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Sat, 23 July 2005 00:43 |
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Long John Baldry dies in Vancouver
Last Updated: Jul 22 2005 12:42 PM PDT
Blues legend Long John Baldry has died at age 64 at Vancouver General Hospital
after a four-month battle with a severe chest infection.
Baldry's agent posted an announcement on the musician's website that Baldry had
passed away Thursday night in Vancouver, where he had been living.
"Our world is a lesser place without him, for John was a person that enhanced
this world with his enormous presence and talent," said the statement posted on
the website.
The musician was admitted to the intensive care unit of Vancouver General in
April after returning from a trip to his native Britain.
Baldry was nicknamed "Long John" because of his height - six foot seven - and
had been living in Canada for the past 25 years.
The bluesman named Leadbelly, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry as his
musical influences.
Baldry, born in London in 1941, is recognized as one of the chief influences in
British blues and rock music in the 1960s.
His seminal 1962 album, R&B From The Marquee is considered the first British
blues album. Baldry hit the top of the singles charts there in 1967 with Let
the Heartaches Begin. He also performed in the Beatles' first worldwide
television special in April 1964.
During the last half of the 1960s, he led a band called Bluesology that
included Reginald Dwight, who went on to become Elton John.
Baldry has released more than 40 albums, performing with a string of other
famous musicians including Rod Stewart, Jimmy Page and Mick Jagger. The Rolling
Stones opened for Baldry in London in the early 1960s before the Stones hit it
big.
Stewart considered Baldry a mentor and was at his bedside when he was admitted
to hospital in March.
In 1979, he teamed up with Seattle singer Kathi MacDonald to record a very
successful version of You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'.
After spending time in New York City and Los Angeles in the late '70s, Baldry
chose to settle permanently in Vancouver, and became a Canadian citizen in
1980.
He continued to record - for Stony Plains Records in Edmonton, owned by Holger
Peterson who is also the host of CBC Radio's Saturday Night Blues.
"There are very few performers that I can think of that were as entertaining,
as talented and as professional as Long John Baldry," he says.
Peterson also says two of Baldry's best-selling albums - It Ain't Easy, and
Everything Stops For Tea - will be reissued by Stony Plain in the near future.
Baldry may be better known to many young people as the voice of Dr. Robotnik in
the Sonic the Hedgehog video games and TV series.
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| Re: RIP Long John Baldry 1941 - 2005 [message #251336 ] |
Sat, 23 July 2005 01:03 |
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On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:43:52 -0400, "jack" <jack [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
should make for a colourful service next week in vancouver. it would
likely be a who's who of old brit rockers. saw him once when i was
visiting vancouver to see marianne faithful. great acoustic set,
around the time she released her 'live' CD. roughly the same tunes;
small hall, great show. i do love the ballad singers like piaf,
faithfull, cline, day and aretha but that is a different thing.
>Long John Baldry dies in Vancouver
>Last Updated: Jul 22 2005 12:42 PM PDT
>
>Blues legend Long John Baldry has died at age 64 at Vancouver General Hospital
>after a four-month battle with a severe chest infection.
>
>Baldry's agent posted an announcement on the musician's website that Baldry had
>passed away Thursday night in Vancouver, where he had been living.
>
>"Our world is a lesser place without him, for John was a person that enhanced
>this world with his enormous presence and talent," said the statement posted on
>the website.
>
>The musician was admitted to the intensive care unit of Vancouver General in
>April after returning from a trip to his native Britain.
>
>
>Baldry was nicknamed "Long John" because of his height - six foot seven - and
>had been living in Canada for the past 25 years.
>
>The bluesman named Leadbelly, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry as his
>musical influences.
>
>Baldry, born in London in 1941, is recognized as one of the chief influences in
>British blues and rock music in the 1960s.
>
>His seminal 1962 album, R&B From The Marquee is considered the first British
>blues album. Baldry hit the top of the singles charts there in 1967 with Let
>the Heartaches Begin. He also performed in the Beatles' first worldwide
>television special in April 1964.
>
>During the last half of the 1960s, he led a band called Bluesology that
>included Reginald Dwight, who went on to become Elton John.
