The RIP Famous Person Thread

[Norton]

[aging one]

Hap sadly beat me to it. Loved the man, his music and his lifestyle since hearing Come Monday for the first time in 1974. Proud to say I am a Parrot Head from way back, have seen a number of great shows. One last one for Jimmy and with the drinkers on this forum. Five 0'clock Somewhere.






Great minds norts!!!

One more 49 year old song.

[Norton]

Great minds norts!!!

Great vid...Alan n Jimmy. A pair to draw to.

[Norton]

Think I will whip up a Marguerita. Near 5 oclock...

[aging one]

Think I will whip up a Marguerita. Near 5 oclock...

Was making guacamole a few minutes ago just before getting the news, best I can do with a cold beer Lao IPA.

[misskit]

If no one else is. It has to be done!

[S Landreth]

My younger sister is “the keeper of the keys” with respect to family history.

I just wrote to her asking if she still has pictures of Jimmy Buffett.

She keeps everything

[mikenot]

RIP Jimmy. Thanks for all your great songs.
my favourite:

[S Landreth]

My sister wrote back, but she doesn’t have any pictures of the concert we attended together.

I’ll share what she sends. But if she sends a “ton”, I select some of the better photos.

[helge]

I’ll share what she sends. But if she sends a “ton”, I select some of the better photos.

Do post them all

You know you want to

And why not start a "Jimmy Buffet" thread ?

Would get that overproduced, sentimental country crap out of the way



This is the RIP thread

[Ukan Kizmiaz]

many yeara ago I got a double LP of his early stuff - some great songs on it

[david44]

And why not start a "Jimmy Buffet" thread ?

a kinda al you can tweet BUFFET, I think your swedish sisters call a Smegassbored

[misskit]

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... Jimmy was diagnosed with skin cancer 4 years ago that turned into lymphoma, and we're told that was the cause of death. As one close friend put it, "He lived his life in the sun, literally and figuratively." Jimmy began receiving hospice care last Monday and there was an outpouring of love from friends and family. We're told a week ago Sir Paul McCartney came to Jimmy's house and sang to Jimmy's family.

Jimmy Buffett Dead at 76 from Skin Cancer

[S Landreth]

His twitter account: https://twitter.com/jimmybuffett

[Norton]

Paul McCartney came to Jimmy's house and sang to Jimmy's family.

[happynz]

And why not start a "Jimmy Buffet" thread ?

Less than a dozen posts about a man whose works many people enjoyed.

[helge]

Less than a dozen posts about a man whose works many people enjoyed.

My post was a reply to Landreath, who wanted to post pics of good old Jimmy.

It also included a smiley.

And yes, I not a fan of such music and so what ?

Post away all you want

(do I open the RIP thread to read posts or watch videos of Buffet ?. Do you ?)


Less than a dozen posts ?

[happynz]

do I open the RIP thread to read posts or watch videos of Buffet ?

Since you posted on the thread, maybe you do.

[beachbound]

Wore the grooves off of the album, Songs you Know by Heart, back in the late 70s.
You often hear people say about stars, that they’re nothing like their public persona, when you meet them in person. They often disappoint with their arrogance, and rudeness.
I doubt that is ever been said about Jimmy Buffett.

RIP
Jimmy Buffett Songs You Know By Heart - YouTube

[beachbound]

My post was a reply to Landreath, who wanted to post pics of good old Jimmy.

It also included a smiley.

And yes, I not a fan of such music and so what ?


Post away all you want

(do I open the RIP thread to read posts or watch videos of Buffet ?. Do you ?)

Less than a dozen posts ?

I’ll bet you’re a lot of fun at parties

[helge]

I’ll bet you’re a lot of fun at parties

You could be right.

I and not a soul that I know, would however attend a ..."party", where such gay (most likely closeted) old timer shite is played.


But each to his own, BeachBoy

Bet you are a Celine Dion fan too.

[beachbound]

You could be right.

