His talent will be missed....

www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30582761

Early memories of his Woodstock performance still amaze me.

Been playing a bit of his stuff of late. His grainy vocals never changed, and in fact got better with age. I often wondered how he didn't pop a blood vessel with the way he sang - he always gave it his all. RIP

One of the greatest. RIP.

This one was posted in another thread a few weeks ago.
Such a great performance

Joe Cocker was one of the greatest performers this world has seen !!

saw him at the SMM bowl in melbourne during one of his low points , but still managed to entertain .

his records were some of the first in my collection .

RIP Joe

My faves on the "real music" thread, serious loss, his real name, John Robert Cocker, the Joe came later.

I read a tribute yesterday, (forget who it was by) but one of the things he said was that Joe Cocker had an amazing ability to do a cover of a popular song, put his own stamp on it (i.e. completely change the way it was phrased/sang) and make it so much better than the original.

"With a Little Help From my Friends" above is a classic example.

one to remember

Hear da man!!