>
>Baldry has released more than 40 albums, performing with a string of other
>famous musicians including Rod Stewart, Jimmy Page and Mick Jagger. The Rolling
>Stones opened for Baldry in London in the early 1960s before the Stones hit it
>big.
>
>Stewart considered Baldry a mentor and was at his bedside when he was admitted
>to hospital in March.
>
>In 1979, he teamed up with Seattle singer Kathi MacDonald to record a very
>successful version of You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'.
>
>After spending time in New York City and Los Angeles in the late '70s, Baldry
>chose to settle permanently in Vancouver, and became a Canadian citizen in
>1980.
>
>He continued to record - for Stony Plains Records in Edmonton, owned by Holger
>Peterson who is also the host of CBC Radio's Saturday Night Blues.
>
>"There are very few performers that I can think of that were as entertaining,
>as talented and as professional as Long John Baldry," he says.
>
>Peterson also says two of Baldry's best-selling albums - It Ain't Easy, and
>Everything Stops For Tea - will be reissued by Stony Plain in the near future.
>
>Baldry may be better known to many young people as the voice of Dr. Robotnik in
>the Sonic the Hedgehog video games and TV series.
>
>
>
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| Re: RIP Long John Baldry 1941 - 2005 [message #251337 ] |
Sat, 23 July 2005 01:12 |
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On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:43:52 -0400, "jack" <jack [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
>Long John Baldry dies in Vancouver
>Last Updated: Jul 22 2005 12:42 PM PDT
>
>Blues legend Long John Baldry has died at age 64 at Vancouver General Hospital
>after a four-month battle with a severe chest infection.
>
>Baldry's agent posted an announcement on the musician's website that Baldry had
>passed away Thursday night in Vancouver, where he had been living.
>
>"Our world is a lesser place without him, for John was a person that enhanced
>this world with his enormous presence and talent," said the statement posted on
>the website.
>
>The musician was admitted to the intensive care unit of Vancouver General in
>April after returning from a trip to his native Britain.
>
>
>Baldry was nicknamed "Long John" because of his height - six foot seven - and
>had been living in Canada for the past 25 years.
>
>The bluesman named Leadbelly, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry as his
>musical influences.
>
>Baldry, born in London in 1941, is recognized as one of the chief influences in
>British blues and rock music in the 1960s.
>
>His seminal 1962 album, R&B From The Marquee is considered the first British
>blues album. Baldry hit the top of the singles charts there in 1967 with Let
>the Heartaches Begin. He also performed in the Beatles' first worldwide
>television special in April 1964.
>
>During the last half of the 1960s, he led a band called Bluesology that
>included Reginald Dwight, who went on to become Elton John.
>
>Baldry has released more than 40 albums, performing with a string of other
>famous musicians including Rod Stewart, Jimmy Page and Mick Jagger. The Rolling
>Stones opened for Baldry in London in the early 1960s before the Stones hit it
>big.
>
>Stewart considered Baldry a mentor and was at his bedside when he was admitted
>to hospital in March.
>
>In 1979, he teamed up with Seattle singer Kathi MacDonald to record a very
>successful version of You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'.
>
>After spending time in New York City and Los Angeles in the late '70s, Baldry
>chose to settle permanently in Vancouver, and became a Canadian citizen in
>1980.
>
>He continued to record - for Stony Plains Records in Edmonton, owned by Holger
>Peterson who is also the host of CBC Radio's Saturday Night Blues.
>
>"There are very few performers that I can think of that were as entertaining,
>as talented and as professional as Long John Baldry," he says.
>
>Peterson also says two of Baldry's best-selling albums - It Ain't Easy, and
>Everything Stops For Tea - will be reissued by Stony Plain in the near future.
>
>Baldry may be better known to many young people as the voice of Dr. Robotnik in
>the Sonic the Hedgehog video games and TV series.
>
>
Thanks for the music Long John! Vancouver's place in rock and roll
history was enhanced by his long time residency in the area.
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Sat, 23 July 2005 01:22 |
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| Re: RIP Long John Baldry 1941 - 2005 [message #251339 ] |
Sat, 23 July 2005 01:24 |
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That guy used to rent videos at the video store I worked at 15 years ago. We
had lots of celebrity customers including David Suzuki and Dr. Don Dutton
In article <3kdauqFu2dmjU1 [at] individual.net>, jack [at] yahoo.com says...
