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To return to a measure of gravity; My old man died this morning after a short illness. He was RL through and through, a former groundsman and director at Batley amongst other roles at a number of

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my mum, aged 82. Proud Leigh supporter, season ticket holder for god only knows how many years, the woman that took me to my first match and made me a knitted scarf for the event( Leigh versus Austral

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RIP Hughie, a proper legend and a damn nice bloke as well. I only saw him a few years ago when he was playing a veterans’ game and he was in fine form then. This is one of my favourite pics of mine of

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1 hour ago, Bearman said:

Keith Nutter Barrow RL historian and all round good bloke.

Oh no..... he really was a lovely bloke. A really top bloke, barrow through and through. One of the game's good guys. So sad.

I still remember talking to him on the bus home after they beat cas in the cup. He returned the call when we did the same.

So long Keith.

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Futtocks

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6 minutes ago, Johnoco said:

That's sad to hear, I absolutely love The Animals. 

Even after all these years, HOTRS is still spine tingling! RIP

That song pops up on a lot of react channels on YouTube. People are always startled by the power of Eric's voice.

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21 minutes ago, Johnoco said:

That's sad to hear, I absolutely love The Animals. 

Even after all these years, HOTRS is still spine tingling! RIP

 

13 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

That song pops up on a lot of react channels on YouTube. People are always startled by the power of Eric's voice.

Members of The Animals had a significant effect on music outside the group. Chas Chandler brought Hendrix over to England and managed Slade. Eric was involved with the early version of War.

Think I recall Alan Price telling Dylan that Donovan was better than him in "Don`t Look Back". Not exactly a turning point, but quite amusing.

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1 hour ago, Johnoco said:

Yes, many of them expect some old black blues singer. He was what? 19-20 at the time of recording? 

The most obvious comparison for a gravelly-voiced singer is with Howlin` Wolf, who only started recording in his 40s, and some of whose best tracks in the early 1960s were made when he was into his 50s. After Eric Burdon, you can trace the influence of that style through Captain Beefheart, and even to Lowell George on some of Little Feat`s early bluesier tunes.

A distinction of Eric`s is that, despite not singing in anything like his own accent, he still sounds 100% authentic. Not many English singers manage that.  Of his contemporaries, Steve Marriot was another great example.

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1 hour ago, unapologetic pedant said:

The most obvious comparison for a gravelly-voiced singer is with Howlin` Wolf, who only started recording in his 40s, and some of whose best tracks in the early 1960s were made when he was into his 50s. After Eric Burdon, you can trace the influence of that style through Captain Beefheart, and even to Lowell George on some of Little Feat`s early bluesier tunes.

A distinction of Eric`s is that, despite not singing in anything like his own accent, he still sounds 100% authentic. Not many English singers manage that.  Of his contemporaries, Steve Marriot was another great example.

Also, just look at him. He's not exactly a prepossessing figure who looks like he has voice like that (sorry Eric, but...).

 

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1 minute ago, Johnoco said:

That is effing awesome!

That's the video most of the react channels use. You can see why they are so impressed.

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5 hours ago, unapologetic pedant said:

 

Members of The Animals had a significant effect on music outside the group. Chas Chandler brought Hendrix over to England and managed Slade. Eric was involved with the early version of War.

Think I recall Alan Price telling Dylan that Donovan was better than him in "Don`t Look Back". Not exactly a turning point, but quite amusing.

'' Don't look back '' has been on TV recently and Donavan is present at a few of Dylan's after gig parties.

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4 hours ago, Futtocks said:

Also, just look at him. He's not exactly a prepossessing figure who looks like he has voice like that (sorry Eric, but...).

 

One of six tunes I can play o my guitar. 🙄

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1 hour ago, DavidM said:

Funny , I was just watching All The Presidents Men the other day . He was an excellent actor with a great screen presence 

Yes, me too. AtPM is on iplayer at the moment. Classic films are clearly helping people through another lockdown!

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Just been announced Captain Tom Moore ☹️

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Someone my daughter went to Uni with - caused by COVID. She's 31.

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6 hours ago, Hopping Mad said:

American actor Hal Holbrook, 95

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55900985

 

4 hours ago, DavidM said:

Funny , I was just watching All The Presidents Men the other day . He was an excellent actor with a great screen presence 

NPR pointed out that he played the character of Mark Twain for longer than Samuel Clemens did.

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Actor Christopher Plummer.

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Old Frightful

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2 hours ago, Futtocks said:

Actor Christopher Plummer.

Sad, but at 91. not a bad innings.

Remember him playing Sherlock Holmes opposite James Mason's Dr Watson in "Murder by Decree", a terrific film investigating the Jack the Ripper murders.

RIP.

 

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Stefan Cush, one of the singers from The Men they couldn't hang. I still have a couple of their 12" singles, which I'll be playing soon.

 

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1 minute ago, Old Frightful said:

Sad, but at 91. not a bad innings.

Remember him playing Sherlock Holmes opposite James Mason's Dr Watson in "Murder by Decree", a terrific film investigating the Jack the Ripper murders.

RIP.

Someone on Twitter said that, because he was never a fashionable star, he never went out of fashion. Not a bad description.

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23 hours ago, Futtocks said:

Actor Christopher Plummer.

So long , farewell ...etc . Good innings that and going strong to the end 

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