"The Cars' Benjamin Orr Dead At 53"
MTV Oct 2000
http://www.mtv.com/news/
"Benjamin Orr, singer and bassist with new wave hitmakers the Cars, succumbed to cancer at his home in Atlanta on Tuesday night. He was 53.
As previously reported by MTV News, Orr, born Benjamin Orzechowski on September 8, 1947, had been hospitalized last May with what turned out to be inoperable pancreatic cancer . . . "
2006
"Boz Burrell
Bass guitarist with Bad Company"
http://www.independent.co.uk/
"Boz Burrell was a singer and bass player who played with the progressive rock band King Crimson and was a founder member of the stadium band Bad Company. Although Bad Company had considerable UK success, it was in the United States that they became a major force with such songs as "Can't Get Enough", "Feel Like Makin' Love" and "Rock'n'Roll Fantasy" in the mid-1970s." "JJ Cale, writer of Clapton’s ‘Cocaine’ and ‘After Midnight,’ dies at 74"
BDN Jul 27, 2013
http://bangordailynews.com/
"Singer-songwriter Neil Young once described Cale as the best electric guitar player he had ever seen other than the late Jimi Hendrix. . . . "
"Ronnie Montrose death a suicide, coroner reports"
LA Times April 11 2012
http://
"Montrose, 64, was a well-known guitarist who recorded with Van Morrison, Boz Scaggs and the Edgar Winter Group before forming his own band, Montrose, with singer Sammy Hagar. . . .""Boston singer Brad Delp killed himself through poisoning with charcoal"
WISTV 2007
http://www.wistv.com/Global/
"Toxicology tests indicate singer Brad Delp of the band Boston killed himself by carbon monoxide poisoning. . . "Classic Rock Documentary
"Classic Albums: Fleetwood Mac: Rumours"
Netflix
http://movies.netflix.com/
"Musicianship, hard work and heartache all went into Fleetwood Mac's multiplatinum album "Rumours," a masterpiece spawned by personal dramas. This "Classic Albums" installment chronicles the the album's making as the band's relationships crumbled."
"Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)"
Netflix
http://www.netflix.com/
"This documentary reveals the mercurial career of brilliant singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson and his influence on the 1960s pop-cultural landscape."
"Last Days Here"
Netflix
"In this documentary, an aged and gaunt has-been rock star, Bobby Liebling, rallies to restart his life after decades of drug addiction."
http://www.netflix.com/
"'Last Days Here' Review: Pentagram's Bobby Liebling -- Madman, Heavy Metal Genius"
https://movies.yahoo.com/news/
"20 Feet from Stardom"
Netflix
"Winner of the 2014 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, this film takes a look at the world of backup vocalists and the legends they support."
http://www.netflix.com/
Rock Documentary:
"Beware of Mr. Baker"
Netflix
"Legendary and indestructible rock drummer Ginger Baker is the focus of this documentary, which recaps his turbulent history and many influences."
http://www.netflix.com/
No comments:
Post a Comment