Jefferson Airplane (w/Signe Anderson) – Live at The Fillmore – September 30, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Jefferson Airplane, featuring Signe Anderson, vocals and Skip Spence, drums. This was the original lineup of the band which would help shape the San Francisco sound. I don’t normally post music
Jefferson Airplane – Live at the Fillmore – Feb. 4, 1967 – KMPX-FM Jefferson Airplane tonight; a tribute and a reminder. This is getting to be too much. We’ve scarcely come to grips with the losses of several Rock icons the past few weeks, when the news of the death
Motorhead – Live at The Paris Theatre, London – May 16, 1979 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert – Motorhead tonight. In tribute to the passing of legend and Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister, who died in L.A. today at age 70 from a short bout with Cancer. He left us
– Scott Weiland – Live At Center Stage, Atlanta – January 19, 2009 – Hoarders Productions – Sad and sudden news tonight regarding former Stone Temple Pilots‘ Scott Weiland, who was found dead earlier this evening in the tour bus outside the Medina Ballroom, where he was scheduled to play
– Allen Toussaint with Guitar Slim Jr. – Live At Jazz Fest 2013 – Day 1 – WWOZ-New Orleans – The very sad news today of the passing of musical legend Allen Toussaint – a fixture in the sound of New Orleans, a guiding light to so many musicians –
– NPR: Fresh Air with Terry Gross – Interview with Oliver Sacks – Nov. 6, 2012 – NPR – With the sad news today of the death of noted Neurologist and Writer Oliver Sacks, I ran across this interview from the NPR series Fresh Air, hosted by Terry Gross. Sacks
– Adlai Stevenson Death Announcement – ABC Radio News – July 14, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The news came as quickly as death had come to Adlai Stevenson, former governor of Illinois, two-time Presidential candidate, UN Ambassador and eloquent statesman – collapsed on a sidewalk in
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Ornette Coleman – Live At The Tivoli, Copenhagen – Nov. 30, 1965 – DR Radio A departure from our usual Rock fare. The news of the passing of Ornette Coleman earlier today was a stunning blow and
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Interview with Ben E. King – 1986 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection . . .or click on the link here for Audio Player – The Drifters featuring Ben E. King – 1980s reunion – Gordon Skene
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio – The Stan Freberg Show – November 8, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection More sad news this week – the passing of one of the most enduring and recognizable voices of the last half
