GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN – Twenty tribute songs to musicians who have passed away…….

February 17, 2020

LET'S LIST AGAIN

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Putting their respect for the deceased into song or simply dealing with grief (in some cases both) here are twenty eulogies for former bandmates or those admired from afar, who have joined the dearly departed………

GP – RIP
  1. MY MAN (Gram Parsons) EAGLES;
  2. JESUS MENTIONED (Elvis Presley) WARREN ZEVON;
  3. SWEET GENE VINCENT (Gene Vincent) IAN DURY;
  4. UNDER A RAGING MOON (Keith Moon) ROGER DALTREY;
  5. MUDDY, SAM, OTIS (Muddy Waters/Sam Cooke/Otis Redding) ROD STEWART;
  6. FALLEN ANGEL (Richard Manuel) ROBBIE ROBERTSON;
  7. EMPTY GARDEN (Hey, Hey Johnny) (John Lennon) ELTON JOHN;
  8. OF MISSING PERSONS (Lowell George) JACKSON BROWNE;
  9. THE NEEDLE AND THE DAMAGE DONE (Danny Whitten) NEIL YOUNG;
  10. OLD RED WINE (John Entwistle) THE WHO;
  11. I KNEW YOU WHEN (Glenn Frey) BOB SEGER;
  12. AMERICAN PIE (Buddy Holly) DON McLEAN;
  13. ALL THOSE YEARS AGO (John Lennon) GEORGE HARRISON;
  14. REAL GOOD LOOKING BOY (Elvis Presley) THE WHO;
  15. SLEEPS WITH ANGELS (Kurt Cobain) NEIL YOUNG;
  16. THE LATE GREAT JOHNNY ACE (Johnny Ace/John Lennon) PAUL SIMON;
  17. NIGHTSHIFT (Jackie Wilson/Marvin Gaye) COMMODORES;
  18. ROLL ON JOHN (John Lennon) BOB DYLAN;
  19. IN MY HOUR OF DARKNESS (Clarence White) GRAM PARSONS;
  20. FROM BOULDER TO BIRMINGHAM (Gram Parsons) EMMYLOU HARRIS;
GLENN FREY – known most of his life by Bob Seger
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NEIL SAMBROOK is the author of ‘MONTY’S DOUBLE‘ – an acclaimed thriller now available as an Amazon Kindle book.

2 Comments

  1. bazza

    No Roll Over Beethoven? Chuck Berry/Beatles

    No Handel With Care? Wilbury’s

    No Dark Side of Keith Moon? Floyd

    I’m surprised you missed those out Neil!

    Seriously though Boulder to Birmingham is beyond words, the distance is over 1100 miles direct, over 1300 by road but I guess a lot of people would undertake that walk to see someone they loved one more time

    Also try the Vince Gill album Okie….. Nothin Like An Old Guy Clark Song and A World Without Haggard, two great tribute songs to fine artists and songwriters, but also a other great songs on it

    I have to think Rosanne Cash’s September When It Comes is a curious mix in part a tribute to her father even though he was still alive and sang with her

    1. [email protected] (Post author)

      Hello Barry – hope you are well;

      You could be onto something there – I was thinking of Joe Walsh ‘Dear John’ (Entwistle or Lennon), the Do-Ron-(Lane)-Ron (Dio) or ‘Jimmy'(Morrison)’Jimmy’ (Brown).

      On a less frivolous note, totally agree with you about ‘Boulder to Birmingham’ and during the week two more Gram Parsons memoriams ‘Crazy Eyes’ (Poco) and ‘Heavenly Fire’ (Souther-Hillman-Furay Band) have come to mind. Will definitely look up the Vince Gill album – was very impressed with his musical and spoken contributions to the excellent Ken Burns directed ‘History of Country Music’ series that was shown on BBC 4 late last year.

      Regards
      Neil

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