By now you know the Queen of Soul is dead. Fuck. There's no replacing her. Gone. That's enough to make it Shit Week. To make matters worse a friend of mine passed away two days ago. Suicide. He was the nicest guy, around the scene for decades. A music freak, mechanically minded, artistic, and selfless, big in the local chapter of Amnesty International. The type of guy that you'd see at shows, or at a taco stand, random places over the years and just assume that everything's ducky. I never saw him angry, sad, or distraught. Then out of nowhere, gone. That one I cannot wrap my head around. He wasn't irrational, or a substance abuser (even when many of us were), always level headed. It just doesn't seem possible. Needless to say I've been a bit distracted the last day and a half.
Tim, my friend that passed, was a roots guy. One band I associate him with is the Blasters. So here's some Blasters. If you need an Aretha fix, check this post from a couple days ago.
~ NOTE: ALL MEDIA IS HOSTED BY THE BLOGS & SITES NAMED BELOW ~
Listen: The Blasters - Red Rose mp3 at AM Then FM
The Blasters - Dark Night mp3 at ATumblr (?)
The Blasters - Marie Marie (streaming) at YouTube OG Rollin' Rock version
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