OK, we've got the Old Bluesman thread, the Old Folkies home and the Jazzers. Here's a new 'un for the Kings and Queens of Country, rednecks, crackers, lonesome wolves and rhinestone cowboys.
Kicking off with Kitty Wells, who I was very suprised to learn was still alive, 89 years old. I really like her version of Dylans "Forever Young"
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Country for Old Men (and Women) So lonesome, they could die.
Started by Anubis the Jackal, Nov 21 2008 11:37 AM
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Posted 21 November 2008 - 12:30 PM
I'll see your Kitty Wells and raise you Earl Scruggs 84 year old banjo legend and lifetime achiever - in Country Music Award terms. Still in pretty good nick, mind.
Maryport is a disappointment for which there is no cure, but the annual Deathrace thread hereabouts provides welcome distraction.
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Posted 21 November 2008 - 01:06 PM
What about a Johnny Cash connection? Carl Smith, 81 year old first husband of June Carter Cash, and drinking buddy of Johnny.
I went to a country and western dance once.
I should have watched this first.
I went to a country and western dance once.
I should have watched this first.
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Posted 07 December 2008 - 02:40 PM
Another Johnny Cash connection; Marshall Grant, the only surviving member of Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two, is now eighty and retired from the music business.
Also, country singer Thomas Hoyt "Slim" Bryant is 100 today.
Also, country singer Thomas Hoyt "Slim" Bryant is 100 today.
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Posted 17 January 2010 - 12:51 PM
American country music singer Carl Smith, who was very popular in the 1950s and 60s, died yesterday, according to his Wikipedia page. He was the former husband of June Carter Cash and the drinking companion of Johnny Cash.
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Posted 17 January 2010 - 03:11 PM
DevonDeathTrip, on Jan 17 2010, 12:51 PM, said:
American country music singer Carl Smith, who was very popular in the 1950s and 60s, died yesterday, according to his Wikipedia page. He was the former husband of June Carter Cash and the drinking companion of Johnny Cash.
First confirmation.
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Posted 15 July 2010 - 06:56 PM
Legendary country music singer Hank Cochran has died at age 74 of pancreatic cancer.
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2012 Shadowlist: 15/50
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2013 Shadowlist
Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Ronnie Biggs, Ryan Buell, George H. W. Bush, Harold Camping, Mary Carlisle, Fidel Castro, Henry Cecil, Hugo Chavez, Van Cliburn, Doris Day, Olivia de Havilland, Kirk Douglas, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Joan Fontaine, Bonnie Franklin, Annette Funicello, Zsa Zsa Gabor, George Gaynes, Vo Nguyen Giap, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Billy Graham, Nicki Hunter, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Jack Kyle, Carla Laemmle, Nelson Mandela, Penny Marshall, Rochus Misch, Robert Mugabe, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Maureen O'Hara, Eleanor Parker, Isabel Peron, Prince Phillip, Reg Presley, Ray Price, Luise Rainer, Mark "Chopper" Read, Diana Ross, Helmut Schmidt, Ariel Sharon, Rise Stevens, Margaret Thatcher, Abigail Van Buren, Gough Whitlam, Michael Winner, Nicholas Winton, Chuck Yeager & Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
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Posted 21 July 2010 - 08:08 PM
Nashville stalwart session muso Fred Carter has died. He worked with every man, woman and their dog, including Roy Orbison, Ronnie Hawkins, The Band, Neil Young and Joan Baez, played guitar on The Boxer and bass on Lay Lady Lay. That's worthy of a mention in my book. Tough choice between the country and folkie threads, mind.
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Posted 16 August 2010 - 09:32 PM
George Richey
Songwriter, producer, music publisher and manager and widower of Tammy Wynette (her fifth and last husband), has died aged 74.
Songwriter, producer, music publisher and manager and widower of Tammy Wynette (her fifth and last husband), has died aged 74.
Oh, Mickey! What's EGREGIOUS?!
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Posted 16 September 2010 - 06:25 PM
Canadian Paul, on Dec 19 2008, 11:10 PM, said:
Phantom, on Nov 4 2008, 10:47 PM, said:
Merle Haggard has had a tumour removed from his lung
Merle Haggard will be at a concert in January. Quite the accomplishment, less than two months after lung cancer surgery... will be interesting to see if it happens...
Merle Haggard has just cancelled the remainder of his tour due to a "respiratory illness". Worth keeping an eye on, given his medical history.
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Posted 16 September 2010 - 06:49 PM
DevonDeathTrip, on Sep 16 2010, 07:25 PM, said:
Canadian Paul, on Dec 19 2008, 11:10 PM, said:
Phantom, on Nov 4 2008, 10:47 PM, said:
Merle Haggard has had a tumour removed from his lung
Merle Haggard will be at a concert in January. Quite the accomplishment, less than two months after lung cancer surgery... will be interesting to see if it happens...
