More dead musicians...

What the heque's going on in the local music-going community that noone I know went to the Celtic Fiddle Festival and thus could have told me earlier of the death of Johnny Cunningham?

I was introduced to Silly Wizard in HS (by a teacher I keep hoping will show up at Baitcon someday, actually) and had the great good fortune to get to see them 3 times (maybe 4?) before they broke up. I also got to see Relativity once or twice. Johnny was an AMAZING fiddler. I hadn't seen much of him in the past...10? years, but I'd heard talk of some problems and recovery from same. I was always happy know he was out there and that I'd get to see him again eventually.

<sigh>

More dead musicians...

What the heque's going on in the local music-going community that noone I know went to the Celtic Fiddle Festival and thus could have told me earlier of the death of Johnny Cunningham?

I was introduced to Silly Wizard in HS (by a teacher I keep hoping will show up at Baitcon someday, actually) and had the great good fortune to get to see them 3 times (maybe 4?) before they broke up. I also got to see Relativity once or twice. Johnny was an AMAZING fiddler. I hadn't seen much of him in the past...10? years, but I'd heard talk of some problems and recovery from same. I was always happy know he was out there and that I'd get to see him again eventually.

<sigh>

Vinyl

So, this morning I posted about Johnny Cunningham.

Soon thereafter I determined that I had no Silly Wizard or Relativity or any of Johnny's other projects on CD.

Today, I finally hooked up my turntable, so as to be able to listen to the Silly Wizard and Relativity and other of Johnny's projects I have on vinyl.

Now I /really/ want a small phono pre-amp, a much larger disk on my laptop, and a cd burner to take all of my vinyl and get it in to digital formats.

I also need a Vinyl->LJClientOTD shim. :)

Vinyl

So, this morning I posted about Johnny Cunningham.

Soon thereafter I determined that I had no Silly Wizard or Relativity or any of Johnny's other projects on CD.

Today, I finally hooked up my turntable, so as to be able to listen to the Silly Wizard and Relativity and other of Johnny's projects I have on vinyl.

Now I /really/ want a small phono pre-amp, a much larger disk on my laptop, and a cd burner to take all of my vinyl and get it in to digital formats.

I also need a Vinyl->LJClientOTD shim. :)