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Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 1:19 am
by speedie
Rob HIrst, drummer for Midnight Oil.
Fuck cancer.
Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 2:58 am
by Iancee
speedie wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 1:19 am
Rob HIrst, drummer for Midnight Oil.
Fuck cancer.
My childhood hero! Also - a top fella
Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 5:37 am
by seby
Iancee wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 2:58 am
speedie wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 1:19 am
Rob HIrst, drummer for Midnight Oil.
Fuck cancer.
My childhood hero! Also - a top fella
This is fucked : (
Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 9:51 am
by Isaac
speedie wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 1:19 am
Rob HIrst, drummer for Midnight Oil.
Fuck cancer.
Seemed like the heart of the band in a few ways. REAL fucking good, too. Bummer.
Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 10:10 am
by etch
If I remember correctly, he also wrote the lyrics to most of their big singles. Great drummer too.
R.I.P.
Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 11:49 am
by iembalm
I was a big Ralph Towner fan when I was younger. Saw him live with several groups, and I maintained ownership of quite a few of his albums as musical media changed over the years.
Sargasso Sea with John Abercrombie
Matchbook and Slide Show with Gary Burton - these are great!
Various solo albums, and I always liked the live Oregon records more than the studio ones.
Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2026 7:26 am
by dfglv
iembalm wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 11:49 am
I was a big Ralph Towner fan when I was younger. Saw him live with several groups, and I maintained ownership of quite a few of his albums as musical media changed over the years.
Sargasso Sea with John Abercrombie
Matchbook and
Slide Show with Gary Burton - these are great!
Various solo albums, and I always liked the live Oregon records more than the studio ones.
What Oregon live album would you recommend?
My partner and I got a little sad together over this one. Oregon were really something else -
Out of the Woods in particular is practically in the household first aid kit - and upstairs I've got two books of Towner solo pieces I might dare to attempt someday if I can get my right hand and my reading up to a functional level.
His cd with Paolo Fresu,
Chiaroscuro, is a wonder.
Old Friends, New Friends, that one's lovely too.
Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2026 7:59 am
by jonsolomon
Uncle Floyd, New Jersey original.
Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2026 12:29 pm
by iembalm
dfglv wrote: Fri Jan 23, 2026 7:26 am
iembalm wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 11:49 am
I was a big Ralph Towner fan when I was younger. Saw him live with several groups, and I maintained ownership of quite a few of his albums as musical media changed over the years.
Sargasso Sea with John Abercrombie
Matchbook and
Slide Show with Gary Burton - these are great!
Various solo albums, and I always liked the live Oregon records more than the studio ones.
What Oregon live album would you recommend?
My partner and I got a little sad together over this one. Oregon were really something else -
Out of the Woods in particular is practically in the household first aid kit - and upstairs I've got two books of Towner solo pieces I might dare to attempt someday if I can get my right hand and my reading up to a functional level.
His cd with Paolo Fresu,
Chiaroscuro, is a wonder.
Old Friends, New Friends, that one's lovely too.
In Concert from 1975 is good.
Live at Yoshi's is a late-career live record that I like, too.
Re: RIP v2 - still no cure for death
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2026 1:00 pm
by OrthodoxEaster
jonsolomon wrote:Uncle Floyd, New Jersey original.
Oh, no. Shit.
Pussy Galore lipsyncing on The Uncle Floyd Show (complete w/guitar strap breaking) blew my young, impressionable mind.