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[soundsof71]

Hal Blaine: “May he rest forever on 2 and 4.”

That quote is from his family’s Facebook posting, announcing Hal Blaine’s passing at age 90.

He played on 40 #1 singles, 150 top 10s, some 6000+ tracks in all. (You’ll see stats that say north of 30,000 but don’t believe the hype. All these guys were union and kept their timecards. When Hal says more than 6000, he knew what he was talking about.)

Hal was the drummer on six straight Grammy Record of the Year winners, 1966 through 1971: 

“A Taste of Honey”, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

“Strangers In The Night”, Frank Sinatra

“Up, Up, and Away”,  The Fifth Dimension

“Mrs. Robinson”, Simon & Garfunkel

“Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In”, The Fifth Dimension

“Bridge Over Troubled Water”, Simon & Garfunkel

Plus if it was a studio recording by The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, Sonny & Cher, Carpenters, The Association, The Fifth Dimension, or The Partridge Family, the odds are that it was probably Hal. 

You don’t need me to cue up Hal’s biggest hits like the ones listed above, or “Be My Baby”, “Good Vibrations” (Hal seen below working on it with Brian Wilson)...

...so I’m going to take you to the first song that made me say, “WHO’S PLAYING  THOSE DRUMS?!?!” The song was a deceptively complicated pop trifle called “Dizzy” by Tommy Roe, and it spent four weeks at #1, starting on March 15, 1969 (50 years ago almost to the day as I write this). 

I say deceptively complicated because even though it’s basically two verses and the chorus three times (it actually starts with the chorus, which I’m a sucker for.) There’s not even a bridge, but it manages to go through 11 key changes in less than three minutes! And while there are other instruments, I always heard it as a duet between the drums and the strings. 

You already know it was Hal Blaine on strings, and the string arranger was another member of the extended family known at the time as The Usuals, Jimmie Haskell. I was delighted to find this, as both Hal and Jimmie were well known to me from so many other albums in the family collection by then. (I was reading album credits before I was reading books.) 

This really is an astonishing track. Bubblegum pop on one level, exceptionally baroque on another, and a drums-strings pas de deux the likes of which we’ve yet to hear again. I used to listen to this on repeat for hours, singing at the top of my lungs -- including the drum breaks and strings stings (c’mon, you know you sing instrumental parts too!) spinning around and around the room until I was DIZZY. 

Check Hal’s snare kicking it off like a gunshot.

I have a couple of other gems of Hal’s that are a little off the beaten path.

I hope that y’all are enough in the know by now to not be pissing on The Partridge Family, who was making absolutely first-rate pop composed by some of the best writers of the day, with pros like Hal Blaine laying down the tracks. 

(Plus, c’mon, David Cassidy would have been a singing star without the show,  and Shirley Jones WAS a star, an Oscar-winner no less, with one of the great voices that humankind has ever been blessed with.)

“I Can Hear Your Heartbeat” uses Hal’s right foot on the bass pedal as the titular heartbeat, until the whole kit comes swinging in after the first verse. One of the keys to appreciating Hal (or any drummer, really) is to listen to when he starts and stops, and the gaps in between what his hands are doing. This one is a real gem. 

(And yes, there’s performance footage of the Partridges of course, but none of the clips SOUND good enough to hear all that Hal is up to.)

Now having sung Hal’s praises, I’ll note again that it’s possible to overstate the case (which Hal encouraged, and participated in more than once). There were plenty of other drummers on the Hollywood studio scene, including Earl Palmer (very likely on more records than Hal in fact), plus a number of times that Hal was one of a couple of drummers on a single track.

This was a Phil Spector trick. Multiple drums, multiple bassists (often one electric and one acoustic), and an army of guitars all playing at once were the key to the Wall of Sound, NOT multitracking. Sure, Phil used that too now and again, but rarely to add depth. More often for polishing, because there’s no substitute for the vibrations in the air when all those players are playing simultaneously. THAT’s the Wall of Sound, and Hal and his friends are the exact musicians Phil used.

Mike Nesmith used this "Wall of Sound” trick to fine effect when he produced one of the best tracks he wrote for The Monkees, “Mary Mary”, so sharp that it appeared in FIVE episodes, yet still manages to be too little known.

“Mary Mary” features FIVE guitarists (Glen Cambell and James Burton both on lead, with Peter Tork among the rhythm players), two bassists (Larry Knechtel and Bob West), and two drummers (Hal Blaine and Jim Gordon, whose name may also be familiar to you from Derek & The Dominoes, George Harrison, Delaney & Bonnnie,  et al.), with notable percussive support from Cary Coleman.

This is definitely Hal kicking it off, though, with a snare lick so sweet that Mike looped it three times and added it to the front of the track, making it that much easier to sample, and sampled it was, including on a nifty COVER of this track by Run-D.M.C. (even though they changed Mike’s lyric on the verses, Mike is the only writer credited) that also used Mickey’s vocal singing the words “Mary Mary”.

I should mention that The Monkees’ version of “Mary Mary” was never released as a single in the US, but WAS included as a cardboard cutout single on the back of Honey Combs cereal!!!! Yes, I had it, though, like a fool, I failed to keep  up with it.

Anyway, this is GROOVE, kids.

Last but not least, Elvis Presley’s “A Little Less Conversation” (1968) was so far ahead of its time that it STILL sounds like it’s from the future. Originally recorded early in the year, it was re-recorded for the famed Elvis ‘68 TV special, but scrapped at the last minute. (Hal did in fact appear in the special!) The second version of "A Little Less Conversation” was used to outstanding effect in the 2001 version of Ocean’s Eleven, and a subsequent remix by Junkie XL charted even higher than Elvis’s original, going to #1 in 14 countries including the UK.

And all of ‘em featured Hal’s drums, absolutely swinging.

You’ve surely seen Hal’s name by now in the context of “The Wrecking Crew”, a name that he invented well after the era had finished to describe this loose group of LA studio aces. It was not only NOT used at the time, but explicitly and angrily rejected by many of the folks tagged with that label later (Leon Russell was so furious at the name that he insisted that the chapter of the movie devoted to him be removed, and he’s far from alone in his outrage)...but hey, as long as you keep that in mind, you can still enjoy the documentary of the same name for what it is: a long conversation between some of the folks who made some remarkable music.

