Dead Musicians
sharon:
Duane Allman
The Allman Brothers
Jessica
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfM6nRVBvGs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WGVW7byRCA&feature=related
Rambin' Man
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1189
Howard Duane Allman
Birth: Nov. 20, 1946
Nashville
Davidson County
Tennessee, USA
Death: Oct. 29, 1971
Macon
Bibb County
Georgia, USA
Musician. The Allman family was living near Norfolk, Virgina, when just one day after Christmas in 1949 Army Sergeant Willis Alllman was murdered. His widow, Geraldine, took her sons Gregg, two, and Duane, three, to live in Daytona Beach, Florida. In 1959 while on a family trip the boys saw B.B. King perform. Their musical dreams were born at that show. They both started playing in local groups and Duane soon quit school to work on his music. They formed a band called The Escorts and later changed the name to The Allman Joys. When the band moved to Los Angeles in 1967 they became the Hour Glass. Around this time he heard blues artist Taj Mahal perform the Willie McTell classic "Statesboro Blues" and this inspired him to learn slide guitar. Using an empty glass Coricidin cold medicine bottle that he wore over his ring finger he would inspire a technique that would later be used by such artists as Bonnie Raitt and Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd. By 1968 the band was ready for a break so they moved back to Florida. Playing on demo recordings for many different artists would be his entrance into the world of rock and roll. The brothers worked separately for a time. Duane worked on the recording of "Hey Jude," the 1968 Wilson Pickett album. Pickett called him "Skyman" because he soared when he played. His friends had often called him "Dog" because of his shaggy looks. His new nickname became "Skydog." Eric Clapton heard the "Hey Jude" recording and was impressed with the guitar tracks. Atlantic Records producer Jerry Wexler also heard the recording and immediately wanted to use him on sessions with R & B artists. He recorded with Clarence Carter, King Curtis, Aretha Franklin, Otis Rush, Percy Sledge, B. B. King and others. Otis Redding's manager Phil Walden wanted him to meet Jai Johanny ‘Jaimoe' Johanson because he wanted to form a band. Duane headed to Florida and started jam sessions with Johanson, Butch Trucks, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, and Reese Wynans. In March of 1969 Gregg was called to replace Wynans on keyboards. The Allman Brothers Band was formed. "Dreams" was the first song they learned and then Gregg went on to write "Whipping Post" and "Every Woman" for the first album. They moved to Macon, Georgia in April to be closer to Walden and Capricorn Sound Studios. Their debut album "The Allman Brothers Band" was released in September, 1969. The follow up, "Idlewild South," was released in August, 1970. After hearing the recording of "Hey Jude," Eric Clapton had long wanted to record with him. In August of 1970 he played on "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" with Clapton. In March of 1971 "At Fillmore East" was recorded. It would become a classic live rock album. The band was on a break when he suffered his motorcycle accident. He was leaving a birthday party for Linda Oakley. While trying to swerve to avoid striking a truck in an intersection his Harley Sportster struck the back of the truck and he flew from his bike which landed on and skidded with him. The bands next album was called "Eat A Peach" and it included live and recorded materials featuring Duane. The name of the album is taken from one of his interviews. "Little Martha" is the only song he wrote. Two albums were posthumously released "Duane Allman: An Anthology in 1972 and Duane Allman: An Anthology Volume II in 1974. He left behind one daughter, Galadrielle. There are no commercial video releases available that include Duane with the band. Thirteen months later the band would lose member Raymond Berry Oakley, III on the same stretch of highway on a motorcycle. On March 5, 1998, The Georgia State Senate passed a resolution designating a portion of State Highway 19 in Macon from the intersection of Holt Avenue to College Street as "Duane Allman Boulevard." (bio by: Julie Karen Hancock (Cooper) Jackson)
Cause of death: Motorcycle accident
MuffyBee:
Stevie Ray Vaughn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Ray_Vaughan
Stephen "Stevie" Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) was an American blues-rock guitarist, whose broad appeal made him an influential electric blues guitarist.[1] In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Stevie Ray Vaughan #7 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time,[2] and Classic Rock Magazine ranked him #3 in their list of the 100 Wildest Guitar Heroes in 2007.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDBIbJKjAZQ
Stevie Ray Vaughn "Texas Flood"
bleachedblack:
Great reminders Sharon and Muffybee of muscians that have passed. Loved the videos with both Duane and SRV, thanks.
bleachedblack:
Keith Relf- The Yardbirds live in Germany part1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMRtbqS7OrE
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Keith Relf: Age 32
The Yardbirds
Rennaissance
1944, Richmond, Surrey, England, d. 14 May 1976; vocals/harmonica).
The legacy of the Yardbirds has refused to die, particularly in the wake of the fame enjoyed by its former guitarists. After leaving the Yardbirds, Relf and McCarty stayed with music, first forming a folk duo called Together and then founding Renaissance. The band scored its biggest hit, the top ten single Northern Lights, in 1978 after both former Yardbirds had left. Relf departed the group in 1972, and died in his bathtub on May 14, 1976, electrocuted by his own guitar. His last album with the heavy metal band. Armegeddon. (Yardbirds)
Received: 5/3/0
Keith Relf did not die in the bathtub.
He had fitted out the basement of his house as a recording studio and this is where he was found on the floor by his son. His guitar was not properly earthed, and although the shock was fairly mild Keith had been ill and was not fit enough to withstand it. ~Tana friend of Jane & Keith
RRHF:
Re: how was he electrocuted? (bill smith)
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 17:34:02 GMT
From: april <apydoodles@.com>
It needs to be cleared up - Keith died as a result electrocution when playing his guitar unearthed and standing over a hidden gas line by the fireplace - he DID NOT die in the bath. All sites should amend their details
bleachedblack:
cliff burton-for whom the bell tolls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KpxOmksHrY
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Clifford Lee Burton: Age 24
Metallica
(b. 10 February 1962, USA, d. 27 September 1986, Sweden).
Formed during 1981, in California, USA by Lars Ulrich (b. 26 December 1963, Copenhagen, Denmark; drums) and James Alan Hetfield (b. 3 August 1963, USA; guitar/vocals) after each separately advertised for fellow musicians in the classified advertisements of the American publication THE RECYCLER. Jef Warner (guitar) and Ron McGovney (bass) each had a brief involvement with Metallica, and at the end of 1982, Clifford Lee Burton, formerly of Trauma, joined the band, playing his first live performance on 5 March 1983. Burton had never been a particularly smooth player, but other band members had not attempted to reign him in. They did try once, however, to persuade him to forego his bell-bottom jeans in favor of more traditional heavy metal garb, but quickly realized the attempt was futile; Burton was set in his ways and rarely influenced by others. In truly bizarre heavy metal fashion, one of his dreams had been to invent a gun that shot knives instead of bullets. The Ulrich, Hetfield, Burton and Hammett combination lasted until disaster struck the band in the small hours of 27 September 1986, when Metallica's tour bus overturned in Sweden on an icy road, killing Cliff Burton.
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