Sheldonsoul Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 talkin to a mate of mine about don thomas(come on train) ,when he informed me he was shot in a robbery or something along those line is this true are there any other idols of our scene who have meet strange endings ? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Garethx Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Not the case at all, I'm happy to say. I'm pretty sure Tommy Potts, who's a member on here, has met him in the last couple of years in California. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
grantdyche Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Marvin Gaye springs to mind Grant Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Suzannek Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 (edited) James Sheppard of Shep and The Limelights and the Heartbeats doowop group murdered during a robbery in 1970. Sam Cooke shot in 1964 Suz x Edited June 26, 2009 by suzannek Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest loma 1 Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 one of the last recordings the late darrell (eu)banks would record before his untimely death in 1970 at the hands of an off-duty detroit police officer. "forgive me" was taken from banks' last album 1969's "here to stay" produced by don davis (hit producer for johnnie taylor) and released on the stax records sister label volt. recently soulfuldetroit.com set up a fund to purchase a grave marking for banks whose detroit cemetary plot went unmarked since his passing. fans and supporters gave graciously and enough money was raised for the marker. had banks lived only heaven knows how high his career would've soared,but since fate intervened that cold motor city winter day,one could only imagine Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 (edited) one of the last recordings the late darrell (eu)banks would record before his untimely death in 1970 at the hands of an off-duty detroit police officer. "forgive me" was taken from banks' last album 1969's "here to stay" produced by don davis (hit producer for johnnie taylor) and released on the stax records sister label volt. recently soulfuldetroit.com set up a fund to purchase a grave marking for banks whose detroit cemetary plot went unmarked since his passing. fans and supporters gave graciously and enough money was raised for the marker. had banks lived only heaven knows how high his career would've soared,but since fate intervened that cold motor city winter day,one could only imagine Wasnt said off duty officer also giving Darrell's missus one? Edited June 26, 2009 by Guest Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest hatman Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 I was told that is was John Bowie was shot during a robbery at a petrol station Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Crumb Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Lester Tipton was killed by a burglar Larry Williams shot dead & so was Tony Hester Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sheldonsoul Posted June 27, 2009 Author Share Posted June 27, 2009 Lester Tipton was killed by a burglar Larry Williams shot dead & so was Tony Hester well shocked by these Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sean Hampsey Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 (edited) Just going 'Off Topic' for a minute but l think that one of the Greek Philosophers (think it was Plato but could be wrong!)was killed when a tortoise hit him on the head!! Nope - he drank Hemlock and was poisoned. A Greek tragedy! Or was that Socrates? Aeschylus was killed by a Tortoise. Sean Edited June 27, 2009 by Sean Hampsey Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
John Elias Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Just going 'Off Topic' for a minute but l think that one of the Greek Philosophers (think it was Plato but could be wrong!)was killed when a tortoise hit him on the head!! right or left hook? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sean Hampsey Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 right or left hook? Neither. It Nutted him! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sean Hampsey Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 It's my second strongest subject... After Tortoiseology! Sean Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest s0ul45 Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 I'm led to believe that Johnny Ace of 'Pledging My Love' fame shot himself in the head in a game of Russian roulette!!! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest gfarrington Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 little willie john died after being beaten up in prison Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Suzannek Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 little willie john died after being beaten up in prison Did he, I thought he died in prison of pneumonia in 1968. I know he stabbed a bloke to death and had been convicted of manslaughter. Suz x Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Dave Turner Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 (edited) John Whitehead of McFadden & Whitehead was shot by dead two blokes in the street while he was working on his car. Edited June 28, 2009 by Dave Turner Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest stevejan Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Neither. It Nutted him! Must have been shell shocked...? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest stevejan Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 talkin to a mate of mine about don thomas(come on train) ,when he informed me he was shot in a robbery or something along those line is this true are there any other idols of our scene who have meet strange endings ? I thought he was run over by a train? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mark Oliver Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 (edited) Edited June 28, 2009 by littlestanley Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest isis Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Wasn't Bob Hamilton the brilliant producer and brother of Ronie Savoy and Al Kent murdrered? Remember reading it once but cant remember if he was shot or stabbed. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Supercorsa Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Wasnt said off duty officer also giving Darrell's missus one? Thought it was Mr Banks sleeping with the police officers wife, myself . Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sean Hampsey Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Anyway,talking of dying(as we obviously are), l would like to die in a comical way..I.E. Walking past some flats and a piano lands on my head.. OR... ....As a hero,saving a kid from drowning,burning to death etc.. These days you'd be more likely to die by walking past some flats and the kid lands on your head! Sean Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sean Hampsey Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Or trying to save a Burning Piano! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jaco Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Wasn't Bob Hamilton the brilliant producer and brother of Ronie Savoy and Al Kent murdrered? Remember reading it once but cant remember if he was shot or stabbed. He was shot in a drive by shooting in Detroit in 1969. