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To: freedom44
Richey Edwards lives Ten years on, Richey's disappearance remains imbued with a Lucan-like mythology

Who's Richey Edwards. And what does "Lucan-like" mean? Who or what is Lucan.

And Robert Johnson had nothing to do with rock and roll having died in the 1930's.

English people can be weird.

28 posted on 02/22/2005 10:52:53 PM PST by tallhappy (Juntos Podemos!)
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To: tallhappy

Richey Edwards was the guitarist for the Manic Street Preachers, who disappeared in 1995 shortly before the band was supposed to tour the U.S. to promote their then-current album.

Richard John Bingham, the seventh Earl of Lucan, disappeared in 1974, after allegedly beating the family nanny to death and also battering his wife.

Apparently there's some controversy about exactly what happened to both gentlemen.


38 posted on 02/22/2005 11:21:34 PM PST by RichInOC (Elvis is everywhere, Elvis is everything, Elvis is everybody, Elvis is still the King!)
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To: tallhappy

Richey Edwards, who disappeared mysteriously in 1995, played guitar for the Manic Street Preachers.

Lucan is probably a reference to Lord Lucan, an English Earl who is supposed to have murdered his children's nanny and also disappeared.

Robert Johnson was certainly before rock 'n' roll, but many of his songs were covered by some of the biggest acts in rock 'n' roll, e.g. Crossroads by Cream.

And, yes, anyone who puts vinegar instead of ketchup on "chips" can be legitimately called weird.


41 posted on 02/23/2005 12:00:52 AM PST by Freemarketman
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To: tallhappy; RichInOC

I lived in England right after that happened. They found Richey Edwards' car at a service station near a bridge over the Bristol Channel. He and his band were Welsh. The band went on to have it's greatest success immediately after that. He kept "being sighted" in Goa, India by those who thought he was still alive.


42 posted on 02/23/2005 12:01:38 AM PST by nickcarraway
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