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Funny, I heard after that Bernie Mack was meant to be involved in production of a film with Isaac Hayes as well, at the time of both their deaths...
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who will be the third?
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Julius Carry III, a fine actor who gave us many memorable characters, including Sho Nuff in "Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon," has passed away.
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THE VOICE You may not recognize the name Don LaFontaine but you definitely know the voice. LaFontaine, who passed away Monday at the age of 68, was THE voice of movie trailers for almost 30 years. The Minnesota-born LaFontaine reportedly voiced over 5,000 trailers and almost 350,000 commercials. He's responsible for the ubiquitous trailer-opening phrase "In a world..." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBG7dgamWLw |
wow. real tragedy. he was the best.
RIP |
The voice finally had a face a couple of years back when he was in a Geico Commercial.
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funny thing is....just last week, I saw his name mentioned somewhere and looked him up on YouTube.
now he's dead I wonder if somehow....I'm responsible! |
Cool guy. I love that voice. I think theres another guy similar but still, similar just isn't the same.
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He will be greatly missed.
RIP, sir. |
I didn't know he did all those trailers.Great man.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Jerry Reed, a singer who became a good ol' boy actor in car chase movies like "Smokey and the Bandit," has died of complications from emphysema at 71. His longtime booking agent, Carrie Moore-Reed, no relation to the star, said Reed died early Monday. "He's one of the greatest entertainers in the world. That's the way I feel about him," Moore-Reed said. Sony BMG Nashville Chairman Joe Galante called Reed a larger-than-life personality. "Everything about Jerry was distinctive: his guitar playing, writing, voice and especially his sense of humor," Galante said. "I was honored to have worked with him." Reed's catalog of country chart hits, from 1967 through 1983, were released under the label group's RCA imprint. As a singer in the 1970s and early 1980s, Reed had a string of hits that included "Amos Moses," "When You're Hot, You're Hot," "East Bound and Down," "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)" and "The Bird." In the mid-1970s, he began acting in movies such as "Smokey and the Bandit" with Burt Reynolds, usually as a good ol' boy. But he was an ornery heavy in "Gator," directed by Reynolds, and a hateful coach in 1998's "The Waterboy," starring Adam Sandler. Reynolds gave him a shiny black 1980 Trans Am like the one they used in "Smokey and the Bandit." Reed and Kris Kristofferson paved the way for Nashville music personalities to make inroads into films. Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Kenny Rogers (TV movies) followed their lead. "I went around the corner to motion pictures," he said in a 1992 AP interview. Reed had quadruple bypass surgery in June 1999. Born in Atlanta, Reed learned to play guitar at age 8 when his mother bought him a $2 guitar and showed him how to play a G-chord. He dropped out of high school to tour with Ernest Tubb and Faron Young. At 17, he signed his first recording contract, with Capitol Records. He moved to Nashville in the mid-1960s where he caught the eye of Chet Atkins. He first established himself as a songwriter. Elvis Presley recorded two of his songs, "U.S. Male" and "Guitar Man" (both in 1968). He also wrote the hit "A Thing Called Love," which was recorded in 1972 by Johnny Cash. He also wrote songs for Brenda Lee, Tom Jones, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole and the Oak Ridge Boys. Reed was voted instrumentalist of the year in 1970 by the Country Music Association. He won a Grammy Award for "When You're Hot, You're Hot" in 1971. A year earlier, he shared a Grammy with Chet Atkins for their collaboration, "Me and Jerry." In 1992, Atkins and Reed won a Grammy for "Sneakin' Around." Reed continued performing on the road into the late 1990s, doing about 80 shows a year. "I'm proud of the songs, I'm proud of things that I did with Chet (Atkins), I'm proud that I played guitar and was accepted by musicians and guitar players," he told the AP in 1992. In a 1998 interview with The Tennessean, he admitted that his acting ability was questionable. "I used to watch people like Richard Burton and Mel Gibson and think, `I could never do that.' "When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: Money." |
ah thats crap news - fuck i hate this thread - i dont want to look when there's a new post - but i always do - and get depressed
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That really sucks. Jerry Reed had some great tunes.
Amos Moses Yeah here comes Amos Now Amos Moses was a Cajun He lived by himself in the swamp He hunted alligator for a living He'd just knock them in the head with a stump The Louisiana law gonna get you Amos It ain't legal hunting alligator down in the swamp boy Now everyone blamed his old man For making him mean as a snake When Amos Moses was a boy His daddy would use him for alligator bait Tie a rope around his neck and throw him in the swamp Alligator man in the Louisiana bayou About forty-five minutes south of Tippitoe Louisiana Lived a man called Dr. Mills South and his pretty wife Hannah They raised up a son who could eat his weight in groceries Named him after a man of the cloth Called him Amos Moses Now the folks around south Louisiana Said Amos was a hell of a man He could trap the biggest meanest alligator And he'd just use one hand That's all he got left cause an alligator bit it Left arm gone clear up to the elbow Well the sheriff caught wind that Amos was up in the swamp Trading alligator skins So he snuck in the swamp gonna get the boy But he never came out Well I wonder where the Louisiana sheriff went to Well you can sure get lost in the Louisiana bayou About forty-five minutes south of Tippitoe Louisiana Lived a cat named Dr. Mills South and his pretty wife Hannah They raised up a son who could eat his weight in groceries Named him after a man of the cloth Called him Amos Moses I know son Make it count son About forty-five minutes south of Tippitoe Louisiana... R.I.P brother you'll be missed :( |
Jerry Reed? Well, that's shitty news.