You probably know the song “A Little Less Conversation” well enough (although you should check it out if you don’t), but in this little clip from the aforementioned Wrecking Crew movie, you can see 2008 Hal playing along with 1968 Hal for 30 seconds or so.

Watch his right hand in particular. It’s practically floating on air. He’s holding the drumstick so lightly that I bet you could have snuck up behind him and snatched it right out of his hand. Not that 70s rock drummers like Bonzo couldn’t swing plenty, but the death grip on drumsticks as heavy as telephone poles characteristic of later drumming is barely even the same thing as what Hal was doing.

I’m not saying one is better than the other -- I hope you know by now that I love light 60s pop every bit as much as heavy 70s rock -- but this clip tells you everything you need to know about why drummers in particular revere Hal as one of the greats...even if he pissed them off sometimes, too. 

Additional notes: the photo, the quote and some of the stats at the top are courtesy redef,  the picture of Hal with Brian Wilson is via forums.stevehoffman.tv, and the single of “Mary Mary” is via 45cat. The rest is from yewchewb, and me obsessively reading the back of albums since 1963.

Here’s a great list of highlights from Hal’s credits. You’re going to be flabbergasted by them. If you have any kind of record collection that dips into the 60s at all, you may have dozens of them.

And while most of Hal’s key work was in the 60s, he did in fact have a terrific 1971, with appearances on two albums each by The Partridge Family (including one of my favorite singles of theirs, “Echo Valley 2-6809″) and Barbra Streisand (Stoney End is one of my favorites by anyone that year), Carpenters (featuring “Rainy Days and Mondays”), and a good-sized handful more.

[nprfreshair]

Remembering Prolific Rock 'N' Roll Drummer Hal Blaine

Blaine, who died Monday, recorded with Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys and many others. He was part of the group of sought-after studio musicians known as The Wrecking Crew. He spoke with Terry Gross in 2001.

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from Young Avengers #1 by Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie

“Oh listen to the drums . . .”

Rest in Peace, Hal Blaine

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The Song of the Day is:

Rush – “2112 (Overture/Temple of the Syrinx)” From the album 2112 (1976)

We’ve taken care of everything The words you hear, the songs you sing The pictures that give pleasure to your eyes It’s one for all and all for one We work together, common sons Never need to wonder how or why

We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx Our great computers…

[chrisgoesrock]

03.  Apache - Craig Smith (Maitreya Kali)  - Color Fantasy - 3.50

Craig Vincent Smith (April 25, 1945 – March 16, 2012) was an American musician, songwriter and actor. He began his career in the 1960s playing pop and Folk music, and appearing on The Andy Williams Show. Smith wrote several songs that were recorded by successful artists of the time including Glen Campbell, The Monkees, and Andy Williams. After experimenting with drugs while travelling on the hippie trail, he suffered mental health problems which worsened over time. He released two solo albums, Apache and Inca, in the early 1970s under the names Maitreya Kali and Satya Sai Maitreya Kali. After spending nearly three years in prison for assaulting his mother, he spent the majority of the next 35 years homeless.

Early and personal life. Smith was born in Los Angeles, the son of Charles "Chuck" Smith and Marguerite "Carole" Smith (née Lundquist). His father was a descendant of gospel songwriter Charles H. Gabriel. His mother was of Swedish and German descent. Smith had two older brothers and one younger sister. Chuck Smith had worked as a manager at the Jade Room, a nightclub owned by Larry Potter, and was known by the stage name Chuck Barclay. After World War Two he worked as a welder and a salesman. Chuck died in 1978, aged 64, from a stroke, and Carole died in 1998, aged 82, from pulmonary disease.

Smith attended Grant High School, becoming class president and being on the school gymnastics team. He graduated in June 1963, and turned down a number of offers from colleges in order to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.

Career 1963–1966: the Good Time Singers. In August 1963 Smith was recruited by Michael Storm and Tom Drake (who had performed together as the Other Singers) to join the Good Time Singers, a band formed to replace the New Christy Minstrels on The Andy Williams Show. From December 1963 to January 1964 Smith and Storm also performed shows with Gordon and Sheila MacRae, supported by their daughters Heather and Meredith. The Good Time Singers released their debut self-titled album in January 1964, and their second album One Step More in October 1964. In between the albums they had embarked on a 17-city tour. Around this time Smith began songwriting, and he wrote a song called "Christmas Holiday", which was recorded by Andy Williams for his 1965 album Merry Christmas. As the Good Times Singers' was ending, Smith and fellow bandmember Lee Montgomery intended to form a new duo called Craig & Lee, but Smith had to pull out after successfully auditioning for a new ABC television show, called The Happeners. Smith had previously unsuccessfully auditioned for The Monkees. The pilot for The Happeners was filmed in November 1965. The Good Times Singers' contract for The Andy Williams Show was not renewed past 1966.

1966–1967: The Happeners and Chris & Craig. After a successful audition process, Smith won the role of Alan Howard on The Happeners. The show was to be directed by David Greene, and was a mix of acting and singing, set in New York and based on the fictional eponymous folk trio. However, ABC declined to pick up the show following the pilot episode. Smith and his The Happeners co-star Chris Ducey decided to form a musical duo called Chris & Craig. They moved into an apartment together and began writing songs. They signed to Capitol Records, recording a number of demos throughout the summer of 1966. Their first single, "Isha", was written by Ducey b/w "I Need You" written by Smith, and was produced by Steve Douglas utilizing session musicians Hal Blaine and Carol Kaye of The Wrecking Crew. It was released in July 1966. Another single, "I Cant't Go On" (written by Ducey), was produced with the same line up. Originally an acoustic duo  utitilizing session musicians, during their later 1966 sessions they began experimenting with a full band, and in November 1966 they played a show supporting the Mothers of Invention with such a full band, with Smith and Ducey playing electric guitars. Throughout late 1966 and early 1967 the duo continued to write and record more songs, but they were never released by the label. In 1967 Smith befriended Gábor Szabó and the Beach Boys, unsuccessfully offering to write songs for the latter. In early 1967 Chris & Craig began playing with a permanent backing band. Through their friendship with Michael Nesmith of the Monkees, they hired Jerry Perenchio as their manager. They changed their name to the Penny Arcade, shortly becoming the Penny Arkade for trademark reasons.

