And Another One Gone Paul Kantner. RIP

Somebody  To Love  <3

http://m.sfgate.com/news/article/Jefferson-Airplane-s-Paul-Kantner-dies-at-74-6791483.php#photo-9318703

...and now Joe Cocker    http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/22/joe-cocker

That article was from 2014

waxwings2 said:

...and now Joe Cocker    http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/22/joe-cocker

Very sad, although he cheated death twice before.  In the early 60's he had a head on motorcycle accident and in 1980 a cerebral hemorrhage.  So 74 is maybe not bad.  RIP.  

Is this a record year for such news? Or is it just that we're more attuned?

I'm shocked to hear about both - partly because I hadn't thought about their ages. Some people just seem ageless.

joanne said:

Is this a record year for such news? Or is it just that we're more attuned?

I'm shocked to hear about both - partly because I hadn't thought about their ages. Some people just seem ageless.

Well, guess what, Joanne, it gets worse - 2 dead Airplane members on the same day!

http://www.spin.com/2016/01/signe-anderson-jefferson-airplane-obituary/

Thought this might make everyone feel better. I haven't checked it for accuracy.

Signe Anderson, original lead vocalist. Listen to her make this Memphis Minnie song her own.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhTP_JW-jmw

And then there was Skip Spence, who agreed to play drums with the band, before leaving to start Moby Grape.

@wharfrat:  that was fantastic -- thanks for posting it.

mumstheword said:

@wharfrat:  that was fantastic -- thanks for posting it.

Most of the "aging musicians" are not only still with us, they are on the road and still performing. Kinda makes irrelevant the word "aging" doesn't it?

Morganna said:

Thought this might make everyone feel better. I haven't checked it for accuracy.

Ian Hunter, among those still performing, is up there, too: 76.

DaveSchmidt said:

Morganna said:

Thought this might make everyone feel better. I haven't checked it for accuracy.

Ian Hunter, among those still performing, is up there, too: 76.

Considering some of the company he kept that's impressive.