>
>Long John Baldry dies in Vancouver
>Last Updated: Jul 22 2005 12:42 PM PDT
>
>Blues legend Long John Baldry has died at age 64 at Vancouver General Hospital
>after a four-month battle with a severe chest infection.
>
>Baldry's agent posted an announcement on the musician's website that Baldry
had
>passed away Thursday night in Vancouver, where he had been living.
>
>"Our world is a lesser place without him, for John was a person that enhanced
>this world with his enormous presence and talent," said the statement posted
on
>the website.
>
>The musician was admitted to the intensive care unit of Vancouver General in
>April after returning from a trip to his native Britain.
>
>
>Baldry was nicknamed "Long John" because of his height - six foot seven - and
>had been living in Canada for the past 25 years.
>
>The bluesman named Leadbelly, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry as his
>musical influences.
>
>Baldry, born in London in 1941, is recognized as one of the chief influences
in
>British blues and rock music in the 1960s.
>
>His seminal 1962 album, R&B From The Marquee is considered the first British
>blues album. Baldry hit the top of the singles charts there in 1967 with Let
>the Heartaches Begin. He also performed in the Beatles' first worldwide
>television special in April 1964.
>
>During the last half of the 1960s, he led a band called Bluesology that
>included Reginald Dwight, who went on to become Elton John.
>
>Baldry has released more than 40 albums, performing with a string of other
>famous musicians including Rod Stewart, Jimmy Page and Mick Jagger. The
Rolling
>Stones opened for Baldry in London in the early 1960s before the Stones hit it
>big.
>
>Stewart considered Baldry a mentor and was at his bedside when he was admitted
>to hospital in March.
>
>In 1979, he teamed up with Seattle singer Kathi MacDonald to record a very
>successful version of You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'.
>
>After spending time in New York City and Los Angeles in the late '70s, Baldry
>chose to settle permanently in Vancouver, and became a Canadian citizen in
>1980.
>
>He continued to record - for Stony Plains Records in Edmonton, owned by Holger
>Peterson who is also the host of CBC Radio's Saturday Night Blues.
>
>"There are very few performers that I can think of that were as entertaining,
>as talented and as professional as Long John Baldry," he says.
>
>Peterson also says two of Baldry's best-selling albums - It Ain't Easy, and
>Everything Stops For Tea - will be reissued by Stony Plain in the near future.
>
>Baldry may be better known to many young people as the voice of Dr. Robotnik
in
>the Sonic the Hedgehog video games and TV series.
>
>
>
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Sat, 23 July 2005 01:30 |
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| Re: RIP Long John Baldry 1941 - 2005 [message #251341 ] |
Sat, 23 July 2005 01:38 |
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Pisser. I was hoping he'd pull through.
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:43:52 -0400, "jack" <jack [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
>Long John Baldry dies in Vancouver
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| Re: RIP Long John Baldry 1941 - 2005 [message #251342 ] |
Sat, 23 July 2005 02:12 |
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In article <MPG.1d4b4bb18077841198b59d [at] news.individual.net>, hidden [at] noway.not
says...
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>Tremendous Wang <tremendous [at] wang.com> wrote in message:
>news:<ZefEe.99883$wr.7945 [at] clgrps12>
>> That guy used to rent videos at the video store I worked at 15 years ago.
We
>> had lots of celebrity customers including David Suzuki and Dr. Don Dutton
>>
>>
>I'd rather ask John Baldry for an autograph and a quick few bars of a song,
>than David Suzuki for an autograph and a brief lecture on how shit humankind
>is! :)
yeah, actually at the time I was more enamoured with Dr. Don. He had a tv show
on chek 6 in the mornings where he would do fake counselling sessions with
people. It was a great show! Sort of a Crossing Over with John Edward type of
show but without the ghosts.
I never acknowledged any customer's celebrity, though. OH yeah, I forgot
another celebrity customer.. Michael Campbell (Gordon's brother).
I think Long John was the tallest customer, celebrity or otherwise.
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Sat, 23 July 2005 02:13 |
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In article <MPG.1d4b4bb18077841198b59d [at] news.individual.net>, hidden [at] noway.not
says...
