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Yail Bloor
 Post subject: Donald "Dead" Dunn
PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2012 8:39 am 
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Dern. RIP


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/1 ... 12572.html

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 Post subject: Re: Donald "Dead" Dunn
PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2012 4:59 pm 
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One of the best ever. At least he went in his sleep on the road. Gigged til the end.

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 Post subject: Re: Donald "Dead" Dunn
PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2012 5:31 pm 
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Just saw this on twitter. That's a bummer. Unheralded, but dang that bass playing.

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Yail Bloor
 Post subject: Re: Donald "Dead" Dunn
PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2012 6:55 pm 
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One of the best ever. At least he went in his sleep on the road. Gigged til the end.


Yeah, man. A real live influence.

"Chicken wire?"

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Elvis Fu
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RIP "Second Shooter"

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Yail Bloor
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RIP "Second Shooter"



LOL, first thing Loogs said today. You guys are ghouls.

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 Post subject: Re: Donald "Dead" Dunn
PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2012 9:03 pm 
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Elvis Fu Wrote:
RIP "Second Shooter"



LOL, first thing Loogs said today. You guys are ghouls.


Oh man. Some jokes are so good they really never die.

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PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2012 8:23 am 
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Damn.
RIP, Duck.

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Cap'n Squirrgle
 Post subject: Re: Donald "Dead" Dunn
PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2012 10:50 am 
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Noooooooo. Fuck. Gonna be a long time til someone can fill those shoes.

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 Post subject: Re: Donald "Dead" Dunn
PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2012 11:04 am 
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yep, one of the best bassists ever.

some of the footage of him (and steve cropper) on the stax european tour is incredible.
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PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2012 2:37 pm 
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This really bums me out.

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