Guitarist Chris Whitley 1960 - 2005

[NashVegas]

Well, this is sad.

http://chriswhitley.com/

[johnnie]

1. That's sad

R.I.P Chris.

[WCGreen]

2. I recognize the name....

But can't place the music...

It's sad when people pass on....

But the description of the final journey sounded blessed....

[NashVegas]

4. The Songs That Got Radio Play

"Big Sky Country"
"Living with the Law"
"Poison Girl"
"Automatic"
"To Joy"
"Scrapyard Lullabye"

Would all have been heard on what they call "AAA" stations.

"Kick the Stones" was featured in Thelma & Louise, I think when Brad Pit and Geena Davis were boinking.

He was a dobro/Nat'l Steel player and simply amazing, live. I interviewed him twice; very, very nice guy.

[In_The_Wind]

3. Rest In Peace Chris Whitley.

[corksean]

5. Bad week for guitar fans - Link Wray RIP

Link Wray, the original master blaster of rock'n'roll guitar, has died at his home in Copenhagen, aged 76. He enjoyed little mainstream success but his primal music guaranteed him a cult following that kept him working right up to this year. Indeed, the last 15 years found him enjoying a higher profile than at any time since his initial hits, with such films as Pulp Fiction and Independence Day employing his music.

Wray's talent was a limited one, but in his ability to employ distortion and push the electric guitar to places that it had never been before, he was a 20th-century innovator. His best recordings retain their original menace and raw power, and his influence on rock music cannot be overestimated: the Who's Pete Townshend acknowledged, "He is the king; if it hadn't been for Link Wray and Rumble, I would have never picked up a guitar."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/obituary/0,,1647734,00.html

[Magrittes Pipe]

6. Link died?

Shit. :cry:

[Deja Q]

7. Two down, one to go.

The famous always seem to snuff it in groups of three...

It's sad when talented people die too early.

But then, many people die early - and thanks to peak oil, many more will die too early. And our corporate filth can spin it and piss on us all the more so. For they have no other choice.