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Canada lost two this week

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Myles Goodwyn, former April Wine singer, dead at 75 | CBC News

Nova Scotia musician Myles Goodwyn, who stepped down earlier this year as the singer of April Wine, died Sunday. The 75-year-old's death was confirmed by his publicist, Eric Alper. The cause of death is unclear.
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Chad Allan, founding member of The Guess Who, dead at 80 | CBC News

Chad Allan, a Winnipeg-born, multi-talented musician who shared a stage with some of Canada's rock greats and hosted CBC's Let's Go music program, has died at the age of 80.
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Probably not that well known outside of Canada

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Prism drummer Rocket Norton dead at 73 | CBC News

Renowned Prism drummer Gary Wanstall, known as Rocket Norton, passed away last week after a two-year-long battle with cancer.
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Not actually a musician but a sound engineer who engineered a lot of music everyone has heard or heard of.

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Dan Wallin - Honorary Unsubscribe

Probably the longest-serving audio engineer in the history of the film industry: he worked on around 600 films and TV shows!
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Just a note for the montage from 1 Jan (since this is my first visit to this thread I didn't see it before) - You note that Denny Laine was in Paul McCartney & Wings - I knew of him as a founding member of The Moody Blues.
 
GreenKnight121 said:
Just a note for the montage from 1 Jan (since this is my first visit to this thread I didn't see it before) - You note that Denny Laine was in Paul McCartney & Wings - I knew of him as a founding member of The Moody Blues.
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Yes, Denny had a legendary carreer that would make most musicians jealous. A rare feat to be a member of multiple successful bands over the years.
He will be missed.
 
Elvis said:
Yes, Denny had a legendary carreer that would make most musicians jealous. A rare feat to be a member of multiple successful bands over the years.
He will be missed.
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Yep... including the Electric String Band, Balls,.. and a tour of duty with Ginger Baker's Air Force. ;)
 
fubar57 said:
Probably not that well known outside of Canada

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Prism drummer Rocket Norton dead at 73 | CBC News

Renowned Prism drummer Gary Wanstall, known as Rocket Norton, passed away last week after a two-year-long battle with cancer.
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This fellow probably not either.
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Jon Card - Wikipedia

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and another great guitarist gone

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'Thank you for showing us how to find our sound': Musicians pay tribute to 'titan of twang' Duane Eddy

The 'titan of twang' was a key influence in shaping the sound of rock'n'roll in the 1950s and 60s.
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Butch should still be alive.
 
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