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Wednesday, 25 Jan 2017 | 8:00 AM ET
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Thursday, January 26, 2017
'Professor Einstein', a tiny robot with big personality
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Keith Relf: Yardbirds Singer Keith Relf Electrocutes Himself with a Guitar |
If
there’s any consolation to be taken from the tragic death of Keith
Relf, it is that he died doing what he loved: making music. The former Yardbirds frontman was playing an ungrounded guitar in his basement when he was electrocuted on May 14, 1976. He was 33.
Relf had been out of the spotlight ever since the Yardbirds had flown their separate ways in 1968 (leaving only guitarist Jimmy Page to lead the New Yardbirds, who would become Led Zeppelin). The blond frontman had been central to the band’s ’60s success, having formed the Yardbirds, co-written many of their hits and contributed wily harmonica to the group (not to mention his powerful howl). But rock ’n’ roll history relegated him to the shadows, behind the Yardbirds’ incredible guitarists, including Page, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton.
While those guitar gods all became bigger stars after parting with the Yardbirds, Relf struggled to gain as much notoriety for his subsequent musical exploits. Still, he remained involved in the recording industry. After the band broke up, Relf and Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty teamed up for the folksy duo Together. Next, they formed progressive rock band Renaissance — although the outfit would have greater success with other lineups. Relf spent a lot of time producing other bands’ recordings in the ’70s, but found time to begin another prog rock group, Armageddon, in 1974.
Although Relf remained musically active in the late ’60s and ’70s, he was not always in good health. He had chronic asthma, which had nearly killed him on a few occasions, as well as emphysema. But on the fateful day that took his life, it was something entirely different.
While practicing guitar in his cellar, he stood on a gas pipe. Because the guitar was ungrounded, the electrical current resulted in a severe shock to his body. Reportedly, his electrocuted body was found by his eight-year-old son. Because the Relf family remained so private about his death, a rumor began to grow that the singer had been a victim of death by misadventure, foolishly playing an electric guitar in the bathroom.
In spite of being outlived and outshined by his former bandmates, Relf is remembered as the one of the indelible voices of the British Invasion. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Yardbirds in 1992.
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Relf had been out of the spotlight ever since the Yardbirds had flown their separate ways in 1968 (leaving only guitarist Jimmy Page to lead the New Yardbirds, who would become Led Zeppelin). The blond frontman had been central to the band’s ’60s success, having formed the Yardbirds, co-written many of their hits and contributed wily harmonica to the group (not to mention his powerful howl). But rock ’n’ roll history relegated him to the shadows, behind the Yardbirds’ incredible guitarists, including Page, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton.
While those guitar gods all became bigger stars after parting with the Yardbirds, Relf struggled to gain as much notoriety for his subsequent musical exploits. Still, he remained involved in the recording industry. After the band broke up, Relf and Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty teamed up for the folksy duo Together. Next, they formed progressive rock band Renaissance — although the outfit would have greater success with other lineups. Relf spent a lot of time producing other bands’ recordings in the ’70s, but found time to begin another prog rock group, Armageddon, in 1974.
Although Relf remained musically active in the late ’60s and ’70s, he was not always in good health. He had chronic asthma, which had nearly killed him on a few occasions, as well as emphysema. But on the fateful day that took his life, it was something entirely different.
While practicing guitar in his cellar, he stood on a gas pipe. Because the guitar was ungrounded, the electrical current resulted in a severe shock to his body. Reportedly, his electrocuted body was found by his eight-year-old son. Because the Relf family remained so private about his death, a rumor began to grow that the singer had been a victim of death by misadventure, foolishly playing an electric guitar in the bathroom.
In spite of being outlived and outshined by his former bandmates, Relf is remembered as the one of the indelible voices of the British Invasion. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Yardbirds in 1992.
See the Yardbirds and Other Rockers in the Top 100 Albums of the ’60s
Read More: 40 Years Ago: Yardbirds Singer Keith Relf Electrocutes Himself with a Guitar | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/yardbirds-keith-relf-death/?trackback=tsmclip
If
there’s any consolation to be taken from the tragic death of Keith
Relf, it is that he died doing what he loved: making music. The former Yardbirds frontman was playing an ungrounded guitar in his basement when he was electrocuted on May 14, 1976. He was 33.
Relf had been out of the spotlight ever since the Yardbirds had flown their separate ways in 1968 (leaving only guitarist Jimmy Page to lead the New Yardbirds, who would become Led Zeppelin). The blond frontman had been central to the band’s ’60s success, having formed the Yardbirds, co-written many of their hits and contributed wily harmonica to the group (not to mention his powerful howl). But rock ’n’ roll history relegated him to the shadows, behind the Yardbirds’ incredible guitarists, including Page, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton.
