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Topic: Joe Cocker..RIP |
Chris Boyd
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Leonia,N.J./Charlestown,R.I.
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John Booth
From:
Columbus Ohio, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2014 1:42 pm |
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RIP Joe
You were an original.
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GFI S10 Ultra, Telecaster, a Hound Dog, and an Annoyed Wife
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Lee Warren
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2014 2:25 pm
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Sad news.
I always enjoyed watching the film of his tour called 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen'.
R.I.P. Joe. |
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Larry Waisner
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Posted 22 Dec 2014 4:21 pm Joe Cocker
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| RIP Joe you entertained us well............ |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 22 Dec 2014 4:36 pm
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A truly great singer - unique and a complete individual. I'm playing his cut of 'My Dear Little Friend' and it's hard to accept that that wonderful voice is stilled for ever.
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles and Martins - and, at last, a Gibson Super 400!
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Archie Nicol R.I.P.
From:
Ayrshire, Scotland
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Craig Stock
From:
Westfield, NJ USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2014 4:55 pm
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Loved Joe, As a young kid was freaked out by his strange gyrations on T.V., but won me over especially with his singing on an album with my all time favorites the Crusaders!
RIP Joe!
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Regards, Craig
I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet.
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Larry Bressington
From:
Nebraska
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Posted 23 Dec 2014 1:44 pm
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Great Great singer, Rest easy bloke...
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Ned McIntosh
From:
New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 23 Dec 2014 2:53 pm
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A voice like raw meat. Great singer, and a character. RIP Joe. You did well.
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The steel guitar is a hard mistress. She will obsess you, bemuse and bewitch you. She will dash your hopes on what seems to be whim, only to tease you into renewing the relationship once more so she can do it to you all over again...and yet, if you somehow manage to touch her in that certain magic way, she will yield up a sound which has so much soul, raw emotion and heartfelt depth to it that she will pierce you to the very core of your being. |
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steve takacs
From:
beijing, china via pittsburgh (deceased)
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Posted 24 Dec 2014 9:14 am thanks, Joe
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| Become addicted to the voice and stage movements in the late 1960s and got to seem him in Amsterdam in the 1970s which cemented me as a life-long follower. Thanks the for years of happiness, Joe. Shake the angels up a bit with you presence. stevet |
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Posted 24 Dec 2014 10:06 am
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That was the same year I saw him in Frankfurt, he left the stage because he was to drunk (or whatever) to perform, I remember there was a saxophone player sitting in a wheelchair, Alan Spenner on bass, Neil Spenner was playing guitar.
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 24 Dec 2014 12:19 pm
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Way back - it must have been 1968 - I was playing with Peter Sarstedt (the year of his big hit 'Where Do You Go to...?') and we had a gig at the Albert Hall.
It really was a memorable gig: in the first place, although Pete and I usually performed with just two acoustic guitars, we found ourselves being accompanied by a large orchestra! Strange, because at sound-check it was just us.
The orchestra was there primarily to accompany Tiny Tim (remember him???) but Peter's producer provided the string-parts from the recording sessions and we were set. That in itself was a marvellous experience - all those beautiful stringed instruments moving air all around us. There's nothing quite like the real thing, I promise you.
Best of all, though was the third act on the bill - Joe Cocker and his band. His record was high in the charts and he delivered a superb performance. The same players who played on 'With A Little Help From My Friends' were there and everyone loved it.
A wonderful night - unforgettable for so many reasons, not the least of which was the absurdity of Tiny Tim's act.
RIP, Joe....
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles and Martins - and, at last, a Gibson Super 400!
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 25 Dec 2014 3:48 am
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Joe Cocker with the Grease Band in 1968.
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Lee Warren
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 25 Dec 2014 6:09 am
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Great picture, thanks for posting it Joachim!
Did you take that? |
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Posted 25 Dec 2014 6:41 am
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No, Lee but I was there. I did only hear them a few seconds before they stopped.
There's a nice website about this festival:
http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/sunburymenu.html
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Godfrey Arthur
From:
3rd Rock
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Posted 25 Dec 2014 8:42 pm
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God speed Joe. You are the voice.
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ShoBud The Pro 1
YES it's my REAL NAME!
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Allen Peterson
From:
Katy, Texas
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Posted 26 Dec 2014 6:13 pm
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I saw Joe Cocker in June 1969 at Mile High Stadium in Denver. He was billed with Jimmy Hendrix. That was the first time I saw him; I didn't know who he was before that time. He will be missed. What a unique performer.
Allen Peterson
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 27 Dec 2014 8:24 am
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Never got over his stage gyrations but he sure made a song his own. Loved his version of Unchain My Heart.
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Walter Bowden
From:
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 3 Jan 2015 1:34 pm
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Didn't Joe's recording of "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" feature a steel guitar? Mad Dogs & Englishmen was a really great lineup of first class musicians and I believe BJ Wilson played drums on the studio cut of "With a Little Help From my Friends" with his unique style of timing fills.
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