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#1 2010-02-02 12:33:33
- 4F Hepcat
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The Junky Genius Musician Thread.....
We all have them, musical heroes who are degenerative junkies incapable of holding down day jobs, relationships, feeding the family and even turning up to the gig on time. And yet, they seem to possess an ability to create sublime music, is it the junk, or the genius shining through?
My personal favourite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alUSx_X_za8
Chet Baker, who is yours?
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#2 2010-02-02 12:45:41
- Tim
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Re: The Junky Genius Musician Thread.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK_X1vCwnyY
Tubby Hayes
#3 2010-02-02 12:52:33
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Re: The Junky Genius Musician Thread.....
^Only 38 when he died, riddled with jaundice and heart bypass valves. H claims another sucker on the vine.....
Whose next?
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#4 2010-02-02 13:55:29
- ScarletStreet
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Re: The Junky Genius Musician Thread.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xISaCzXYYg8
Art Pepper.
The word degradation doesn't even cover half of it.
"All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it." -- H.L. Mencken
#5 2010-02-02 14:15:54
- sunra
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Re: The Junky Genius Musician Thread.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWjGtEmQ5Co
Gram Parsons whose voice I just absolutely love.
#6 2010-02-02 14:17:08
- ScarletStreet
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Re: The Junky Genius Musician Thread.....
Excellent choice.
"All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it." -- H.L. Mencken
#7 2010-02-02 15:18:43
- Riley Dee
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Re: The Junky Genius Musician Thread.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzFoZ-I6O-4
Bill Evans
Not a long term screaming junkie, but a junkie nonetheless.
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#8 2010-02-02 20:24:02
- Long_Playing
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Re: The Junky Genius Musician Thread.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_-rPHcH6_g
Sonny Clark.
#10 2010-02-03 01:49:02
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Re: The Junky Genius Musician Thread.....
Got to be Bird.
A man could spend the rest of his life trying to remember what he shouldn't have said.
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#12 2010-02-03 11:28:47
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Re: The Junky Genius Musician Thread.....
Well, I would also include the pianist Richard Twardzik who died too early in the game to be really noticed and another obvious one, Lee Morgan.
Beiderbecke ofcourse, drinking all that wood alcohol and turps.
Bird inspired many a man of the sax to turn to junk, Pepper was only one of them. Dexter had a go too. And Getz. And Mulligan, he continued to dabble, like Evans with coke until the end.
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#13 2010-02-04 00:36:43
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Re: The Junky Genius Musician Thread.....
Morgan the Pirate was shot, wasn't he...by a woman at Slugs.
Well, those were the good ol' days....when players knew how to f*ck themselves up properly.
Now we have vegetarian tee-totallers making music that's as 'clean' as they are.
Nobody smokes.
Nobody's pissed.
Nobody seems capable of making music soaked in sweat, stinking of nicotine and whisky, soiled, soulful, mean, angry, moving music...
Pah!
A man could spend the rest of his life trying to remember what he shouldn't have said.
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#14 2010-02-04 11:45:47
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Re: The Junky Genius Musician Thread.....
You're right Slim, but at least we still know how to get completely shit faced, if musicians don't.
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