R.I.P.

Peter Rauhofer Dead: Legendary House DJ And Producer Loses Battle With Brain Cancer









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Peter Rauhofer, the iconic DJ and producer whose Madonna, Whitney Houston and Britney Spears remixes kept generations of international revelers dancing until dawn, has died of brain cancer.
News of the 48-year-old Rauhofer's passing was confirmed on his official Facebook page:
"It makes me sad, not only that I have lost a friend, but that the world has lost an amazing talent and that future generations will never get to understand the magic that Peter created night after night all over the world. He is gone too soon but we will always have the vast body of music that Peter left for us.Through his music, Peter will live forever. The brightest stars always burn out too soon. Peter, you were loved and you will be terribly missed. Goodbye my friend. Please rest in peace knowing that you have brought so much joy to so many of us. I ask that his true fans keep his legacy alive by sharing his music with anyone who may not have had the opportunity to experience it for themselves."
The 48-year-old Rauhofer is survived by his mother Helga, who will transport her son's body back to Austria.
"But to all that knew Peter, his heart will always be in New York City," officials wrote on Rauhofer's Facebook page.

In April, Rauhofer -- who formerly went under the monikers Club 69 and Size Queen -- revealed via his manager Angelo Russo that he was suffering from a large brain tumor that had gone undiagnosed.
Rauhofer, who was best known for spinning tribal house, served as the resident DJ at the gay dance night at New York City's now-defunct Roxy nightclub.


 
Doors co-founder and keyboardist Ray Manzarek died today in Rosenheim, Germany after a long battle with bile duct cancer. He was 74.
"I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray Manzarek today," Doors guitarist Robby Krieger said in a statement. "I'm just glad to have been able to have played Doors songs with him for the last decade. Ray was a huge part of my life and I will always miss him."

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From the Archive: Ray Manzarek Opens a New Door

Manzarek grew up in Chicago, then moved to Los Angeles in 1962 to study film at UCLA. It was there he first met Doors singer Jim Morrison, though they didn't talk about forming a band until they bumped into each other on a beach in Venice, California in the summer of 1965 and Morrison told Manzarek that he had been working on some music. "And there it was!" Manzarek wrote in his 1998 biography, Light My Fire. "It dropped quite simply, quite innocently from his lips, but it changed our collective destinies."

They quickly teamed up with drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger and began playing gigs around Los Angeles. About a year later, the Doors recorded their debut album for Elektra Records. "We knew once people heard us, we'd be unstoppable," Manzarek wrote in his memoir. "We knew what the people wanted: the same thing the Doors wanted. Freedom."

The Doors didn't have a bassist, so Manzarek often played the bass parts on his Fender Rhodes piano. He also played a Vox Continental organ, which can be heard on the famous intro to "Light My Fire" and numerous other Doors classics. The group shared credit on most songs and split all profits evenly.

The group carried on for two more albums after Jim Morrison died in July of 1971, but they split in 1973. Manzarek remained extremely busy, producing albums for X and playing with Iggy Pop, Echo and the Bunnymen and others. In 2002, he began touring as the Doors of the 21st Century with Krieger and Cult frontman Ian Astbury. Doors drummer John Densmore filed a lawsuit over the use of the name and it lead to a protracted legal battle.

"Morrison required all three of us diving into his lyrics and creating music that would swirl around him," Manzarek told Rolling Stone in 2006. "Without Jim, everybody started shooting off in different directions. . . The Doors was the perfect mixture of four guys, four egos that balanced each other. There were never any problems with 'You wrote this' or 'I wrote that.' But [after Jim died] the whole dynamic was screwed up, because the fourth guy wasn't there."


 
The Doors su bili i ostali bend sa najvećim uticajem na rok muziku. Njihov uticaj je daleko veći nego što je uticaj Bitlsa i Rolingstonsa zajedno. Harizmatični pesnici u rok ambijentu, imali su nešto što niko drugi nije imao. Muzika i poezija The Doors je i danas aktuelna, a verujem biće još dugo, dugo ... Manzarek je svakako uz Morisona bio motor ekipe. Njegove klavijaturske deonice su ne tako komplikovane, ali veoma skladne i slušljive. Što je najvažnije, savršeno se uklapaju u svo ono što su Dorsi radili i svakako su činile njihovu muziku prepoznatljivom.

 
Poslednja izmena:

Džej Džej Kejl, čije je pravo ime Džon Veldon Kejl, preminuo je od srčanog udara u 74. godini u Kaliforniji. Tokom 40 godina karijere na muzičkoj sceni snimio je 14 albuma

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Poznati američki muzičar Džej Džej Kejl, čije su najpoznatije pesme postale veliki hitovi Erika Kleptona, preminuo je u 74. godini.

Kejlov menadžer Majk Kapus rekao je za AP, da je jedan od stvaralaca “Tulsa zvuka” – kombinacije bluza, rokabilija i kantrija - preminuo od srčanog udara u bolnici u mestu La Džola u Kaliforniji.

Džej Džej Kejl, čije je pravo ime Džon Veldon Kejl, rođen je u Oklahomi, a tokom 40 godina karijere na muzičkoj sceni snimio je 14 albuma.

Džej Džej Kejl postao je slavan kada je Erik Klepton obradio njegovu pesmu “Posle ponoći” (After Midnight), poznati su i njegovi hitovi “Call Me The Breeze” i “Crazy Mama”, kao i još jedna Kleptonova obrada njegove pesme “Cocaine” 1977. godine.

(Telegraf.rs / Tanjug)


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Odlaze legende... RIP
 

:arrow: ODLAZAK LEGENDE: Umro Džo Koker!

Slavni pevač umro je u 70. godini
Slavni pevač Džo Koker umro je danas u 70. godini života posle duge i teške bolesti.
Koker je bolovao od raka pluća.
Džo Koker, rođen je kao Džon Robert Koker u Šefildu 20. maja 1944.
Muzički karijeru karijeru je započeo u svom rodnom gradiću Šefildu, u Engleskoj, kad je imao tek 15 godina. Njegov prvi sastav bili su The Avengers (u kojima je pevao pod umetničkim imenom Vance Arnold), potom je sarađivao sa sastavom Big Blues, kao i s The Grease Bandom. 1969 pojavljuje se na američkom TV showu Show Eda Salivena.
Prvi veliki hit Koker je imao s pesmom "With a Little Help from My Friends", obradom Bitlsa na kojoj je gitaru...

Citiraću kolegu...jer je to odlično napisao.
 

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