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SleeplessinSoCal

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32. Sue the bastards!!!

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Sun Feb 21, 2021, 08:21 PM

Feb 2021

It's cruel and unusual given there were weather forecasts and warnings of polar vortex.

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Canned Heat / Fabulous Thunderbirds keyboard player Gene Taylor froze to death in Austin [View all] Dennis Donovan Feb 2021 OP

Sad. Very sad. n/t Laelth Feb 2021 #1

Man, what a loss...what a way to go...peace be with you in your travels beyond... wcmagumba Feb 2021 #2

Whoa .. marble falls Feb 2021 #3

Your Surmise Seems Right! ProfessorGAC Feb 2021 #4

For unverified accts, I look to see who follows them. Dennis Donovan Feb 2021 #5

Got It! ProfessorGAC Feb 2021 #16

Oh no.. Mike 03 Feb 2021 #6

So, so sad... cayugafalls Feb 2021 #7

Oh NO! NO NO. flying_wahini Feb 2021 #8

Sad Rustyeye77 Feb 2021 #9

Terrible jpak Feb 2021 #10

Damn! But he was only 53. How did a 53-year-old freeze to death? Hortensis Feb 2021 #11

He was 68. n/t Tom Yossarian Joad Feb 2021 #15

Oh, I must have had the wrong source. I'm 68. And now I'm Hortensis Feb 2021 #21

Hypothermia (or Hyperthermia for that matter) DENVERPOPS Feb 2021 #17

This Ferrets are Cool Feb 2021 #31

Indeed, and you may think you're safe if you are in above freezing temps TexasBushwhacker Feb 2021 #35

He looks much older than 53, IMO... Maybe health problems that we liberalla Feb 2021 #19

A healthy 11 year old in TX froze to death. n/t pnwmom Feb 2021 #34

That's terrible! BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #12

That really sucks. Wake up TX. Please. Or y'all "Goin' Up the Country" the hard way. n/t Evolve Dammit Feb 2021 #13

No kidding. calimary Feb 2021 #43

If there's a rock and roll heaven, they got a hell of a band. Evolve Dammit Feb 2021 #45

On the Road Again multigraincracker Feb 2021 #14

Saw Canned Heat years ago at the Winthrop Rhythm and Blues festival ismnotwasm Feb 2021 #18

A sad loss. ancianita Feb 2021 #20

He, also, played with The Blasters.. Tikki Feb 2021 #22

Very sad. None of this had to happen. The people in Texas managing the powergrid, Politicub Feb 2021 #23

I want to see Reeps pay for all of this. ananda Feb 2021 #38

Still nothing in the Austin Chronicle, that's surprising. marble falls Feb 2021 #24

See this -- BumRushDaShow Feb 2021 #28

Pretty bad when the 360 section gets on it before the Austin Chronicle, but sad news. marble falls Feb 2021 #41

Oh, how sad. Poor man. crickets Feb 2021 #48

Loved Canned Heat and the T-Birds orangecrush Feb 2021 #25

Oh no! This is terrible. yardwork Feb 2021 #26

Republicans bdamomma Feb 2021 #27

be kind to your neighbors onethatcares Feb 2021 #29

My feelings are huge. So much sorrow for this tragedy. Quite a bit of shock and rage. n/t KatK Feb 2021 #30

Sorrow, shock and rage. Yeah that pretty much sums up the last four years. Welcome to DU! Evolve Dammit Feb 2021 #46

Sue the bastards!!! SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2021 #32

RIP Mr. Taylor Liberal In Texas Feb 2021 #33

... littlemissmartypants Feb 2021 #36

Though 5000 miles away, this is hitting close to home, all the same DFW Feb 2021 #37

video..talented man Demovictory9 Feb 2021 #39

He's a master on the keyboard. Bluepinky Feb 2021 #40

+1 dalton99a Feb 2021 #50

😢 UpInArms Feb 2021 #42

I can still remember seeing Canned Heat when I was living in California, and hearing the turbinetree Feb 2021 #44

That must have been amazing. I wanna go back, big time. Thanks for sharing that. Evolve Dammit Feb 2021 #47

It was a time in my life were we were listening to Wolfman Jack turbinetree Feb 2021 #49

the Wolfman! Now I really want to go back! Evolve Dammit Feb 2021 #51

Saw Canned Heat in 1971 PlanetBev Feb 2021 #52