1967–1968: the Penny Arkade. Nesmith began producing Smith and Ducey, initially pairing them with John London (bass) and Johnny Raines (drums). They were eventually replaced by Donald F. Glut on bass (who had appeared in an earlier incarnation of the band) and Bobby Donaho on drums. While the band worked on their own material, Smith continued to write songs, including "Salesman" for the Monkees, and "Hands of the Clock" and "Lazy Sunny Day" for Heather MacRae. Smith was also credited as co-producer for the songs, alongside Bob Thiele. He also wrote "Holly" for Williams. Nesmith took the band into a studio to record their album. One of the songs written at this time by Smith was "Country Girl", which was later recorded and released by Glen Campbell for his Try a Little Kindness album. The album never materialised, but some of the songs were collected and released as Not the Freeze in 2004. After a bad review of one of their live shows, the band decided to concentrate on writing and recording songs. In early 1968 they unsuccessfully auditioned for the role of house band on the TV show Peyton Place. In February 1968 Smith and his father went into business together, running a bar called the Buckeye Inn. In late 1968 Smith was associating with the Manson Family, and exploring an interest in Eastern philosophy, particularly Transcendental Meditation. Smith eventually left the Penny Arkade and decided to go travelling. The band continued without Smith until 1969, renamed as the Armadillo and with Bob Arthur as a replacement guitarist.

1968: travelling to Asia. After previously smoking small amounts of marijuana with friends, Smith began experimenting with LSD in 1968. During his travels Smith took LSD on a "regular" basis, and he smoked "copious amounts of hashish" while in Afghanistan. Smith decided to travel to India alone, with just a guitar and a backpack. He set off to join the hippie trail, arriving in Turkey in October 1968, possibly via Austria and Greece. Smith met fellow Western travellers (an Irishman and two American women) in Istanbul, and they set off together in a VW van, intending to drive to Delhi. After the van broke down, they hitched a ride in a lorry transporting olive oil, before taking a bus to Iran. They passed through Afghanistan, with Smith deciding to leave his companions for a few days in Kandahar while they travelled on to Kabul. Smith never joined them in Kabul; when his companions returned to Kandahar a few months later, they heard rumours that he had "gone crazy", running through the market with a knife threatening people, and then disappeared. It later became apparent that after threatening a market vendor, Smith had been beaten close to death and robbed, and possibly kidnapped and raped. Smith possibly spent some time in an Afghan insane asylum, where he is thought to have developed acute schizophrenia. It is not known if Smith ever reached India, although he and his travelogue claims he did visit India and reconnected with the Maharishi and went to Nepal.

1969–1970: return to United States and travelling to South America. Smith returned to the United States in late 1968 or early 1969, initially living back with his parents. He was possibly institutionalized and medicated for a short period. By this stage he was using the name "Maitreya Kali", which he intended to become his legal name, although this didn't happen until 1971. He continued to receive royalty checks from his historical songwriting for Williams and Campbell, amongst others. After his girlfriend left him, Smith decided to travel to South America, spending time in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, and the Galapagos Islands of Chile. Returning from South America, Smith reunited with his girlfriend, and they became engaged. When the engagement ended, Smith ripped up the wedding dress his fiancée had chosen. Following another brief re-connection, the relationship ended for good when Smith violently threatened one of her male friends.

1970–1971: deterioration in mental health. Smith claimed to have mystical powers, and thought he was a messiah. He prophesied that he would be "King of the World" by 2000. He claimed to be a reincarnation of Jesus, Buddha, and Hitler. As his erratic and bizarre behavior became more pronounced, such as claiming voices were telling him to kill people, his friends started to ignore him. One friend eventually had to obtain a restraining order against Smith. His appearance became more and more unkempt, with long hair and a wild beard. At one point, he shaved his head and beard off, and dressed in robes, his appearance comparable to a Buddhist monk, although his hair and beard would later grow back. He visited Heather and Sheila MacRae in Miami, and was asked to leave by Sheila's new husband after he woke up to find Smith standing over their bed with a knife. Heather saw him again in Los Angeles in 1972, when he "looked really scary [...] just totally looked insane, and would say weird things."

1971–1972: Apache and Inca. Smith wrote two solo albums Apache and Inca in 1971, which were self-released in 1972. In the liner notes to both albums, Smith claims to have played every instrument. The liner notes as a whole have been described as "bizarre [and] rambling", and display his belief system. Apache was released on his own 'Akashic Records', and features three songs from the Penny Arkade recording sessions. Inca was released a few months after Apache, in the summer of 1972, not as a standalone album but as a double gatefold with Apache on his new 'United Kingdom of America Records' label. Like Apache, Inca also features songs from the Penny Arkade recording sessions. The albums were mainly distributed to Smith's friends or sold on the street.

1973–1976: prison. After the albums were released, Smith sold his car with the intention of going to Ethiopia. His mental health problems continued, such as suggesting to a friend that they fight to the death using samurai swords. He also had a small black spider tattooed in the middle of his forehead in 1972 or 1973. On April 22, 1973, Smith attacked his mother at the family home. An attempted murder charge was not established, and following a psychiatric examination, he pleaded 'no contest' to a charge of assault. He was sentenced in November 1973 to six months to life, the maximum sentence for the offence, and the Judge suggested intense medical and psychiatric treatment. He began his sentence at the California Institution for Men, before transferring to the Deuel Vocational Institution in December 1973. He transferred again, to the California Men's Colony, in February 1974. He was granted parole at the fourth attempt, and was released from prison in June 1976.

1977–2012: later years and death. Suzannah Jordan, the third member of The Happeners trio, ran into Smith in LA in 1977; he was homeless but did not display any mental health issues. He drifted in and out of mental hospitals until the mid-1980s when funding was cut, and would then spend the next years homeless. He also had various run-ins with the law. In 1981 or 1982 he saw another old friend and told her he had been recording music. He has been indeed recording music, according to Mike Stax, as late as the late 1990s, which includes the 1994 song "Waves", which was released on the 2018 CD version of the album Love is Our Existence. By the early 2000s his "ramblings" had moved from Eastern philosophy/his Maitreya Kali persona to aliens. Smith died on March 16, 2012. His family declined to collect his ashes, and they were eventually collected by journalist Mike Stax.

