoore.net/

Big loss. 

RIP Henry McCullough (Sweeney's Men, Joe Cocker, Wings a.o.). He passed away yesterday aged 72.

^ indeed.  I just tried to make that point to Raff over pizza and ..perhaps.. a few too many high octaine beers.  I asked her point blank if she, as a European, undestood just how important, how special that man was. She had to note that she woke up this morning to find me at the computer.. tears in my eyes.. watching a youtube clip of his fight against Foreman. Tears of emotion. An admiration of beauty that music can often inspire. Watch that if you haven't seen it recently. He wasn't pretty.. he was beautiful.

Anyhow. I don't think she does. How can you if you are not from this country.

Anyhow.. feeling no pain.. nor any compunction for making my views known (even in a crowded restaurant) I compared him to todays current crop of atheletes who of course flooded social media with their admiration.

bullsh*t.. find me one athlete willing to throw his livelihood away, even risk it, to stand up for what is right in the name of all that is wrong.  Anyhow.. I guess the guy sitting next to us agreed. As he left.. he interrupted my tirade.. and gave a me a 'hell yeah' and a thumbs up.  Said today it is all about the money... hell yeah it is.


Edited by micky - June 04 2016 at 12:51

"My conscience won't let me go shoot my brother or some darker people or some poor, hungry people in the mud for big, powerful America. And shoot them for what? They never called me n****r, they never lynched me, they didn't put no dogs on me, they didn't rob me of my nationality, rape and kill my mother and father. Shoot them for what? How can I shoot them poor people? Poor little black people and babies and children and women. How can I shoot them poor people? Just take me to jail." — Muhammad Ali

I don't care about boxing or any sports but I respect him for his anti-war stance.

the greatest... 

RIP Ali

Cassius, well miss you so.