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Music / Musik » alt.fan.frank-zappa » If Vince Welnick and FZ be playin' keyboards in hebbin'.....
| If Vince Welnick and FZ be playin' keyboards in hebbin'..... [message #278419] |
So, 04 Juni 2006 00:47 |
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According to the San Jose Mercury News he _probably_ committed suicide
yesterday...
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| Re: If Vince Welnick and FZ be playin' [Boesendorfers] in hebbin'..... [message #278438 ] |
So, 04 Juni 2006 20:18 |
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The Real Hoodoo, not the loser who forges his identity wrote:
> Hasi said the following:
>
>> According to the San Jose Mercury News he _probably_ committed suicide
>> yesterday...
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> Vince Welnick -- musician in Tubes, the Dead
>
> Carolyn Jones, Chronicle Staff Writer
> Sunday, June 4, 2006
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/04/ BAGOUJ89201.DTL
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> Vince Welnick, a keyboardist who possessed a fluid and precise style and
> played with the Tubes, Todd Rundgren and the Grateful Dead, died Friday
> in Sonoma County at the age of 55.
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> The cause appears to be suicide, Sonoma County sheriff's department said.
>
> Mr. Welnick, whom friends called a gentle and sensitive man, was
> classically trained and spent hours practicing each day. Although he was
> a member of the Dead for just five years, until the band folded after
> the death of guitarist Jerry Garcia, he left an indelible mark on his
> bandmates.
>
> "He was a good soul, a very sweet guy," said band spokesman Dennis
> McNally. "He was also an exceptionally competent keyboardist."
>
> In a statement posted on its Web site, the band said, "His service to
> and love for the Grateful Dead were heartfelt and essential. He had a
> loving soul and a joy in music that we were lucky to share. Our Grateful
> Dead prayer for the repose of his spirit: May the four winds blow him
> safely home."
>
> Mr. Welnick was born in Phoenix, where he started playing piano as a
> kid. He and friends put together a garage band called the Beans, which
> became the Tubes when they moved to San Francisco in 1969.
>
> "Thank God for rock 'n' roll, because it was a place for all us skinny
> artistic kids to go when it was 115 degrees outside and we didn't fit in
> anywhere else," said Michael Cotten, a member of the Tubes who designed
> many of the band's album covers and elaborate stage shows.
>
> The Tubes toured constantly, and their rowdy antics and energetic shows
> -- which integrated rock music, video technology and outlandish costumes
> and sets -- earned them a devoted following. The band recorded more than
> a dozen albums and scored hits with "White Punks on Dope" in 1975 and
> "Talk to Ya Later" in 1981.
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> "It was an amazing time. We played everywhere, and I don't think Vince
> ever missed a show," said Tubes vocalist Fee Waybill. "But even with all
> the success, we were still a hippie band from San Francisco. We all
> lived together, traveled on the same bus, shared everything."
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> Throughout his time with the Tubes, Mr. Welnick also played with Todd
> Rundgren.
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> Mr. Welnick auditioned for the Dead in 1990 after keyboardist Brent
> Mydland died of a drug overdose. He was among a handful of musicians who
> sought the job, and he immediately impressed the band.
>
> "He just magically appeared, and he had the attributes they were looking
> for," McNally said.
>
> Mr. Welnick cherished his years with the Dead and thoroughly appreciated
> both the tradition and hoopla of Deadhead lore and of the band, McNally
> said.
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> His soulful, high harmony vocals and classical training were a good fit
> for the band, and his "moment to shine" came whenever the band played
> the Who classic "Baba O'Riley," which begins with an instantly
> recognizable keyboard passage, McNally said.
>
> It "opens with one of the most amazing riffs in rock 'n' roll," he said.
> "Vince was great at that."
>
> Mr. Welnick was devoted to his craft and spent hours a day practicing
> for most of his life, friends said. He was especially proud of his
> Boesendorfer piano, which is the piano equivalent to a Stradivarius violin.
>
> "His fingers just flew on that thing," Cotten said.
>
> Mr. Welnick was close to Garcia, and when the guitarist died of a heart
> attack in 1995, Mr. Welnick fell into a deep depression.
>
> "He was extremely shattered by Jerry's death and was very frank about
> it," McNally said.
>
> Still, Mr. Welnick continued to perform and write. He formed the band
> Missing Man Formation and performed with Ratdog, a band featuring Dead
> guitarist Bob Weir and bassist Rob Wasserman.
>
> One of the highpoints of his post-Dead career came in April 2005 when
> the Tubes had an impromptu reunion at the Rio Theater in Santa Cruz.
>
> Five of the original members were playing, and Waybill invited other
> alumni. They all wound up onstage, playing together.
>
> "It was amazing, like walking on air," said Cotten, who is working on a
> Tubes documentary.
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> "The place was packed. People went nuts," Waybill said. "It was a great,
> great night. Vince was always up for things like that. He was really
> excited about playing with the Tubes again."
>
> And so it was that Mr. Welnick's death came as such a shock.
>
> "A few of us were just talking about Vince today and about the
> incredible music he brought us," Cotten said. "What they call chops,
> that's what Vince had. That's what we want to remember."
>
> Mr. Welnick's death is the latest in a string of recent tragedies for
> the Dead. Three other members of the band's extended family have died
> since May 17 -- crew member Lawrence "Ram Rod" Shurtliff, drummer Hamza
> El-Din and road manager Jonathan Riester.
>
> He also is the fourth of the band's five keyboardists to die, after Ron
> "Pigpen" McKernan, Keith Godchaux and Mydland.
>
> "It's not a happy history," McNally said. "Each one of these guys had a
> fragility, which isn't that uncommon for musicians."
>
> Mr. Welnick is survived by his wife, Lori Welnick.
>
That's too bad. I LOVED the Tubes.
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| Re: If Vince Welnick and FZ be playin' [Boesendorfers] in hebbin'..... [message #278464 ] |
Mo, 05 Juni 2006 02:02 |
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Big Al Tomatoes wrote:
>> Although he
>> was a member of the Dead for just five years,
I'd say he just signed a long-term extension.
R
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| Re: If Vince Welnick and FZ be playin' keyboards in hebbin'..... [message #278467 ] |
Mo, 05 Juni 2006 04:18 |
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The Tubes first 2 lps & live feature awesome intricate Prog~Rock
moments.
Will miss ya,
Y.W.
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