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Dan Peek, founding member of the band America has died.

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Probably not even a blip on the radar for most people these days, but I've been a huge America nerd since the 70s.  America was Gerry Beckley, Dan Peek, and Dewey Bunnell.  Impossible to quantify the number of times I've listened to their music, or how often I still do.  It's in fairly regular rotation. 

The greatest hits album (below) is my default motorcycle maintenance music.  I keep a copy of it in my old CD player out in the garage for days when I'm out there doing oil changes and such.

Since it's the only album of theirs that I have on my work machine, I will loop it today. In fact, I'm listening to it now. RIP, Mr. Peek.  You're part of the soundtrack of my life.

 

Side note;  The cover was drawn by Phil Hartman, the comedian.

For the unwashed;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIycEe59Auc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSAJ0l4OBHM

 

 

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Now he rides to heaven on a horse with no name?

(the only America song I could think of)

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Who are you, Sarah Palin?

Not every great person was a founding-  uh- 

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Oh sorry. Misunderstood the title.

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I forgot to say: "In before the deliberate misreading of the admittedly confusing thread title."

;-)

I enjoy America as well. I should pick up their Greatest Hits. I seem to think I have an LP of theirs...

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Point taken, fellas.  Fixed (I hope).  ;-)

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It is weird and so sad when pivotal figures of your life (who you never meet) stop doing the currently alive thing.

I was cooking the dinner the other day and a wave of sadness hit me when I remembered Elizabeth Sladen's death a few months back.

The website for her show is still up (some episodes still await broadcast) and I can watch any of her Doctor Who episodes whenever I want so surely it shouldn't impact little old me as those were the ways I knew her.

But it still did.

Keep on rockin and biking and I'm sure the bees are America fans too so play them a tune while you are looking after those buzzy ladies in their striped dresses.