OT: Musical legend Little Richard dead at 87
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/little-richard-dead-48505/
Good Golly, Miss Molly.
Dang. Rule of 3 is now in play. Bill Shatner and Betty White better watch their asses.
Roy Horn died yesterday.
So I think this might be 2.
Andre Harrell is number 3.
So was it the Chinese Coronavirus or not?
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Because he was black, elderly with underlying health conditions, and died in a car accident, it was covid-19. Don't know if he died in a car accident, but I just had to say that.
RIP to a real weird one.
RIP to a true original.
The dude could really wail. RIP
As Muhammad Ali himself proclaimed in this video, the King. https://youtu.be/AK_jm3Hz1Wk
True Rock and Roll royalty, may he rest in peace while banging on those piano keys!
His music really made the brave little toaster a banger of a movie.
From my "I didn't know that" department, I just read here that Jimi Hendrix played guitar in the early 60s in Little Richard's band:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/09/arts/music/little-richard-dead.html
Hendrix played guitar on this 1965 track too. There's a shot of him at the 0:54 mark.
This takes me back. Way back. I remember back in 1987 I was leading an elite paramilitary rescue team on a mission to save hostages in guerrilla-held territory in Central America. Long story short we got into jungle warfare with an interdimensional shape-shifting light bending alien and everybody died but me.... But the one thing I remember the most about the whole ordeal was listening to Little Richard in that chopper on the way in. RIP Little Richard. RIP Dillon you son of a bitch!
that was quite a flight. Full of slack jawed %^&*(ts
Gustave you made it out! I thought you were dead!
Gonna HAVE me some fun...gonna HAVE me some fun.
One of the real originators of rock & roll and one of the greatest performers ever. His music still grabs and holds you even if you've head if a hundred times.
SHUT UP! It doesn't get more rock 'n' roll than this. Paul McCartney and John Fogerty made reasonable facsimiles, but the original is still the greatest. RIP, Little Richard Penniman, the Georgia Peach, The Architect of Rock ‘n’ Roll.
McCartney admitted that he tried to emulate Little Richard's voice on the Beatles' remake of Long Tall Sally. Same with Lucille. He did an admirable job, IMO.
He was there on the ground floor, day one, when rock n roll was born, hair on fire. Legend.