Joe Cocker...R.I.P.

2014 is the largest year for fallen artists i've ever lived through.
I hope that 2015 will be the one with rising ones.

Loved the guy, especially his earlier work. Sad day.

I saw Joe at Fillmore East and again at Woodstock in the summer of '69, during his first U.S. tour. At the Fillmore, he opened, IIRC, for Jefferson Airplane and blew everyone away w his singing AND his unusual gyrations, which I always interpreted as "spastic air guitar". Wikipedia says "Onstage, he exhibited an idiosyncratic physical intensity, flailing his arms and playing air guitar."

What a talent. It was great when he finally got sober and was able to return to the make music on a regular basis. Considering how he partied in the 60s and 70s, it's pretty near a miracle that he lived to be 70 y.o. R.I.P.

I had a few words with him on a ferry from Germany to Denmark many years ago, he sang a tune for the folks on deck and seemed like a nice guy.
RIP Joe