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R.I.P. Shawn Smith (Brad) and Les Reed

Tom Jones: It's Not Unusual Read More Pearl Jam Here's a band that needs no press or introduction - Pearl Jam. It's been a very long time since they were in town, but since they were already headlining Austin City Limits .…

It’s been a while since we mentioned a musician death. Although there are many deaths, there just didn’t seem to be any big names for the month of April.

If you’re a Pearl Jam fan, you might be sad to hear that American singer, songwriter and musician Shawn Smith of the supergroup Brad had passed away at the age of 53 to a torn aorta.

Personally speaking, the biggest name on the April death list, so far, is Les Reed, who co-wrote (with Gordon Mills) the song “It’s Not Unusual”. The song was originally offered to Sandie Shaw (one of Morrissey’s idols), but she turned down the song.

Of course, the song became a massive hit for then-unknown singer Welsh singer Tom Jones. Listening to the song, it did kind of have that nice Decca sound that was big in the mid-60s.

For the full death list head over to Musicians who died in 2019.

April (44)

[24 Apr 2019] Dick Rivers (French rock and roll singer for Les Chats Sauvages), 74, cancer

[24 Apr 2019] Pedro de Saint Germain (Brazilian singer), 69

[23 Apr 2019] Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick (American soprano singer and presenter), 35

[22 Apr 2019] Jim Dunbar (American radio program director for KGO), 89

[22 Apr 2019] Dave Samuels (American percussionist for Spyro Gyra), 70

[21 Apr 2019] Yasmim Gabrielle (Brazilian singer), 17, suicide

[21 Apr 2019] Atli Heimir Sveinsson (Icelandic composer), 80

[20 Apr 2019] Amar Pal (Indian folk singer), 96, heart attack

[20 Apr 2019] Wu Yili (Chinese-Singaporean pianist), 88

[19 Apr 2019] Martin Böttcher (German composer, arranger and conductor), 91

[19 Apr 2019] MC Sapão (Brazilian singer), 40, pneumonia

[17 Apr 2019] Frederick Hemke (American saxophonist), 83

[16 Apr 2019] Jörg Demus (Austrian pianist), 90

[16 Apr 2019] Kent Harris (American songwriter and record producer), 88, cancer

[15 Apr 2019] Les Reed (English songwriter), 83

[15 Apr 2019] Joe Terry (American rock and roll singer for Danny & the Juniors), 78

[14 Apr 2019] Rakhal Chandra Mohanty (Indian music director and singer), 86

[13 Apr 2019] Paul Raymond (English keyboardist and guitarist for Plastic Penny), 73, heart attack

[13 Apr 2019] Hubert Wayaffe (French radio personality and disc jockey), 81

[12 Apr 2019] Dina (Portuguese singer), 62, pulmonary fibrosis

[12 Apr 2019] Johnny Hutchinson (English rock and roll drummer for The Big Three), 78

[12 Apr 2019] Gary Stewart (American music executive and archivist for Rhino Records), 62

[11 Apr 2019] Mus Mulyadi (Indonesian singer), 73

[11 Apr 2019] Ivan Ponomarenko (Ukrainian opera singer), 73

[10 Apr 2019] Earl Thomas Conley (American country music singer-songwriter), 77, cerebral atrophy

[10 Apr 2019] Greg Haymes, aka Sarge Blotto (American singer of Blotto)

[09 Apr 2019] Paul Severs (Belgian singer), 70

[07 Apr 2019] Gino Stefani (Italian jazz musician, musicologist and semiologist), 89

[06 Apr 2019] Jim Glaser (American country music artist), 82, heart attack

[05 Apr 2019] Ib Glindemann (Danish jazz composer and bandleader), 84

[05 Apr 2019] Pastor López (Venezuelan singer-songwriter), 74, stroke

[05 Apr 2019] Samuel Pilafian (American tuba player), 69, colon cancer

[05 Apr 2019] Shawn Smith (American singer, songwriter and musician for Brad), 53, torn aorta

[05 Apr 2019] Davey Williams (American avant-garde guitarist for Curlew), 66, cancer

[05 Apr 2019] Wowaka (Japanese Vocaloid producer and vocalist), 31, heart failure

[04 Apr 2019] Alberto Cortez (Argentine singer and songwriter), 79, gastric haemorrhage

[04 Apr 2019] Marilyn Mason (American concert organist), 93

[04 Apr 2019] Tiger Merritt (American singer and guitarist for Morning Teleportation), 31

[03 Apr 2019] Einar Iversen (Norwegian jazz pianist and composer), 88

[03 Apr 2019] Maurice Pon (French lyricist), 97

[02 Apr 2019] Rick Elias (American musician for A Ragamuffin Band), 64, brain cancer

[02 Apr 2019] Kim English (American house and gospel singer-songwriter), 48, kidney failure

[01 Apr 2019] Caravelli (French conductor and composer for And Satan Calls the Turns), 88

[01 Apr 2019] Armando Vega Gil (Mexican writer, composer, and bassist for Botellita de Jerez), 64, suicide

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Puppet On A String

"If you say you love me madly, I'll gladly, be there
Like a puppet on a string."

