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[krispyweiss]

MC5 Co-founder and Leader Wayne Kramer Dies at 75

Wayne Kramer, the guitarist, singer and songwriter who co-founded and fronted the massively influential MC5, has died, his family said.

Kramer, who reformed the band in 2018 after a stint in prison in the 1970s and subsequent solo career, was 75 and died Feb. 2 from pancreatic cancer, the family’s statement said.

“He will be remembered for starting a revolution in music, culture and kindness,” the family said.

Alice Cooper mourned his “longtime friend - and sometimes collaborator” on social media: “Wayne Kramer. R.I.P.”

“He was my favorite person in the world,” Jill Sobule said of Kramer. “So beloved. I was lucky to have him in my life.”

Outside of his music career, Kramer founded Jail Guitar Doors, which provides acoustic guitars to incarcerated people.

“Rest in power to a brother who dedicated his life to being part of the solution,” Third Man Records said in a statement.

The MC5 released three LPs during its initial 1969-1972 run and is best known by the public for “Kick out the Jams.” Musicians felt the impact more deeply.

A “saddened” Vernon Reid ticked off Kramer’s many guises: “Punk-rock pioneer. Inmate-rights reformer. Author. Human-rights activist. Anti-violence advocate. Guitar badass. And major dude.”

Kramer was “the greatest man I’ve ever known,” Tom Morello said, adding that every time he’s in the studio, “the rawest, fastest track ha(s) the working title ‘MC5.’”

“Whenever and wherever any of us kick out the jams, Brother Wayne will be right there with us,” Morello said.

Or as the Dictators put it: “No MC5, no Dictators.”

2/2/24

[t-800]

Nine Inch Nails - Lollapalooza 1991 From the MTV Vault

[rockwithbibberly]

Vernon Reid and Corey Glover of Living Colour.

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[myvinylplaylist]

Living Colour: Stain (1993)

Nothingness' is dedicated to Charles E. Calhoun.

Transparent red jewel case. Transparent red cassette body with white lettering.

Epic Records

[danu2203]

VERNON REID

[brokenpiecesshine]

Lzzy Hale on Instagram, 16/04/2023.

It was such an amazing day joining the @kingsofchaos at the Long Beach Grand Prix @gplongbeach I’m honored to be surrounded by these legendary souls, get to call them my friends and brothers in arms all while doing the thing we love to do most. Rock n Roll! There were So many amazing moments with these men tonight! Thank y’all for asking me to join! Let’s do it again! More pics to come!! @mattsorum @coreytaylor @gilbygtr @vurnt22 @coreyglover @bassmonsterr @billyduffyofficial @romeramirez brentwoodsguitar

[krispyweiss]

Wayne Shorter Dies at 89

- “It’s time to go get a new body and come back to continue the mission,” jazz great reportedly says

Wayne Shorter, the saxophonist and band leader who most famously played with Miles Davis and Weather Report, has died at 89.

No cause was given in a Facebook post that said Shorter died at 4 a.m. local time March 2.

“Wayne Shorter peacefully continued on his immense journey into the unknown,” the post said. “He was surrounded by loving family. In his words, ‘It’s time to go get a new body and come back to continue the mission.’”

Shorter got his start in the late 1950s in Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. The following decade was spent as a key member of the band now known as Miles Davis’ Second Great Quintet. The saxophonist would later co-found Weather Report and record more than 20 albums under his own name.

“Goodbye to a giant,” Spyro Gyra said on social media.

Charles Lloyd was a student at USC when he met the man he called “the maestro.” Thus began a lifetime of professional collaboration and personal friendship.

“Wayne elevated the art form of sound as only he could,” Lloyd wrote on social media. “I loved him straight through - he was a deep spirit on a human journey and he blessed the planet, all of the solar systems and beyond.”

Al Di Meola recalled touring with Weather Report in 1978 and said he spent the time after every show talking with Shorter backstage.

“(I) could never tell if Wayne was talking some deep shit or some spaced-out genius stuff,” the guitarist said. “Anyway, he spoke often like he played - in short bursts. One of the God-like giants leaves us. Thanks for the legacy, Wayne.”

Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater called Shorter “one of the greats,” whose kindness and generosity matched his talent. The jazz world, she said, feels the loss.

“We are in mourning,” Bridgewater said.

As a session player, Shorter would cross over into rock with a jazz bent, playing on recordings by Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell and others.

“He took the horn to places other saxophonists weren’t even imagining it could go,” Vernon Reid said. “Wayne liberated it from the shadows of Bird (Charlie Parker) and Trane (John Coltrane).”

3/2/23

[mikeysbride]

Living Colour has been my favorite band for 35 years. In that time, I've lost count of how many times I've seen them, and I am OK with that. I will always catch them anytime I can as many times as I can. Here are a few of the photos I took during the band’s sets at Epcot Friday.

[burlveneer-music]

Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris Conduction with Vernon Reid, Greg Tate's Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber, and Special Guests on Vimeo (Feb. 9-11, 2023)

More info here

[nuagederose]

inspired by a pic courtesy of mr skolnick (i just had to make a cartoon) 😘

happy labor day!

ig: badmotorartist 

[longliverockback]

Mick Jagger Primitive Cool 1987 Columbia ————————————————— Tracks: 01. Throwaway 02. Let’s Work 03. Radio Control 04. Say You Will 05. Primitive Cool 06. Kow Tow 07. Shoot off Your Mouth 08. Peace for the Wicked 09. Party Doll 10. War Baby —————————————————

Jeff Beck

Dean García

Omar Hakim

Mick Jagger

Greg Phillinganes

Simon Phillips

Vernon Reid

Jimmy Rip

Patrick Seymour 

G. E. Smith

David A. Stewart

Doug Wimbish

* Long Live Rock Archive

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[myvinylplaylist]

Living Colour: Vivid (1988)

2024 Music On Vinyl Reissue

Sony Music

[johnellispoems]

THE END OF MUSIC?

I’ve spent the last week or so writing a song. First, I had a germ of a melody at 6:30 one weekday morning. I used a guitar, a bass, a drum machine and a computer to flesh out a rudimentary sketch of where the song might go. Still pyjama’d, I made an mp3 of the sketch and flew it into iTunes so that it would show up on my iPhone. That way, I could drive around all day listening to it,…