Another great musician passes to the ancestor realm - Paco de Lucia, the great flamenco guitarist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oyhlad64-s

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'But very bright were the stars upon the margin of the world, when at times the clouds about the West were drawn aside.'

Oh! I saw him play once--amazing!!

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“Wilbur never forgot Charlotte. Although he loved her children and grandchildren dearly, none of the new spiders ever quite took her place in his heart. She was in a class by herself. It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both.” E. B. White, who must have had vison in mind. There's a reason why we kept putting the extra i in her name in our minds!

And another giant in the Rock pantheon has passed into the West.

RIP, Jack Bruce.


It's gettin' near dawn
When lights close their tired eyes
I'll soon be with you my love
To give you my dawn surprise
I'll be with you darling soon
I'll be with you when the stars start falling

I've been waiting so long
to be where I'm going
In the sunshine of your love

I'm with you, my love
The light's shinin' through on you
Yes, I'm with you, my love
It's the morning and just we two
I'll stay with you darling now
I'll stay with you till my seeds are all dried up

I've been waiting so long
to be where I'm going
In the sunshine of your love

I'm with you, my love
The light's shinin' through on you
Yes, I'm with you, my love
It's the morning and just we two
I'll stay with you darling now
I'll stay with you till my seeds are all dried up

I've been waiting so long
I've been waiting so long
I've been waiting so long
to be where I'm going
In the sunshine of your love

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'But very bright were the stars upon the margin of the world, when at times the clouds about the West were drawn aside.'

Dammit. Who the hell would have thought Ginger Baker would outlive Bruce. Still, at least we had the Cream reunion before he died.

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The Vinyamars on Stage! This time at Bag End

I had the same thought. Both of them, actually.

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'But very bright were the stars upon the margin of the world, when at times the clouds about the West were drawn aside.'

I saw de Lucia play in Boston a while back, and he was amazing. RIP.

Oh, I missed that. I didn't know Paco de Lucia passed away. He really was one of the greats.

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“It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people.”

- Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, Good Omens

Joe Cocker joins the choir.

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The Vinyamars on Stage! This time at Bag End

Oh no! RIP.

A true icon.

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'But very bright were the stars upon the margin of the world, when at times the clouds about the West were drawn aside.'

Providing an aural backdrop Edgar Froese, not known to many but massively influential force in Electronic music,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Froese

This is one of my favourite ever bits of music, ever, ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8J2doVjui4

And hitting the high notes Demis Roussos

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Since 1410 most Welsh people most of the time have abandoned any idea of independence as unthinkable. But since 1410 most Welsh people, at some time or another, if only in some secret corner of the mind, have been "out with Owain and his barefoot scrubs." For the Welsh mind is still haunted by it's lightning-flash vision of a people that was free.

Gwyn A. Williams,

A true giant has passed into the ancestor realm. Rest in peace, B.B. King. Lucille will miss you, and so shall we all.

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'But very bright were the stars upon the margin of the world, when at times the clouds about the West were drawn aside.'

Oh, no.

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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

RIP BB

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The Vinyamars on Stage! This time at Bag End

He was 89, he was in hospice—Mr. Prim listens to WWOZ (New Orleans music radio station) via the Internet all day while he works, and BB King was mentioned frequently, so we knew this was coming. He lived a long life and left an incredible legacy, but it's sad anyway.

"The Thrill Is Gone":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXsusJ787sU

(h/t Charlie Pierce)

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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

Another giant has passed on, the legendary jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman, one of the most innovative musicians of the past century. He will be missed, but his music lives on.

I remember one occasion when he sat in with the Grateful Dead at one of their concerts in Oakland, shortly after Jerry Garcia appeared on one his albums. He pushed them into places that I doubt even they realized they could go. Fond memories!

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'But very bright were the stars upon the margin of the world, when at times the clouds about the West were drawn aside.'

Chris Squire bass player of the prog group Yes has gone, only 67, one of the real maestros of the low end, and he could sing as well.

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Since 1410 most Welsh people most of the time have abandoned any idea of independence as unthinkable. But since 1410 most Welsh people, at some time or another, if only in some secret corner of the mind, have been "out with Owain and his barefoot scrubs." For the Welsh mind is still haunted by it's lightning-flash vision of a people that was free.

Gwyn A. Williams,

One of the greats! He will be missed.

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'But very bright were the stars upon the margin of the world, when at times the clouds about the West were drawn aside.'

bit more sorry if this is self-indulgent but .........

when I was in my early teens, Yes and other similar bands were inspirational and aspirational figures, picking up the bass guitar on the grounds of "how hard can it bee it's only got 4 strings" Chris Squire was a role model, I really wanted to be able to play like him, unlike all the others who were content to stand at the back and provide a low rumble, Chris would be out in front playing the melody, still as my missus said, he may have died young, but what a great life, doing what he was born to do, earning reasonable money, and bringing joy to many, many people not a bad note to go out on. Coincidently I had just take delivery of the Songs of the Tsongas(sp) blu-ray, which was a recording of the last tour buy the best Yes line up
Anderson, Howe, Squire, Wakeman and White.

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Since 1410 most Welsh people most of the time have abandoned any idea of independence as unthinkable. But since 1410 most Welsh people, at some time or another, if only in some secret corner of the mind, have been "out with Owain and his barefoot scrubs." For the Welsh mind is still haunted by it's lightning-flash vision of a people that was free.

Gwyn A. Williams,

That's certainly nothing to be sorry about!

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'But very bright were the stars upon the margin of the world, when at times the clouds about the West were drawn aside.'