Belugawrx Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Loved his rendition of a little help from my friends Mad dogs and Englishman still one of my favorite albums Lost to cancer at age 70 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerPlant Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Sad news, indeed... RIP mr. Cocker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Yes, I just heard it on the news. R.I.P. Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne swayze Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Sad news, indeed... RIP mr. Cocker First discovered Joe Cocker in the movie "Woodstock". Liked his work since. Indeed, RIP Mr. Cocker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Sad to hear. Long been a fan, saw him live a couple of times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slantasaurus Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=26b_1315119865 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmvw guy Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I always get the news here first it seems. R.I.P Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Never a fan, but it sucks to die at only 70. RIP, Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Hate to hear of his loss. I really liked When the night comes and Feels like Forever... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld_GcCoPIA0 Feels like Forever - Joe Cocker Edited December 23, 2014 by slusher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Thanks Joe for the years of great entertainment. I'm going to miss you. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Sad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Not a fan, but sad news anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forthlin Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 RIP Joe. So many of the 60's rockers are dying. The boomers were supposed to be the generation that were never going to get old. Don't trust anyone over 30 because they're to old? I only wish I could be 30 again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 One of my favorites from the wayback. "Just Like a Woman" and "I Shall Be Released" still have the power to move me like they did then. I'm so glad that technology has allowed the work of so many fantastic artists to be preserved, remembered and maybe rediscovered by generations to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbwelda Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 well it may have been missed by such sophisticated music lovers as we have here but Mr Cocker was not the only luminary from that circle of people who passed away in the past couple of weeks. first there was Bobby Keys, sax player for Joe Cocker in a lot of his studio and touring bands, and at one time THE studio saxophone player to have on your session, also Keith Richards best friend (and they shared a birthdate (not just a birthday)) for many decades and a mainstay with the stones on stage since the seventies with a few intermissions here and there. first class sax player and someone with a love of rhythm and blues that greatly influenced the sound of the stones not to mention Joe Cocker and particularly with Leon Russell in Mad Dogs and Englishmen band in the early 70s. second mention would be Ian "Mac" McLagan who began with the Small Faces, went with it when they became the Faces, then played keyboards on record and stage with a whole litany of English bands starting again with the Rolling Stones but including pretty much everyone else including guest spots with David Lindleys reformed El Rayo X. He lived in Austin Tx and helped improve the already bustling local music scene immensely while also sheparding a number of major projects like the compilation of Faces tracks released on four CDs "Five Guys Walk Into A Bar" a few years ago. he was also a fellow player with most of the Beatles and most of the stones on solo projects, just like Mr Keys was and in fact they often played together on stage and off. I had met Mac a number of times in a number of different situations and he was always this totally humble person, you would never guess he had the credential he did. somehow it seems fitting that all these guys leave here more or less at the same time, problem is, who might be next? you just really never know. jb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I'm one of those "sophisticated music lovers" you sarcastically refer to. And yeah, I know Bobby Keys and Ian McLagen recently died. Too bad you couldn't have mentioned them without taking a wise guy swipe at all the rest of us here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunkypeanutbutter Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 RIP McLagen... My sister hasn't been able to listen to the Small Faces since that one broke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 (edited) I'm one of those "sophisticated music lovers" you sarcastically refer to. And yeah, I know Bobby Keys and Ian McLagen recently died. Too bad you couldn't have mentioned them without taking a wise guy swipe at all the rest of us here. Jb is the master of it so it seems. Edited December 24, 2014 by midnightprowler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belugawrx Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 well it may have been missed by such sophisticated music lovers as we have here but Mr Cocker was not the only luminary from that circle of people who passed away in the past couple of weeks. first there was Bobby Keys, sax player for Joe Cocker in a lot of his studio and touring bands, and at one time THE studio saxophone player to have on your session, also Keith Richards best friend (and they shared a birthdate (not just a birthday)) for many decades and a mainstay with the stones on stage since the seventies with a few intermissions here and there. first class sax player and someone with a love of rhythm and blues that greatly influenced the sound of the stones not to mention Joe Cocker and particularly with Leon Russell in Mad Dogs and Englishmen band in the early 70s. second mention would be Ian "Mac" McLagan who began with the Small Faces, went with it when they became the Faces, then played keyboards on record and stage with a whole litany of English bands starting again with the Rolling Stones but including pretty much everyone else including guest spots with David Lindleys reformed El Rayo X. He lived in Austin Tx and helped improve the already bustling local music scene immensely while also sheparding a number of major projects like the compilation of Faces tracks released on four CDs "Five Guys Walk Into A Bar" a few years ago. he was also a fellow player with most of the Beatles and most of the stones on solo projects, just like Mr Keys was and in fact they often played together on stage and off. I had met Mac a number of times in a number of different situations and he was always this totally humble person, you would never guess he had the credential he did. somehow it seems fitting that all these guys leave here more or less at the same time, problem is, who might be next? you just really never know. jb Well then why don't you set up a new post regarding those two.? This would be the post hoping that Joe Cocker rests in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Wanna see someone get exploited ? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067275/ they took poor Joe to the bank on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbwelda Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 any sarcasm was strictly in the mind(s) of the reader. I was just noting that anyone who really knows about Joe Cocker and his history beyond those couple sappy top 10 hits would have noted the passing of two giants (but often relegated to the sidelines) among musicians who passed immediately before him. and I am not sure how exactly Joe Cocker was "exploited" in a film and album whose band he was a willing participant and in fact a prime participant in all the sideshows that went along with it. can you clarify that please? jb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbwelda Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 oh and his name is Ian McLagan, not "McLagen" http://www.ianmclagan.com/2014/9/7/macpiano73 just to keep the record straight. jb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 oh and his name is Ian McLagan, not "McLagen" http://www.ianmclagan.com/2014/9/7/macpiano73 just to keep the record straight. jb Thanks, professor music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunkypeanutbutter Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 oh and his name is Ian McLagan, not "McLagen" http://www.ianmclagan.com/2014/9/7/macpiano73 just to keep the record straight. jb Sorry. I am a little lysdexic at times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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