While those guitar gods all became bigger stars after parting with the Yardbirds, Relf struggled to gain as much notoriety for his subsequent musical exploits. Still, he remained involved in the recording industry. After the band broke up, Relf and Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty teamed up for the folksy duo Together. Next, they formed progressive rock band Renaissance — although the outfit would have greater success with other lineups. Relf spent a lot of time producing other bands’ recordings in the ’70s, but found time to begin another prog rock group, Armageddon, in 1974.
Although Relf remained musically active in the late ’60s and ’70s, he was not always in good health. He had chronic asthma, which had nearly killed him on a few occasions, as well as emphysema. But on the fateful day that took his life, it was something entirely different.
While practicing guitar in his cellar, he stood on a gas pipe. Because the guitar was ungrounded, the electrical current resulted in a severe shock to his body. Reportedly, his electrocuted body was found by his eight-year-old son. Because the Relf family remained so private about his death, a rumor began to grow that the singer had been a victim of death by misadventure, foolishly playing an electric guitar in the bathroom.
In spite of being outlived and outshined by his former bandmates, Relf is remembered as the one of the indelible voices of the British Invasion. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Yardbirds in 1992.
Read More: 40 Years Ago: Yardbirds Singer Keith Relf Electrocutes Himself with a Guitar | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/yardbirds-keith-relf-death/?trackback=tsmclip
Relf had been out of the spotlight ever since the Yardbirds had flown their separate ways in 1968 (leaving only guitarist Jimmy Page to lead the New Yardbirds, who would become Led Zeppelin). The blond frontman had been central to the band’s ’60s success, having formed the Yardbirds, co-written many of their hits and contributed wily harmonica to the group (not to mention his powerful howl). But rock ’n’ roll history relegated him to the shadows, behind the Yardbirds’ incredible guitarists, including Page, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton.
While those guitar gods all became bigger stars after parting with the Yardbirds, Relf struggled to gain as much notoriety for his subsequent musical exploits. Still, he remained involved in the recording industry. After the band broke up, Relf and Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty teamed up for the folksy duo Together. Next, they formed progressive rock band Renaissance — although the outfit would have greater success with other lineups. Relf spent a lot of time producing other bands’ recordings in the ’70s, but found time to begin another prog rock group, Armageddon, in 1974.
Although Relf remained musically active in the late ’60s and ’70s, he was not always in good health. He had chronic asthma, which had nearly killed him on a few occasions, as well as emphysema. But on the fateful day that took his life, it was something entirely different.
While practicing guitar in his cellar, he stood on a gas pipe. Because the guitar was ungrounded, the electrical current resulted in a severe shock to his body. Reportedly, his electrocuted body was found by his eight-year-old son. Because the Relf family remained so private about his death, a rumor began to grow that the singer had been a victim of death by misadventure, foolishly playing an electric guitar in the bathroom.
In spite of being outlived and outshined by his former bandmates, Relf is remembered as the one of the indelible voices of the British Invasion. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Yardbirds in 1992.
See the Yardbirds and Other Rockers in the Top 100 Albums of the ’60s
Read More: 40 Years Ago: Yardbirds Singer Keith Relf Electrocutes Himself with a Guitar | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/yardbirds-keith-relf-death/?trackback=tsmclip
Read More: 40 Years Ago: Yardbirds Singer Keith Relf Electrocutes Himself with a Guitar |
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/yardbirds-keith-relf-death/?trackback=tsmclip
Monday, January 16, 2017
Jack Teagarden - Jazz Maverick -- Tin Roof Blues
Jack Teagarden - Trombone....
Don Goldie - Trumpet....
Henry Cuesta - Clarinet....
Don Ewell - Piano....
Stan Puls - Bass....
Ronnie Greb - Drums....
Don Goldie - Trumpet....
Henry Cuesta - Clarinet....
Don Ewell - Piano....
Stan Puls - Bass....
Ronnie Greb - Drums....
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Sunday, January 15, 2017
Charile Parker and Miles Davis, New York, 1949 by William Gottlieb.
Charile Parker and Miles Davis, New York, 1949 by William Gottlieb.
A puppy takes a nap between some Russian soldiers, 1945.
Color photograph of French Anti-Aircraft Crew during World War One (Western Front; ca.1916-1918)
Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell leaving their handprints at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood, 1953.
1954 Marilyn Monroe married her second husband, baseball star Joe DiMaggio
Martin Luther King escorts a group of school children to their newly desegregated school (Mississippi, 1966)
Bruce Lee winning his best title ever- the Hong Crown Colony Cha-Cha Championship, 1958
Subway 1980, NYC
''My course is set for an uncharted sea.''
#Dante
Woman on a motorcycle, 1917
Mark Twain
Friday, January 6, 2017
The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin
One of the first official videos from "Nights In White Satin" in 1967.
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