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Yesterday Bobby Keys died. With him went the greatest saxophonist of the Rock n Roll era. He may not have rivalled the great jazz saxophonists, but he indubitably changed the sound of Rock N Roll. Perhaps best known for his affiliation with The Rolling Stones (He was born on the same day as Keith  Richards). Here, in his honour, is a list of his finest moments. The Wanderer - Dion  Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones  Can't You Hear Me Knocking - The Rolling Stones Whatever Gets You Through The Night - John Lennon Among his other greatest achievements include playing on George Harrison's All Things Must Pass , The Stones' Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main St., and hundreds of other amazing albums. Heres what some of his colleagues and friends have reacted with. "'Another good bye to another good friend' I will miss you, Bobby" - Keith Richards "Thank you Bobby keys for the time we spent together God bless ...

George; a 71 year saint would have looked fondly his lawns in Friars Park as he awoke on the 29th Of November. His death day. Unfortunately George is not able to act this scenario for me, as he passed on in 2001. Personally, George has always been the Beatle who spoke to me. George always seemed, better. Ringo was the one I think I could of been buddies with, he would say a joke, I'd say a joke. Paul was the one who I reckon I'd be friends with but I'd get I'd feel a little too clean if I spent too much time with him. John is the one who is raw and unafraid. George was silent, funny, and thoughtful, exactly how I like humans. You'll find everyone talking about him nowadays. How he had the best post-Beatles solo album; the immaculate All Things Must Pass, how he had the first and last solo number 1 out of all the Beatles: My Sweet Lord & Got My Mind Set On You. And about how Martin Scorsese made one of the best documentaries ever about him Living In The Mater...

Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Phil Ochs and Koerner Ray & Glover. 1 of these names is a household name, 2 of these names recognisable for most music fans, but 1 is left to be ignored by all who are not experts on folk. Koerner, Ray & Glover met at the university of Minnesota, and became stars of the Folk revival. Their breakthrough album Blues, Rags and Hollers  was released in 1963, to heaps of success which gave them a recording contract for 2 albums with Elektra. Together they have been credited with influencing many musicians including: Bob Dylan & Bonnie Raitt. The trio continued to reunite throughout the 20th century, until 2002, when Ray died on the 28th of November. Koerner & Glover meanwhile still perform together infrequently. This post was made today in appreciation of Dave "Snaker" Ray who passed on today, 12 years ago.

Unfortunately for everyone with ears sometimes the greatest musicians are simply unknown. The case can be made for Alex Chilton (Of Big Star), of Rodriguez, and of many other musicians. However one thing that they have is the fact that they brign something unique into music. Never was this case more prevalent than in the story of Nick Drake the English folk songster. On the 25th of November 1974 he (allegedly) committed suicide. Taking from the world one of the greatest song-crafter in existence. In his lifetime Drake released 3 albums, all of which have achieved a legendary status, in this article I could talk about how he was a under appreciated genius, I could talk about his life, and I could talk about him. However you can read that all here , here , here and here . Instead I'm going to do a simple music person thing; I'm going to list. Perhaps you stubbled on this article because you were looking for Nick Drake stuff, or perhaps you were randomly trawling the web,...