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49. It was a time in my life were we were listening to Wolfman Jack

Mon Feb 22, 2021, 08:26 PM

Feb 2021

coming out of LA and his AM dial, and then when he was sending his tapes down into Mexico to be broadcast on the AM Dial, FM was just coming out. Or going and listening to concerts, working on the Air Force base packing groceries to buy my first car, it was amazing, it was literally American Graffiti...........your welcome

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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