Tuesday, April 10, 2007

In memoriam: Stu Sutcliffe

Stu Sutcliffe

45 years ago Stu Sutcliffe died. He was the first bass player with the Beatles. He sucked as a musician, but he was a talented painter.

He is featured playing bass with the Beatles on three songs that the band recorded in 1960: "Hallelujah, I Love Her So", "You'll Be Mine", and "Cayenne" on the Anthology 1 album.

Sutcliffe died from a brain haemorrhage; after collapsing in the middle of an art class, he was taken to a hospital, but died in the ambulance.

» en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stu_Sutcliffe

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Roky Erickson: "You're Gonna Miss Me" documentary

Roky Erickson

The documentary You're Gonna Miss Me tells the story of Roky Erickson, frontman of the 13th Floor Elevators, who lost track of the real world years ago:

Outside Austin, Texas, a 53-year-old man sits in an apartment with four radios, three televisions, two amps, a radio scanner, and a casio electric piano playing. At the same time. Loudly. He has three teeth, his hair is matted into one huge dreadlock, and he has a notarized document on his wall declaring himself an alien, "so whoever's putting shocks to my head will stop."

MP3: 13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me

» youregonnamissme.com

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