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Location: Portland, OR | I looked for a YT of Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie doing the Circle song from a concert that must have been given shortly after Harry Chapin died. Couldn't find it. Seeger was great at leading and singing a song at the same time. Made me think of that. Thanks for the post. |
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| Just funnin' ya, Michelle. I'm sorry OMA. I guess I didn't see it that way. Some days, I guess I just gotta lay off the caffeine!
Actually this thread provides links to ol' YT vids that some of our newer/younger members may not have had the pleasure to view... especially since Ovations are highlighted and some may not even know of the renown HC. Johnny, that is exactly why I posted this thread. Except for the occasional playing of "Cats in the Cradle", most of Harry's work isn't played on the radio.
It's also why I posted a vid from Jose Feliciano. I actually met a young guitar player who had never heard of Jose. The same for Jim Croce and Maury Muhliesen, which is why I usually post vids on the anniversary of the day they died.
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Doesn't Neil Diamond have a birthday coming up soon? |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by Beal:
Doesn't Neil Diamond have a birthday coming up soon? Sometime in the next year, I think.... |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by Guitarzannie:
Whatever. I was just trying to post something nice and I get grief over it.
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You know any thread posted on the OFC is fair game to take a wrong turn somewhere.
It's what makes this site so entertaining (JM2C). |
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| "You know any thread posted on the OFC was fair game to take a wrong turn somewhere.
It's what used to make this site so entertaining (JM2C)."
There, I fixed it. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Originally posted by Gallerinski:
EVERY day is the death anniversary of somebody famous. Okay Here is ammunition for your next RIP thread. I chose to link the 16th cuz Harry is there.
Today (7/17/10)
Billie Holiday OD'd in 1959.
John Coltrane in 1967.
Also, Mickey Spillane died in 2006
and Walter Cronkite died Last Year. |
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Location: Arizona | Maybe some of the RIP thread critics are afraid of hearing the Grim Reaper's approaching footsteps...
I liked Harry. Wasn't too sure about the bestiality reference in the one song about the sea captain, left his wife with his dog, but hey, it's all good.
And isn't being famous and traveling a lot, maybe in small planes, really dangerous? It'd take a long time to list all the musicians and other public figures killed in plane crashes. I should be OK, though. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by G8r:
"You know any thread posted on the OFC was fair game to take a wrong turn somewhere.
It's what used to make this site so entertaining (JM2C)."
There, I fixed it. Thanks G8R! |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by PEZ:
Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) OMG! Neil Diamond is ALIVE? |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by dark bar:
OMG! Neil Diamond is ALIVE? 
And he's got a nice Adamas too.
But I don't think that his hair looks like that no more. :p |
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Location: Indiana | Originally posted by jswinf:
And isn't being famous and traveling a lot, maybe in small planes, really dangerous? It'd take a long time to list all the musicians and other public figures killed in plane crashes. Harry died in a car... VW rabbit if I remember correctly. And, unless public figures are statistically privileged as well, you'll find magnitudes more were killed and/or injured in automobiles than in an aircraft.
Not even close. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by dark bar:
OMG! Neil Diamond is ALIVE? As rumor has it... |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Much like Harry, but in different ways... there are some performers that have "it".... that factor that just defies understanding.. the "it" factor if you will. Neal Diamond has "it" http://www.neildiamond.com/ and lets hope it's many many years before we see him in an RIP thread. FWIW, according to several sources, he prefers Gibsons and Martins. However, I've seen many photos with him an an Adamas.
Back on track.. I always wondered why Harry didn't play an Adamas. It seemed like such a fit for him and his style. Playing to hundreds one night, 1000's the next, with an Orchestra, or just with his brother and couple of others. Seems like necessity would have him playing an Adamas..... of course he wasn't big on spending a lot on himself... so maybe that's it. |
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| Originally posted by Mr. Ovation:
[QB] lets hope it's many many years before we see him in an RIP thread. You probably won't be seeing me post an RIP thread here anymore. I've learned my lesson. ;)
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by Guitarzannie:
You probably won't be seeing me post an RIP thread here anymore. I've learned my lesson. ;)
Michelle [/QB] RIP- Michele's RIP threads |
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| Originally posted by dark bar:
Originally posted by Guitarzannie:
You probably won't be seeing me post an RIP thread here anymore. I've learned my lesson. ;)
Michelle RIP- Michele's RIP threads [/QB]
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Location: Arizona | Originally posted by Jonmark Stone:
Originally posted by jswinf:
And isn't being famous and traveling a lot, maybe in small planes, really dangerous? It'd take a long time to list all the musicians and other public figures killed in plane crashes. Harry died in a car... VW rabbit if I remember correctly. And, unless public figures are statistically privileged as well, you'll find magnitudes more were killed and/or injured in automobiles than in an aircraft.
Not even close. |
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Location: Indiana | Far more die of obscurity and obsolescence than in sensational ways. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | But eventually, they all die. |
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| Originally posted by Beal:
But eventually, they all die. For sure, but not many are worthy of a RIP thread. ;) :)
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Location: Indiana | Originally posted by Beal:
But eventually, they all die. Elvis is the notable exception. |
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7/16/1981 -- R.I. P. Harry Chapin
