David Lynch. When you have an adjective named after your style, you know you're fresh as hell.
To be honest, I don't LOVE a lot of his works (Twin Peaks ish, Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive), but he was clearly an incredible artist who pushed boundaries in film.
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Brenton Wood passed a couple of weeks ago.
Via Wikipedia - I hadn't heard that before!
Ahead of her time I always thought, output was pretty diverse and not a stereotypical R&B artist.
Saw her a couple of years back at Southport Weekender with Sharay Reed on bass.
R.I.P. Angie.
I’ve been reading a few obituaries for Gene Hackman. It feels that for his ‘70s work, film buffs stress his gritty stuff and his Lex Luther is overlooked as merely a supporting part in a commercial/lightweight film. I rate Lex as a higher water-mark in Hackman’s career than Popeye Doyle. Lex Luther is the realest character in those films. Doyle is a familiar make-my-day-punk character I’d seen before while Lex’s charisma is stronger than cryptonite.
RIP
Sad to hear about Angie Stone. This was my jam bitd:
holy shit i just heard this….damn!
My father and I saw her at the Hollywood Bowl opening for James Brown, shortly before he passed away.
So is his Jazz is dead worth picking up? The most recent thing that I remember him doing was all the BBE comps.
84... Shit, he's been looking frail for a while. I actually thought he would have been older.
That means last time I saw him, he was probably my age now.
He had Dennis Davis on drums from Stevie Wonder's band and Zach Breaux on guitar. They smashed it and were gracious with their time afterwards, loads of jokes and stories.
Hell of a catalogue. Gotta be RAMP Sunshine for me.
That made me laugh.
Tracklist:
Bruce Fisher feat. Roy Ayers - One life '77
Roy Ayers & Wayne Henderson – Swarte '78
Roy Ayers & Wayne Henderson - Step Into Our Life ‘78
Ronnie Foster feat. Roy Ayers - Midnight Plane '78
Edwin Birdsong feat Roy Ayers – Pretty Brown Skin '71
Herbie Mann feat. Roy Ayers - Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty '78
RAMP (aka Roy Ayers Music Production) - Try, Try, Try ‘77
RAMP - The American Promise '77
David Newman feat. Roy Ayers - Fire Weaver '72
Roy Ayers - Leo '79
Terry Wells feat. Roy Ayers - Who's that stranger '84
Roy Ayers - Slip'n'slide '85
Edwin Birdsong - Good lovin' brings an encore ’81 (original member of Roy Ayers Ubiquity)
Roy Ayers Ubiquity - He's A Superstar '72
G. Keith Alexander - Sneakers '73 (produced by Roy Ayers)
Ladies of the 80s - I knew that love '80 (produced by Roy Ayers)
Ubiquity - Midnight after dark '78 (produced by Roy Ayers)
Vi Redd feat. Roy Ayers - Just friends '68
Justo Almario - Interlude '81 (produced by Roy Ayers)
Justo Almario - Sho' you right '81 (produced by Roy Ayers)
Stone City Band feat. Roy Ayers - Ladies Choice '83
Ubiquity - Can you be yourself '78
Ubiquity - Spread it '78
Roy Ayers - What's the T (L70s)
d59B.com dropping gems
I'm informed by the one SKEL that Gillesy P will also be doing similar this weekend.
I'll be catching him live in Bognor this weekend if anyone else is here at the Weekender. Holleur at yer boy.
Should have had 10 copies right?