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Gloomy Tunes
Gloomy Tunes: Ralph Carney, RIP
Ralph Carney, who died Saturday following a fall earlier this week, is one of those…
Gloomy Tunes: The Smithereens, “House We Used To Live In”
Yesterday, Obit got the sad news that the Smithereens Pat DiNizio died at 62. Pat…
Gloomy Tunes: Ike Turner
Merle Ginsberg reminded me that yesterday was the anniversary of Ike Turner’s death. Now given…
Gloomy Tunes: Sam Cooke, “End Of My Journey”
As Merle Ginsberg reminded us, today’s the anniversary of Sam Cooke’s somewhat unseemly murder. So…
Gloomy Tunes: December 8, 1980
If our innocence was stripped when John Kennedy was killed in 1963, that scar was…
Gloomy Tunes: The Kinks—”Where Are They Now?”
As a kid, I never really had any idea who Christine Keeler, who died Monday…
Gloomy Tunes: “Last Kiss” Wayne Cochran, RIP
We’d be kicking ourselves here at Obit, if we didn’t take a moment to remember…
Gloomy Tunes: Happy Birthday, Jimi Hendrix!
Jimi Hendrix, arguably the greatest guitarist on this or any planet, would have turned 75…
Gloomy Tunes: Tommy Keene, RIP
This one hits hard. Tommy Keene, a fine singer/songwriter and a true gentleman, died Wednesday…