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08-22-2011, 10:13 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Metro St. Louis | | | Nick Ashford, RIP
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This really makes me feel old! 
RIP, Ashford & Simpson were a wonderful duo in every sense of the word. I had the pleasure of seeing them live when they were in their prime. 
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08-23-2011, 07:45 AM
|  | Funkify your Life | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Bucket, RI. | | | R.I.P Nick. |
08-23-2011, 07:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Frederick, Maryland | | Just read this.
RIP, Nick.
I'm still young... but, i was raised on Motown.
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08-23-2011, 08:52 AM
|  | Johnny and Joe | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago | | | A huge loss, I was shocked when I heard this.
He deserves his own thread, but another great songwriter passed yesterday as well--Jerry Lieber of Lieber & Stoller.
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08-23-2011, 08:55 AM
|  | That's the way uh huh uh huh I like it.. | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Robbinsville, NJ | | RIP, the music world just lost another great one... That guy was truly an amazing songwriter.
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08-23-2011, 09:50 AM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | Wow lame. I know some of his songs. Good stuff for sure.
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08-23-2011, 10:46 AM
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Applications Engineer, QSC Audio | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Costa Mesa, Calif. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by GregC A huge loss, I was shocked when I heard this.
He deserves his own thread, but another great songwriter passed yesterday as well--Jerry Lieber of Lieber & Stoller. | I was, too, when I saw it on the TV news last night. Nick Ashford and Jerry Leiber in the span of about a day. Here's to the great songs they spun out! |
08-23-2011, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by GregC A huge loss, I was shocked when I heard this.
He deserves his own thread, but another great songwriter passed yesterday as well--Jerry Lieber of Lieber & Stoller. | I just started a thread for Leiber in Misc. - you're right; they both deserve it. The contributions of Ashford/Simpson and Leiber/Stoller are staggering. |
08-23-2011, 11:57 AM
| | | | I was gonna start a thread on this, but I was beaten to the punch. RIP.
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08-23-2011, 04:05 PM
|  | Trying to keep it on the 1. | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The Bay. | | | RIP Nick. Thank you for sharing your life with us thru your music. |
08-23-2011, 04:08 PM
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08-23-2011, 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Strohsx Do people die of anything but cancer these days? | Infectious diseases are handled fairly easily most times, and things like cancer, heart disease, diabetes are by products of living longer for many people.
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