Anyone got Acker Bilk in their pool

BBC News - Acker Bilk: legendary jazz clarinettist dies aged 85

Another lost musical genius ....

watched Acker Bilk live summer of 1964 double billed with Freddy & the Dreamers.

Absolutely bloody fantastic

My wife to this days bursts tears to 'Stranger on the shore'. We still have the 45 record

Perhaps if you bought something more up to date to listen on like a CD player

Oh. No. Sad.

S

85 isn't a bad run though, the trick is to be old and still be healthy. Look at poor Zsa Zsa.

Warren Clarke

That's a shame. Regardless of Heritage's somewhat snotty obit I liked D&P. Didn't see red riding but I may look for it on dvd in tribute.

colourful character

Ian Mclagan of The Small Faces.

Jeremy Thorpe.

I thought he'd carked years ago.

Speaking of this thread, I was thinking we should get the spreadsheet for 2015 set up... Not sure if Pretty Flowers is still around, but I'll happily volunteer for doing the 2015 one!

It may not be worth it.

We seem to have a talent for making people immortal.

I've got a fiver on Gordie Howe quite soon, though. That means he will never croak.

Hahaha Gordie Howe is on my 2015 list as well, haha.

FRom looking at the 2013 thread, things were a bit more, uh, lively (pun intended)... 2014 we were all pretty abysmal.

Apparently Axl Rose died yesterday .... But no it was a hoax . Why do people do that ?

I hear oboes.