In drei Tagen, am Sonntag, den 20. Mai, endet wie angekündigt unsere Kartenverlosaktion für das einzige Madness Konzert in Deutschland 2012. Hier nochmal der Link zu der Aktion.

I was born and bred in Kingston, Jamaica and as a young boy aged nine or so I used to listen to a soul music radio station called WINC. They had a lot of live shows with people like The Impressions, The Temptations, The Drifters, James Brown, Clyde McPhatter and Jerry Butler. Of course they used to play a lot of English stuff too – Tom Jones, Lulu, Cliff Richard, Dusty Springfield – she was fantastic – and Matt Monroe just to name a few. I would listen to all these songs and be swept away, it was like being bathed in wonderful creative music all around.

Donald Dunn von Booker T. and The M.G.s ist tot. Via.

“Today I lost my best friend, the world has lost the best guy and bass player to ever live,” Cropper, his lifelong friend, wrote. “Duck Dunn died in his sleep Sunday morning May 13 in Tokyo Japan after finishing 2 shows at the Blue Note Night Club.” (UCR)

SAXOPHONIST Lester Sterling, the lone surviving original member of the Skatalites and Doreen Schaeffer, long-time vocalist with the pioneer band, have added their voices to the list of persons paying tribute to bass player Lloyd Brevett. Brevett, the band’s original bass player, died last Thursday in Kingston at age 80.