- Sandie Shaw

Read More Meat Puppets I was primarily there for Meat Puppets. You all know the story, this band born out of the 80s, gained fame in the 90s, and currently, the trio is still rocking out in the modern age. And sure, time gave … Soul Asylum Yeah we knew the tiny 7th Street Entry could not contain all the fans for Soul Asylum, or as we kid that it's just the Dave Pirner band.... Both dates at 7th Street Entry (12/17 and 12/18) are sold out …

THE MEAT PUPPETS
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The Meat Puppets will be making a visit to First Avenue on June 5th, playing with friends and fellow rock vets, Soul Asylum. For those not familiar with the band, the Meat Puppets were on the forefront of the alternative music revolution in the late 80s and early 90s, making several records for premiere punk label SST and creating an influential blend of punk, psych-rock and country that famously attracted Kurt Cobain. After weathering over two decades of recording, touring, personal troubles, line-up changes and two break-ups, the brothers Kirkwood (Curt and Cris) reformed for good in 2006 and have since released four new records: Rise to Your Knees (2007), Sewn Together (2009), Lollipop (2011) and Rat Farm (2013). In 2011, Curt’s son Elmo was added as rhythm guitarist to the live line-up.

Worth checking out before the gig is Cris Kirkwood’s website, criskirkwoodart.com, featuring his strange and beautiful prints and watercolors. He also recently launched a podcast earlier this month which boasts guests like Bob Forrest (Thelonious Monster) and Mike Watt (Minutemen, fIREHOSE)!

I last saw Soul Asylum in December for the first of two special Entry shows and it was extremely fun. The band has been currently hard at work wrapping up their new album that was funded by fans through PledgeMusic. The guys are making sure every person who donated gets not only the new music, but other unique gifts like hand-painted albums from Dave Pirner or signed drumsticks from drummer (and my favorite person in the world) Michael Bland.

Meat Puppets tour dates:

06/05/15 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue 06/06/15 Sturtevant, WI Route 20 Outhouse 06/07/15 Chicago, IL House Of Blues 06/08/15 Pontiac, MI Crofoot Ballroom 06/10/15 Indianapolis, IN Rathskeller 06/11/15 Kalamazoo, MI Bell's Brewery, Inc. 06/12/15 Northfield, OH Hard Rock Live 06/13/15 Millvale, PA Mr. Small's Theatre 06/15/15 Annapolis, MD Rams Head On Stage 06/18/15 Washington, DC 9:30 Club 06/19/15 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts 06/20/15 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Bowl

06/22/15 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom 06/24/15 Hartford, CT Webster Theater 06/25/15 Cambridge, MA Middle East Downstairs 06/26/15 Riverhead, NY Suffolk Theater 06/27/15 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance Theatre 07/20/15 West Hollywood, CA House Of Blues 07/21/15 Anaheim, CA House Of Blues 07/23/15 San Diego, CA House Of Blues 07/25/15 San Francisco, CA The Independent 07/26/15 Napa, CA Uptown Theatre Napa 07/31/15 Suquamish, WA Suquamish Clearwater 08/06/15 Denver, CO Summit Music Hall

Read More Quintron & Miss Pussycat I've said it before, but I had a blast at Quintron and Miss Pussycat in 2010 at the Triple Rock Social Club. We tried to cover their show last year, but unfortunately it didn't happen …

MISS PUSSYCAT
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I'll always remember when I saw Quintron and Miss Pussycat at the Triple Rock in 2010. I had no idea there would be a puppet show - right in the middle of a regular concert. It was really fun and I'm glad to see that Miss Pussycat will be releasing Anthropomorphizer, a collection of live puppet shows, this June 30th Terror Vision Records & Video.

Miss Pussycat explained the origin of her puppet shows, "I started doing puppet shows in church as a kid as part of the Christian Puppet Youth Ministry in Antlers Oklahoma. It was a kit that the First Baptist Church had. A few years later I did a puppet show at my secret night club Pussycat Caverns in New Orleans because with bands, no one ever wanted to go first, so I just decided to do a puppet show. I made a bunch of puppets, recorded the sound track with a Tascam 424 cassette 4 track and that was that. I now had a magical career where I made things and they started talking to me..."

