Maybe not a huge celebrity, but an important one to me.
Didn’t realize he joined the band at such a young age; was still just a teenager, ostensibly to allow Maurice to focus more on vocals and production.
Is it any wonder that band grooved as hard as it did with so many percussionists in it.
(Yeah, we’re guessing a tad on the above timing.)
Is it true that Earth, Wind & Fire started out as a punk outfit called called Dirt, Fart & Burn?
Just read that Ken Block died in a snowmobile accident
Bloody hell, I was just watching some of his latest videos.
https://www.speedcafe.com/2023/01/03/ken-block-dies-in-snowmobile-accident/
That’s after Renner almost being killed in one.
An unfamiliar name/band for many but fondly remembered by others for their excellent early 80s albums, Alan Rankine from The Associates had died at the age of 64.
Sanity stores.
Apparently they still had 50 stores!
Unlike JB, Sanity did not adjust well to the times.
RIP.
Perhaps now he and Billy (MacKenzie) can get an Associates reunion up in the afterlife…
They’ve done it again!
Billy was only 39. Suicide, alas.
Sale of a Century quiz king Cary Young.
There was one in Warrnambool a week ago…haven’t been in this week to check.
Gone to that great Gift Shop in the sky. As a former SOTC contestant, I dips me lid to his immense knowledge, anticipation, recall of facts and lightning fast buzzer finger.
And the face of the Herald Sun daily quiz for many years. As featured in the lunchbreak of every workplace cafeteria for many years…
Saaaaaaaaaaaaale
Of the cemetery.
There is still one in Traralgon in the plaza, passed it this morning.
That is a wonderful article about an incredible human being. Absolutely recommended reading.
The world could do with more news about the marvellous things our scientists and doctors are doing.