Terry Reid


  It probably won’t get much attention, but the great white soul shouter Terry Reid just died. Most famous for passing on joining both Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, his first late 60s records hold up really well, with some great originals like “Speak Now” (later covered by Cheap Trick) and cool takes on Donovan and Sonny & Cher. The later stuff veered more into Van Morrison spacey-folk territory and the songs were less memorable, but he had tremendous range as a singer and is one of those guys who deserves posthumous fame.

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From the movie The Departed:

Jack Nicholson's character, Frank Costello, is in a bar. He asks a guy how is his mother.
He answers, "Ah, she's on her way out."

Cotello responds, "We all are. Act accordingly."