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Hal Blaine, Wrecking Crew Drummer and Rock Hall of Fame Member, Dies at 90
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| 3/11/19
| Chris Morris
Posted on 03/11/2019 4:07:10 PM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1
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Sad day for music.
RIP.
The man is a legend amongst serious musicians.
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
I know that he was part of many,many of the great hits of the 1950s/1960s.
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posted on
03/11/2019 4:09:37 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Blaine appeared on such No. 1 hits as the Crystals’ “He’s a Rebel,” the Byrds’ “Mr. Tambourine Man... Two of my very,*very* favorite songs of all time!
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posted on
03/11/2019 4:11:45 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Phenomenal drummer, though not a great husband it would appear.
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
His work on Be My Baby is one of the most distinctive sounds of all time.
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posted on
03/11/2019 4:17:50 PM PDT
by
JoeA
(JoeA / Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
To: traderrob6
>>Phenomenal drummer, though not a great husband it would appear.<<
Talented *and* faithful? — perhaps too much to ask. Generous with his affections, let’s say, so that we speak not ill of the departed.
;)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
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posted on
03/11/2019 4:20:17 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill & Publius available at Amazon.)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
He was so many of my favourite drummers.
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posted on
03/11/2019 4:20:59 PM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Condolences to family and friends of Hal Blaine.
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posted on
03/11/2019 4:21:18 PM PDT
by
PGalt
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
He was a prodigious talent. Sad for his family but this is going to be a great thread.
A few minutes ago, I was listening to Leonid and Friends, a Chicago cover band from Russia and admiring the incredibly talented drummer Igor Javed-Zade. https://youtu.be/0rmOg4_8wD0
Anyone who can play drums is amazingly talented in a way I can never understand.
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posted on
03/11/2019 4:21:19 PM PDT
by
cyclotic
( Democrats must be politically eviscerated, disemboweled and demolished.)
To: All
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posted on
03/11/2019 4:23:00 PM PDT
by
JonPreston
(If you think we're treated badly now wait untill we're disarmed.)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Oh man.
Quite possibly the most recorded man in history, regardless of instrument.
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
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posted on
03/11/2019 4:26:42 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
The greatest drummer you never heard of. Which is about a lot of thise studio cats.
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posted on
03/11/2019 4:31:41 PM PDT
by
Clutch Martin
(The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
..I know Brian Wilson shed a tear today...
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posted on
03/11/2019 4:31:51 PM PDT
by
WalterSkinner
( In Memory of My Father--WWII Vet and Patriot 1926-2007)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
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posted on
03/11/2019 4:34:11 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Very interesting tidbit from the description of a youTube of "Be My Baby."
Band: The Wrecking Crew with Hal Blaine on drums with his famous intro. That famous drum intro was an accident. Hal Blaine said: "I was supposed to play the snare on the second beat as well as the fourth, but I dropped a stick. Being the faker I was in those days, I left the mistake in and it became: “Bum-ba-bum-BOOM!” And soon everyone wanted that beat.
No less an authority than Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys has declared 'Be My Baby' the greatest pop record ever made.The song drove Brian Wilson mad with envy. Wilson says it is his favorite record, stating in Q Magazine's 1001 Best songs Ever: "This is a special one for me. What a great sound, the Wall of Sound. Boy, first heard this on the car radio and I had to pull off the road, I couldn't believe it. The choruses blew me away; the strings are the melody of love. It has the promise to make the world better."
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posted on
03/11/2019 4:42:55 PM PDT
by
sand88
(We can never legislate our way back to Liberty)
To: dfwgator
“Look who..” ping.
(RIP Hal Blaine. 90 is a good run.)
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posted on
03/11/2019 4:43:26 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(The pun is mightier than the s-word.)
To: traderrob6
“though not a great husband it would appear”....
although the piece is not about family relationships and he did live to the grand ole age of 90, thanks for the petty dig
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