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Topic: Chris Ethridge passes on |
Herb Steiner
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Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 23 Apr 2012 7:16 pm |
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I just heard from some friends in LA that Chris E., bassist for the Burritos, Int'l Submarine Band, Willie Nelson, and many others passed away today at age 65. Apparently he'd been ill for some time. Another sad song.  |
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Bob Blair
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 23 Apr 2012 10:51 pm
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| Sad news indeed. |
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Ted Smouse
From:
Austin, Texas USA
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Posted 24 Apr 2012 10:55 am
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| I just heard of this today. This is indeed sad. Man, we are just losing so many talented and important people to our music. This is not good. |
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Dave Harmonson
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Seattle, Wa
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Posted 24 Apr 2012 11:04 am
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Yes very sad. Chris also co-wrote two of my favorite Gram songs, Hot Burrito #1 and She. Both with beautiful chord progressions from Chris.
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Janice Brooks
From:
Pleasant Gap Pa
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Posted 24 Apr 2012 6:03 pm
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| Thanks for the suggestion |
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Chris Boyd
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Leonia,N.J./Charlestown,R.I.
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 25 Apr 2012 7:39 pm
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| Man, this last several weeks has been just depressing. That was a great article, Joachim. This just makes me sad, Chris was one of the good 'uns. RIP, Chris. |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 26 Apr 2012 7:46 am
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Yeah, it's been pretty tough lately with the great ones we've lost. Astute comments below in the L.A. Times from Chris Hillman and Booker T. Jones. I think Hillman nails it about the songs, particularly for me "Hot Burrito #2."
Rest in peace Chris.
"Here's what people don't know or don't remember," Hillman told The Times on Monday. "Three of Gram's greatest songs were co-written by Chris: Those would be 'Hot Burrito #1,' 'Hot Burrito #2" and 'She.'
"I've always said Gram Parsons' greatest recorded vocals were those two ['Hot Burrito'] songs," Hillman said. "Maybe it's my opinion, but I was there and I know I never heard him sing better than he did on those two songs. He just nailed 'em."
"Chris is a big loss," said Booker T. Jones, the influential Memphis organist and bandleader of Booker T. & the MG's, who met Ethridge after both moved to Los Angeles. Jones, also a co-writer of "She," later drafted Ethridge to play in the group that backed Nelson on his massively successful 1978 pop standards album "Stardust."
"He was happy to be in the background," Jones said. "He supported Willie really well. He had an innate knowledge of music, and really understood what notes to play. He was one of those people that you didn't have to worry that he was going to play a wrong note. It wasn't going to happen."
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Curt Langston
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Posted 1 May 2012 6:21 am
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| Just curious, any relation to Melissa Ethridge? |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 1 May 2012 6:42 am
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Her last name is spelled "Etheridge."
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Posted 6 May 2012 7:16 am
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Just came across this in the May 7, 2012 issue of "Time:"
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