RIPs

[Albion]

He lived near where I am.
He was in a local pub that recently changed hands and the new landlord asked if he was the leader of a local gypsy family!
Farewell Alvin.

[Bubba Zebill]

Alvin Stardust RIP...

[Spaceghost]

Sorry if it's not appropriate to post here - I was expecting to be seeing an RIP for this guitar legend in the near future, but not yet for Wilco Johnson!

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/wilko-johnson-im-free-of-cancer-9811724.html

The man's a fucking hero. Diagnosed with cancer in 2012, he just said "Fuck it!", went on tour and recorded a new album. Now he's cured. Brilliant.

[Bubba Zebill]

Sorry if it's not appropriate to post here. Now he's cured. Brilliant.

RIP Wilko (Rock in Peace)

[Third Estate Ned]

Sorry if it's not appropriate to post here. Now he's cured. Brilliant.

RIP Wilko (Rock in Peace)

Don't be too upset yet, Bubba. Read Spaceghost's post again (unless I'm not getting something).

[ZenArcade]

Good man there Wilco. Top lad. Z

[Bubba Zebill]

Sorry if it's not appropriate to post here. Now he's cured. Brilliant.

RIP Wilko (Rock in Peace)

Don't be too upset yet, Bubba. Read Spaceghost's post again (unless I'm not getting something).

Third Estate Ned - I say Rock in Peace, bro...not rest in peace!!

[Third Estate Ned]

Ah, sorry.  So, I wasn't getting something. It's not the first time this has happened.

[Frank]

Maybe Wilko Johnson struck some kind of transference magic deal with a shadowy gentleman he met at the crossroads *, and burdened fellow seventies pop star Alvin Stardust with his tumour. I know this is how he would want us to remember him.



* are there crossroads on Canvey Island?

[Spikes]

Sad news about Alvin Stardust, and that youtube clip is exactly how i remember him! RIP, fella.

And some flippin' brilliant news about Wilko. Such brilliant news in fact, i'll give to two, and not the customary one thumbs up - 

[Professor Bear]

I know this is how he would want us to remember him.

In the present climate, I would have thought that the last thing a 1970s UK pop star would want to be remembered for is accosting underage girls in the street and then dragging them somewhere they didn't want to go, but it's Alvin, AKA "Gary Glitter if Gary Glitter wasn't a fucking nonce" so it's just a part of the charm and in no way as sinister as it should be.
Gutted about Alvin.  I've heard firsthand stories about roadies and their dealings with old-school pop stars, and while asking if Shakin Stephens really is as grumpy a fucker as people say gets you a silent grimace and a slow nod, good words were there for Alvin from those who'd met him, my favorite being "you know when you meet your mate's dad in the pub and you get along great with him?  He's like that."  My Coo Ca Choo remains one of my all-time favorite tracks.
Dang.

[CrazyFoxMachine]

Jack Bruce 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-29772926

[Frank]

Bummer. There aren't too many Scottish musicians whose work I like, and there are even fewer singing/songwriting bass players:

Cream - White Room: http://youtu.be/VR90gQ-SIaY

[ZenArcade]

Bad news about Jack Bruce. RIP. Z

[CrazyFoxMachine]

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