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The 2017 RIP Thread

RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,786 Posts
edited January 2017 in Strut Central
Thankfully  we haven't lost too many so far this year.

But I will start it off.

RIP Can Drummer Jaki Liebezeit 

His beats are undeniable and probably the most underated drummer of all time.  Spent many a nights drumming along to Vitamin C.



RIP Miguel Ferrer 


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  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,909 Posts
    William Onyeabor





  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,909 Posts


    RIP Miguel Ferrer 



    Never realized until his death his family background connections.
  • ManItsAHighCastleManItsAHighCastle 102 Posts
    Overend Watts, bassist for Mott the Hoople.  Another great name.
  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,997 Posts
    DOR said:


    RIP Miguel Ferrer 



    Never realized until his death his family background connections.
    I won't google the facts, but in my mind, I hope he actually died from a grenade whilst snorting coke from a bitches cleavage.
  • ppadilhappadilha 2,260 Posts
    RIP John Hurt, Elephant Man is straight up



    *post edited because, as always, I confused John Hurt with Jeremy Irons
  • djtopcatdjtopcat Seattle WA The 206 312 Posts
    RIP Mary Tyler Moore 


  • ElectrodeElectrode Los Angeles 3,168 Posts
    No more quarters for Masaya Nakamura. Those damn ghosts.
  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,786 Posts
    RIP John Wetton:



    Not a good time for fans of 70s UK prog 
  • trzakhstantrzakhstan IA 198 Posts
    a couple people on twitter say David Axelrod.
  • ketanketan Warmly booming riffs 3,227 Posts
    FACK
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,812 Posts
    It's true. Axelrod RIP. Damn.
  • ManItsAHighCastleManItsAHighCastle 102 Posts
    Pete Seeger.  Probably died in a state of great revulsion.

    RIP.
  • ppadilhappadilha 2,260 Posts
    RIP Frankye of Tony & Frankye fame



    and RIP Orlandivo




  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,786 Posts


    Two albums that changed my life and my outlook on music forever. Axelrod was one of the masters that married time, space, and layers with a swinging back beat. Hip hop before hip hop existed. RIP David Axelrod!

    ketankicks79Duderonomy
  • SPlDEYSPlDEY Vegas 3,375 Posts
    Holy shit AXELROD??!??
  • ppadilhappadilha 2,260 Posts
    RIP Helio Matheus



    three brazilian legends in the span of one week!

  • djtopcatdjtopcat Seattle WA The 206 312 Posts
    RIP Al Jarreau :(
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,812 Posts
    Damn. A great voice.
  • klezmer electro-thug beatsklezmer electro-thug beats 1,422 Posts
    What a week. Axelrod and Jarreau. Padilha thanks for introducing me to some Brazilian heat I was unaware of, albeit in sad circumstances.


  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,786 Posts
    I remember watching this when I was a kid.  The Al Jarreau bit is some of the funniest shit that still sticks with me today.  RIP

    ketantrzakhstandukeofdelridge
  • ketanketan Warmly booming riffs 3,227 Posts
    ^^That whole thing was hysterical.  Tight five minutes right there! 
    dukeofdelridge
  • strataspherestratasphere Blastin' the Nasty 1,035 Posts
    Add Walter "Junie" Morrison to the list...R.I.P..
  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,786 Posts
    stratasphere said:
    Add Walter "Junie" Morrison to the list...R.I.P..
    Oh man...

    He checked in 12 years ago...  A thread started by Diplo.

    http://community.soulstrut.com/discussion/702/funky-worm-ohio-players
  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,786 Posts
    No G-Funk without Junie:


    dukeofdelridge
  • SPlDEYSPlDEY Vegas 3,375 Posts



    First thing that came to mine. RIP JUNIE!

  • minimini 880 Posts
    RIP Clyde Stubblefied
    dukeofdelridgeJimsterketanDuderonomy
  • klezmer electro-thug beatsklezmer electro-thug beats 1,422 Posts
    Oh shit, devastating. A colossus of drums.
  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,786 Posts
    mini said:
    RIP Clyde Stubblefied
      
  • klezmer electro-thug beatsklezmer electro-thug beats 1,422 Posts
    With Clyde, among the obvious Funky Drummer sample-inspiring-a-whole-genre stuff, and the killer recordings of Cold Sweat, Mother Popcorn etc., the thing that sticks out for me (as a shitty drummer who obsessed since age 12 over him, Bernard Purdie, etc.) was the 90s released live CD of James Brown live in Dallas 1968, "Say It Live And Loud".

    They play what seems like 130-160bpm for the whole goddamn concert. There's an unbelievable version of "There Was A Time" on this that will make you drop a enchirito out of your crackass, in the words of ap. The ghost notes on that still give me wrist pain and I don't even come close. Every non-ballad is played so furiously and with so much snare grace-note depth it damn near presages 90s jungle/dnb records. Put that concert on and listen to "I Got The Feeling". I am not a James Brown completist but I haven't heard anything like that before or since. That is an overheating band and some unbelievable drumming driving it all.

    In particular "There Was A Time" on that concert has driven my own feeble attempts at drumming way more than Funky Drummer or any of the famous Stubblefield recordings. The man is a personal hero for me and an enemy of my left wrist.
    dukeofdelridgeGibbominiketanDuderonomycovekemskala
  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,909 Posts
    Can we give the drummer some?

    Anyone got some good live clips?

    RIP


    dukeofdelridgekemskala
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