★ Apache (Released under the name Satya Sai Maitreya Kali) (Akashic Records, 1971)

01. Ice and Snow 03:25 02. Black Swan 02:50 03. Color Fantasy 03:51 04. Voodoo Spell 02:01 05. Salesman 02:55 06. Music Box 02:55 07. Love Is Our Existence 02:30 08. One Last Farewell 02:35 09. I'm Walkin' Solo 02:28 10. Silk and Ivory 03:05 11. Swim 02:43 12. Revelation 03:12

★ Inca (Released under the name Satya Sai Maitreya Kali) (United Kingdom of America Records, 1972)

01. Lights of Dawn 02:56 02. Thesis 02:46 03. Knot the Freize 12:31 04. Jesus Owns 01:32 05. Sam Pan Boat 03:18 06. Fearless Men 03:38 07. Cheryl 03:05 08. Country Girl 02:51 09. Old Man 03:47 10. King 00:08

[greensparty]

RIP Hal Blaine 1929-2019

The drummer on some of the greatest songs of all time has died at age 90...yet most people never knew him. Session players are the unsung heroes of music and yet most people never know their name or face, but they know the song they made magical. Such was the case with Blaine, who was a part of the Wrecking Crew, Phil Spector’s renowned house band he used countless times.

Blaine played drums on 40 songs that went to #1. Among those he performed with include The Beach Boys (on their magnum opus Pet Sounds), The Byrds, Frank and Nancy Sinatra, The Supremes, Simon & Garfunkel (that’s him on Mrs. Robinson from The Graduate), and of course The Partridge Family! But possibly one of the greatest pieces of drumming in a pop song ever was courtesy of Blaine on The Ronettes’ 1963 classic “Be My Baby” (used to great effect in Mean Streets). I mean - Wow!

For more about the Wrecking Crew, I recommend Danny Tedesco’s documentary The Wrecking Crew (I named it one of my Best Documentaries of 2016).

The link above is the obit from Rolling Stone.

[dannyreviews]

In Memoriam 2019

As 2019 draws to a close, we remember those in entertainment that left us during the year.

Pegi Young - singer (1952 - 1/1/2019)

Daryl Dragon - singer (The Captain And Tennille) (1942 - 1/2/2019)

Bob Einstein - actor, comedian (1942 - 1/2/2019)

Mean Gene Okerlund - wrestling announcer (1942 - 1/2/2019)

Verna Bloom - actress (1938 - 1/9/2019)

Carol Channing - actress, singer (1921 - 1/15/2019)

Kaye Ballard - actress (1925 - 1/21/2019)

Jonas Mekas - documentary director (1922 - 1/23/2019)

Dusan Makavekev - director (1932 - 1/25/2019)

Michel Legrand - film composer (1932 - 1/26/2019)

James Ingram - singer (1952 - 1/29/2019)

Dick Miller - actor (1928 - 1/30/2019)

Julie Adams - actress (1926 - 2/3/2019)

Albert Finney - actor (1936 - 2/7/2019)

Jan-Michael Vincent - actor (1945 - 2/10/2019)

Bruno Ganz - actor (1941 - 2/16/2019)

Karl Lagerfeld - fashion designer (1933 - 2/19/2019)

Stanley Donen - director (1924 - 2/21/2019)

Peter Tork - musician (The Monkees) (1942 - 2/21/2019)

Brody Stevens - actor, comedian (1970 - 2/22/2019)

Katherine Helmond - actress (1929 - 2/23/2019)

Andre Previn - film composer, pianist, conductor (1929 - 2/28/2019)

Luke Perry - actor (1966 - 3/4/2019)

Hal Blaine - drummer (1929 - 3/11/2019)

Dick Dale - guitarist (1937 - 3/16/2019)

Scott Walker - singer (The Walker Brothers) (1943 - 3/22/2019)

Agnes Varda - director (1928 - 3/29/2019)

Nipsey Hussle - rapper (1985 - 3/31/2019)

Seymour Cassel - actor (1935 - 4/7/2019)

Georgia Engel - actress (1948 - 4/12/2019)

John McEnery - actor (1943 - 4/12/2019)

Bibi Andersson - actress (1935 - 4/14/2019)

Fay McKenzie - actress, singer (1918 - 4/16/2019)

Ken Kercheval - actor (1935 - 4/21/2019)

Jean-Pierre Marielle - actor (1932 - 4/24/2019)

John Singleton - director, screenwriter, producer (1968 - 4/28/2019)

Peter Mayhew - actor (1944 - 4/30/2019)

Norma Miller - dancer, actress (1919 - 5/5/2019)

Alvin Sargent - screenwriter (1927 - 5/9/2019)

Peggy Lipton - actress (1946 - 5/11/2019)

Machiko Kyo - actress (1924 - 5/12/2019)

Doris Day - actress, singer (1922 - 5/13/2019)

Tim Conway - actor, comedian (1933 - 5/14/2019)

Grumpy Cat - internet celebrity (2012 - 5/14/2019)

Herman Wouk - author (1915 - 5/17/2019)

Leon Redbone - singer (1944 - 5/30/2019)

Dr. John - singer (1941 - 6/6/2019)

Sylvia Miles - actress (1924 - 6/12/2019)

Franco Zefferelli - director (1923 - 6/15/2019)

Dave Bartholomew - singer, songwriter, record producer (1918 - 6/23/2019)

Edith Scob - actress (1937 - 6/26/2019)

Max Wright - actor (1943 - 6/26/2019)

Arte Johnson - actor, comedian (1929 - 7/3/2019)

Pierre Lhomme - cinematographer (1930 - 7/4/2019)

Joao Gilberto - singer (1931 - 7/6/2019)

Artur Brauner - producer (1918 - 7/7/2019)

Rip Torn - actor (1931 - 7/9/2019)

Freddie Jones - actor (1927 - 7/9/2019)

Valentina Cortese - actress (1923 - 7/10/2019)

Johnny Clegg - singer (1953 - 7/16/2019)

David Hedison - actor (1927 - 7/18/2019)

Rutger Hauer - actor (1944 - 7/19/2019)

Jeremy Kemp - actor (1935 - 7/19/2019)

Russi Taylor - voice actress (1944 - 7/26/2019)

Harold Prince - theater producer and director (1928 - 7/31/2019)

D.A. Pennebaker - documentary director (1925 - 8/1/2019)

Toni Morrison - author (1931 - 8/5/2019)

Jean-Pierre Mocky - director, screenwriter, producer (1929 - 8/8/2019)

Peter Fonda - actor (1940 - 8/16/2019)

Richard Williams - animator, director (1933 - 8/16/2019)

Larry Taylor - bassist (Canned Heat, Tom Waits) (1942 - 8/19/2019)

