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RIP: Guitar legend Jeff Beck, taken by meningitis at age 78. Was he the greatest guitar hero of all time?

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment Eric Clapton, Guitarists, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, RIP, Rod Stewart, Yardbirds

One of the longest-running debates in rock’n’roll is who is the best guitarist? For decades, arguments centered around three people:

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Music History Music News 

RIP Terry Hall, singer with The Specials, Fun Boy Three, and The Colourfield. It appears to have been pancreatic cancer.

December 20, 2022December 21, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Abduction, Colourfield, Fun Boy Three, Go-Gos, RIP, Specials, Terry Hall

Anyone who loves Second Wave ska knows Terry’s voice. His slightly pouty, somewhat snotty, always witty vocals powered all the

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Music News 

RIP Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie, dead at 79

November 30, 2022December 1, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Christine McVie, Death, Fleetwood Mac, John McVie, RIP

There isn’t a person alive with a copy of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours album that hasn’t sobbed to “Songbird” during a

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Music News 

Olivia Newton-John has died at age 73

August 8, 2022August 9, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Breast Cancer, Cancer, Grease, Olivia Newton-John, RIP

When I was in grade six, I became irrationally fixated on “Let Me Be There” by Olivia Newton-John. For about

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Music News 

RIP Paul Ryder of The Happy Mondays

July 16, 2022July 17, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Paul Ryder, RIP

If I’m honest, no one had Paul Ryder being the first member of the Mondays to go. The smart(?) money

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Music News 

Andy Fletcher, founding member of Depeche Mode, dead at 60

May 27, 2022May 29, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Andy Fletcher, Depeche Mode, RIP

Andy Fletcher, a member of Depeche Mode since the very beginning has died. He was 60. We have no idea

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Music News 

We lose another one: Yes drummer Alan White dies at age 72

May 27, 2022May 27, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alan White, RIP, Yes

Something seemed off about White. He was preparing for Yes’ upcoming UK tour, something that would mark his 50th anniversary

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Music History Music News 

Vangelis, the electronic composer who help take things mainstream with the Chariots of Fire theme, has died

May 19, 2022May 20, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Chariots of Fire, Friends of Mr. Cairo, RIP, Vangelis

His full name was Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou but the world knew him as Vangelis, the composer of electronic music. Born

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Music History 

What can a band do when a key member dies? Let’s explore the Foo Fighters situation

April 4, 2022April 4, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Foo Fighters, Predictions, RIP, Taylor Hawkins

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] One of the knocks against the Foo Fighters has been that

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Music News 

Taylor Hawkins honoured in his hometown of Laguna Beach with a drum circle

April 2, 2022April 2, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Foo Fighters, Laguna Beach, Memorial, RIP, Taylor Hawkins

It’s been a week since we heard the horrible news about Taylor Hawkins. On Thursday (March 31), he was honoured

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 948: Remembering Taylor Hawkins

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, RIP, Roger Taylor, Taylor Hawkins

Back in 2014, I was invited to the Foo Fighters headquarters, 606 Studios, the band’s hangout and nerve centre in

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