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    Red face

    I went into Simple Minds site and indeed he has passed away. The site's community does not display dates and times of postings (I could not find it anywhere), I could not confirm if he passed away today or yesterday... Not much details are posted either.

    Sad news isn't it...

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    I heard he passed today, very sad.

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    Wow, first Robert Palmer and then Tony Thompson? Curse of The Power Station?

    Very sad news. I always loved Tony's playing. Can you hear Bonzo, Porcaro, Carlos, and Tony jammin' away? Now THAT would be cool!

    Danny

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    Plus Bernard Edwards passed away a few years ago too.

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    RIP, Tony.

    [img]frown.gif[/img]

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    A great shame, what a talent.
    Always loved the Bowie stuff he did.

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    I still can hear that one fill he had with a flam at the end that was the damn coolest fill I'd ever heard.

    He wrote the book on cool funk fills, IMO.

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    How sad. He'll be missed. I remember reading an MD interview with him and he said he idolized Bonham and Cobham. Interesting combo.
    I thought you guys might like this: www.moderndrummer.com/web_exclusive.asp?alt=100000213

    <font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ November 13, 2003 08:45 PM: Message edited by: Clintuplet ]</font>

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    Red face

    I remember trying to work on the intro he did for "Bang A Gong"-Power Station in high school. I also remember him backing Led Zepplin at Live Aid!

    Rest in Peace....................

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