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    RIP Celia Humphris

    Very sad day for me. Loved the TREES.

    Macht das ohr auf!

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    Very sorry to read this.

    Trees are a HUGE favorite (maybe THE favorite that I have) of 70s folk/rock, and Celia is/was one of the reasons.
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    Man, that's a tough one. They were great and should have been much bigger than they were. She must have been at an age that is too young to go.

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    Oh, no.

    Beautiful voice, beautiful presence, beautiful woman in a beautiful musical setting. Folk-rock vocals were rarely as purely intimate as her.

    I'll be listening.
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    A great band and a sad loss. Celia's voice is something of a gold standard for female vocals of this type. RIP.

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    Sad news!
    Descanse en Paz!

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    Here's the pic of her they posted in Ptolemaic Terrascope when the zine did a feature on Trees in 1989, apparently taken by the article's writer. She still had that youthful appearance. I believe this was the same year that All About Eve covered one of Trees' tracks as a b-side to a single of theirs.

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    "Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
    "[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrotum Scissor View Post
    Here's the pic of her they posted in Ptolemaic Terrascope when the zine did a feature on Trees in 1989, apparently taken by the article's writer. She still had that youthful appearance. I believe this was the same year that All About Eve covered one of Trees' tracks as a b-side to a single of theirs.
    Yes... I own that issue. Was reading it yesterday as I paid my respects.
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    RIP Celia

    my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.

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