Little Richard, Founding Father of Rock Who Broke Musical Barriers, Dead at 87
One of the true GIANTS. Dead at 87
Little Richard, Founding Father of Rock Who Broke Musical Barriers, Dead at 87
One of the true GIANTS. Dead at 87
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
His first couple years of singles are untouchable. I play them shockingly frequently.
A WOP BOP A LOO-OP A WOP BAM BOOM!
rest in peace
Steve F.
www.waysidemusic.com
www.cuneiformrecords.com
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“Remember, if it doesn't say "Cuneiform," it's not prog!” - THE Jed Levin
Any time any one speaks to me about any musical project, the one absolute given is "it will not make big money". [tip of the hat to HK]
"Death to false 'support the scene' prog!"
please add 'imo' wherever you like, to avoid offending those easily offended.
R.I.P. Little Richard, one of my teen idols growing up in the 50's & 60's.
Dave Sr.
I prefer Nature to Human Nature
One of the all time greats for sure.
It's hard to think of a better pure rock and roll singer.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
RIP.....The Architect of R&R
Who's left from that era still, Jerry Lee Lewis?
What a legend. And such a personality too! Along with the classics he had in the early days of rock n roll, I always loved this song that he had a hit with in the mid-'80s - he co-wrote it with Billy Preston and it was featured in the movie Down and Out in Beverly Hills (Little Richard also played a great role in the movie as 'Orvis Goodnight'):
R.I.P.
I stumbled in a bar on the Daytona beach strip in February 1980 and got a private performance by Tutti Frutti.
It was right out of a David Lynch movie.
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
RIP - A true Rock and Roll Icon.
What can this strange device be? When I touch it, it brings forth a sound (2112)
Steve F.
www.waysidemusic.com
www.cuneiformrecords.com
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“Remember, if it doesn't say "Cuneiform," it's not prog!” - THE Jed Levin
Any time any one speaks to me about any musical project, the one absolute given is "it will not make big money". [tip of the hat to HK]
"Death to false 'support the scene' prog!"
please add 'imo' wherever you like, to avoid offending those easily offended.
Rest in peace, Little Richard. One of my all-time favorite rock and roll artists.
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
What I wouldn't have given to have been there to see the expression on the collective face of white America when first it laid eyes on this particular specimen of humanity! RIP.....
Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
RIP! A Legend for sure.
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The biggest impact on rock & roll! RIP Little Richard.
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RIP Richard. Rock and Roll Heaven just got another great performer
High School- spring break 1980 -I left my beach Motel to grab a beer in the first place on the strip.
Besides the bartender, I was the only one there until Little Richard started playing in the corner of this little dive bar.
He had his organ under a preacher podium, with a garish red a green light oscillating overhead.
There was no cover charge and I left after a few tunes.
I never thought about it again until his brief reemergence in the early 90s.
In 1980, Little Richard was the last musical artist on anyone's mind.....I guess.
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
Steve F.
www.waysidemusic.com
www.cuneiformrecords.com
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“Remember, if it doesn't say "Cuneiform," it's not prog!” - THE Jed Levin
Any time any one speaks to me about any musical project, the one absolute given is "it will not make big money". [tip of the hat to HK]
"Death to false 'support the scene' prog!"
please add 'imo' wherever you like, to avoid offending those easily offended.
In this case the old cliche “end of an era” truly applies. RIP.
...as was the case even in the more proximate 60s. For those of us with limited historical consciousness, LR and his 50s colleagues were paleo-relics with little more credibility than goofball shlocksters Sha Na Na. I saw Chuck Berry open for the Byrds in 1970 and most in the audience--including myself--barely noticed.
Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
Little Richard was the first glam rock and roller, to boot. I read in one of his biographies that in one show in the 50s he came out on stage wearing a jacket studded with little mirrors. When the spot light hit him, he was like a walking disco ball. And this was decades before Slade did similar things with mirrors on apparel.
Lou
Looking forward to my day in court.
I hear Richard's autobiography is quite a read.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
The first Little Richard hit I remember hearing was "Lucille." She won't do her sister's will.
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