The day the music died.

[stuckmotor]

David Johansen aka Buster Poindexter, dead at 75.​

He sang Hot, Hot, Hot.

 

[WinterDeere]

Gentle Giant came up in the shuffle rotation today, and I got thinking how old those guys must be by now... if not gone.

Well, it turns out Ray Shulman, one of the three Shulman brothers that started the band, passed a year ago this month.

Gentle Giant never really saw very big commercial success, always being more "musicians musicians", than "popular musicians". Their claim to fame is more in which more popular prog rock bands they influenced, than any commercial success of their own.

Ray's contribution to the band was mostly violin and electric bass, and he can be seen playing bass in the video above. Listening to this again now, it's funny how much the synth sounds in this tune sound like Stevie Wonder's Innervisions album. Not sure which came first, but I think it was these guys.

And yeah, it's weird. That's what makes it interesting.

 

[PJSprog]

Gentle Giant are indeed prog legends.

 

[kenmbz]

David Johansen aka Buster Poindexter, dead at 75.​

He sang Hot, Hot, Hot.

Founding member of the NY Dolls too, saw him as both in NYC back in the 80's

 

[caver]

BADFINGER Legend JOEY MOLLAND Dead At 77​

 

[Jstpssng]

BADFINGER Legend JOEY MOLLAND Dead At 77​

 

[PJSprog]

Played a lot of Badfinger over the years. Great stuff.

 

[mjonesnh]

Played a lot of Badfinger over the years. Great stuff.

Day after Day and No Matter What comes to mind. Loved their music

 

[WinterDeere]

Oh… Elvis.

 

[Oaktree]

Jesse Colin Young, dead at 83. RIP and thanks for the tunes.

Jesse Colin Young, Youngbloods Frontman Who Sang Sixties Hit 'Get Together,' Dead at 83

Jesse Colin Young, the singer-songwriter and frontman for the Youngbloods who scored a seminal Sixties hit with 'Get Together,' has died at age 83.

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