Michel Aumont - actor (1936 - 8/28/2019)

Valerie Harper - actress (1939 - 8/30/2019)

Carol Lynley - actress (1942 - 9/3/2019)

Robert Frank - director, photographer (1924 - 9/9/2019)

Eddie Money - singer (1949 - 9/13/2019)

Ric Ocasek - singer (The Cars), record producer (1944 - 9/15/2019)

Sid Haig - actor (1939 - 9/21/2019)

Robert Hunter - lyricist (The Grateful Dead) (1941 - 9/23/2019)

Jessye Norman - opera singer (1945 - 9/30/2019)

Julie Gibson - actress (1913 - 10/2/2019)

Diahann Carroll - actress, singer (1935 - 10/4/2019)

Ginger Baker - drummer (Cream, Blind Faith) (1939 - 10/6/2019)

Rip Taylor - actor, comedian (1934 - 10/6/2019)

Marie-Jose Nat - actress (1940 - 10/10/2019)

Robert Forster - actor (1941 - 10/11/2019)

Robert Evans - producer (1930 - 10/26/2019)

John Witherspoon - actor, comedian (1942 - 10/29/2019)

Marie Laforêt - singer, actress (1939 - 11/2/2019)

Branko Lustig - producer (1932 - 11/14/2019)

Terry O’Neill - photographer (1938 - 11/16/2019)

Michael J. Pollard - actor (1939 - 11/21/2019)

Jonathan Miller - actor, director, author, comedian (1934 - 11/27/2019)

Shelley Morrison - actress (1936 - 12/1/2019)

Richard Easton - actor (1933 - 12/2/2019)

Robert Walker Jr. - actor (1940 - 12/5/2019)

Ron Leibman - actor (1937 - 12/6/2019)

Zaza Urushadze - director (1965 - 12/7/2019)

Caroll Spinney - puppeteer (1933 - 12/8/2019)

Marie Fredriksson - singer (Roxette) (1958 - 12/9/2019)

Gershon Kingsley - composer (1922 - 12/10/2019)

Danny Aiello - actor (1933 - 12/12/2019)

Anna Karina - actress (1940 - 12/14/2019)

Nicky Henson - actor (1945 - 12/15/2019)

Claudine Auger - actress (1940 - 12/18/2019)

Tony Britton - actor (1924 - 12/22/2019)

Jerry Herman - theater composer (1931 - 12/26/2019)

Sue Lyon - actress (1946 - 12/26/2019)

Neil Innes - actor, comedian, musician (The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, The Rutles) (1944 - 12/28/2019)

Syd Mead - art director (1933 - 12/30/2019)

[goalhofer]

2019 in memoriam.

Margaret “Pegi” Young, 66

Daryl Dragon, 76

“Mean” Gene Okerlund, 76

Herb Kelleher, 87

Verna Bloom, 80

Bonnie “Guitar” Buckingham, 95

Carol Channing, 97

Andrew G. Vajna, 74

Kaye Ballard, 93

Cardinal Fernando Sebastian Aguilar, 89

Richard Miller, 90

Betty “Julie” Adams, 92

Kristoff St. John, 52

Albert Finney, 82

Frank Robinson, 83

Jean-Thomas “Tomi” Ungerer, 87

Carmen Argenziano, 75

Jan-Michael Vincent, 74

Betty Ballantine, 99

Stanley Donen, 94

Peter Tork, 77

(Thomas) Morgan Woodward, 93

(Robert) Ted Lindsay, 93

Hal Blaine, 90

Cardinal Godfried Danneels, 85

Richard Dale, 81

Larry Cohen, 82

Nancy Gates, 93

Ermias “Nipsey Hussle” Asghedom, 33

Georgia Engel, 70

Berit “Bibi” Andersson, 83

Ken Kercheval, 83

John Havlicek, 79

John Singleton, 51

Peter Mayhew, 74

Leonard “Red” Kelly, 91

Jean Vanier, 90

Alvin Sargent, 92

Margaret “Peggy” Lipton, 72

Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, 98

Doris Day, 97

Thomas “Tim” Conway, 85

Ashley Massaro, 39

I.M. Pei, 102

(Bryan) Bart Starr, 85

Bill Buckner, 69

Cardinal Elio Sgreccia, 90

Malcolm “Dr. John” Rebennack; Jr., 77

Richard “Bushwick Bill” Shaw, 52

Dave Bartholomew, 100

(Hilda) Isabel Sarli, 89

(George) Max Wright, 75

Lido “Lee” Iacocca, 94

Arte Johnson, 90

(Henry) Ross Perot, 89

Elmore “Rip” Torn; Jr., 88

Cardinal Paolo Sardi, 84

Jus. John Stevens, 99

(Albert) David Hedison; Jr., 92

Rutger Hauer, 75

Cardinal Jose Manuel Estepa Llaurens, 93

Russi Taylor, 75

Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, 82

George Hilton, 85

D.A. Pennebaker, 94

Chloe “Toni” Morrison, 88

Cardinal Sergio Obeso Rivera, 87

Peter Fonda, 79

Richard Williams, 86

(Samuel) Larry Taylor, 77

David Koch, 79

Jessi Combs, 39

Cardinal Achille Silvestrini, 95

Valerie Harper, 80

Cardinal Jose De Jesus Pimiento Rodriguez, 100

Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, 96

Eddie Money (Mahoney), 70

Ric Ocasek, 75

(William) Barron Hilton, 91

Sid Haig, 80

Robert Hunter, 78

Cardinal William Levada, 83

Diahann Carroll, 84

Peter “Ginger” Baker, 80

Cardinal Serafim Fernandes De Araujo, 95

Robert Forster; Jr., 78

Robert Evans, 89

Branko Lustig, 87

Wat Misaka, 95

Michael J. Pollard, 80

George Atkinson III, 27

Chalmers “Bump” Elliott, 94

Jarad “Juice Wrld” Higgins, 21

Caroll Spinney, 85

Pete Frates, 34

Chuck Heberling, 94

Herman Boone, 84

Alta Willis, 72

J. Charles Jones, 82

Leland “Lee” Mendelson, 86

(John) Don Imus; Jr., 79

Claudine Auger, 78

Sue Lyon, 73

Cardinal Prosper Grech, 94

[randomlyrandoms]

