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13 items from 2012
Goodbye to Flying Burrito Brother Chris Ethridge & Bee Gee Robin Gibb
21 May 2012 4:38 PM, PDT | www.culturecatch.com | See recent CultureCatch news »
As my friend Pam Grossman put it, "Yes, universe, I know. I know too well that time passes and we are all going to die, sooner or hopefully later. I also know that cancer sucks. You do not need to drive these points home by killing off musicians I love every other day." This was prompted by the passing of Robin Gibb just after we lost Donna Summer and several other greats. Meanwhile, my friend Davie Kaufman, the biggest Flying Burrito Brothers fan I know, was disappointed that I hadn't yet marked the passing of Chris Ethridge, an original member of the Burritos, also taken from us by cancer.
Chris Ethridge was born in Mississippi in 1947 and moved to California when he was 17. In 1967 he joined Gram Parsons in the International Submarine Band in time to play bass on the group's only LP, Safe at Home. Though its release was delayed, »
- SteveHoltje
TV review: 56 Up; Chatsworth
15 May 2012 3:23 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
We only get snapshots of lives in 56 Up – but it's more real than most reality TV
So we're reached 56 Up (ITV1) in Michael Apted's extraordinary, bold series of films that follows its characters throughout their lives and spans an entire generation.
They're middle-aged now. Sue is happier, more confident and relaxed than she has been. She's got her Glen; she's got a job she loves at a university, though she never went to one herself; and now she's got amateur dramatics too.
Paul, the little boy with the worried look who was in care at seven and then moved to Australia, did get married, despite saying in 1964 he didn't want to because a wife might make him eat something he didn't like, like greens. I don't know if his wife does – make him eat greens – but she does sort of eclipse her husband. That's no bad thing. Seven Up! »
- Sam Wollaston
Flying Burrito Brothers bassist Chris Ethridge dies at 65
25 April 2012 10:29 AM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Meridian, Miss. (AP) — John Christopher "Chris" Ethridge II, a Mississippi-born musician, bassist and songwriter who was a founding member of the 1960s country-rock band "The Flying Burrito Brothers," has died. He was 65. Officials with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home said Tuesday that Ethridge died Monday at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian. The family said in a statement that Ethridge had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in September. Born and raised in Meridian, Ethridge moved to Los Angeles when he was 17. Ethridge collaborated with another seminal Southern music figure, Gram Parsons, on several projects, including the Flying Burrito »
- AP Staff
Brendan Benson: What Kind of World
24 April 2012 1:03 PM, PDT | Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news »
On “What Kind of World,” the opening title track of his latest solo album, Brendan Benson laments about being, “So looked over, so underrated” over a somber organ and appregiated guitar chords, and you can’t help to think that the guy kind of has a point. Since 1996, Benson has released five good—at least one great (2002’s Lapalco)—records of guitar rock that seamlessly fuse the hooks and sweetness of Big Star with the more gruff riffs of his Michigan brethren The Stooges and the twang of The Band and Gram Parsons. However, it is still safe to say that far »
Flying Burrito Brothers Bassist Dead At 65
24 April 2012 10:18 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Chris Ethridge, the bassist and founding member of the Flying Burritos Brothers, has passed away, The Los Angeles Times reports. Ethridge reportedly died of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 65.
The country-rock pioneer co-founded the band with Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman and "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow. The group is best-known for their seminal debut album, 1969's The Gilded Palace of Sin, which has since been credited with pioneering the country-rock genre. Ethridge played both bass and piano on the album. He left the band in 1970, before the band released Burrito Deluxe.
Ethridge also spent roughly eight years in Willie Nelson’s touring band, during which he recorded one of Nelson’s most famous anthems, “Whiskey River.” On Monday, Nelson addressed Ethridge's passing on Twitter.
"Wn&F are sad to hear of the passing of Family member & friend Chris Ethridge he was a talented musician & we were honored to call him Family, »
- Crystal Bell
R.I.P. Chris Ethridge of The Flying Burrito Brothers
24 April 2012 7:34 AM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »
A co-founder of the defining country-rock band of the genre's formative years, Chris Ethridge left his mark on music by playing with Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman in the Flying Burrito Brothers, and then as a session and tour musician for Willie Nelson, Randy Newman, Jackson Browne, and Linda Rondstadt, among many other artists. It was Nelson who confirmed via Twitter that Ethridge died Monday at the age of 65. The cause of death hasn't been announced, thorugh Ethridge's friend Booker T. Jones had previously tweeted that the bassist was hospitalized last week and was not expected »
Chris Ethridge, Flying Burrito Brothers Member, Dies at 65
23 April 2012 7:48 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Bassist and singer Chris Ethridge, best known as a member of country-rock acts the Flying Burrito Brothers and International Submarine Band, both featuring the late Gram Parsons, has died at the age of 65 of pancreatic cancer. A native of Mississippi, Ethridge moved to Los Angeles in 1964 while still a teenager where a burgeoning rock scene was still forming. He met Parsons, a trust fund kid-turned-aspiring rock star with dashing good looks who was enamored with traditional western music and bluegrass, and the two formed the International Submarine Band. The group only released one album, 1968’s
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- Shirley Halperin
Rolling Stones’ Recording of ‘Exile on Main St.’ Getting Narrative Treatment
23 April 2012 12:21 PM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
The Rolling Stones are no strangers to film, be it powerful uses of their music in the films of Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, and Terry Gilliam, or their own presence in, among others, Gimme Shelter and Jean-Luc Godard‘s essay-like Sympathy for the Devil. But, though Mad Men flirted with a direct onscreen portrayal just a few weeks back, the project at hand might be their first onscreen appearance in a (slightly) fictional capacity.
