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An Aussie icon, and a true legend has passed, at 91.
Fly high Chad Morgan - ā€œThe Sheik of Scrubby Creekā€.

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@sclay maybe worth copying over to be first post in a new 2025 thread mate

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Ahā€¦ Donnyā€™s big brother.
I used to listen to them, the Partridge Family & the Carpenters all the time (age 8) till my uncle gave me Sgt. Pepper. Itā€™s been only downhill since then! :rofl:

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A the singer or one of the first songs I learned (Soul man) ( a bit) on guitar 34 years ago died at a respectable age but in a crappy wayā€¦

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RIP John Sykes

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RIP Garth Hudson

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I think Iā€™m going to re watch Once Were Brothers tonight.

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Jackie Farry died a couple of weeks ago. She was in the industry and was very nice. We had a number if things in common.

Anyway FCancer

https://www.jackiefarry.com/raffle/

Please mod dont remove. There is no raffle, this is a 20 year old page.

Jakie on left with white forster grants. Not my photo.

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So now only Robert Wyatt is still with us from the original lineup of Soft Machineā€¦ IMO Mike Ratledge is quite underrated among (prog/fusion) keyboard players despite his unique sound and style.

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RIP Jamie Muir, percussionist/noisemaker of King Crimson

https://www.dgmlive.com/news/jamie-muir-1942-2025

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Oh dear, no disrespect but Dead Drummer day ??

Loved King Crimson and loved the jam, oh yeah and love the beat.

Sad day !

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And Iā€™m 69 at the end of March this year, the Reaper gets closer every year, maybe I should write a song about that. :wink:

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Donā€™t Fear the Reaper. Ironic that a different song by the Blue Oyster Cult just came on the radio as I was reading this.

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Bit sad hearing this news late yesterday, especially as Iā€™d been hacking my way through ā€˜Thatā€™s Entertainmentā€™ and ā€˜English Roseā€™ myself earlier in the day.

I was a little too young to appreciate The Jam during their pomp, but they (and Adam and the Ants :face_with_peeking_eye: :rofl:) were the first ā€˜properā€™ music I recall listening to back in around 81/82. Both still get a lot of air play here to this day.

Saw Rick 5 or 6 times performing with ā€˜From The Jamā€™ over the last decade or so and each time had a fantastic night out. One of those drummers (like Watts, Copeland and Mosely) who just do their thing in the background, unlike the flashy stickmen in the Moon/Nico Mcbrain mould. Foxtonā€™s enthusiasm on stage certainly more than made up in this area ā€¦!

Iā€™ll be putting on the (metaphorical) parka today I think, as I dip into their back catalogue.

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