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It is pretty grim. I really need to see some of the older dudes play a show before there gone :(
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I'm seriously considering going to Farm Aid this year.....its only about 40 minutes from my house....but the ticket prices are pretty steep.....we shall see. |
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why are all the "classic" musicians charging exorbitant prices for their concerts? I mean Jesus Christ, do the Stones really need over 250 a head at a 5000 person concert? Greedy fuckholes....
Oh, and hate me if you want, I could care less about Niel Young, his voice is pain to me. As for the thread, I have found that it has been making think things that would probably get my ass kicked if i said them out loud (im thinking of Issac Hayes here....) I dont feel bad for the most part that these people are dead. If most major religions are right, they are mostly all set, and if not, then they deserved it. |
I guess they are afraid they'll lose money.It sucks that the classics are usually rhe greedy ones.The outspoken ones are usually cheaper.Like 50 dollars per ticket.
But they know they'll pay that much.But it's not like the rolling stones need that money anyway.Hell they could make a 7 feet deep pool filled with money and swim in it.Or any other band like that for that matter. |
Richard Wright of Pink Floyd - age 65 - cancer :(
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Ah, that really sucks.
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it was like a kick in the stomach.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m...0Wright/29.jpg i'm going to have to Listen to Wet Dreams in his memory. It was meant to be a holiday Building castles by the sea Another way to live for you and me Time to pause, consider what we've done The wind is blowing, so come, Let's take a holiday How was I to know quite so soon That dreams can turn a life, Around it seems There is no single way to live our days Between these lines I know you see a man Who's not quite sure who he is Or where he stands Sail on Sail on, across the sea Ride the waves, feel the breeze Sail on There's no other way I'd rather be Destiny, reality are just a dream Raise the sails, the wind is free Every day I become more confused Which way to go, how to choose Back at home, what holds me here Shut in not moving, only half a life Clouds hang heavy, they leave me cold It doesn't have to be this way The wind is blowing, so come, Let's take a holiday Sail on Sail on, across the sea Ride the waves, feel the breeze Sail on There's no other way I'd rather be Sail on Sail on, across the sea Ride the waves, feel the breeze Sail on There's no other way I'd rather be Sail on Sail on Sail on Sail on There's no other way I'd rather be Sail on Sail on |
Oh man that is a VERY sad piece of news. :(
R.I.P. Richard. Thanks for the wonderful songs, and the memories. |
I'm going to do a six hour Pink Floyd marathon on NeverEndingWonder Radio Tuesday from Noon - 6PM Pacific Time, in memory of Mr. Wright.
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just realized david foster wallace wasn't on here.
an insanely intelligent and gifted author whose work in both fiction and nonfiction is invaluable in the literary world. he will be missed. |
woah, when did DFW die? i studied him like a madman in my postmodern literature class.
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In memory of Richard Wright, keyboard player/vocalist for Pink Floyd, who passed on Monday, NeverEndingWonder Radio will be presenting a seven hour plus marathon of Pink Floyd/Richard Wright's music.
We'll be featuring early and latter day Floyd, as well as selections from Richard Wright's two solo albums, and his duo with Dave Harris, Zee. We will also feature tracks from Polka Floyd and Pickin' on Floyd a Bluegrass Tribute. Come celebrate this great musician with us. The Marathon begins at Noon, Pacific Time and goes past 7PM. http://www.NeverEndingWonder.com to tune in. |
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Norman Whitfield, who co-wrote a string of classics including "War" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 67. He suffered from complications of diabetes and had recently emerged from a coma, The Detroit Free Press reported. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...nwhitfield.jpg Whitfield was a longtime producer for the Motown label who, during the 1960s and '70s, injected rock and psychedelic touches into the label's soul music. Many of his biggest hits were co-written with Barrett Strong, with whom he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004. The two won the Grammy in 1972 for best R&B song for the Temptations' "Papa Was a Rolling Stone." Whitfield won another Grammy in 1976 for best original TV or motion picture score for "Car Wash." Whitfield also worked as a producer for the Temptations and others. Many of Whitfield's songs from that era, including Edwin Starr's 1970 "War" and the Temptations' 1970 "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)," have a strong political tone. In a statement, Motown great Smokey Robinson hailed Whitfield as "one of the most prolific songwriters and record producers of our time. He will live forever through his great music." Among Whitfield's other songs, according to the Songwriters Hall Web site, are "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep," ''Cloud Nine" and "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)," all hits for the Temptations; and "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby," a 1969 hit for Marvin Gaye. Just last week, Gaye's version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," from 1968, was ranked at No. 65 in Billboard magazine's compilation of the top singles of the past 50 years. It was also a hit for Gladys Knight and the Pips, in 1967. |
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ohh no ... this isnt true.
i just bought one of his movies yesterday |
I know I've seen this person in films...but cannot recall who he is...tad before my time obviously.
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paul newman, who until just now was one of the last living film legends
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I'll be watching The Hustler later today in memoriam.
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That's actually the first idea I had of who it was...must've KIND OF recognised him but didn't want to take a stab and insult anyones memory if I was wrong, ha.
That sucks...I saw butch cassidy and sundance a few times, and definately remember the towering inferno, although probably not the films he'll be remembered for... Not to mention...I love the salad dressings...dammit. Ah well, R.I.P, another one gone. |
if you want to see a great later Paul Newman film, a good one to watch in his memory is Nobody's Fool.
a very funny film - and a great vehicle to show that the man was still vital right to the end |
Cool, I'll have a look.
Just reads he actually gave most of his "newmans own" money to charity. In excess of $200m? Even if it was for tax reasons, that's pretty damn decent. |
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