RIP...for all that have passed
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@bruce-m I meant that if I was at your funeral I would appreciate it and laugh. And how do you know you won’t be able to “be there?” Nobody really knows what happens when we die.
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TOMMY SMOTHERS ONE HALF OF THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS DIES AT 86
This interview with Tommy Smothers came from the book Ticket to Ride by Denny Somach
Q: Now you were part of another episode in the story. You were at the bed-in strumming along to "Give Peace a Chance," right?TS: The Montreal Bed-In for Peace. Dr. Timothy Leary was there, as well as a whole group of people at the time who were hanging around. They were laying in bed, Yoko and Lennon , and we spent about three days up there, just partying and having a good time.
They had all these mikes set up there and they gave me a guitar. I remember this distinctly -- he was playing "Give Peace a Chance" and we were all sitting around the bed singing. He was playing a lower open chord formation, so I went up and did the next chord inversion and I was playing a couple of passing chords. We were singing along and all of a sudden he stops and says, "Hey, play what I play. Play exactly what I play. I want it to sound that way."
I said, "Sorry I thought I was filling in some of those chords. Of course, he's a pretty good musician. I've been playing for a while, but he liked that doubling of the sound of the guitars on that particular song.
Then later on, a poster came out with Lennon, Leary and I and Yoko on the bed there I said, "Oh my goodness! I'm being immortalized with the Beatles!"
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Tommy Smothers was a genuine comic genius, and the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was the best thing on TV at the time. The CBS censors had no clue about that they had, or what they were giving up.
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Maurice Hines Dies: Tap Dancing Star Of Stage, TV, Film Was 80
Maurice toured in Jelly’s Last Jam, the show that earned Gregory [Gregory Hines, his brother] a Tony Award on Broadway.“Jelly’s Last Jam” is based on the music of Jelly Roll Morton published by Paul’s MPL Music.
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Maureen Starkey (1946-1994)
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@jimmix I loved “Starsky & Hutch!” Watched every episode. And David’s song “Don’t Give Up On Us” was wonderful! R.I.P. David!
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@njr
STARSKY & HUTCH
“THE GAME”
ABC - SEPTEMBER 19, 1978Rare autograph Buddy Holly album accidentally went into the oven instead of a pizza.
Sorry Paul.
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@jimmix said in RIP...for all that have passed:
Maurice Hines Dies: Tap Dancing Star Of Stage, TV, Film Was 80
Maurice toured in Jelly’s Last Jam, the show that earned Gregory [Gregory Hines, his brother] a Tony Award on Broadway.“Jelly’s Last Jam” is based on the music of Jelly Roll Morton published by Paul’s MPL Music.
Fun Fact: I went to college with George C. Wolfe, co-author and director of the original production of "Jelly's Last Jam" (and, more recently, director of "Rustin" and Chadwick Boseman's last film, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"). He was 2 years ahead of me, so while I knew him, I didn't know him that well and I tend to doubt he'd remember me now. But it was obvious even then that he was a major talent.
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@bruce-m I saw “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” - great movie! I loved Chadwick Bozeman and was so sad when he passed away from colon cancer at only 43!
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@njr said in RIP...for all that have passed:
@bruce-m I saw “Ms Rainey’s Black Bottom” - great movie! I loved Chadwick Bozeman and was so sad when he passed away from colon cancer at only 43!
Chadwick Boseman was going to be a Denzel Washington-level star for the next 30 years. What a loss.