Quintron and Miss Pussycat are on tour:

06/01/15 Calgary, AB Palomino Social Club
06/02/15 Missoula, MT Stage 112
06/03/15 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
06/05/15 Denver, CO The Oriental Theater
06/06/15 Lincoln, NE Vega
06/08/15 Kansas City, MO The Record Bar
06/11/15 Memphis, TN Hi-Tone Cafe
06/12/15 Nashville, TN Stone Fox
06/13/15 Atlanta, GA The EARL
06/14/15 Knoxville, TN Pilot Light
06/16/15 Asheville, NC The Mothlight
06/17/15 Richmond, VA Strange Matter
06/18/15 Baltimore, MD Metro Gallery
06/19/15 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom

Read More Bicycle Film Festival Bicycle Film Festival, aka BFF, is taking place this late July... If you've got a thing for bicycles and movies and beers... … …

BICICLETAS POR LA PAZ
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Oakland's Bicicletas Por La Paz will be releasing Musica Por Puppets this June 30th.

The band is unique in that not only are they a band, but they're also part of a bicycle movement - trying to encourage people to use their bikes as the main mode of transportation. As expected, many of their songs are about bike activism, and I can relate to trying sharing the road with dangerous distracted drivers (people, stop using your cell phone while driving!).

As you know, I am a big bicycle fan. I would spend hours and hours listening to music while biking to and fro the city in the Summer (unfortunately, my bicycle rarely gets used during the harsh Minnesota winters).

They also try and tour via bicycle, but it can prove challenging because they have to carry all their equipment on their bikes. Guitarist and singer Adley Penner explains, "We use small, solid state amps and tiny speakers that are very powerful, and there are drum kits now that fold in on themselves. It's not easy, but we've proved that we can do it. And we'll keep doing it."

The Musica Por Puppets CD release show will take place on August 29 at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco.

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Long Live Love: Best of Sandie Shaw

Long Live Love: Best of Sandie Shaw Salvo Records Read More Sandie Shaw This song is one of my favorite song called "Today" by Sandie Shaw. I will write more about her later. I'm also including her French version. …

Last year Salvo Records reissued a few of Sandie Shaw's albums on vinyl and CD, because her Honorary Doctorate from the South East College Of Higher And Further Education for her contribution to music and entertainment on October 22nd, 2013.

Sandie Shaw at South East College photo: facebook

The photograph that she posted on her Facebook page doesn't show her feet, but let's assume that she's wearing shoes.

As you know, Shaw is known as "the barefoot pop princess". The origin behind the barefoot performance was because she could only get a certain pair of shoes a size too small for her feet, so she took them off when she sang on Top of the Pops. Suddenly, it became her trademark and then she was just expected to perform barefoot.

Anyway, details of her doctorate is from salvo-music.co.uk:

Sandie is thrilled with the award commenting, `I am so homoured [sic] to receive an Honorary Doctorate from my home county of Essex. I love our aspirational spirit and energy and our mix of posh and ordinary, urban and rural.’

Among the reissued releases is a greatest hit compilation called Long Live Love: Best of. All the tracks are said to be listed as remastered and mostly contained singles from the 1960s - with the exception of her recordings with The Smiths from the 80s ("Jeane" and "Hand in Glove"). We've seen these songs reissued with WEA's There is a Light that Never Goes Out CD 2 single, featuring those songs and Sandie Shaw's cover version of "I Don't Owe You Anything".

Well, if you don't have those Smiths cover songs, then Long Live Love: Best of might be worth getting, but clearly the release was designed for fans who just wants to hear her best-known songs, including "Message Understood" and "Puppet On A String".

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W♥M Updates (October)

Sandie Shaw - Today Sandie Shaw   Sandie Shaw - Aujourd ' Hui Sandie Shaw

 

Just quickly, I wanted to welcome both Inuit66 and Alex to the team.

This song is one of my favorite song called "Today" by Sandie Shaw. I will write more about her later.

I'm also including her French version.

I have some press release I wanted to quickly mention (you can access more details on press.weheartmusic.com).

 

 

Love in October - A Day In The Life Of

For the month of October, Love in October^[W♥M] is giving away free stuff on their myspace. Can we expect this every October?

 

 

 

Douglas James Hall - Waste Of Time

Douglas James Hall^[W♥M] is playing at The Paradise this Sunday 7th October 2007. According to the press statement, this venue is a first for him. Here are some of the other performers: Owen Nicholas, Paul Martin, Jessica Grace, and Olivia Flenley.

 10/02/2007 09:02:16  vu my♥posts [email protected] www.weheartmusic.com