Thanks so much for this. I'm gonna do some more research. I once got to play a bass that Ray Brown had borrowed for a show. I was like, "maybe he bled on it- I can absorb the talent..."
Slipknot founding member Joey Jordison has died at the age of 46. The musician was the band's former drummer for nearly two decades beginning in 1995. https://t.co/zsXP9XEOQH— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) July 27, 2021
Paul Kennedy @pkedit 2h Sad news out of San Pedro Sula: @IndianaMSOC the great Armando Betancourt died at age of 63 (COVID-related according to Honduran press). He was SA’s Player of 1980s — height of college game — and on our All-Century team. He played on Honduras 1982 WC team, for Strasbourg & indoors.
Gibbons is the face of the band, basically. Frank Beard could walk thru a small town in Texas and not be recognized very easily. And let's face it- they did look enough alike that a media source could get it wrong, especially someone who doesn't know a bass from a guitar. Those people aren't hard to find.
Exactly. I saw the thumbnail and didn't blink. Then I opened the link and did a doubletake, told myself not to be silly, and then looked at the strings and realized I wasn't being silly, the picture editor was...
Former Indiana great Armando Betancourt dies of Covid-19 at age of 63 by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, Yesterday
Zizinho, Brazilian player who mainly played in Mexico. aka Geraldo Francisco dos Santos, father of Giovani and Jonathan. Age 59.
Houston Astros @astros 5h Astros Hall of Fame starting pitcher J.R. Richard, one of the greatest players to don an Astros uniform, has passed away. He was 71 years old.
"Markie Post Dies: Actress Known For ‘Night Court’, ‘The Fall Guy’ & More Was 70" (Deadline.com - Sunday, 8/8/21)
Dennis ‘Dee Tee’ Thomas, Co-Founder of Kool & the Gang, Dies at 70 (Feb 9, 1951 - Aug 7, 2021) https://www.rollingstone.com/music/...-saxophonist-dennis-thomas-dead-obit-1209126/
Mike Finnigan, a keyboardist, vocalist, and session musician who performed with an impressive array of artists including Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, Crosby, Stills & Nash, and Jimi Hendrix, has died. He was 76 (April 26, 1945 - August 11, 2021). https://celebrityaccess.com/2021/08...dist-session-player-mike-finnigan-dead-at-76/
"Pat Hitchcock, Daughter of Alfred Hitchcock Who Appeared in His Films, Dies at 93" (Variety.com - Tuesday, 8/10/21)
Also a member of rumor-in-their-own-time "The Jerry Hahn Brotherhood." He's the keys on "Rainy Day, Dream Away." One of those footnotes with an impressive career behind it. You'll occasionally run into the writing credit (Lane Teitgen) on a track anywhere from Manfred Mann to Ringo Starr to Ice-Cube to Dave Mason-- and chances are Finnegan was on the session, because he was a major purveyor of the music of the obscure Teitgen from artist to artist.
https://www.latestnewssouthafrica.c...qxxRSV_watPxL-9cdUS31ZBcCxawcYuYacNTf7Hwtj-7A American singer Nanci Griffith is dead