CELEBRITY DEATHS 2019

JANUARY Pegi Young - Jan. 1 (Folk Singer) Bob Einstein - Jan. 2 (TV Actor) Gene Okerlund - Jan. 2 (Sportscaster) Daryl Dragon - Jan. 2 (Pop Singer) Herb Kelleher - Jan. 3 (Entrepreneur) Jo Andres - Jan. 6 (Director) Annalise Braakensiek - Jan. 6 (TV Actress) Kevin Fret - Jan. 10 (Rapper) Mel Stottlemyre - Jan. 13 (Baseball Player) Carol Channing - Jan. 15 (Stage Actress) Hailie Masson - Jan. 17 (TikTok Star) Windsor Davies - Jan. 17 (TV Actor) Mary Oliver - Jan. 17 (Poet) Boo the Pomeranian - Jan. 18 (Dog) John Coughlin - Jan. 18 (Figure Skater) Sean Dolan - Jan. 19 (Family Member) *Ethan & Grayson's Father* Masazo Nonaka - Jan. 20 (Supercantenarian)   Emiliano Sala - Jan. 21 (Soccer Player) Ashley Lovelace - Jan. 21 (Imstagram Star) Kaye Ballard - Jan. 21 (Stage Actress) Russell Baker - Jan. 21 (Memoirist) Kevin Barnett - Jan. 22 (Comedian) James Frawley - Jan. 22 (Director) Oliver Mtukudzi - Jan. 23 (Reggae Singer) Aloysius Pang - Jan. 24 (TV Actor) Fatima Ali - Jan. 25 (Chef) Michel Legrand - Jan. 26 (Composer) Jayo Sama - Jan. 27 (Rapper) Pepe Smith - Jan 28 (Rock Singer) James Ingram - Jan. 29 (R&B Singer) Dick Miller - Jan. 30 (Movie Actor)

FEBRUARY Clive Swift - Feb. 1 (TV Actor) Neal James - Feb. 1 (Reality Star) *Kristoff St. John - Feb. 3 (Soap Opera Actor) Julie Adams - Feb. 3 (TV Actress) Matti Nykanen - Feb. 4 (Skier) Albert Finney - Feb. 7 (Movie Actor) John Dingell - Feb. 7 (Politician) Frank Robinson - Feb. 7 (Baseball Player) Fabio Legarda - Feb. 7 (Reggaeton Singer) Cadet - Feb. 9 (Rapper) Ron W. Miller - Feb. 9 (Entrepreneur) Jan Michael Vincent - Feb. 10 (Movie Actor) Pedro Morales - Feb. 12 (Wrestler) Gordon Banks - Feb. 12 (Soccer Player) Bruno Ganz - Feb. 15 (Movie Actor) Saban Saulic - Feb. 17 (Folk Singer) Sean Milliken - Feb. 17 (Reality Star) *Karl Lagerfeld - Feb. 19 (Fashion Designer) Stanley Donen - Feb. 21 (Director) Beverley Owen - Feb. 21 (TV Actress) Peter Tork - Feb. 21 (Pop Singer) Brody Stevens - Feb. 22 (Comedian) Morgan Woodward - Feb. 22 (TV Actor) Clark James Gable - Feb. 22 (TV Actor) Lisa Sheridan - Feb. 25 (TV Actress) Mark Hollis - Feb. 25 (Rock Singer) Christian Bach - Feb. 26 (Soap Opera Actress) Nathaniel Taylor - Feb. 27 (TV Actor) Andre Previn - Feb. 28 (Composer) Anna Cunningham - Feb. 28 (TikTok Star)

MARCH Katherine Helmond - March 1 (TV Actress) Elly Mayday - March 1 (Model) Janice Freeman - March 2 (Pop Singer) **Luke Perry - March 4 (TV Actress) Keith Flint - March 4 (Pop Singer) Ted Lindsay - March 4 (Hockey Player) King Kong Bundy - March 4 (Wrestler) Chokoleit - March 9 (Comedian) Jed Allan - March 9 (Soap Opera Actor) Hal Blaine - March 11 (Drummer) Felicite Tomlinson - March 13 (Instagram Star) Mike Thalassitis - March 15 (Reality Star) Lil Mister - March 15 (Rapper) Dick Dale - March 16 (Guitarist) Richard Erdman - March 16 (TV Actor) Scott Walker - March 22 (Pop Singer) Agnes Varda - March 29 (Director) Nipsey Hussle - March 31 (Rapper)

APRIL Wowaka - April 5 (Pop Singer) Seymour Cassel - April 7 (Movie Actor) Mya-Lecia Naylor - April 7 (TV Actress) Earl Thomas Conley - April 10 (Country Singer) Bibi Andersson - April 14 (Movie Actress) Georgia Engel - April 15 (TV Actress) Black Jezuss - April 15 (Rapper) Alan García - April 17 (Politician) Lorraine Warren - April 18 (Supernatural Investigator) Julio Melgar - April 19 (World Music Singer) Stefanie Sherk - April 20 (TV Actress) Ken Kercheval - April 21 (TV Actor) Mark Medoff - April 23 (Playwright) John Singleton - April 29 (Director) **Peter Mayhew - April 30 (Movie Actor)

MAY   Rachel Jones - May 4 (Blogger) Rachel Held Evans - May 4 (Religious Author) Max Azria - May 6 (Fashion Designer) Jim Fowler - May 8 (TV Show Host) Peggy Lipton - May 11 (TV Actress) Pua Magasiva - May 11 (TV Actor) Alvin Sargent - May 11 (ScreenWriter) Elsa Patton - May 12 (Reality Star) Doris Day - May 13 (Movie Actress) *Grumpy Cat - May 14 (Cat) Tim Conway - May 14 (TV Actor) Isaac Kappy - May 14 (Movie Actor) I.M. Pei - May 16 (Architect) Ashley Massaro - May 16 (Wrestler) Bob Hawke - May 16 (World Leader) Herman Wouk - May 18 (Noveist) Niki Lauda - May 20 (Race Car Driver) Bart Starr - May 26 (Football Player) Gabriel Diniz - May 27 (World Music Singer) Bill Buckner - May 27 (Baseball Player) Susan Anne Christman - May 29 (Family Member) Leon Redbone - May 30 (Jazz Singer) Patricia Bath - May 30 (Inventor) Roky Erickson - May 31 (Rock Singer)

