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    Jazzbo manqué Mister Triscuits's Avatar
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    R.I.P. Ray Collins

    Original Mothers of Invention vocalist Ray Collins has passed away, age 76.

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    <insert icon of me weeping>


    Thanks for letting me know.
    Last edited by Steve F.; 12-25-2012 at 03:03 PM.
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    Born in 1937 he died at age 75!

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    thanks for the tune

    rest in peace, Ray...
    And the code is a play, a play is a song, a song is a film, a film is a dance...

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    My favorite of all the original Mothers. Great soulful voice, great sense of humor that fit right in to Frank's wacky worldview. ("I'll never forget you, darling... well, I suppose I'll forget you eventually... in fact, I've already forgotten you. What is your name?") Rest in peace, I won't forget YOU.

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    This made me even more sad :
    "Collins retired from music, living what has been described as an "aimless existence" in the following decades, working as a taxi driver, a dish washer and living out of a van for a number of years. His only income came from songwriting royalties and Social Security."

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    I met Ray at a record show several years ago. A very nice guy! RIP

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    Very, very sad news.

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    Rest in peace, Ray.
    We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
    It won't be visible through the air
    And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973

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