I and not a soul that I know, would however attend a ..."party", where such gay (most likely closeted) old timer shite is played.


But each to his own, BeachBoy

Bet you are a Celine Dion fan too.

Thank you for proving my point, you pathetic little man.

[helge]

That went down well

[S Landreth]

• Smash Mouth lead singer Steve Harwell dies aged 56

Steve Harwell, the former lead singer of US pop-rock band Smash Mouth, has died aged 56.

His death was announced by his manager Robert Hayes, who said in a statement to Rolling Stone that Harwell “passed peacefully and comfortably” with family and friends by his side. “Steve’s iconic voice is one of the most recognisable voices from his generation,” Hayes added. “He loved the fans and loved to perform … Steve lived a 100 percent full-throttle life. Burning brightly across the universe before burning out.”

Hayes did not specify the cause of death, but he told TMZ earlier this week that the singer had been suffering from liver failure. Harwell had faced numerous other health issues in recent years, since a 2013 diagnosis of the heart disease cardiomyopathy and the neurological disorder, acute Wernicke encephalopathy, which affected his speech and memory. He also suffered from alcoholism.

Born in California in 1967, Harwell formed Smash Mouth in 1994 when his manager and longtime friend Kevin Coleman introduced him to two other musicians in San Jose. In 1996 the four men experienced a minor breakout when their song Nervous in the Alley was played by a local radio station while the band was still unsigned.

Record labels soon showed interest and the group signed with Interscope before releasing their debut album Fush Yu Mang in 1997. With a distinctive sound that blended ska, lounge music, psych-pop and more, topped with Harwell’s hip-hop influenced vocals, the single Walkin’ on the Sun became their first major hit, reaching No 1 on the Billboard modern rock charts and the UK Top 20.

Their second album, 1999’s Astro Lounge, contained Smash Mouth’s biggest single All Star, which became a huge hit internationally and remains the group’s only appearance in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.

“When Astro Lounge came, we had enough time under our belt touring, getting better,” Harwell told Rolling Stone in 2019. “I was becoming a better singer and our sound started developing.”

n 2001, All Star featured in the opening credits of Shrek – a usage that continued to spawn memes and parodies throughout the following two decades, making the band an internet mainstay. The song now has close to a billion streams on Spotify.

“At first it was weird and we were a bit guarded and resistant,” Harwell said about All Star’s virality in a 2017 Polygon interview. “But as we dove into it more … we started ‘getting it’.”

The band also closed out the hit animated movie with a cover of the Monkees’ I’m a Believer, which reached the US Top 30 – one of a number of successful covers Smash Mouth recorded during their career, including a take on War’s Why Can’t We Be Friends? and ? and the Mysterians’ Can’t Get Enough of You Baby.

Harwell suffered tragedy at the height of the band’s fame in 2001, when his son Presley died from leukemia aged six months, and he postponed the release of their third, self-titled album. The band released four further albums, most recently Magic in 2012.

In 2006, Harwell appeared on the VH1 reality show The Surreal Life, where he lived and performed challenges alongside a group of other celebrities.

Later in his career, he became a more controversial figure. In 2015, Harwell made headlines for yelling profanities at a crowd in Colorado; he later apologised for the incident. In August 2020, the band was widely criticised for playing a packed gig in South Dakota during the pandemic, during which Harwell was reported as saying: “Fuck that Covid shit!” The concert was later described as a super-spreader event.

In 2021 Harwell announced his retirement days after a concert in upstate New York during which he appeared to threaten audience members and perform a Nazi salute.

At the time, a source close to the band revealed that Harwell had been dealing with multiple health conditions. “I’ve tried so hard to power through my physical and mental health issues, and to play in front of you one last time,” Harwell wrote in a statement in 2021, “but I just wasn’t able to.”

[harrybarracuda]

Gary Wright, of Dream Weaver fame.

Great for pub quizzes. Everyone's heard it and no fucker know who's it by.

Musician Gary Wright of Dream Weaver and Love Is Alive fame dies at 80