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Birds and Bees-zanger Jewel Akens (79) overleden

Jewel Akens is vrijdag op 79-jarige leeftijd overleden. Dat heeft zijn vrouw laten weten aan de krant Los Angeles Times. De zanger stierf aan complicaties na een operatie aan zijn rug.

Akens scoorde in de jaren zestig een grote hit met het nummer The Birds and the Bees. Dit liedje werd door een groot aantal artiesten gecoverd, waaronder Billy Preston en Dean Martin. In de jaren zeventig toerde Akens met The Monkees. Ook op latere leeftijd trad de zanger nog op. Akens was sinds 1952 getrouwd met Eddie Mae.

Jewel Akens - The Birds and the Bees (1965)

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FORMER IRON MAIDEN DRUMMER CLIVE BURR PASSES AWAY

Published: Mar 13, 2013

We are deeply saddened to report that Clive Burr passed away last night. He had suffered poor health for many years after being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and died peacefully in his sleep at home.

Steve Harris said “This is terribly sad news. Clive was a very old friend of all of us. He was a wonderful person and an amazing drummer who made a valuable contribution to Maiden in the early days when we were starting out. This is a sad day for everyone in the band and those around him and our thoughts and condolences are with his partner Mimi and family at this time."

Bruce Dickinson adds “I first met Clive when he was leaving Samson and joining Iron Maiden. He was a great guy and a man who really lived his life to the full. Even during the darkest days of his M.S., Clive never lost his sense of humour or irreverence. This is a terribly sad day and all our thoughts are with Mimi and the family”

As Maiden fans all know, Clive joined Maiden in 1979 and performed on the first three albums Iron Maiden (1980), Killers (1981) and The Number Of The Beast (1982). Prior to that he was a member of Samson, the band Bruce fronted before he too joined Maiden.

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Voormalig Yes-gitarist Peter Banks (65) overleden
Gepubliceerd: Di 12 mrt 2013

De Britse gitarist Peter Banks is verleden week op 65-jarige leeftijd overleden aan hartfalen. Hij was de originele gitarist van de progrockband Yes.


Muziekblad Rolling Stone meldt zijn overlijden.

Banks werd donderdag in zijn woning aangetroffen, nadat hij niet was komen opdagen bij een opnamesessie. Tussen 1965 en 1967 was Banks lid van de rockband The Syn. Met bassist Chris Squire en zanger Jon Anderson formeerde hij in 1968 Yes.

De gitarist was echter alleen op de eerste twee albums van de progrockband te horen, namelijk Yes uit 1969 en Time And A Word uit 1970. Vanwege onenigheid met de andere bandleden, verliet Banks Yes nog voor het tweede album in de winkelschappen lag.

In de jaren daarna was Banks actief in diverse andere groepen. Zo maakte hij in twee jaar tijd drie albums met de band Flash, om vervolgens Empire te formeren. Ook met deze groep bracht hij drie studioalbums uit in de jaren zeventig. Banks produceerde eveneens een handvol soloplaten.

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Volkszanger Jantje Koopmans is op 89-jarige leeftijd overleden. Zijn bekendste nummer was 'Rode rozen'.

De nummers van Koopmans worden nog regelmatig vertolkt door Ad van Opstal, die na een optreden in de Soundmixshow de rechten kreeg van Koopmans' repertoire. Koopmans' nummer 'Het dorpscafeetje' werd dit jaar door de Gebroeders Ko gebruikt voor een Carnavals-hit, onder de titel 'De Blauwe Stier'.

Jantje Koopmans werd in 1924 in Waspik geboren als Johannes Petrus van Eersel. De vertolker van het levenslied overleed gisteren in een verpleeghuis.

Jantje Koopmans - Rode Rozen

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Zanger Bobby Smith van de soulgroep The Detroit Spinners, in de VS simpelweg bekend als The Spinners, is op 76-jarige leeftijd overleden.
Dat melden diverse Amerikaanse media.

De exacte doodsoorzaak is niet vrijgegeven. Smith groeide op in Detroit, Michigan en werd halverwege de jaren zestig onder contract gesteld bij platenlabel Motown. De firma had echter weinig interesse in de heren, totdat Stevie Wonder ze van een hit voorzag.

It’s A Shame werd de eerste grote hit voor The Spinners, maar toen het contract met Motown ten einde liep, stapte de band op aanraden van Aretha Franklin over naar Atlantic Records. Onder de artistieke leiding van producer Thom Bell scoorde de groep bij die firma zijn grootste hits.

Smith was als leadzanger te horen op I'll Be Around en Could It Be I'm Falling In Love, twee van de meest memorabele nummers van The Spinners. Ook Working My Way Back To You was een grote hit van de groep. Henry Fambrough is het laatste nog levende originele lid van The Spinners en treedt nog altijd op.

The Spinners Working My Way Back To You Girl

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Monday, 10AM. Not the time you expect to get a telephone call from an old friend. But sadly, I'm accustomed to it. Far too much.

On Saturday night, March 16, 2013, Jason Molina, the songwriting force behind Songs:Ohia and Magnolia Electric Company died from organ failure brought on by alcohol. He was far too young to die and his friends and fans have experienced a massive loss.

I first met Jason back in the 90's when touring musicians would book shows on a pay phone while on the road. Jason was having difficulty booking a show in Athens (I was living in Atlanta by this time) and I arranged him to have a show at a tiny bar on College Ave. That was 1998. After that, we became quick friends. He toured the South routinely and would stay at Chunklet HQ and we'd trade quirky stories and laugh our asses off.

Jason was great by himself, but once he had the touring entourage that became Magnolia Electric Company, he really shined brightly. Maybe too brightly.

What many of us were slow to find out is that Molina had a pretty significant drinking problem. This disease, which snuffed out his life, controlled Jason for most of the last decade.

What made Jason so endearing was his lack of pretense. For as intense as he wrote, he was a goofball. But maybe, just maybe, his music was eluding to what was fighting inside him. The demons. The ghosts. The pain. The disease.

I get it. And, sadly, I get it all too well.

About a year and a half ago, I wrote an impassioned plea to Jason's fans. His estranged wife and bandmates would direct people to the post to better understand what he was going through. As a friend and a fan, I didn't want to sit passively while he killed himself. Of course, even with all of his friends never leaving his side, he cashed out on Saturday night in Indianapolis with nothing but a cell phone in his pocket with only his grandmother's number on it. Of course, she was the first to be dealt the tragic news.

Jason leaves behind him an enviable body of work that will be continually rediscovered because what Jason wrote wasn't fashion. It was his heart. It was his love. It was his demons. And ultimately, it brought his life to an end.

God's speed, Jason. God's speed.