Favorite Musicians are Dying at a Rapid Rate!

[Chung Tran]

Mel Tillis yesterday.. David Cassidy is on his death bed.. Malcom Young this past weekend.

in less than 2 years, we also lost Lemmy, David Bowie, Tom Petty, Prince, Merle Haggard, Walter Becker (Steely Dan), Glen Campbell, and George Michael.. I have seen all 11 of these guys in concert. what's odd is I can't think of any women musicians who have parted recently. Donna Summer in 2012 is the last prominent female whom I have seen, that has departed.

anyway.. go see your favorite artist when he comes around.. it may be your last chance.

[Mokoa]

Whitney Huston passed in 2012 a few months before Donna Summer. I loved Donna back in the Disco days and later.

Also Amy Winehouse in 2011.

Christina Grimmie in 2016.

[rexdutchman]

Yup, Chung its called getting old (like me) musicians , actors, providers retire etc the older we get the more of them kick it

[00 gauge]

Yessir Chung, it certainly hits hard when you realize some of them are the same age I am ..... and we lost Chuck Berry and Fats Domino too ..... but that creaky old bastard Keith Richards is 147 years old now and he's still rolling on while gathering no moss .....

[rockerrick]

BB King
Chester Bennington
Chris Cornell

[Chung Tran]

Originally Posted by rexdutchman

Yup, Chung its called getting old (like me) musicians , actors, providers retire etc the older we get the more of them kick it

it's not just about getting older.. of the 12 people listed, just 3 made it to age 70 (one of those, Lemmy, by just 4 days).. I purposely left off BB King, Fats Domino, and Chuck Berry, those fuckers cheated death for years, LOL.. I could have mentioned Scott Weiland, Chester Bennington, and Chris Cornell, all of whom died young. I listed Tillis because he left us hours earlier, granted he was not young

Originally Posted by 00 gauge

Yessir Chung, it certainly hits hard when you realize some of them are the same age I am ..... and we lost Chuck Berry and Fats Domino too ..... but that creaky old bastard Keith Richards is 147 years old now and he's still rolling on while gathering no moss .....

is Keith that old now? he's looking great, I would have guessed closer to 125

[Gorgeously Unique]

Do you think it meant, literally Stars? Time of judgement is NEAR

[rexdutchman]

Yup "rode hard and put up wet" comes to mind ( look at mick jagger )

[nevergaveitathought]

Originally Posted by Chung Tran

anyway.. go see your favorite artist when he comes around.. it may be your last chance.

i've had chances to see many different artists but many times i just didn't

I had this wave of sentimental nostalgia envelope me when I saw wayne newton was appearing at the golden nugget in lake Charles last summer

while I never was a fan of wayne newton, seemingly in an instant, I suddenly became one and I went to see him

he was 76 and I thought it might be the last time

he cant sing any more but he tried, it was disheartening,

he played a few instruments, talked and showed old clips

actually I enjoyed his show in a sad wistful way in its reduced laid back paleness

pensive moods take hold of me, not when I think upon , but feel, our common humanity

[bojulay]

You forgot one LOL

Well, it was better than the Beach Boys version.

[Chung Tran]

Originally Posted by Gorgeously Unique

Do you think it meant, literally Stars? Time of judgement is NEAR

part of me thinks it would be exciting to ride you, while you hurl quotes from Revelations at me.. it would be an interesting IOP, definitely

Originally Posted by nevergaveitathought

while I never was a fan of wayne newton, seemingly in an instant, I suddenly became one and I went to see him

he was 76 and I thought it might be the last time

he cant sing any more but he tried, it was disheartening,

I feel you.. imagine how difficult it is, at 76, to reproduce the sound of a woman he portrayed with "Danke Schoen", 55 years earlier. and I bet you were singing "Daddy don't you walk so fast" at the top of your lungs, weren't you?

[Chung Tran]

David Cassidy is now in the arms of God, he died today, 47 years to the day that his first single, "I think I love you", (under the Partridge Family banner.. actually only he and Shirley Jones sang on any of those records) hit #1 on the Billboard Top 100 singles chart.

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