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« Reply #3920 on: December 06, 2023, 09:37:47 PM »


Steve Holley (& his family) lived next door but one to me in the 1960s and is indeed English.


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« Reply #3921 on: December 07, 2023, 12:10:12 PM »

Benjamin Zephaniah has died.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/07/british-poet-benjamin-zephaniah-dies-aged-65

Properly gutted about this.

RIP Ben
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« Reply #3922 on: December 07, 2023, 12:22:35 PM »


Benjamin Zephaniah has died.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/07/british-poet-benjamin-zephaniah-dies-aged-65

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RIP Ben



Gosh he wasn't even very old.  
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« Reply #3923 on: December 07, 2023, 12:30:13 PM »



Benjamin Zephaniah has died.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/07/british-poet-benjamin-zephaniah-dies-aged-65

Properly gutted about this.

RIP Ben



Gosh he wasn't even very old.  


Unfortunately brain tumours don't worry about little things like age.  Poor guy was only diagnosed 8 weeks ago.  
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« Reply #3924 on: December 07, 2023, 12:33:14 PM »

Sad news.
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« Reply #3925 on: December 07, 2023, 04:36:15 PM »


Benjamin Zephaniah has died.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/07/british-poet-benjamin-zephaniah-dies-aged-65

Properly gutted about this.

RIP Ben



me too saw him perform readings a couple of times and tell his life story. he was fab!


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« Reply #3926 on: December 08, 2023, 09:14:52 AM »




Benjamin Zephaniah has died.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/07/british-poet-benjamin-zephaniah-dies-aged-65

Properly gutted about this.

RIP Ben



Gosh he wasn't even very old.  


Unfortunately brain tumours don't worry about little things like age.  Poor guy was only diagnosed 8 weeks ago.  


I know.  Another thing to make us wonder how long everyone has got.  
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« Reply #3927 on: December 11, 2023, 06:26:25 PM »

Jeff Foskett leader of Brian Wilson's band.
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« Reply #3928 on: December 11, 2023, 06:33:01 PM »


Jeff Foskett leader of Brian Wilson's band.


Oh, that's sad.  A serious talent.  He's done pretty well to be fair...diagnosed with stage 4 anaplastic thyroid cancer in early 2018
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« Reply #3929 on: December 11, 2023, 09:55:13 PM »



Jeff Foskett leader of Brian Wilson's band.


Oh, that's sad.  A serious talent.  He's done pretty well to be fair...diagnosed with stage 4 anaplastic thyroid cancer in early 2018


So sad. I hadn't heard of Jeff Foskett before I took a crash course in the Beach Boys to coincide with the 50th Anniversary Tour in 2012. He was there in Grand Prairie, Texas, with the big combined band. I saw him again in Houston the following year with Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and David Marks in their joint tour with Jeff Beck. After that tour, he rejoined Mike Love's Beach Boys. I read a subsequent interview, in which he addressed the challenges of being Brian's musical director as well as caretaker on the road, and expressed gratitude for the Beach Boys welcoming him back. A very talented and obviously beloved fellow. R.I.P.
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« Reply #3930 on: December 12, 2023, 09:40:20 AM »




Jeff Foskett leader of Brian Wilson's band.


Oh, that's sad.  A serious talent.  He's done pretty well to be fair...diagnosed with stage 4 anaplastic thyroid cancer in early 2018


So sad. I hadn't heard of Jeff Foskett before I took a crash course in the Beach Boys to coincide with the 50th Anniversary Tour in 2012. He was there in Grand Prairie, Texas, with the big combined band. I saw him again in Houston the following year with Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and David Marks in their joint tour with Jeff Beck. After that tour, he rejoined Mike Love's Beach Boys. I read a subsequent interview, in which he addressed the challenges of being Brian's musical director as well as caretaker on the road, and expressed gratitude for the Beach Boys welcoming him back. A very talented and obviously beloved fellow. R.I.P.

Sad news, a true force of nature on the Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE tour
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« Reply #3931 on: December 12, 2023, 09:41:47 AM »


Jeff Foskett leader of Brian Wilson's band.


That man deserved to have been called a genuine Beach Boy. RIP Jeff.

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« Reply #3932 on: December 12, 2023, 12:30:44 PM »

Sandy Hurvitz.

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« Reply #3933 on: December 15, 2023, 09:28:30 PM »

Bob Johnson has passed according to Facebook. Loved his work with Steeleye
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« Reply #3934 on: December 16, 2023, 12:48:04 AM »


Bob Johnson has passed according to Facebook. Loved his work with Steeleye


Yes, me too. Saw the post as well. Very sad.

Vernon Dudley Bowhay-Nowell from the Bonzo Dog band had apparently passed as well.
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« Reply #3935 on: December 16, 2023, 10:10:39 AM »

RIP Bob Johnson...

My late sister brought Steeleye Span into the house when we were teenagers, and we both agreed on the excellence of their particular brand of loveably eccentric English folk-rock...
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« Reply #3936 on: December 16, 2023, 12:38:41 PM »

Such a sad thing. He'd been unwell for quite some time, but he contributed to the 'Wintersmith' album and his song 'Green Man' has recently been given a new lease of life by Steeleye. That's two from the 'classic' line up now gone.
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« Reply #3937 on: December 17, 2023, 12:02:02 AM »

Colin Burgess, original drummer of AC/DC, 77.
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« Reply #3938 on: December 20, 2023, 02:37:54 PM »


Guitarist Ronnie Carryl, 70. I came across him with Flaming Youth in 1969. Hadn't realised he stuck around continuing to play with Phil Collins, amonst others.
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« Reply #3939 on: December 20, 2023, 06:59:28 PM »

Decent Bob Johnson obit in the Grauniad...

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/dec/20/bob-johnson-obituary?fbclid=IwAR140RAoxku7wjJEqxlCOpVFdGTt520VN88hbCgnuQb-txhzEuWu0HU81g4
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