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davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck
Post Number: 10356 Registered: 5-2002
| Posted on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 8:53 am: | |
Nick Ashford, of Motown's Ashford and Simpson, passed away yesterday. |
serialnumber12
Senior Member Username: serialnumber12
Post Number: 911 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 9:08 am: | |
He wrote some Major Hit records! |
tubeperson
Intermediate Member Username: tubeperson
Post Number: 196 Registered: 5-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 11:13 am: | |
He and his wife were also very charitable. I attended the Patti Austin concert, which was recorded for CD at the Bottom Line. They were in the audience and ended up donating $10,000 to find a cure for AIDS in Ms. Austin's honor. Patti Austin was incredible, (Zev Katz on bass) and you should check out her imitations of Michael McDonald aka Anita Baker (had to be there to understand the situation, reproduced on the recording). |
funkyjazzjunky
Senior Member Username: funkyjazzjunky
Post Number: 705 Registered: 5-2007
| Posted on Saturday, September 03, 2011 - 1:09 pm: | |
He knew how to write a song ("Found a Cure", "Is it Still Good To Ya") and always put on a great show |