JUNE José Antonio Reyes - June 1 (Soccer Player) Ani Yudhoyono - June 1 (Political Wife) Dr. John - June 6 (Jazz Singer) Noemi Ban - June 7 (Non-Fiction Author) Curlyhead.kidd - June 8 (Instagram Star) Mary Duggar - June 9 (Reality Star) Bushwick Bill - June 9 (Rapper) Gabriele Grunewald - June 11 (Runner) Sylvia Miles - June 12 (Movie Actress) Sean McCann - June 13 (TV Actor) Edith González - June 13 (Soap Opera Actress) Franco Zeffirelli - June 15 (Director) Bishop Bullwinkle - June 16 (Soul Singer) Mohamed Morsi - June 17 (Politician) Gloria Vanderbilt - June 17 (Entrepreneur) Philippe Zdar - June 19 (DJ) Judith Krantz - June 22 (Novelist) Dave Bartholomew - June 23 (Songwriter) Stephanie Niznik - June 23 (TV Actress) Fame Reek - June 24 (Rapper) Billy Drago - June 24 (Moive Actor) Etika - June 25 (Youtube Star) **Beth Chapman - June 26 (Reality Star) Max Wright - June 26 (TV Actor) Hella Sketchy - June 27 (Rapper)

JULY Tyler Skaggs - July 1 (Baseball Player) Lee Iacocca - July 2 (Entrepreneur) Arte Johnson - July 3 (TV Actor) Chris Cline - July 4 (Entrepreneur) **Cameron Boyce - July 6 (TV Actor) Martin Charnin - July 6 (Director) Joao Gilberto - July 6 (Guitarist) *Rip Torn - July 9 (Movie Actor) Freddie Jones - July 9 (Movie Actor) **Denise Nickerson - July 10 (Movie Actress) Emily Hartridge - July 12 (Youtube Star) Bianca Devins - July 14 (Instagram Star) Rutger Hauer - July 19 (Movie Actor) Gabe Khouth - July 23 (Voice Actor) David Hedison - July 23 (TV Actor) Beji Essebsi - July 25 (Politician) Russi Taylor - July 26 (Voice Actress) Carlos Cruz-Diez - July 27 (Pop Artist) Dillon Henderson - July 28 (Youtube Star) The King of Random - July 29 (Youtube Star) Nick Buoniconti - July 30 (Football Player) Harold Prince - July 31 (TV Producer)

AUGUST Toni Morrison - Aug. 5 (Novelist) David Berman - Aug. 7 (Rock Singer) Ben Unwin - Aug. 14 (TV Actor) Peter Fonda - Aug. 16 (Movie Actor) Cedric Benson - Aug. 17 (Football Player) Gina Lopez - Aug. 19 (Environmentalist) Jessi Combs - Aug. 27 (TV Show Host) Valerie Harper - Aug. 30 (TV Actress)

SEPTEMBER Peter Lindbergh - Sept. 3 (Photographer) Carol Lynley - Sept. 3 (Movie Actress) Lashawn Daniels - Sept. 3 (Songwriter) Chris March - Sept. 5 (Fashion Designer) Jimmy Johnson - Sept. 5 (Guitarist) Robert Mugabe - Sept. 6 (World Leader) Robert Axelrod - Sept. 7 (Voice Actor) Camilo Sesto - Sept. 8 (World Music Singer) Robert Frank - Sept. 9 (Photographer) Daniel Johnston - Sept. 11 (Folk Singer) Eddie Money - Sept. 13 (Rock Singer) Ric Ocasek - Sept. 15 (Rock Singer) Phyllis Newman - Sept. 15 (Stage Actress) Suzanne Whang - Sept. 17 (TV Actress) Cokie Roberts - Sept. 17 (Journalist) Aron Eisenberg - Sept. 21 (TV Actor) Sid Haig - Sept. 21 (Movie Actor) Carl Ruiz - Sept. 21 (Chef) Robert Hunter - Sept. 23 (Songwriter) Linda Porter - Sept. 25 (TV Actor) Jacques Chirac - Sept. 26 (Politician) Jose Jose - Sept. 28 (World Music Singer) Jessye Norman - Sept. 30 (Opera Singer) Louie Rankin - Sept. 30 (Reggae Singer)

OCTOBER Karel Gott - Oct. 1 (Pop Singer) Kim Shattuck - Oct. (Rock Singer) Diahann Carroll - Oct. 4 (TV Actress) Ginger Baker - Oct. 6 (Drummer) Rip Taylor - Oct. 6 (Movie Actor) Larry Junstrom - Oct. 6 (Guitarist) David Weisman - Oct. 9 (Film Producer) *Robert Forster - Oct. 11 (Movie Actor) Kadri Gopalnath - Oct. 11 (Saxophonist) Sulli - Oct. 14 (TV Actress) Elijah Cummings - Oct. 17 (Politician) Alicia Alonso - Oct. 17 (Dancer) Bill Macy - Oct. 17 (TV Actor) Willie Brown - Oct. 22 (Football Player) Robert Evans - Oct. 26 (Film Producer) John Witherspoon - Oct. 29 (TV Actor)

NOVEMBER Rudy Boesch - Nov. 1 (Reality Star) Brian Tarantina - Nov. 2 (TV Actor) Walter Mercado - Nov. 2 (TV Show Host) Laurel Griggs - Nov. 5 (Stage Actress) Fred Cox - Nov. 20 (Football Player) Goo Hara - Nov. 24 (Pop Singer) Gary Rhodes - Nov. 26 (Chef) Godfrey Gao - Nov. 27 (Model)

DECEMBER Shelley Morrison - Dec. 1 (TV Actress) Ron Leibman - Dec. 6 (TV Actor) Juice WRLD - Dec. 8 (Rapper) Caroll Spinney - Dec. 8 (Puppeteer) Rene Auberjonois - Dec. 8 (TV Actor) Marie Fredriksson - Dec. 9 (Pop Singer) Philip McKeon - Dec. 10 (TV Actor) Danny Aiello - Dec. 12 (Movie Actor) Chuy Bravo - Dec. 14 (Reality Star) Mama Cax - Dec. 16 (Blogger) Claudine Auger - Dec. 18 (Movie Actress) Sue Lyon - Dec. 26 (Movie Actress) Don Imus - Dec. 27 (Radio Host)

[youngtough]

RIP Hal Blaine of the Wrecking Crew (& Palm Desert resident too)

[airkingsound]

RIP Hal Blaine.  Thanks for the beats. Thanks for the music.

