RIP - Music related

Dusty Hill of ZZ Top.

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The article is four years old. Dusty Hill died in 2021.

I don't want to beat a dead horse bass player, but...

Joseph Michael (Dusty) Hill, musician, singer and songwriter, born 19 May 1949; died 27 July 2021

ETA: We don't want his widow to start grieving again.
 
I neglected to post this one back in January. Before Dolly hit it big, there was a group of very talented women who followed the footsteps of Kitty Wells to the stage of the Grand Ole Opry during the 60s. Skeeter Davis, Jan Howard, Goldie Hill, Jean Shepherd…all are gone. With the loss of Melba and now Jeannie Seely, Connie Smith is about the only one left of that generation. :(
 

Dohnanyi’s father and uncle were part of the resistance movement that attempted to kill Adolf Hitler. For their part in those unsuccessful plots, they, along with several other family members, were arrested and sent to concentration camps during World War II. All of them were executed in different camps on April 9, 1945, weeks before Hitler committed suicide and the Germans surrendered.

Dohnanyi initially intended to do his part for justice in Germany by becoming a lawyer. But he had studied music seriously as a child in an extended family whose descendants had been closely associated with Brahms, Liszt and other 19th-century musical masters. Instead of law, Dohnanyi decided to pursue a career as a conductor.

I would say he made the right choice. :judge:
 
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