IT'S BEEN SO LONG
SINCE I'VE SEEN HER FACE
YOU SAY SHE'S DOING FINE
I STILL RECALL A SAD CAFE
I DID'NT WANT TO SAY GOODBYE
60's-70's (Classic Rock) / Late 70's -80's (Metal/Hard Rock)/ 50's -60's (Oldies)
IT'S BEEN SO LONG
SINCE I'VE SEEN HER FACE
YOU SAY SHE'S DOING FINE
I STILL RECALL A SAD CAFE
I DID'NT WANT TO SAY GOODBYE

Ian Hunter Patterson
(Born June, 3rd 1939)
is an English singer,
songwriter and musician.
He is best known
as the lead vocalist
of the rock band
Mott the Hoople
from its inception in 1969
to its dissolution in 1974,
and at the time of its 2009,
2013,
and
2019 reunions.
Hunter was a musician
and songwriter
before joining
Mott the Hoople,
and continued in this vein
after he left the band.
He embarked on a
solo career
despite ill health
and disillusionment with
commercial success,
and often worked in
collaboration with
Mick Ronson,
David Bowie's
sideman and arranger from
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
and the Spiders from Mars period.
Mott the Hoople
achieved some commercial success,
and attracted a small
but devoted fan base.
As a solo artist,
Hunter charted with lesser-known
but more wide-ranging works
outside the rock mainstream.
His best-known solo songs are
"Once Bitten, Twice Shy",
later covered by
Great White,
and
"England Rocks",
which was modified to
"Cleveland Rocks"
and then covered by
the Presidents of the United States of America,
and became one of the
theme songs
used for the American
TV series
The Drew Carey Show.
Charles Robert Watts
(June 2nd 1941 – August, 24th 2021)
was an
English musician
who was
the drummer
of
from 1963
until his death in 2021.
Peter Yarrow
(May 31, 1938 – January 7, 2025)
was an American singer
and songwriter
who found fame
as a member
of the 1960s
folk trio
Peter, Paul and Mary
along with
Paul Stookey
and
Mary Travers.
Born in Manhattan
in 1938,
he attended
New York's
High School of
Music and Art
as a teenager
and was then accepted at
Cornell University.
During his last year
at Cornell in 1959,
he began his
music career
as a student
guitar instructor there,
and after graduating,
met the manager
and impresario
Albert Grossman.
Grossman's idea of a
musical trio
eventually led to
Yarrow forming
a folk band with
Stookey and Travers.
Peter, Paul and Mary's
early hits included
"Lemon Tree"
and
"If I Had a Hammer",
which was followed by
their self-titled debut
studio album
in 1962.
Yarrow co-wrote
(with Lenny Lipton)
one of the group's
best known hits,
"Puff, the Magic Dragon"
(1963).
He was also involved
in the civil rights movement,
performing for the
March on Washington
and
Selma to Montgomery
marches.
Illness and death
Yarrow died from
bladder cancer
at his Upper West Side
apartment,
on
January 7, 2025,
after a month in
hospice care.
He was 86,
and was diagnosed
with the illness
four years prior.
John Simon Ritchie (May 10th 1957 – February 2 1979), better known by his stage name Sid Viciou s was an English musician, best know...