Wednesday, 5 January 2011

The Day The Music Died...

2011 is turning into a pretty lousy year for celebrity deaths already.

First Pete Postlethwaite (and Zsa Zsa Gabor seems to be chasing him - wonder if S Weasel will revive her Dead Pool?) and now not one, but two great musicians yesterday evening.

The second was 'Japan' bassist Mick Karn (who I must confess I'd actually never heard of!), but the first was Gerry Rafferty, and this one was a sad surprise.

Best known for the iconic 'Baker Street', I always felt this one deserved to be a greater hit than it was:


RIP Gerry...
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10 comments:

  1. Hogdayafternoon5 January 2011 at 09:08

    Brief lives. Many, unfairly so.

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  2. Doc Trough5 January 2011 at 09:33

    The Baker St album still gets some hammer in my car. Wonderful production for it's day. Go well Gerry.

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  3. PT Barnum5 January 2011 at 12:09

    RIP to both.

    'Stuck in the Middle with You' never fails to lift my mood.

    Mick Karn could make a bass sound like no other bassist I've ever heard, a haunting instrument in its own right. Try this one:

    http://www.youtube.com/user/hardiestgirl2012#p/a/u/1/gMvlEyWpjdA

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  4. Pavlov's Cat5 January 2011 at 16:29

    Very sad. sadder in fact even than when I found out that Bob Holness didn't play the Sax solo on 'Baker Street' which I told people for years

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  5. Bakerloo5 January 2011 at 18:22

    While I still play the air-sax to 'Baker Street' I always enjoy playing the air-guitar to 'Night Owl'

    Yes, sad person that I am, and sadder now Mr Rafferty has departed from us.

    (WV= grabilla = greedy monkey)

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  6. RAB5 January 2011 at 19:02

    I was never a fan of Rafferty, but sad nevertheless.

    Ah but Mick karn I met when I interviewed Japan when they supported Blue Oyster Cult. Great musician.He was positively drooling at all equipment that BOC carried with them when we were wandering round backstage at Bristol Colston Hall.

    Here's a couple of others I knew who died last year...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-Z2GHgS2R0

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCSPf5Viwd0

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  7. Squander Two5 January 2011 at 21:59

    Japan reinvented themselves as No-man's backing group and thus contributed to some of the greatest records of the Nineties. Karn was astounding.

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  8. blueknight5 January 2011 at 23:20

    ...and Bobby Farrell of Boney M. Perhaps not quite in the same league, but a musical entertainer nonetheless

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  9. JuliaM6 January 2011 at 05:28

    "Brief lives. Many, unfairly so."

    Indeed. And an untimely reminder that none of is are getting younger!

    "Mick Karn could make a bass sound like no other bassist I've ever heard, a haunting instrument in its own right. Try this one..."

    That is indeed pretty good.

    "...I found out that Bob Holness didn't play the Sax solo on 'Baker Street' which I told people for years"

    You weren't the only one!

    "...and Bobby Farrell of Boney M."

    Ah, yes, just a few days ago, wasn't it?

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  10. David Gillies7 January 2011 at 18:39

    Bobby Farrell died in the same city as Rasputin.

    City to City was the first LP I bought. There wasn't a bad song on it.

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