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Replacement Replacement Drummer Dies
Deaths in Music
Steve Foley, Aug. 23: The bespeckled drummer from Minneapolis will always be known as the replacement Replacement for his brief tenure after Chris Mars left the beloved band in 1990. His death at 49 is being attributed to an accidental prescription drug overdose. He appeared in one video for the band, the visually quirky 'When It Began,' pictured.
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LeRoi Moore, Aug. 19: As a founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, Moore's saxaphone playing helped propel the band's sound to major success. He was 46.
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Pervis Jackson, Aug. 18: Jackson provided the deep bass that was the foundation of The Spinners' many soul hits. He lost his battle with brain and liver cancer at age 70.
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Isaac Hayes, Aug. 10: He branched out from his early start in soul music to help influence the sound of funk and disco. He also won an Oscar for his iconic Number One hit 'Theme From Shaft.' Hayes was 65.
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Robert Hazard, Aug. 5: He wrote the Cyndi Lauper classic, 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,' and later had a hit with 'Escalator of Life' before revving up country outfit The Hombres. The Philly icon died after a brief illness. He was 59.
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Esbjorn Svensson, June 14: The visionary Swedish pianist, beloved by fans worldwide for his efforts to marry rock-inspired electronics with traditional jazz, died while scuba diving near Stockholm. He was 44. His trio, E.S.T., had just completed their 12th album.
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Jerry Wexler, Aug. 15: Quite literally the father of "rhythm and blues" -- he coined the term and produced the genres finest talents like Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and Wilson Pickett while holding court at Atlantic Records in the 1950s and 1960s. He was 91.
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Danny Davis, June 12: The man responsible for bringing horns to country music, who played at the inaugurations of Presidents Nixon and Reagan, died of a heart attack at Nashville's St. Thomas Hospital. He was 83.
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Bo Diddley, June 2: The rock 'n' roll pioneer, whose signature beat bears his name and has influenced generations of guitarists, died in Florida after months of ill health.
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Don Helms, Aug. 11: And so passes the final member of Hank Williams' iconic band, the Drifting Cowboys. The pedal steel master, seen with wife Hazel this year, played on nearly every Hank Sr. classic, as well as hits for Patsy Cline and Lefty Frizzell. He was 81.
Tom Uhlenbrock, St. Louis Post-Dispatch / MCT
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SJW0314
11:50 AMAug 29 2008
How can any one "Accidently" overdose on pills??? He was 49 for gosh sakes...he had to of known taking a hand full of pills couldnt be a good thing!!
Only1elodia
11:14 AMAug 29 2008
It was an accident i tell ya! An unforseen event! How is he suppose to know that 5 pills would put him on cloud nine?
CybCoyote
10:22 AMAug 29 2008
Dcrashman26: I couldn't agree with you more. While it's a tragedy that individuals with that much talent have that little sense of self-preservation, it can't be regarded as an 'accident' to abuse pharmaceuticals to the degree that they actually kill you. Rest in peace, but maybe next time around you'll have intelligence to go with all that nervous energy.
Dcrashman26
11:11 PMAug 29 2008
I'm really not wanting to make light of any sort of tragedy...but what the hell is with all the 'ACCIDENTAL' crap?!?! Heath Ledger 'ACCIDENTLY' OD'd, this guy ACCIDENTLY ' OD'd... anyone else see a pattern? My question lies in who is in denial of what. It is such a shame that we lose these people of such incredible talent so early because of something so stupid, and I understand spin, but what do you think is going to happen? If you look at a prescription medication, and you see what it tells you on the side of the bottle, and you hear what your doctor tells you can happen if you mix and match, and you choose to do so anyway...at what point does 'ACCIDENT' become 'PURPOSEFUL'? I'm truly not hating and it's a shame to see another one go, but no one thinks that it will happen to them until it DOES happen to them. Just another statistic and a write up in Entertainment Weekly. Not the way anyone should choose to go. Be at peace.
SixxgunMick
10:55 PMAug 29 2008
WTF????? Must be a VEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYY slow news day....
Echoheightsinc
08:18 PMAug 29 2008
Maybe we will be having a Foley/Ledger Brokeback moment in movie star/junkie heaven.
pote207
06:52 PMAug 28 2008
Anybody who belieces it was ACCIDENTAl should stand on their head.
Johnny8thechalk
05:39 PMAug 28 2008
Saw him play with what was left of the Replacements in the Late 80's, maybe even 1990. Was solid as a rock and sounded great. Wasn't the sloppy sound that the 'Mats used to have, but that's not a bad thing. My gf was friends with Bob Stinson when he died, very sad to lose our punks before their time.
Dlemmens
05:07 PMAug 28 2008
"Accidental" ... same as "bridge for sale".
DanogJ42003
03:40 PMAug 28 2008
Never heard of this band, but I was born in '85 and at the age of 5 my musical tastes were pretty bland. This guy has a striking resemblance to Andy Dick not only in looks but vices as well. Accidental my @$$!!! If it was accidental the doctor would be sued for millions of dollars for overprescribing his patient.
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