DAVID BOWIE Passed Away Today 10 Years Ago – WHERE IS HE NOW?
10 January 2026
8 JANUARY 1947 – 10 JANUARY 2016
Wherever he is, his impact was,
is, and will always be massive.
Instagram – Short Bio – All Albums
Legend
THE KING Passed Away 48 Years Ago
16 August 2025
As we all know, except those who grew up on Mars (unless they had Internet),
ELVIS was one of the first real rock stars (let’s not forget other giants such as
Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and Bill Haley). Utterly cool, utterly
charismatic, utterly good-looking, and an utterly great voice signing utterly
catchy tunes. Oh, almost forgot his utterly swing-and-shake pelvis.
Today, 16 August, it’s already 48 years since his untimely
death. Only 42, after a heavy roller-coaster life. R.I.P.
Elvis biographer Joel Williamson wrote later: “Perhaps involving a reaction to
the codeine and attempts to move his bowels—he experienced pain and fright
while sitting on the toilet. Alarmed, he stood up … and fell face down in the fetal
position.” Drooling on the rug and “unable to breathe, he died.”
LEGEND – MUDDY WATERS
4 April 2025
Blues pioneer MUDDY WATERS (real name: McKinley Morganfield, Issaquena County, Mississippi) would have celebrated his 112th birthday today. What a mannish boy.
He influenced a ton of white rockers, not in the least Keith Richards, who adored
him and learned a lot from Waters to turn himself into the human riff he was/is.
Below a 1954 article in American music magazine Hue.
Waters passed away in 1983, aged 70.
Image on top: Cover of his ‘Definite Collection’ LP
LLORANDO Over DAVID LYNCH 1946-2025
17 January 2025
Virtuoso filmmaker DAVID LYNCH
passed away 2 days ago, at the age
of 78. R.I.P.
He was a once-in-a-lifetime movie fantasizer and a mysterious surrealist. He’s probably best known for the terrifying drama series Twin Peaks (three seasons, 1990/1991/2017).
But he also created memorable movies such as Eraserhead (1977), Blue Velvet (1986) Wild At Heart (1990) and my favorite Lynch nightmare MULLHOLLAND DRIVE from 2001.
Story: A mysterious woman has a traffic accident on Mulholland Drive in L.A. and loses her memory afterward. Meanwhile, a young woman comes to the City of Angels, hoping to start a film career. When she finds the mysterious woman in her flat, she decides to help her find out what happened to her. The two women embark on a bizarre quest for the truth.
All the great Lynch characteristics – (ir)reality, hallucination, delusions, fiction, absurdity, fantasy, nightmares – come together here and turn your mind upside down. Perplexing stuff.
My fav scene is when American songstress Rebekah Del Rio (what a name!), who has a three-octave vocal range, sings Roy Orbison‘s melodramatic hit Crying in Spanish, titled Llorando, in an obscure theatre watched by the two women, confused and in tears. Every single time I saw/see this fragment shivers go down my spine.
Breathtaking.
JOHNNY CASH – Legendary SONGWRITER Passed Away This Day 21 Years Ago
12 September 2024
The late legend JOHNNY CASH , known as “The Man in Black.”,
died of respiratory failure aged 71, this day 21 years ago. R.I.P.
He released 72 LPs with this year’s Songwriter as his most recent
one. A wonderful record featuring 11 previously unreleased songs.
Picture This – PJ HARVEY 1995
Picture This – Ziggy BOWIE Stardust
Picture This – IAN DURY 1978
BOB DYLAN – His 60 Greatest Songs Chosen by Stars Such As Siouxsie Sioux, Beck, Patti Smith, McCartney, Nick Cave and Many More
30 May 2024
Last week living legend, eternal troubadour, and once-in-a-lifetime singer-songwriter
Robert Allen Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan celebrated his 83th birthday. He was born
on 24 May 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
For the occasion British monthly music magazine MOJO ranked
his 60 best songs, chosen by rock stars and Dylan collaborators.
“Some of the names below played on and helped record many of the songs featured, while modern-day acolytes including Beck, Bono and Lucinda Williams have lined up to pick their favourite Dylan numbers. The closest we have to the heirs to his crown, Nick Cave and Patti Smith reveal a fresh perspective on his work, while Dylan’s one-time mentor Pete Seeger
reveals the true story behind Dylan’s decision to go electric.
Elsewhere, East Coast rapper Nas recalls his teenage conversion to Bob, while
contemporaries like the late David Crosby, Jimmy Webb and Paul McCartney (arguably
the only serious challenger to Dylan’s status as the world’s greatest living songwriter)
recall first-hand the seismic changes brought on by Dylan’s songs.”
TUTV picked these
5 different songs picked
by 5 different stars.
‘This Wheel’s On Fire’ by SIOUXSIE SIOUX
From ‘The Basement Tapes’ (with The Band) – 1975
‘I’ll Be Here Staying Here With You‘ by BECK
From 1969 LP ‘Nashville Skyline’
‘Changing Of The Guards’ by PATTI SMITH
From ‘Street Legal’ – 1978
Mr Tambourine by PAUL McCARTNEY
From ‘Bringing It All Back Home’ – 1965
‘I Threw It All Away’ by NICK CAVE
From 1969 LP ‘Nashville Skyline’
FULL LIST: HERE
(Image on top: Cover of Dylan’s ‘Bringing It All Back Home’ LP)
Gone But Not Forgotten – CHRIS CORNELL Who Passed Away 7 Years Ago Today
Great late artists
18 May 2024
CHRISTOPHER HUGH CORNELL (real family name Boyle) was born in Detroit, Michigan
on 20 July 1964. He was a musician at heart with a gigantic voice and was best known as
the frontman of Soundgarden (1984–1997 / 2010–2019).
He also played for and recorded 3 albums with Audioslave (2001-2007),
a band formed with Rage Against The Machine‘s brill guitarist Tom Morello.
In the early 90s, he launched a project called Temple Of The Dog (1990-1992)
as a tribute to his late friend Andrew Wood (Malfunkshun / Mother Love Bone).
Cornell also performed and made several albums as a solo artist.
He struggled with depression for most of his life. He committed suicide in
a Detroit hotel room on 18 May 2017, after performing with Soundgarden
an hour earlier at the Fox Theatre. He was only 52. R.I.P.
Three great Cornell moments.
– BLACK HOLE SUN –
(Mega Soundgarden hit)
– LIKE A STONE –
(With Audioslave)
– CAN’T CHANGE ME –
(From solo album Euphoria Morning)
CHRIS CORNELL: Story