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest posstot Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Went to a fancy Dress party once. I answered the door and a bloke was stood there giving some girl a piggy back....I said what have you come as then...The bloke replied a Tortoise....How do you work that one out?, i said.....he pointed to the girl on his back and said. This is Michelle!! I'll get me coat Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest proudlove Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Anyway,talking of dying(as we obviously are), l would like to die in a comical way..I.E. Walking past some flats and a piano lands on my head.. OR... ....As a hero,saving a kid from drowning,burning to death etc.. Shot in bed by a jealous husband---------------------------on my 100th birthday! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Gigs Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 was't Curtis Mayfield killed by a scaffolding pole falling on him,as he went by a construction site(already in a wheelchair)? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Gigs Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 l always thought that it was an an amplifier hit him on the head...Not trying to be funny here!! you could be right, but I seem to remember somthing about scaffolding falling on him somewhere .........sure it was on the news.....or it could be my hangover! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ian Parker Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 (edited) Curtis mayfield was hit by a lighting rig and died about 8 yrs later after on boxing day 99 , suffering diabetis and other illnesses. david ruffin dumped lifeless from a car, Jackie Wilson died after 8 yrs in a coma after collapsing on stage. Edited June 28, 2009 by soul-dancers Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Reforee Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 I think it was a lighting rig which fell on him while he was sound checking on stage? I have stayed away from Heavy Metal since TMiB Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Reforee Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Curtis mayfield was hit by a lighting rig and died quite some time later. david ruffin dumped lifeless from a car, Jackie Wilson died after 8 yrs in a coma after collapsing on stage. It was years after Jackie Wilson died that it became knowledge he was in an unmarked grave and Blues & Soul ran a fund to raise the money for a headstone, as he died virtually broke due to the medical bills All those records, songs etc and IMO the greatest singer of all time to be laid to rest without a headstone says a lot about the music industry if not society in general even all those years ago. Dave Halsall Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Gigs Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 It was years after Jackie Wilson died that it became knowledge he was in an unmarked grave and Blues & Soul ran a fund to raise the money for a headstone, as he died virtually broke due to the medical bills All those records, songs etc and IMO the greatest singer of all time to be laid to rest without a headstone says a lot about the music industry if not society in general even all those years ago. Dave Halsall Indeed he was a great singer\artist, did the Clash or sham 69 do some charity do's to pay some of his medical bills?and did David Ruffin hit Tammi Terrell on the head with a ball pien hammer or was it David porter(sam & dave)? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
soulpaul0 Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 was it the bloke off hello hello that was hit by scaffoling, shame its gone 12 oclock can't say good moaning Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Crumb Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Indeed he was a great singer\artist, did the Clash or sham 69 do some charity do's to pay some of his medical bills?and did David Ruffin hit Tammi Terrell on the head with a ball pien hammer or was it David porter(sam & dave)? Tammi Terrell's sister doesn't think Ruffin had owt to do with her death. Not sure about Dave (Prater), he may have done, she seemed to pick the wrong blokes, but she was allegedly beaten up by James Brown. Sam Moore claimed they split up because Dave shot his (own) wife. Dave was later killed in a car crash. Probably the most grusome death was Bobby Fuller who was pumped full of petrol for messing with a gangsters girl friend. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest alanbonthrone Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Rod Hull Fell Of His Roof Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
grant Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Rod Hull Fell Of His Roof Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Rob Wigley Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Wasn't Tony Clark shot dead over a gambling debt ? (no Wrong man jokes please) also myself and Tats were once told that "2 of the Natural 4 were shot because they were bad motherf***ers" Most of the Modulations were killed by rival gang members or drug dealers as well-(except Glenn Jones) In the words of Jerry Jackson "Its rough out there" Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Mrs M Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I thought he was run over by a train? Weren't that Bill Cosby??? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sheldonsoul Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 Weren't that Bill Cosby??? run over by a train as in come on train ha ha Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
barney Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 can anyone remember steve irwin got caught up in some sting Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Crumb Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Label owners Mike Hanks & "Diamond Jim" Riley both shot dead at Detroit nightclubs. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest stevejan Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 These days you'd be more likely to die by walking past some flats and the kid lands on your head! Sean A Greek tragedy? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest stevejan Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 I thought he was run over by a train? Just after 5.00 o'clock in the morning Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest east rob Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 i heard don thomas got run over by some idiot on a skateboard & crutches? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tabs Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Al Jackson shot. More info here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=1077909 And another Jackson, Johnny was stabbed. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Garethx Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 (edited) Are The Modulations on Buddah the same group as the one on Savoy (i.e. featuring Glenn Jones)? I have reservations about that. One group which was torn apart by crime and guns was The Rotations on DeBrossard. Edited July 1, 2009 by garethx Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sean Hampsey Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 (edited) Are The Modulations on Buddah the same group as the one on Savoy (i.e. featuring Glenn Jones)? I have reservations about that. No Gareth, as you suspect, they are not the same group. Buddah Modulations Lineup (Durham, North Carolina):- Larry Allen on Lead Vocals Hoyal Saunders - Tenor Harry A. Channelle - Tenor / Baritone Larry Duncan - Baritone Savoy Modulations Lineup (Jacksonville Florida): Glenn Jones Walter Givens Ronnie Jones Cheers Sean Edited July 1, 2009 by Sean Hampsey Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest gfarrington Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Rod Hull Fell Of His Roof did he still, have his arm up that birds a*se Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Suzannek Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 did he still, have his arm up that birds a*se trust you Gary Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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