Deadline reports that Richard Branson and his film arm, Virgin Produced, have landed film rights to Exile on Main Street: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones, Robert Greenfield‘s recount of the recording process behind their legendary 1972 album, Exile on Main St. Like that tome, the untitled movie — set to be scripted by Phil and Brandon Murphy — shines a light (get over it) on “the professional and personal relationship between head Stones Mick Jagger »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street book to become Virgin feature film
23 April 2012 5:37 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Richard Branson company to produce feature film based on Robert Greenfield's book about chaotic making of classic album
A book detailing one of the most tumultuous periods of The Rolling Stones is set to be turned into a film via Richard Branson's production company Virgin Produced, reports Deadline Hollywood.
Robert Greenfield's Exile on Main Street: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones examines the troubled genesis of the group's 10th UK album. The critically acclaimed record that includes the hits Rocks Off and Tumbling Dice, was made during recording sessions that were notoriously chaotic. The band, who had left Britain as tax exiles, decamped to the Villa Nellcôte in the south of France to record the double album. Drugs, alcohol and a stream of visiting celebrity friends (including William S Burroughs and Gram Parsons) were constant distractions, while the relationship between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards »
- Henry Barnes
Making Of The Rolling Stones' Landmark 'Exile On Main Street' To Get Feature Film Treatment
22 April 2012 7:04 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
While the making of The Rolling Stones' Exile On Main Street (which many consider to be one of their best, if not greatest album) has been chronicled numerous times both in print and film (most recently in Stephen Kijak's documentary "Stones In Exile"), the entire story of those rocky sessions and the background that led to the album has a feature film scope. Certainly, Richard Branson sees things that way as he's throwing his producing powers behind a narrative movie that will bring the tale of Exile On Main Street to the big screen.
Virgin Produced has snapped up the rights to Robert Greenfield’s "Exile on Main Street: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones" with plans to turn it into a drama about the band. As The Rolling Stones headed into the making of the album, they were a group in disarray. They had recently »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Counting Crows: Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation) Album Review
10 April 2012 6:10 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Release Date: 9th April 2012
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So after leaving long term label Geffen, releasing a wonderfully nostalgic live recording of their first album August and Everything After (on both audio and video formats), Counting Crows are finally back with something new. Well kinda. Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation) is a covers album, largely of songs the band have done in their live shows and even more underwhelmingly a number of tracks that have been on B-sides or bonus tracks on their albums over the years. Anyway, I’m not going to dwell on the feeling that a covers album is always a signifier of a band on the brink of disappearing forever because I don’t want to think that of a band I’ve loved for a long while, so I’ll dive straight into the album instead.
‘(Untitled) Love Song’ (a Romany Rye cover »
- Marcus Doidge
Counting Crows Releasing Covers Album with Free Track Download
11 March 2012 6:42 PM, PDT | National Ledger | See recent National Ledger news »
Counting Crows are releasing a covers album, 'Underwater Sunshine (or What We Did on Our Summer Vacation)'. The record is the first from the 'Mr Jones' group in four years - and also their first as an independent group, having split from record label Geffen - and features tracks originally recorded by Bob Dylan, Travis and Gram Parsons, among others. Lead singer Adam Duritz explained: "If you wonder why we didn't just write our own record, it's simply because we wanted to do This one. "We now have the creative freedom to release albums like this and offer our fans more music than ever." He added that he hopes the band can introduce the songs and bands they have chosen to cover to a whole new generation. He added: "There's a million great songs written every day that you discover, and wish your friends could appreciate as much as you do. »
Charity Events To Launch Gram Parsons Foundation
21 February 2012 4:10 AM, PST | Look to the Stars | See recent Look to the Stars news »
The Gram Parsons Foundation is proud to announce two very special events to commemorate the foundation’s official launching.
The two events will both take place on March 14, 2012, at the Hotel San Jose in Austin, TX. The mission of the Gram Parsons Foundation is to support musicians and artists worldwide with addiction and recovery services. Motivated by the desire to assist the musical and artistic community, the Gram Parsons Foundation will providing solutions to drug and alcohol addiction, and focus on imparting a message of prevention and awareness to school aged children, the musicians and artists of tomorrow.
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