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R.I.P. Helen Reddy

I actually liked Helen Reddy, but then again, I was like 10 or 11 years old and didn't know any better. I still like her voice though.

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I didn't know she was Australian until tonight. Passport now lists her citizenship as the the Netherlands.
 
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R.I.P. Mac Davis

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I liked him too when I was a kid, but that's because I thought he was the dad from the Brady Bunch. He wrote himself a slew of hits and even penned some for Elvis. He did some acting too. Just like Ms. Reddy, he was 78.
 
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R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen

I can't hardly type this one... When the first album broke, rock changed. No one had ever heard playing like this. Me and my high school friends would argue if the song Eruption was really a synth and not a guitar because "no one could play a guitar so fast." It was real and it was his revolutionary new style of finger tapping with hammer ons and pull offs. They played the same clubs as Randy Rhoads and there was some controversy, even to this day, who invented the technique.

I had a hot young date once and I was showing her my keyboard setup. She asked, "Can you play Jump?" I immediately did and she was so impressed she married me. Unlike rock stars, we remain happily married to this day.

My kids and I are so happy we got to see Van Halen live (w/David Lee Roth back) the last time they played Chicago, about 5 years ago. Down the tube goes all this talk of a reunion of all four originals... :( :|

Go listen to the guitar solo in Hot for Teacher if you need to be reminded of his genius. The licks, the speed, with all the quick stops and starts the timing and phrasing is unbelievable, and unlike the slop Jimmy Page would lay down as a solo, there is a beginning, middle and end.

EVH has been on my mind a lot lately as there recently are a slew of guys requesting me to make replacement wood for their Oberheim OB-XAs (the keyboard in the Jump video). Here's one I just did for a man in California.

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Ted, while I agree that, in time, our band will be most triumphant. The truth is, Wyld Stallyns will never be a super band until we have Eddie Van Halen on guitar.
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I just hope neither of these 2 guys die i would jump off a bridge for sure...
Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock from Air Supply.

"Lost in Love," "All Out of Love," "The One That You Love," "Sweet Dreams," and "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" each achieved multi-million plays on the radio.
 
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RonG said:
R.I.P. Tony Lewis

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Lead singer/bassist for The Outfield. The guitarist passed away a few years ago leaving only one team mate left playing in the Outfield.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N1iwQx ... tfieldVEVO

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A few years ago I posted a video of my son hitting balls off a tee to a The Outfield tune on social media. Got a "Like" from Tony lewis which I thought was hilarious at the time.
 
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R.I.P. Trini Lopez

Singer/song writer famous for Lemon Tree, If I had a Hammer and La Bamba long before La Bamba was a lame movie. He was a regular on the Jonathan Brandmeier show, back when RonG's wackie weenies were played in regular rotation on WLUP.

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Another Covid-19 fatality.
 
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