R.I.P. 2020
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@Virgil said in R.I.P. 2020:
R.I.P Eddie Van Halen
Big fan of Van Halen, both the David Lee Roth and Sammy Hager eras. Loved the sound, had their own style mostly due to his guitar work.
Only 65, too youngI didn't manage to get to any concerts of their only tour out here with Cherrone as lead, but I got to meet the man at an album signing. Huge grin, massive handshake with a "G'day mate!" thrown in - I knew then I had touched The Right Hand Of God.
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@NTA said in R.I.P. 2020:
@Virgil said in R.I.P. 2020:
R.I.P Eddie Van Halen
Big fan of Van Halen, both the David Lee Roth and Sammy Hager eras. Loved the sound, had their own style mostly due to his guitar work.
Only 65, too youngI didn't manage to get to any concerts of their only tour out here with Cherrone as lead, but I got to meet the man at an album signing. Huge grin, massive handshake with a "G'day mate!" thrown in - I knew then I had touched The Right Hand Of God.
Definitely one of the pioneers of the guitar. Remember reading how he would often have his back to the audience at concerts so no one could see his special ‘guitar moves’
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@Virgil said in R.I.P. 2020:
@NTA said in R.I.P. 2020:
@Virgil said in R.I.P. 2020:
R.I.P Eddie Van Halen
Big fan of Van Halen, both the David Lee Roth and Sammy Hager eras. Loved the sound, had their own style mostly due to his guitar work.
Only 65, too youngI didn't manage to get to any concerts of their only tour out here with Cherrone as lead, but I got to meet the man at an album signing. Huge grin, massive handshake with a "G'day mate!" thrown in - I knew then I had touched The Right Hand Of God.
Definitely one of the pioneers of the guitar. Remember reading how he would often have his back to the audience at concerts so no one could see his special ‘guitar moves’
I think he was better than the band he was in. Him and to a lesser extent his brother were the real talents.
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Sad to hear EVH is gone. Despite being a goofy-looking clog-wearer he was so farking cool in the Jump video playing both guitar and keyboard.
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Johnny Nash has gone today too. He was 80.
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Eddie Tonks, aged 85.
https://www.allblacks.com/news/nzr-pays-tribute-to-former-chair-eddie-tonks/
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Spencer Davis just stopped
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Just read his bio on the BBC. Spoke 4 languages fluently, discovered Bob Marley and promoted Robert Palmer.
Quite a CV
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@Victor-Meldrew said in R.I.P. 2020:
Just read his bio on the BBC. Spoke 4 languages fluently, discovered Bob Marley and promoted Robert Palmer.
Quite a CV
And Welsh. Who knew.
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Another Welshman down
JJ Williams
Wales rugby legend JJ Williams dies at 72 | Wales Online
Tributes have been pouring in for the former Bridgend and Llanelli speedster who became a rugby great for Wales and the British and Irish Lions
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Remember him from that '77 tour. IIRC in a pretty sour tour, he was one of the few the public actually liked.
Gets a bit worrying when players you watched as a teenager start dropping away.
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@Snowy Yes, that's from the Lancaster Park game which the Lions won. Colin Farrell, the ABs Fullback was omitted for the rest of the series and never played for the ABs again.
Rest In Peace, JJ Williams. A fine man and an excellent Rugby Player.
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@sparky Colin Farrell was one of my favourites when he played for Auckland - remember him well and still feel sorry for him that he had such a mare in black. That just had to be nerves because he did deserve his selection. Trying to remember who else was around at the time?
Both of the Wilsons, Bevan and Richard? -
@Snowy Farrell was undone by nerves, poor conditions and te game plan from memory.
He was a favourite of mine too. Many a wednesday afternoon taken off from school sneaking a kit bag full of Lion Super in to watch Auckland in a shield defence
Farrell was a running fullback but in his two tests the AB's only spun it along the backline once.
He did OK in the first test but was undone by a couple of errors in the second that made him look comical. He got isolated by a kick that took a leg break, ran it back once and got caught and had a pathetic attempted clearance. But it wasn't the worst AB display ever. He was a scape goat - doesn't deserve the worst AB ever tag.
You forgot Brian McKechnie
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