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>Tremendous Wang <tremendous [at] wang.com> wrote in message:
>news:<ZefEe.99883$wr.7945 [at] clgrps12>
>> That guy used to rent videos at the video store I worked at 15 years ago.
We
>> had lots of celebrity customers including David Suzuki and Dr. Don Dutton
>>
>>
>I'd rather ask John Baldry for an autograph and a quick few bars of a song,
>than David Suzuki for an autograph and a brief lecture on how shit humankind
>is! :)
hmm now that I think about it I could've got both their autographs many times -
they had to sign a printout every time they rented a video, which we threw out
after they returned it. Damn I could ebay those reciepts now!
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Sat, 23 July 2005 02:23 |
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| Re: RIP Long John Baldry 1941 - 2005 [message #251345 ] |
Sat, 23 July 2005 02:25 |
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On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 19:22:26 -0400, Über Pfükke <hidden [at] noway.not>
wrote:
>Leo J Callaghan <leo_callaghan [at] telus.net> wrote in message:
>news:<42e17a93.4594366 [at] news.gv.shawcable.net>
>> On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:43:52 -0400, "jack" <jack [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> should make for a colourful service next week in vancouver. it would
>> likely be a who's who of old brit rockers. saw him once when i was
>> visiting vancouver to see marianne faithful. great acoustic set,
>> around the time she released her 'live' CD. roughly the same tunes;
>> small hall, great show. i do love the ballad singers like piaf,
>> faithfull, cline, day and aretha but that is a different thing.
>>
>He was one of the greats. I saw him in a bar in Toronto back in the late
>1970's where he played all the time just before he left to move to BC.
>
>Anyway, his voice was one that could easily send shivers down anyones spine.
>He'll be missed.
>
>
>(Psst! Don't tell anyone, but he was Gay). :)
I never knew that!! Things that ppl say after someone dies.
http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=1258782004
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Sat, 23 July 2005 02:30 |
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On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 20:23:44 -0400, Über Pfükke <hidden [at] noway.not>
wrote:
>Tremendous Wang <tremendous [at] wang.com> wrote in message:
>news:<DYfEe.148158$tt5.2992 [at] edtnps90>
>> In article <MPG.1d4b4bb18077841198b59d [at] news.individual.net>, hidden [at] noway.not
>> says...
>> >
>> >Tremendous Wang <tremendous [at] wang.com> wrote in message:
>> >news:<ZefEe.99883$wr.7945 [at] clgrps12>
>> >> That guy used to rent videos at the video store I worked at 15 years ago.
>> We
>> >> had lots of celebrity customers including David Suzuki and Dr. Don Dutton
>> >>
>> >>
>> >I'd rather ask John Baldry for an autograph and a quick few bars of a song,
>> >than David Suzuki for an autograph and a brief lecture on how shit humankind
>> >is! :)
>>
>> hmm now that I think about it I could've got both their autographs many times -
>> they had to sign a printout every time they rented a video, which we threw out
>> after they returned it. Damn I could ebay those reciepts now!
>>
>>
>I think that VISA has cancelled LJB's credit card.
>
>I heard an interview with Dr. Suzuki on the radio a while ago. He was saying
>that he walks to his health club for a work out, and meets several people who
>drive their SUV's to the health club so they can use the treadmill!
>
>That was funny.
He takes taxis to his CBC interviews rather than ride a bike or drive
a scooter yet advocates raising gas prices to something like $4 a
liter.
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| Re: RIP Long John Baldry 1941 - 2005 [message #251347 ] |
Sat, 23 July 2005 03:38 |
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More memories:
Dawson college in Montreal, I think it was spring of '77.
One of my guitar playing friends asked me during a morning break in
classes if I was going to see Long John Baldry. Not knowing who he was
(Blues! blues were for old fogies , then.) I reluctantly agreed to see
the gig, mainly because it was at the Dawson Selby campus cafeteria,
only a couple of blocks over from our classroom, it was at lunch time,
and free. I did have to eat, after all.
