Departed during 2020

[Woody]

Eddie Van Halen

https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/06/eddie-va ... -13382599/

[G-CPTN]

he fell backwards down the stairs after getting out of his stair chairlift. Sod's law - RIP Andrew.

In some of these 'sudden death by accident' cases (including traffic collisions) I always wonder whether the accident was the result rather than the cause.
My own brother died aged 72 after falling out of a tree that he was pruning. He had had several previous medical incidents.

[TheGreenGoblin]

Eddie Van Halen

https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/06/eddie-va ... -13382599/

Was really sad to hear about Eddie Van Halen. Only 65. He burned the candle at both ends mind.

Another part of my misbegotten youth is now non est!


Talking of nostalgia I was going through some old self written software, yesterday and came across a C program I had written way back in 1988 based on John Conway's idea of the "Game of Life"...

I was sorry to read that I had missed the news of his demise earlier this year..

John Horton Conway

Conway's Game of Life

[TheGreenGoblin]

https://mediacentral.princeton.edu/medi ... 1_pvviswj5

Do particles have free will...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will_theorem

He was in his 70's when the charming video above was made but his mind was still as sharp as a pin, or a point (or a collapsed probability wave)...

[Alisoncc]

Talking of nostalgia I was going through some old self written software, yesterday and came across a C program I had written way back in 1988

Ah, the days of bit manipulation when you could pack so much information into a single byte. Nowadays they would need a gigabyte and then get it wrong.

Alison.

[TheGreenGoblin]

Talking of nostalgia I was going through some old self written software, yesterday and came across a C program I had written way back in 1988

Ah, the days of bit manipulation when you could pack so much information into a single byte. Nowadays they would need a gigabyte and then get it wrong.

Alison.

Were you a 8086/Zilog 80/Motorola 68000 (or something more exotic) programmer..?

My code ended up in Jaguar braking systems at Le Mans...

Alisoncc, I hope that that you have written your life story. It is clearly one worth reading. With respect.

TGG

[TheGreenGoblin]

I know I shouldn't do this but this takes me back to my first years in the UK...

[TheGreenGoblin]

RIP Jose Padilla.

José Padilla, the Spanish DJ who helped define chillout music in the 1990s, has died aged 64 from colon cancer.

An update on his Facebook page reads: “It is with great sadness that we bring you the news that José passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday night here on his beloved island of Ibiza … Now he has gone and the sunset in Ibiza will never be the same without him, but the beautiful music of José Padilla will stay with us forever.”

Padilla was born in Girona in 1955 but moved to Ibiza in 1976, and began DJing in the island’s clubs. He made his name as resident DJ at Café del Mar, the San Antonio bar that became famous for pairing relaxed music with sunset vistas.

After selling bootleg mixtapes alongside his DJ sets, Padilla created the hugely successful Café del Mar compilation series in 1993, giving dance music fans a morning-after soundtrack during the clubbing boom of the 1990s.

In a statement on Twitter, the bar said: “José Padilla chilled a generation of clubbers and his art touched the lives of millions. He will always be remembered as the Godfather of Chillout, creator of Café del Mar compilations, and true Ibiza Legend.” Dance music institutions including Ministry of Sound and Defected Records also paid tribute.

Padilla’s Café del Mar success led to wider fame as a DJ, with numerous appearances on the BBC’s Essential Mix series. He also made his own music, with his 2001 album Navigator nominated for a Latin Grammy.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/ ... es-aged-64

[TheGreenGoblin]

Spencer David RIP...

Spencer Davis, who as bandleader with the Spencer Davis Group topped the UK charts twice in the mid-60s, has died aged 81 while being treated for pneumonia in hospital.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/ ... es-aged-81

[Karearea]

^ instantly remembered this song:

[G-CPTN]

Davis was fluent in German, French and Spanish.

And the vocalist in that video wasn't 'playing guitar'.

[PHXPhlyer]

Karearea:
Can't get that video here.
Song and artist please.

PP

[Karearea]

^ PHXPhlyer - 'twas Spencer Davis Group - "Keep on Running".

[TheGreenGoblin]

^ PHXPhlyer - 'twas Spencer Davis Group - "Keep on Running".

Spencer Davis was the band leader but Steve Winwood was the man on vocals and how well they worked together...

[TheGreenGoblin]

Really sorry to read that James Randi had escaped this mortal coil.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54642107

[TheGreenGoblin]

James Randi - Skeptic

[PHXPhlyer]

Jerry Jeff Walker, singer who wrote 'Mr. Bojangles,' dies at 78

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop ... 8-n1244643

Jerry Jeff Walker, singer who wrote 'Mr. Bojangles,' dies at 78
The Texas country singer and songwriter emerged from New York’s Greenwich Village folk scene in the 1960s and was a founding member of the band Circus Maximus
Image: Jerry Jeff Walker
Jerry Jeff Walker performs at Ryman Auditorium on Aug. 16, 2016 in Nashville, Tenn.Erika Goldring / Getty Images file
Oct. 24, 2020, 9:37 AM MST / Source: Associated Press
By The Associated Press
Jerry Jeff Walker, a Texas country singer and songwriter who wrote the pop song “Mr. Bojangles,” has died at age 78.

Walker died Friday of cancer, family spokesman John T. Davis told The Associated Press.

“He had battled throat cancer for many years, and some other health issues,” Davis said Saturday.

Walker emerged from New York’s Greenwich Village folk scene in the 1960s and he was a founding member of the band Circus Maximus. He moved to Texas in the 1970s and in 1972 scored a hit with his version of the Guy Clark song “L.A. Freeway.”

Walker and the Lost Gonzo Band in 1973 recorded an album live in Texas called “Viva Terlingua” that became a classic of the country-rock scene. Walker had since released more than 30 albums.

In 1986, he formed independent music label Tried & True Music and released albums under it.
Walker was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2017, undergoing chemotherapy and radiation, he told the Austin American Statesman in 2018.

“I guess I took my singing for granted, and now I don’t,” he told the newspaper.

In 2017, it was announced that Walker had donated more than 100 boxes of his music archives to The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University, including tapes, photographs, hand-written lyrics and artifacts.

Walker’s survivors include his wife, Susan, son, Django, and daughter, Jessie Jane.

[TheGreenGoblin]

Jerry Jeff Walker, singer who wrote 'Mr. Bojangles,' dies at 78

Walker said he was inspired to write the song after an encounter with a street performer in a New Orleans jail. While in jail for public intoxication in 1965, he met a homeless man who called himself "Mr. Bojangles" to conceal his true identity from the police. Mr. Bojangles had been arrested as part of a police sweep of indigent people that was carried out following a high-profile murder. The two men and others in the cell chatted about all manner of things, but when Mr. Bojangles told a story about his dog, the mood in the room turned heavy. Someone else in the cell asked for something to lighten the mood, and Mr. Bojangles obliged with a tap dance.

- Wikipedia

[llondel]

Frank Bough, former grandstand presenter.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54684374

[TheGreenGoblin]

Frank Bough, former grandstand presenter.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54684374

Good to see that you noted Frank Bough, who was put on the BBC naughty step, back in the day.