so long, Long John Baldry

[gkg]

his was one of my all time favorite voices.  we had the pleasure of meeting him after a performance in NYC.  we found him to be a lovely gracious and funny man, which was no surprise at all.  it is a very sad day for the blues.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050722/en_afp/afpentertainmentbaldry

[Chris DiCicco]

hmm how sad G the artical said who\'m he worked with but what did he do, Singer Songwriter, Guitar Player what?

Chris

[gkg]

all of that and then some.  to give you perspective - the Stones once opened for him in London.

 :\'( we had planned to try to catch his 2005 tour; we last saw him in NYC, must be at least 10 years ago.  

[Chris DiCicco]

a Few who\'m I missed seeing

John Lennon

George Harrison

Jerry Garcia

Jim Morrison

Eric Carr

Stevie Ray Vahnue

John Entwhistle

Yes YES some of these were before my time , I was around 5 months before Lennon was killed, Harrison died when I was twenty one ( I beleive ) , Jerry Died when I was fifteen er seventeen ( confilicting reports) Morrison was before my time , Eric died when I was Eleven, Stevie when I was nine er ten, I missed Entwhistle by 3 days.

I would have Loved to have Seen Hendrix....

Chris

[gkg]

well we\'d seen Baldry before - had just hoped for more... greedy thing that i am.

John Lennon - d1980 - only saw him once, not in concert but walking down the street.   there was an energy about him i can\'t describe.
 
George Harrison - d2001 - never got to see him.
 
Jerry Garcia - d1995 - sweet man by all accounts and i love his music.  they stayed in the hotel (the Chelsea) when we lived there.  for a week crazy kids hung off our balcony, slept on our fire escape and tried to get into our flat - not to steal anything but just trying to be near the Dead.
 
Jim Morrison - d1971 - i was 10 and as progressive as my folks were, i didn\'t get to see the Doors play.

Eric Carr  - d1991 - saw Kiss once when i was in high school - back in the day of the dinosauer...  ;o)
 
Stevie Ray Vahnue - d1990 - saw him once, with Bowie - and he was sublime.
 
John Entwhistle - d2002 - saw The Who once, also high school - great band, great time.

i want Mr. Peabody\'s Way-Back Machine!!!

[Chris DiCicco]

i want Mr. Peabody\'s Way-Back Machine!!!

I totally agree...

what trip that would be!

Chris