RIPs

[Something Fishy]

Very sorry to hear it Tordels.

Poor little thing went on my birthday,  my own gran and great gran did too.

We have a tiny little tortie girl too, not yet a year, I do worry where goes out as she shows no sense when running across the road.

[Daveycandlish]

Duck Dunn died in his sleep on tour 
Brilliant bassist with Booker T & the MGs - if you don't know who he is, watch The Blues Brothers - he's in that. I've seen him live several times. Man, they were brilliant

[shaolin_monkey]

Donald 'Duck' Dunn?!? No way!  Damn shame - he was a bearded pipe smoking legend of a bass player.  Hmm, must dig out the Blues Brothers and watch tonight, in his honour.

[a chosen rider]

Just coming to post about Dunn myself. Fantastic bass player.

[HdE]

Man - that one hits me hard. Dunn really WAS a terrific musician.

[Dandontdare]

Blues Brothers is my all time favourite movie, it was only after that that I started seeing his name just about everywhere. He played with all the greats, what a dude.

[Frank]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_juH0AHvwk

That's him in the background, holding down the groove with The Memphis Horns in the best session band ever assembled (sorry, Funk Bros). What a show, what a band and what a man.

That Stax tour of Europe must have been like The Apollo Theatre crash landing in Amish country. When Dave incites the audience to stand up, instead of earnestly tapping their tightly held together knees, security actually rush in to hold back the most polite stage invasion ever.

I'd like to say Duck's death is a tragedy, but he led a long and happy life playing on some of the greatest records of all time and touring the world with his childhood friends (who also turned out to be geniuses); that seems more like a cause for celebration to me.

[Heath C Ackley]

A top bassist from a truly excellent band, this is one of my all time tracks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bpS-cOBK6Q

[Proudhuff]

Respect to the man! Booker T was one of the best.

[COMMANDO FORCES]

Donna Summer aged 63 reportedly from cancer 

[von Boom]

Wow. She was a great talent.

JvB

[exilewood]

Oh no, I loved Donna.

Also just heard Doug Dillard done died too.

[klute]

Donna Summer aged 63 reportedly from cancer 

Repeating something i said out loud the other day FUCK CANCER

[Frank]

Donna Summer aged 63 reportedly from cancer 

Repeating something i said out loud the other day FUCK CANCER

An incredible tune that so many musicians, from electro to hip hop, credit with changing the way they thought about music. I don't think you can over-estimate how odd and new that sounded in the context of the regressive punk, formulaic disco and sanitised pop music that dominated the airwaves in 1977.

[TordelBack]

Donna Summer aged 63 reportedly from cancer 

Repeating something i said out loud the other day FUCK CANCER

Amen, Klute.  I think we've all had quite enough of its vile little existence.