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re: Endless Sleep - The Obituary Thread
Posted on 11/17/16 at 9:12 pm to Kafka
Posted on 11/17/16 at 9:12 pm to Kafka
'Drift Away' songwriter Mentor Williams RIP
John Henry Kurtz - "Drift Away" (original version, 1972)
Dobie Gray (1973)
Rolling Stones (Unreleased, 1974)
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Mentor Williams, a longtime Taos resident and nationally known singer-songwriter, died at 6:15 a.m. Wednesday (Nov. 16), according to a family source.
Williams was best known for writing "Drift Away", a middle-of-the-road playlist classic performed by Dobie Gray in 1973. He is the brother of songwriter-actor Paul Williams, according to an online biography.
He has received an award from ASCAP for his 30 years of songwriting, and has earned 17 writing awards.
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He worked at The Record Plant with Paul McCartney and Kenney Jones and at Apple Studios in London with Stealers Wheel and Gerry Rafferty. He produced Kim Carnes, John Stewart, Paul Williams (Mentor's brother), and Dobie Gray, among others. Mentor was a post-production, re-mix engineer for The Muppet Movie, which won a Grammy Award and an Academy Award. He also worked on the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid soundtrack.
John Henry Kurtz - "Drift Away" (original version, 1972)
Dobie Gray (1973)
Rolling Stones (Unreleased, 1974)
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Posted on 11/18/16 at 8:17 pm to Kafka
Sharon Jones, Soul Singer With Dap-Kings, Dead at 60
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Sharon Jones, the fiery soul singer who spent decades in obscurity before becoming a Grammy-nominated soul and funk vocalist with her longtime backing band the Dap-Kings, died on Friday of pancreatic cancer. She was 60.
"We are deeply saddened to announce that Sharon Jones has passed away after a heroic battle against pancreatic cancer," the singer's rep wrote in a statement. "She was surrounded by her loved ones, including the Dap-Kings."
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Jones started numerous funk groups in the 1970, earning extra money by performing in wedding bands and singing gospel music. But for decades, she had trouble breaking in to the industry.
After retreating from music for a few years, Jones became a back-up singer for New York funk and soul label Desco Records in 1996 and would release her debut album Dap Dippin' with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, in 2002.
The group continued to record and tour constantly, watching their crowds grow as Jones' roaring voice, frenetic energy and gregarious personality surpassed the initial "female James Brown" comparisons.
Posted on 3/6/17 at 11:03 pm to Kafka
quote:Mentor Williams- "Drift Away" (1974)
Mentor Williams, a longtime Taos resident and nationally known singer-songwriter, died at 6:15 a.m. Wednesday (Nov. 16), according to a family source.
Williams was best known for writing "Drift Away", a middle-of-the-road playlist classic performed by Dobie Gray in 1973.
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