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  • Johnny Cash drummer, Sun Records veteran, WS 'Fluke' Holland dead at age 85

    09/24/2020 10:16:35 AM PDT · by a fool in paradise · 4 replies
    Memphis Commercial Appeal ^ | September 23, 2020 | Bob Mehr
    WS “Fluke” Holland, the man who provided the backbeat for some of rock and roll’s most iconic artists and songs, has died. Holland passed away on Wednesday at his home in Jackson, Tenn. following a short illness. He was 85. A native of Middle Tennessee, Holland played drums on Sun Records star Carl Perkins’ historic early recordings, including Blue Suede Shoes,” “Matchbox,” and “Honey Don’t.” He would become most identified with another Sun alumnus, Johnny Cash, playing behind the Man in Black for more than four decades and cementing his own status with his work on classic recordings including “Ring...
  • Herman Cain Dies From Coronavirus at 74

    07/30/2020 7:26:13 AM PDT · by thefactor · 107 replies
    Newsmax ^ | 7/30/2020 | Bill Hoffman
    Herman Cain — the maverick American business czar and Republican presidential candidate who campaigned for a sweeping tax reform plan called 9-9-9 — died Thursday morning after a monthlong battle with the coronavirus. He was 74. Cain, who recently joined Newsmax TV and was set to launch a weekly show, died in an Atlanta-area hospital where he had been critically ill for several weeks.