We watched the band set up as we ate, smack in the middle of a sea of
lunch tables. The tall stick of man with an ever so polite english
accent was in good form that day. Lots of great, vaguely familiar songs
were coming out of that band. Sounds straight out of my older brother's
record collection. When Baldry slowed down for a chat with the audience,
little did I know that I was being introduced to "Don't try to lay no
boogie woogie on the King of rock n roll." Heads snapped around as that
guitar riff rang out. It was well, a seminal moment for me. Blues were
cool. Very cool. Thanks Long John, from the kid 3 tables down.
jack wrote:
> Long John Baldry dies in Vancouver
> Last Updated: Jul 22 2005 12:42 PM PDT
>
> Blues legend Long John Baldry has died at age 64 at Vancouver General Hospital
> after a four-month battle with a severe chest infection.
>
> Baldry's agent posted an announcement on the musician's website that Baldry had
> passed away Thursday night in Vancouver, where he had been living.
>
> "Our world is a lesser place without him, for John was a person that enhanced
> this world with his enormous presence and talent," said the statement posted on
> the website.
>
> The musician was admitted to the intensive care unit of Vancouver General in
> April after returning from a trip to his native Britain.
>
>
> Baldry was nicknamed "Long John" because of his height - six foot seven - and
> had been living in Canada for the past 25 years.
>
> The bluesman named Leadbelly, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry as his
> musical influences.
>
> Baldry, born in London in 1941, is recognized as one of the chief influences in
> British blues and rock music in the 1960s.
>
> His seminal 1962 album, R&B From The Marquee is considered the first British
> blues album. Baldry hit the top of the singles charts there in 1967 with Let
> the Heartaches Begin. He also performed in the Beatles' first worldwide
> television special in April 1964.
>
> During the last half of the 1960s, he led a band called Bluesology that
> included Reginald Dwight, who went on to become Elton John.
>
> Baldry has released more than 40 albums, performing with a string of other
> famous musicians including Rod Stewart, Jimmy Page and Mick Jagger. The Rolling
> Stones opened for Baldry in London in the early 1960s before the Stones hit it
> big.
>
> Stewart considered Baldry a mentor and was at his bedside when he was admitted
> to hospital in March.
>
> In 1979, he teamed up with Seattle singer Kathi MacDonald to record a very
> successful version of You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'.
>
> After spending time in New York City and Los Angeles in the late '70s, Baldry
> chose to settle permanently in Vancouver, and became a Canadian citizen in
> 1980.
>
> He continued to record - for Stony Plains Records in Edmonton, owned by Holger
> Peterson who is also the host of CBC Radio's Saturday Night Blues.
>
> "There are very few performers that I can think of that were as entertaining,
> as talented and as professional as Long John Baldry," he says.
>
> Peterson also says two of Baldry's best-selling albums - It Ain't Easy, and
> Everything Stops For Tea - will be reissued by Stony Plain in the near future.
>
> Baldry may be better known to many young people as the voice of Dr. Robotnik in
> the Sonic the Hedgehog video games and TV series.
>
>
>
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In article <1q33e1dk0s45cgdscu3fk780vemo7uhl0r [at] 4ax.com>, gcarr01 [at] shaw.ca
says...
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>On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 20:23:44 -0400, Über Pfükke <hidden [at] noway.not>
>wrote:
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>>Tremendous Wang <tremendous [at] wang.com> wrote in message:
>>news:<DYfEe.148158$tt5.2992 [at] edtnps90>
>>> In article <MPG.1d4b4bb18077841198b59d [at] news.individual.net>,
hidden [at] noway.not
>>> says...
>>> >
>>> >Tremendous Wang <tremendous [at] wang.com> wrote in message:
>>> >news:<ZefEe.99883$wr.7945 [at] clgrps12>
>>> >> That guy used to rent videos at the video store I worked at 15 years
ago.
>>> We
>
>He takes taxis to his CBC interviews rather than ride a bike or drive
>a scooter yet advocates raising gas prices to something like $4 a
>liter.
>
Suzuki would bound into the video store like he owned the place. Baldry and
Campbell were meek. Due to the location of the store (only video store within
walking distancy of exclusive neighborhood), we had a lot of customers who
thought they were pretty important..
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Sat, 23 July 2005 04:07 |
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On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:43:52 -0400, "jack" <jack [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
>Long John Baldry dies in Vancouver
>Last Updated: Jul 22 2005 12:42 PM PDT
>
>Blues legend Long John Baldry has died at age 64 at Vancouver General Hospital
>after a four-month battle with a severe chest infection.