[shaykeijser]

fandom tag!

i’m doing this on mobile so let’s hope this works & sorry i said more than one for some i’m too indecisive

i was tagged by @steveharringtonofficial so thank you laura i love you

The Rules:

choose three fandoms (in a random order) then answer the questions below and tag people to do the same

i’m tagging: @heartbreakcity @veeandpea @firealainvigneault2k18 & anyone else who wants to do it!

Fandoms: stranger things, riverdale, & izombie

First Character You Loved:

lucas sinclair

veronica lodge

ravi

Character You Never Expected to Love as Much as You Do:

mr. clarke

all serpents (except for jug sorry)

blaine debeers

Character You Relate to the Most:

max mayfield

cheryl blossom (not in how you think)

peyton charles

Character You’d Slap:

neil hargrove

the core 4 except veronica or hal

angus mcdonough (blaine’s dad)

Character You Liked at First But Don’t Anymore:

nancy wheeler OOPS

the core 4 except veronica

i like all of them

Character You Didn’t Like at First But Do Now:

joyce (i was indifferent)

alice & fp

blane debeers? maybe i didn’t like him once?

Three OTPs:

lumax - lucas sinclair & max mayfield

falice (alice & fp) or choni (cheryl & toni)

lilymoore (major lilywhite & liv moore) or livwell (lowell tracy rip & liv moore)

[backatthechickenshack]

RIP Paul Barrere- 11/6/19 Playlist

WFDU.fm

76th show

11/6/19

Hal 'Cornbread' Singer - Cornbread

Marcia ball - Leaving Louisiana in the Broad daylight

Big Boy Groves - Bucket o Blood

dave Bartholomew - The Monkey (speaks his mind)

JC Davis - Monkey

Guitar Crusher - the Monkey

Mabel scott - Googie Woogie

Tony Mathews - Dont Hurt Me No More

Lloyd Glenn - Chica Boo

Webb Wilder - Lucy Mae Blues

Frankie lee Sims - Married woman

Frankie lee Sims - ragged & Dirty

Frankie lee Sims - Frankie's blues

Ramblin Jeffrey Lee Pierce - Long Long Gone

Linda gail Lewis / Robbie Fulks - Til Death

Sanford clark - Its nothing to Me

Steve Bledsoe- Bang bang Youre Dead

Johnny Pee Wee Blaine - Lonely Street to hell

Johnny Paycheck - (Like me) You'll Recover in Time

Pierce Brothers - Death Row

the Houseguests - What so Never the Dance pts 1 & 2

Laura Lee - Its How You Make it Good

Lloyd  & Glen - That Girl

Sonny Burgess - Hootchy cootchy

Tony & Jackie Lamie - Wore to a Frazzel

the Downbeats - Craig's Crazy Boogie

Kingfish Ingram - Before I'm Old

BB King - Sweet Sixteen

Wild Jimmy Spruill - Raisin Hell

Little Feat - Fat Man in the Bathtub

Little Feat - All That You dream

Little Feat - Oh Atlanta

Little Feat - Feats Dont Fail Me Now

http://wfdu2.streamrewind.com/bookmarks/listen/276022/back-at-the-chicken-shack

[djbcadventures]

The DJBC Happy Hour - Show Playlists for # 293, 294, and 295

It’s been a while since I posted playlists.  I’ve been busy with theatre, and life.  But, here are playlists for the last three shows, which aired on April 8, 15, and 29 respectively.

Show # 293

ALL of the Songs featured in this show (April 8) featured the most-recorded studio musician, Hal Blaine (1929-2019) on the drums.

“Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In” - The Fifth Dimension “Be My Baby” - The Ronettes “Love Will Keep Us Together” - The Captain (RIP) and Tennille “I Saw Her Again (Last Night)” - The Mamas and the Papas “Good Vibrations” - The Beach Boys “I Get Around” - The Beach Boys “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’“ - Nancy Sinatra “I Can’t Help Fallin’ In Love” - Elvis Presley Batman Theme - Neil Hefti Three’s Company Theme - Ray Charles & Julie Rinker “That’s Life” - Frank Sinatra “Out of Limits” - The Marketts “I Got You Babe” - Sonny & Cher

Show # 294

The State of the Show can be described by one word.  Bold.”

Cold Open - Star Trek Theme - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Cold Open # 2 - Remington Steele Theme - Henry Mancini “Birthday” - The Beatles “Golden Years” - David Bowie “Another Day of Sun” - La La Land Soundtrack

Show # 295

“She Blinded Me With Science” - Thomas Dolby “On The Street Where You Live” - Vic Damone Jeopardy Theme Song “Let’s Face the Music and Dance” - Nat King Cole “Let There Be Love” - Nat King Cole

The #DJBCTS19 kicks off this Saturday on Parsons Avenue.  I will also hit the Pinchflat show at either Wild Goose Creative and/or Paradise Garage. (Also planned for May, Field of Heroes and the 25th Anniversary Asian Festival for Memorial Day Weekend.)

[mightyatomboy]

Oh! No... months after Adrian Lloyd (Drummer of Legendary Surf Instrumental bands : the Rumblers of « Boss » fame, and Adrian and the Sunsets! *I named my fanzine after his hit... ), weeks after Randy Nauert (bassist of the Challengers! ) and days after Hal Blaine-Drums, it's time for Dick Dale to pass away : the King of the Surf Guitar died sunday after suffering from multiple health problems for years, including rectal cancer, kidney failure, and diabetes. Despite that, he continued to tour right up until his death and had committed to ongoing tour plans for the rest of 2019. He was 81. To us Rock'n'Roll and Garage-rock fans, as the co-inventor of the Fender Reverb Unit, he was right Up there with Cochran, Link Wray, Duane Eddy, Berry, Bo and Hendrix 🎸 (RIP 😢 ) : #dickdale #dickdaleandhisdeltones #ripdickdale #dickdalekingofsurfguitar #dickdaleandthedeltones #kingofthesurfguitar #kingofthesurf (à Anaheim, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvOfav0AWiG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1e87g5gzaa11q

[matt-stiadle]

New blog post on Hal Blaine. RIP. http://www.tunestreetmusic.com/blog/why-you-should-care-that-hal-blaine-died #halblaine #thewreckingcrew #tunestreetmusic #tunestreet #musicreview https://www.instagram.com/p/BvJxgQDBFnM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1x66l6t1k1vbu