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Chicapah
Prog Reviewer
Joined: February 14 2006
Location: United States
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Points: 8238
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Posted: November 05 2008 at 12:13 |
Rest in peace, Mr. Black.
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"Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain
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Man With Hat
Collaborator
Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team
Joined: March 12 2005
Location: Neurotica
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Points: 166183
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Posted: November 05 2008 at 16:48 |
Gah!
So many going this year...
Sad to hear. Will bust out some early mothers tonight in memory of him.
Rest In Peace Jim...you will forever be the indian of the group. Thanks for the music.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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debrewguy
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Honorary Collaborator
Joined: April 30 2007
Location: Canada
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Points: 3596
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Posted: November 05 2008 at 20:56 |
one thing rarely mentioned in the rapturous & adoring reverence for Zappa was his firing of the original Mothers. A phone call "You're fired. Your last pay is this week". JCB said it was a cold way to do things.
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"Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case.
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Zargus
Forum Senior Member
Joined: May 08 2005
Location: Sweden
Status: Offline
Points: 3491
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Posted: November 06 2008 at 10:18 |
Rest in peace Jimmy Carl Black.
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jammun
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Joined: July 14 2007
Location: United States
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Points: 3449
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Posted: November 06 2008 at 21:26 |
Let's not forget the great meeting of what were two pioneers:
Brown, Black & Blue
Jimmy and Arthur Brown...
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caquintet
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Joined: June 13 2008
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Points: 11
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Posted: November 12 2008 at 12:23 |
What sad news on the death of a great Drummer and unique personality....The mothers would have not been complete without Jimmy...What a fine legacy of albums he left behind....so i hope your enjoying the great gig in the sky.
I think i will get out and watch "uncle meat and Burnt weeny sandwich" to remind me of his great talent.
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Lives of great men all remind us we must make our lives sublime and departing leave behind us footprints in the sands of time
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theproglady
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Joined: May 07 2008
Location: NY/Philadelphia
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Points: 5
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Posted: November 12 2008 at 13:36 |
"Jimmy passed
away peacefully last night Saturday 11/01/08 at 11:00 o'clock
pm. Jimmy says hi to everybody and he doesn't want anybody to be
sad."
oh man, I cant' help it but that quote did make me feel sad! It's so sweet. I read on Jimmy's wikipedia page recently that Walter Becker (unsuccessfully) campaigned to have Jimmy accepted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I'm a big Steely Dan fan too, so I thought that was cool. I played a few Mothers' songs and two Geronimo Black songs on my radio show this week to remember him. They should have inducted him into that stupid Hall of Fame!
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