[snip]
>Baldry has released more than 40 albums, performing with a string of other
>famous musicians including Rod Stewart, Jimmy Page and Mick Jagger. The Rolling
>Stones opened for Baldry in London in the early 1960s before the Stones hit it
>big.
Can't recall if the Stones actually did *that*, but it's well documented
that when the Stones first played (Marquee July 12th 1962) the other
band (replacing Alexis Korner) was Long John Baldry's.
You can see the cutting about this in Wyman's "Rolling With The Stones"
- page 36.
--
steve.hat.stephencarter.not.com.but.net
Nothing is Beatle Proof!!
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Sat, 23 July 2005 06:28 |
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On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 22:26:46 -0400, Über Pfükke <hidden [at] noway.not>
wrote:
>As you know, there was an embargo on flights in North America at the time,
>but Jagger's plane was one of the first out of Pearson International. Bill
>mentioned that Mick never called him to offer a ride! :P
>
>
>The boys are down the road now, I live a 20 minute walk from where they're
>practicing. Can't be bothered (again).
Tsk Tsk. You can as surely afford a 20 minute walk to a free nightly
concert, as normal mortals can't afford tickets to the upcoming shows!
:-)
>When Bill was in town the next time on a Toronto visit, a man called in on a
>radio show and said "You're the guy who worked for me at the Fish and Chips
>shop!" "You liked my Daughter!".
>
>He remembered the guy!
Can I check my understanding of what you've written?
You are saying that when Bill Wyman was in Toronto some time after
September 11th 2001 a caller on a radio show said that *Bill* had worked
for him at a fish & chip shop? That Bill had liked the caller's
daughter? And that Bill remembered the caller?
--
steve.hat.stephencarter.not.com.but.net
Nothing is Beatle Proof!!
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On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 01:38:56 GMT, Reasonably Fanatic
<Bern2u*REMOVETHIS* [at] telus.net> wrote:
==>More memories:
==>
==>Dawson college in Montreal, I think it was spring of '77.
==>One of my guitar playing friends asked me during a morning break in
==>classes if I was going to see Long John Baldry. Not knowing who he was
==>(Blues! blues were for old fogies , then.) I reluctantly agreed to see
==>the gig, mainly because it was at the Dawson Selby campus cafeteria,
==>only a couple of blocks over from our classroom, it was at lunch time,
==>and free. I did have to eat, after all.
==>We watched the band set up as we ate, smack in the middle of a sea of
==>lunch tables. The tall stick of man with an ever so polite english
==>accent was in good form that day. Lots of great, vaguely familiar songs
==>were coming out of that band. Sounds straight out of my older brother's
==>record collection. When Baldry slowed down for a chat with the audience,
==>little did I know that I was being introduced to "Don't try to lay no
==>boogie woogie on the King of rock n roll." Heads snapped around as that
==>guitar riff rang out. It was well, a seminal moment for me. Blues were
==>cool. Very cool. Thanks Long John, from the kid 3 tables down.
Nicely written. Thanks.
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On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 19:22:26 -0400, Über Pfükke <hidden [at] noway.not>
wrote:
>Leo J Callaghan <leo_callaghan [at] telus.net> wrote in message:
>news:<42e17a93.4594366 [at] news.gv.shawcable.net>
>> On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:43:52 -0400, "jack" <jack [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> should make for a colourful service next week in vancouver. it would
>> likely be a who's who of old brit rockers. saw him once when i was
>> visiting vancouver to see marianne faithful. great acoustic set,
>> around the time she released her 'live' CD. roughly the same tunes;
>> small hall, great show. i do love the ballad singers like piaf,
>> faithfull, cline, day and aretha but that is a different thing.
>>
>He was one of the greats. I saw him in a bar in Toronto back in the late
>1970's where he played all the time just before he left to move to BC.
>
>Anyway, his voice was one that could easily send shivers down anyones spine.
>He'll be missed.
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>
>(Psst! Don't tell anyone, but he was Gay). :)
i read an interview or heard one where he said this roughly to elton
john: the world isn't made for the likes of you and me.
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