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PapaBear

06-03-2006, 09:32 PM

Grateful Dead keyboardist.<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060603/en_nm/welnick_dc_1" target="_self">GRATEFUL DEAD KEYBOARDIST DIES</a>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - <a title="Related information on Vince Welnick" href="http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?p=Vince+Welnick" onclick="activateYQinl(this);return false;">Vince Welnick</a>, who took over as the Grateful Dead's keyboard player in 1990 after a succession of predecessors met untimely deaths, has died at the age of 55, according to an announcement on his Web site. "Vince passed from this earth on June 2, 2006 ... after a decade of battling tragedy while creating beauty and light around him," the announcement said. It did not give a cause of death.The San Jose Mercury News said he died in a hospital on Friday after being taken from his home in Forestville, California, and it quoted a person at his home as saying "it looks like he took his own life."Yes... he's the FOURTH GD keyboardist to die. It's particularly sad that he took his own life. I haven't seen The Dead (as they are known since Jerry died), but I saw the GD about 7 times (once with Welnick. I know a lot of people on this board could care less about them, but it was definitely good times, in my book. RIP Vince.

FezPaul

06-03-2006, 09:34 PM

Almost as bad as being Spinal Tap's drummer.

tele7

06-03-2006, 10:58 PM

FezPaul wrote: Almost as bad as being Spinal Tap's drummer.Joe "mama" Besser<img src="http://www.the3stooges.net/members/1234567/uploaded/got_nyuk.jpg" border="0" />Never knew he used to be in the Stooges

FezPaul

06-03-2006, 11:04 PM

telecaster7 wrote: FezPaul wrote: Almost as bad as being Spinal Tap's drummer.Joe "mama" Besser<img src="http://www.the3stooges.net/members/1234567/uploaded/got_nyuk.jpg" border="0" />Never knew he used to be in the StoogesDidn't Joe"Mama" Besser replace Mick Shrimpton, who spontaniously combusted?Btw, Mick had one of the best lines of the movie-"As long as there's the sex and drugs, I could do without the Rock-N-Roll."

tele7

06-03-2006, 11:10 PM

FezPaul wrote: telecaster7 wrote: FezPaul wrote: Almost as bad as being Spinal Tap's drummer.Joe "mama" Besser<img src="http://www.the3stooges.net/members/1234567/uploaded/got_nyuk.jpg" border="0" />Never knew he used to be in the StoogesDidn't Joe"Mama" Besser replace Mick Shrimpton, who spontaniously combusted?Btw, Mick had one of the best lines of the movie-"As long as there's the sex and drugs, I could do without the Rock-N-Roll."The Green Globule

tele7

06-03-2006, 11:20 PM

Spinal Tap was on IFC today.  Had it on while cooking dinner.  My fav line is .."They where still booing him while we were on stage" after meeting Duke Fame in the hotel lobby.

FezPaul

06-03-2006, 11:26 PM

"We had to apologize for his set with our set."How about Fred Willard saying, "I better not stand to close, people might think I'm with the band, I'm joking, of course."?

tele7

06-03-2006, 11:36 PM

Ian Faith:  We're canceled here.Band Member: At the hotel?Genuine improv moment!Sidenote: You think that was a real 59 Les Paul?  I still drool over that collection of guitars.

FezPaul

06-03-2006, 11:40 PM

Yes, I think those were probably all Guest's guitars."Boston's not a big college town.""I want mine in doubly."

tele7

06-03-2006, 11:46 PM

"so you're saying you're like a preserved moose on stage?"."I envy us"

FezPaul

06-03-2006, 11:50 PM

Derek Smalls-"Are we going to play Stonehenge tomorrow?"David St. Hubbins-"No, we're not going to play fucking Stonehenge!"Btw, nice Buck Dharma reference in the /spamming thread.