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| From | jchasin@nyc.rr.com |
| Subject | Re: Chris Whitley - R.I.P. |
| Date | Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:55:31 -0500 |
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I've always loved the Malcolm Burn-produced Living With the Law.
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael McCartney <michaelmccartney@yahoo.com>
Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 4:36 pm
Subject: Chris Whitley - R.I.P.
> First we lost Link Wray and now the passing of Chris Whitley. Too
> young. Here's the story that appeared in FMQB:
>
> Singer/songwriter Chris Whitley, whose last album, Soft
> Dangerous Shores, was released in July, passed away from lung
> cancer on November 20. He was 45. On Whitley's official Web site,
> his daughter Trixie wrote, "I would like to make it clear that the
> people he needed and loved the most were with him when he left in
> peace. I would also like to ask you to understand there is a very
> fine line between Chris Whitley the legendary musician and Chris
> Whitley the father, brother and lover." His brother Dan wrote, "I
> hope you all will mourn my brother's death, but more importantly,
> celebrate his life as Chris was all about life and living. I
> started the celebration by cranking up [1998's] Dirt Floor in his
> honor." Billboard says a new release from Whitley, Reiter In, is
> due in mid-December on vinyl and will appear on CD sometime next
year.
>
>
> Aloha,
> Michael McCartney
> KEAO / KONI / KPMW / KTOH
>
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> http://www.burnlounge.com/thetimemachine
> http://www.myspace.com/thetimemachineradioshow
>
> now playing: "Letter To God" - Sheryl Crow
>
>
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