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Topic: RIP Richie Hayward |
Olli Haavisto
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Jarvenpaa,Finland
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Posted 12 Aug 2010 9:34 pm |
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One of the best drummers of all time. Little Feat`s engine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fntyXzdcQqk
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Olli Haavisto
Finland
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Kevin Hatton
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 12 Aug 2010 10:03 pm
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| The core of the Feat's rythm section. Smoke drummer. He was young. What did he die of? |
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Stephen Silver
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Asheville, NC
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Posted 13 Aug 2010 7:25 am
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A report I read this morning said liver cancer was the COD.
My favorite band of all time! One of my favorite drummers.
So sad that so many working pro musicians die so young. Ever notice how many of us go by the time we're 70? Too many late nights, long road trips, consumables, and poor medical care through much of our lives due to lack of insurance.
Rock on Richie....I'll be listening to you till we meet again.
SS
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 13 Aug 2010 8:38 am
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Followers of the Feat knew this was more or less inevtable, he had been battling the disease for some time, but it doesn't make it any easier to take.
Maybe the greatest rhythm section in the history of rock music: Kenny Gradney on bass, Sam Clayton on congas and other hand percussion, and Richie on drums.
I have seen the Feat many times, both the (almost) original band with Lowell and the reformed, and I have always said that if you can sit still at a Little Feat concert then you must be paralyzed from the waist down.
RIP brother.
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Dennis Olearchik
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Newtown, PA
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Posted 13 Aug 2010 9:35 am
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This is sad news. I've been a big fan of Richie and the Feats since the early '70s.
I read that Richie moved to Canada in hopes of getting medical treatment (since he had no medical insurance).
There's just something really wrong when a musician that's been with a band for 30+ years that's sold millions of records, tapes and CDs cannot afford U.S. medical care and/or health insurance.
Hopefully, Lowell was waiting for him with open arms on the Other Side. |
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Kevin Hatton
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 13 Aug 2010 9:16 pm
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| Dennis, I fully agree with you. Its a sin. |
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Roger Miller
From:
Cedar Falls, Ia.
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Posted 14 Aug 2010 9:50 am
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Ritchie is a Iowa native along with drumming greats J.R. Robinson and Bill Stewart. Ritchie is in the Iowa R&R HOF and deserves to be there as one of the top drummers of all times. I was at a drum siminar he put on here and my god what a player. I have had the prevelidge to work with fabulous Iowa drummers as Tim Crumley, Jim Drier, Paul Polish to name a few.
Rest in peace partner, Best Funk drummer in the world. |
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Earnest Bovine
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Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 14 Aug 2010 1:24 pm
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There's just something really wrong when a musician ... cannot afford U.S. medical care and/or health insurance.
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The articles said that he had not bought insurance. They didn't say that he couldn't afford it. |
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Kevin Hatton
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 14 Aug 2010 11:38 pm
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| I think if he could have aforded it he wouldn't have moved to Canada, where they have morals and ethics for the health of their citizens. |
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Dennis Olearchik
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Newtown, PA
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Posted 15 Aug 2010 12:58 pm
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| Earnest Bovine wrote: |
| Dennis Olearchik wrote: |
There's just something really wrong when a musician ... cannot afford U.S. medical care and/or health insurance.
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The articles said that he had not bought insurance. They didn't say that he couldn't afford it. |
Doug, do you have an opinion (or some information) as to why Richie was without medical insurance? |
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Mark van Allen
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Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 15 Aug 2010 4:45 pm
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| Damn. I'm getting to where I hate these threads. I will treasure the gigs I shared with Ritchie. One of a kind. |
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Skip Edwards
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LA,CA
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Posted 15 Aug 2010 5:16 pm
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Sorry to see Richie lose his battle with cancer while waiting for a transplant...so close, yet so far.
As far as his not having insurance, I seem to remember someone telling me, at a benefit for him last year, that his son had a debilitating illness, and Richie had used most, if not all of his resources on his child. Maybe someone can confirm or not.
He was cool guy and cooler drummer. I'm glad I got the chance to work with him a couple times.
Vaya con Dios, Richie. |
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 16 Aug 2010 2:01 am
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| Monster drummer. The best of the best. RIP. |
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Jeff Agnew
From:
Dallas, TX
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Posted 16 Aug 2010 3:47 am
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| Maybe the greatest rhythm section in the history of rock music... |
True dat. Certainly the funkiest. They laid down a groove so strong you could not fall out of it if you tried. Terribly sad news, indeed.
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| ...do you have an opinion (or some information) as to why Richie was without medical insurance? |
I'm not Doug, but: Richie had no health insurance at the time his liver cancer was diagnosed. Because the cancer then became a pre-existing condition, that meant he couldn't get health insurance coverage for the illness in our country, even if he could afford it. I have no idea why he wasn't carrying health insurance before the diagnosis and it's pointless to speculate.
Also, though he had moved to Canada and had a Canadian wife, he had not yet qualified for their national healthcare system, either. |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 19 Aug 2010 4:01 am
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The percussion on "Waiting for Columbus" is to die for.
All that you dream...
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