[woodsman]

Motorhead guitarist Fast Eddie Clarke

 

[drgonzo]

Delores O'riordon, lead singer for The Cranberries dead at 46, on 1-15-2018. The voice of an angel, no more.

 

[o1marc]

Tom Petty's death ruled an accidental overdose from pain meds for a broken hip.

 

[o1marc]

Not music related, but we lost Dan Gurney this week, automotive racing builder/driver icon.

 

[woodsman]

Jim Rodford, bassist, Kinks, Zombies, founder of Argent. Fell down stairs, lousy way to go out. 76 years old.

 

[woodsman]

Dr John, New Orleans music legend, 77 years.

 

[o1marc]

Looks like we lost Eddie Money, finally succumbed to the throat cancer he's been talking about on the show.

 

[o1marc]

Rick Ocasek from The Cars, today, 75 years old.

 

[o1marc]

Wow, just lost Icon Ginger Baker from Cream, Blind Faith. Great drummer, not very well liked

 

[woodsman]

The incomparable Neil Peart, drummer for Rush. He was unbelievable, without peer. 67, brain cancer.

 

[o1marc]

The incomparable Neil Peart, drummer for Rush. He was unbelievable, without peer. 67, brain cancer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttZIyNf6TS8&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR27V4d-tx3BaYk1vr1oyxJ1wySA5KuM5hx93s7f1CzafMXgmYXZWWadG0E

 

[woodsman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttZIyNf6TS8&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR27V4d-tx3BaYk1vr1oyxJ1wySA5KuM5hx93s7f1CzafMXgmYXZWWadG0E

Amazing, almost 60.
Rush had to quit touring because the effort required to be the real Peart on drums was crippling, by the end of the tour he was a physical mess. I am not a big Rush fan but have seen them several times, the first was before their first record. I have been lucky enough to see most of the great drummers going back to the early '70's and 2 really stand out. Keith Moon's complexity combined with the ability to produce more sound than the space shuttle, he could move stadiums and Neil Peart's limbs move at the speed of light and never stop.