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couple more folks gone...

POSTED BY: NewOldBrownCoat
UPDATED: Sunday, September 20, 2009 07:33
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NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Thursday, September 17, 2009 7:07 PM

Henry Gibson ( from Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ) passed away, age 73.

Mary Travers ( of Peter Paul and Mary) died of leukemia She'd been sick for several years, got some better, got worse. The 60's folk revival was the music of my youth, helped form and express my politics. In many ways, their voices were my voice.

AS I've said before, 3 voices, 2 guitars, and a bass were enough to make music that could move millions. Proves that you don't need a 90 piece orchestra, or 20 megawatts of electric amps, or pyrotechnics, or fancy dance moves , or music videos to make good art, if you have enough skill and talent.

NIKI2

Thursday, September 17, 2009 7:17 PM

Awww, that's sad. Gibson was good, but after Laugh-In I never saw him. But Mary, that's a loss. Dunno if they were still doing anything, but given how many other groups from those times are still concerting, I dunno.

I adored their music, and their comedy. I feel the same

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The 60's folk revival was the music of my youth, helped form and express my politics. In many ways, their voices were my voice.

3 voices, 2 guitars, and a bass were enough to make music that could move millions

For the same reason, I loved Simon & Garfunkel, and have never forgiven them for not giving us more. Paul Simon...uh...no comment.

Guess we must be about the same age; it's awfully sad to see so many pass, and age, for me at least. Someone told me David McCallum was on CSI so I watched just to see...it's always a shock. I got my name from him (Illya NIKOVICH Kuryakin from Man From U.N.C.L.E.)--long story, but to see how they age...sigh, I'm stil 21 IN MY HEAD, they remind me otherwise...

For me, John Denver too...just his voice and guitar were quite enough. More his WRITING than his singing (others did his songs better)--he wrote what I felt, just as PPM did. S&G, not so much, but what they wrote was pure poetry.

Life goes on...and death as well...

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NCBROWNCOAT

Thursday, September 17, 2009 8:15 PM

Seems that in the past couple of years lots of my childhood icons are slipping away. I wonder who will be next.

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AURAPTOR

Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:12 PM

Henry Gibson in Blues Brothers had a classic role in a classic movie.

Thanks and you'll be missed as well as remembered.

The T.Rex they call JANE!

ECGORDON

Thursday, September 17, 2009 11:49 PM

Henry Gibson was also great in Robert Altman's Nashville, one of my favorite films.

I loved Peter, Paul & Mary and many others from the folk era; Pete Seeger, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Phil Ochs, Joan Baez, Tim Hardin, Arlo Guthrie, and many more. Great music and great meaning behind most of the lyrics.

TRAVELER

Friday, September 18, 2009 12:23 AM

I remember, decades ago, we lost a number of people who's names started with the letter "J". Janis Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix, and John Belushi died within a short time of each other. Made me glad that none of my names started with "J".

Now it is a mix of people from the entertainment industry to politics. Each in their own way contributing their talents.

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HUGHFF

Friday, September 18, 2009 6:13 AM

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Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:

AS I've said before, 3 voices, 2 guitars, and a bass were enough to make music that could move millions. Proves that you don't need a 90 piece orchestra, or 20 megawatts of electric amps, or pyrotechnics, or fancy dance moves , or music videos to make good art, if you have enough skill and talent.

Of course if you have the skill and talent, and the desire to use a 90 piece orchestra

, 20 megawatts of amps

, pyrotechnics

, fancy dance moves

and videos

, you can also create something magical.

www.cpfc.org - my life

HUGHFF

Friday, September 18, 2009 6:24 AM

Also lost this week - Troy Kennedy Martin. If you ever watch quality British tv/movies from the 1960s onward, you probably saw his work:
Film

* The Italian Job (1969)
* Kelly's Heroes (1970)
* The Jerusalem File (1972)
* Sweeney II (1978)
* Red Heat (1988)
* Red Dust (2004)

Television

* Storyboard (1961)
* Z Cars (1962-78)
* Redcap (1965-66)
* The Sweeney (1975-78)
* Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
* Edge of Darkness (1985)

A special mention for Edge of Darkness: IMO this is the single greatest televsion mini-series ever. Six 55 minute episodes that move you from gritty cop drama through conspiracy thriller to science fiction utopia seamlessly. The soundtrack, played by Eric Clapton through a valve amplifier is haunting. The action is taunt, levened with the blackest humour. The acting is first class, from the star down to Jedburgh's landlady, who must have less than a dozen lines.

It's never been released on dvd in the US to my knowledge though it was released in Region 2 (UK). It's being remade for release next year with the original director but, terrifyingly, Mel Gibson in the lead role. I'll be in the queue on opening night and more than ready to be bitterly disappointed but, if it works, it will be freaking awesome.

www.cpfc.org - my life

PEULSAR5

Friday, September 18, 2009 6:56 AM

The "In Memoriam" sections of the Emmys and Oscars are going to be very long this year. A lot of good, talented people gone.

ECGORDON

Friday, September 18, 2009 11:08 AM

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Originally posted by hughff:
A special mention for Edge of Darkness: IMO this is the single greatest televsion mini-series ever. [snip] It's never been released on dvd in the US to my knowledge though it was released in Region 2 (UK).

A Region 1 release is scheduled for November 3. I have it on VHS but will be buying the dvd too. I agree it is excellent.