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May 21, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Vangelis

Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou – better known to the music world as Vangelis –has died. He was 79. People know Vangelis as a soundtrack composer. And he reached influential heights in that department, but he was a pop star, a prog-rock legend, a shapeshifting jazz-fusion experimenter, synthesiser pioneer and so much more. I probably first knew […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [OST], Aphrodite's Child, Blade Runner, Bladerunner, Chariots of Fire, Composer, Eulogy, Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou, Greece, Greek, Jon & Vangelis, Jon Anderson, R.I.P., R.I.P. Vangelis, Score, Synth, Synthesizer, Vangelis ·

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March 2, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Mark Lanegan Sampler (R.I.P.)

R.I.P. Mark Lanegan. What a shock. He was just 57. If you click that link you can read my eulogy post. It will also take you to my absolute and all-time favourite Lanegan solo album. But the gravel-throated heart-and-soul singer was more than just a solo artist. He was a frequent collaborator. He was in […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Eulogy, Mark Lanegan, Playlist, Playlist: Mark Lanegan Sampler (R.I.P.), R.I.P., Spotify ·

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February 23, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Mark Lanegan

Mark Lanegan has died. He was just 57. He was so often referred to as ‘a survivor’. A wild teen – alcohol and drugs – and then music was both his salvation and a further promulgation of the maddening haze. He ran with Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley, later he was a good chum of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Eulogy, Mark Lanegan, R.I.P., R.I.P. Mark Lanegan ·

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February 18, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. P.J. O’Rourke

P.J. O’Rourke has died. He was a week off turning 75. He was one of my favourite writers, a towering influence, of huge importance to me in my teen years and early 20s. He was at the sophisticated end of Frat-Boy humour (Modern Manners, The Bachelor Home Companion) and of course he went far beyond […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Author, Eulogy, P. J. O'Rourke, R.I.P., R.I.P. P.J. O’Rourke, Writer, Writing ·

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February 1, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Sam Lay

Sam Lay has died. He was 86. The blue drumming great played on dozens of important sides for Chess Records and in recent years was a living legend of the Alligator Records stable, one of the last links back to the classic, vital blues masters. Lay played with Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf. And recorded […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blues, Chess Records, Drummer, Drumming, Eulogy, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, R.I.P., R.I.P. Sam Lay, Sam Lay, SHUFFLE ·

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January 6, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich has died. He was 82. The acclaimed film director, writer and actor burst onto the scene in the early 1970s with his adaptation of the Larry McMurtry novel, The Last Picture Show. A film school classic, this introduced the world to Cybill Shepherd (it also starred Jeff Bridges, Cloris Leachman and Ellen Burstyn […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Director, Eulogy, Film, Filmmaker, Movies, Peter Bogdanovich, R.I.P., R.I.P. Peter Bogdanovich ·

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January 2, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Joan Didion

Just ahead of Christmas it was very sad to hear of the passing of Joan Didion. She lived a long and extraordinary life and wrote so beautifully, so dutifully also. She was a chronicler of times, putting art into journalism, putting her life down on the page alongside all she captured. She’s been one of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Author, Book, Books, Essay, Essays, Eulogy, Joan Didion, Journalism, Non-FIction, R.I.P., R.I.P. Joan Didion, Tribute, Writer, Writing ·

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November 5, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Pat Martino

Pat Martino has died. He was 77. The talented jazz guitarist climbed the mountain – twice. His story of fighting for his talent is as important as the music he made. I first heard Martino in the second phase of his career, I was blown away by his talent, his touch, his feel – the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Eulogy, Guitar, Jazz, Pat Martino, R.I.P., R.I.P. Pat Martino ·

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October 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Ronnie Tutt

Ronnie Tutt has died. He was 83. Best known as Elvis Presley’s drummer in the last decade of The King’s life – a member of the TCB Band – Tutt also played regularly with Neil Diamond and recorded, or toured, with the likes of the Carpenters, Roy Orbison, Stevie Nicks and many more.
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Drummer, Drumming, Drums, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Eulogy, Neil Diamond, R.I.P., R.I.P. Ronnie Tutt, Ron Tutt, Ronnie Tutt, The King, The TCB Band ·

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September 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Lonnie Smith

Lonnie Smith has died. He was 79.  He referred to himself as “Dr.” Lonnie Smith. No one questioned it. We all liked his medicine. Lonnie Smith arrived on the back of a wave of Hammond organists – Jimmy Smith and Brother Jack McDuff his obvious forebears. Smith would release solo albums and collaborate with many […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Eulogy, George Benson, Lonnie Smith, Organ, R.I.P., R.I.P. Lonnie Smith ·

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September 15, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Norm Macdonald

Norm Macdonald had died. He was 61. He was diagnosed with cancer nearly a decade ago. He kept it quiet – telling only a few close friends. He wanted privacy. He wanted the comedy to continue when and as it did. He wanted that untainted. Norm Macdonald was a comedy genius, a comedian’s comedian – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Comedian, Comedy, Eulogy, Norm Macdonald, R.I.P., R.I.P. Norm Macdonald, SNL ·

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September 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Warren Storm

Warren Storm has died. The drummer and singer was a legend. In the business for over 60 years, Storm had several careers within music. He was a session drummer for blues and R’n’B stalwarts including Slim Harpo, Lazy Lester, Lightnin’ Slim and Charles Sheffield. He was a jukebox singer making weepies for cheap and quick […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged "Singer", Drummer, Eulogy, Lazy Lester, Lil' Band O' Gold, R.I.P., R.I.P. Warren Storm, Singing Drummer, Swamp Pop, Warren Storm ·
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