In Memoriam

[eatingglitter]

Dario G, sad times. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy00dgr4yjvo

 

Edited June 17 by eatingglitter

[LowerMead]

9 hours ago, eatingglitter said:

Dario G, sad times. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy00dgr4yjvo

 

Sad news, I love Sunchyme. Hope to hear it across the festival site this year. 

[FloopFiller]

RIP Shifty Sheshock aka the singer from Crazy Town.
 

I assume Glastonbury will be in panic mode right now trying to get a giant statue of him made in time for tomorrow and asking every act to cover Butterfly.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Pyramid headpiece will be a giant mutoid Butterfly - a perfect Starry Eyed Surprise in memory of a true king 

[alanr]

Toumani & Sidiki Diabaté

Sad to hear Toumani died today, only 58.

I remember the set on the Pyramid in 2014. First saw Toumani at Womad in 2008, and was totally blown away.

RIP.

[CaledonianGonzo]

RIP to one of the guests. Never caught him at the G, but saw him a handful times whenever he passed through town. His In the Heart of the Moon album with Ali Farka Toure is goated.

[The Nal]

Sad news. Saw him a few times, including a couple of times at the G. 

 

This was pretty special.

 

 

[Avalon_Fields]

Playing the 2 CDs I have of his, Ali & Toumani and In the Heart of the Moon. Pretty ideal for Sunday morning. He’s one of the amazing African musicians and I rate much of the music from that continent as amongst my favourite: Tinariwen, Orchestra Baobab, Ali and Vieux Farka Toure, Fatoumata Diawara, Mdou Moctar, Bassekou Kouyate, etc etc…

[CaledonianGonzo]

Duke Fakir - the last remaining Four Top has said sayonara.

[Avalon_Fields]

RIP John Mayall. Influential blues musician.

 

His band helped many on their way: Eric Clapton, much of early Fleetwood Mac. Mick Taylor of the Stones.

Edited July 24 by Avalon_Fields

[Ayrshire Chris]

40 minutes ago, Avalon_Fields said:

RIP John Mayall. Influential blues musician.

 

His band helped many on their way: Eric Clapton, much of early Fleetwood Mac. Mick Taylor of the Stones.

Sad news. 

[The Nal]

RIP. Had tickets for him a while back but he cancelled. 

 

Did Mayall ever play the G?

[Avalon_Fields]

31 minutes ago, The Nal said:

RIP. Had tickets for him a while back but he cancelled. 

 

Did Mayall ever play the G?

Don't think so, however:

 

Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music in the summer of 1970 has gone down in music history as a groundbreaking forerunner of large-scale modern British festivals as we’ve come to know and love them. All the acts ran late, traffic and security were a nightmare, the wind blew, the rain poured, there wasn’t enough food to go round, it didn’t make any money and it never happened again, but the music fans had a ball all the same.

And the ambitious and chaotic extravaganza on June 27 and 28 at the Bath and West Showground, near Shepton Mallet was the inspiration behind Michael Eavis’s Worthy Farm Pop Festival, which happened three months later. The two-day bill boasted an incredible line-up of American artists, like Canned Heat, Steppenwolf, Johnny Winter, Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds, Santana, Dr John, It’s A Beautiful Day and Country Joe, with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention a late addition to the bill, alongside a top roster of British rock and blues acts.

Headliners Led Zeppelin, about to become the “biggest band in the world” were joined by Pink Floyd, Moody Blues, John Mayall, Fairport Convention, Colosseum and Donovan. A year earlier, in June 1969, Freddy Bannister and his wife, Wendy, had put on the first, super laid back and much smaller, one-day Bath Festival of Blues in the grounds of Bath Pavilion, where they had already promoted gigs by The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix.

[grumpyhack]

It's the 'I may be an old fart but at least I got to see all the good music' time.  I actually went to both those festivals and still have the posters on my loo walls.  Standouts  at Shepton Mallet for me were Pink Floyd doing the first performance of Atom Heart Mother and Jefferson Airplane.  At Bath Pavillion it was Adrian Henri and the Liverpool Scene leading a chant of 'I hate Enoch.'

[The Nal]

1 hour ago, Avalon_Fields said:

Don't think so, however:

 

Big blot in the Gs copybook with the amount of world class British guitarists never playing. Baffling really.

[Livvy13]

RIP Fatman Scoop 

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyn0z93p11o

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Danielle Moore from Crazy P.

 

Only 52 years old.

[nikkic]

1 hour ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Danielle Moore from Crazy P.

 

Only 52 years old.

Sad news.
 

We saw Crazy P at Lost Village a few years ago, Danielle asked some dude to go and grab her a shot of tequila from the bar mid gig.
 

Top voice. Top performer.

[CharlotteB]

Aww, so sad. I always got a good vibe from her 😢 

[kerplunk]

2 hours ago, Supernintendo Chalmers said:

Danielle Moore from Crazy P.

 

Only 52 years old.

 

What a shame, I photographed her just a few weeks ago in July at Beat Herder

 

 

Edited September 2 by kerplunk

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

Ahh, saw Crazy P Soundsystem last year. Was absolutely buzzing in the Glade. Sad times.

[angelin]

Saw her only last week at Lost Village ☹️

 

not a musician and I do nt know if he has been mentioned but Christ York from SjM and one of the founders of Teenage Cancer Trust https://www.musicweek.com/live/read/sjm-pays-tribute-to-chris-york-leading-promoter-who-helped-define-uk-s-live-music-scene/090205

 

some might say he had a lot to do with this reunion. I met  him afew times on  this bloody journey and he always had a laugh and some good gossip to pass our appointments. He was a very kind man and I will miss his face and banter. I always laughed are they getting back together I need to put a bet on and he’d say not until I say so with a laugh. I don’t know if he had that pull or if he was joking.

Edited September 3 by angelin

[Pipine]

So sad about Danielle.. she was great, seen Crazy P many times and they’ve always been brilliant, she was a fantastic singer. 

[Ayrshire Chris]

RIP Herbie Flowers, king of the bass.  Wrote the bass line for walk on the wild side and played with all the greats such as Bowie, Elton, Macca 

 

Edited September 8 by Ayrshire Chris

[Neil]

6 hours ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

RIP Herbie Flowers, king of the bass.  Wrote the bass line for walk on the wild side and played with all the greats such as Bowie, Elton, Macca 

 

the bbc obit omits one of his biggest gigs - as bassist for classical-rock band Sky for nearly twenty years