Merle Haggard has just cancelled the remainder of his tour due to a "respiratory illness". Worth keeping an eye on, given his medical history.
Last time I saw him, he was looking... exhausted? unwell? depleted? damn, what is the word I'm looking for?!
Oh, Mickey! What's EGREGIOUS?!
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Posted 17 September 2010 - 01:57 PM
VSBfromH, on Sep 16 2010, 07:49 PM, said:
DevonDeathTrip, on Sep 16 2010, 07:25 PM, said:
Canadian Paul, on Dec 19 2008, 11:10 PM, said:
Phantom, on Nov 4 2008, 10:47 PM, said:
Merle Haggard has had a tumour removed from his lung
Merle Haggard will be at a concert in January. Quite the accomplishment, less than two months after lung cancer surgery... will be interesting to see if it happens...
Merle Haggard has just cancelled the remainder of his tour due to a "respiratory illness". Worth keeping an eye on, given his medical history.
Last time I saw him, he was looking... exhausted? unwell? depleted? damn, what is the word I'm looking for?!
Funny this - got him on my list but not put down his medical history - have now - thanks DDT - new in at number 88.
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obits please for Jack Pardee & Hazel Hawke!
DL Shadow List: King Abdullah, Muhammad Ali, Patty Andrews, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Bob Barker, Ronnie Biggs, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Ian Brady, George HW Bush, Lord Carrington, Fidel Castro, Henry Cecil, Hugo Chavez, Van Cliburn, Bob Dole, Kirk Douglas, Jean Claude Duvalier, Annette Funicello, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Billy Graham, Damon Harris, Stephen Hawking, John Hume, Clive James, Yahya Jammeh, General Jaruzelski, Ed Koch, Helmut Kohl, Phil Lesh, Nelson Mandela, Penny Marshall, Teodoro Obiang Nquema Mbasogo, Shih Ming-Teh, Hosni Mubarak, Robert Mugabe, Jim Nabors, John Nkomo, Bernie Nolan, Manuel Noriega,, Jack Pardee, James Prior, Nancy Reagan, Ariel Sharon, Margaret Thatcher, Jeremy Thorpe, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Gough Whitlam, Michael Winner and Jiang Zemin, 11/50
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Posted 15 January 2011 - 09:28 PM
Spade_Cooley, on Dec 1 2010, 01:03 PM, said:
DevonDeathTrip, on Jul 8 2010, 08:30 PM, said:
Some dude on Yahoo Answers says that Charlie's back to 100%
Satan Isn't Real
Not looking good for Charlie...
What are heavy? Sea-sand and sorrow;
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What are frail? Spring blossoms and youth;
What are deep? The ocean and truth.
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What are deep? The ocean and truth.
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Posted 26 January 2011 - 03:57 PM
DevonDeathTrip, on Jan 15 2011, 09:28 PM, said:
Spade_Cooley, on Dec 1 2010, 01:03 PM, said:
DevonDeathTrip, on Jul 8 2010, 08:30 PM, said:
Some dude on Yahoo Answers says that Charlie's back to 100%
Satan Isn't Real
Not looking good for Charlie...
Gone!
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DDP 2013 Team - Dance On Your Grave
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Posted 26 January 2011 - 04:42 PM
Louvin is another winning DDT pick on the DDP, and Dr Ann McPherson is his joker...the boy is ON FIRE this year.
Maryport is a disappointment for which there is no cure, but the annual Deathrace thread hereabouts provides welcome distraction.
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Posted 26 January 2011 - 04:50 PM
This is a textbook example for why you should never believe a word anybody says on Yahoo Answers....
DDP 2013: Ryan Buell, Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, Sir Henry Cecil, Hugo Chavez, Van Cliburn, Katherine Crowe, Bob Dole, Bonnie Franklin, Annette Funicello, Damon Harris, Clive James, Sandy Jardine, Penny Marshall, Bernie Nolan, Jack Pardee, "King Robbo", Scott Thorson, Joost van der Westhuizen, Anne Williams (J), Michael Winner
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DDP 2012 (=7th), DDP 2011 (4th), DDP 2010 (=23th); Winner of Inverse Dead Pool 2011
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Posted 26 January 2011 - 04:50 PM
Garn2, on Jan 26 2011, 04:50 PM, said:
This is a textbook example for why you should never believe a word anybody says on Yahoo Answers....
Schoolboy error for me, yeah.
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Posted 26 January 2011 - 05:35 PM
Falkekopf, on Jan 26 2011, 03:57 PM, said:
DevonDeathTrip, on Jan 15 2011, 09:28 PM, said:
Spade_Cooley, on Dec 1 2010, 01:03 PM, said:
DevonDeathTrip, on Jul 8 2010, 08:30 PM, said:
Some dude on Yahoo Answers says that Charlie's back to 100%
Satan Isn't Real
Not looking good for Charlie...
Gone!
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