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.
60's-70's (Classic Rock) / Late 70's -80's (Metal/Hard Rock)/ 50's -60's (Oldies)
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.
MAKE YOUR OWN
KIND OF MUSIC
SING YOUR OWN
SPECIAL SONG
MAKE YOUR OWN KIND OF MUSIC
EVEN IF NOBODY
SINGS ALONG
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.
HOW SOFT YOUR FIELDS SO GREEN
CAN WHISPER TALES OF GORE
OF HOW WE CALMED
THE TIDES OF WAR
WE ARE YOUR OVERLORDS
YOU NEVER REALIZE THINGS YOU DONE TO MINE YOU NEVER REALIZE THINGS YOU DONE TO MINE SO I'M LEAVING YOU NOW, DARLING YES, THAT'S TH...