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RIP Kate McGarrigle


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Been a tough couple of months for the music biz.

 

She was part of a certain musical royalty. I read that in spite of her illness she gave a three hour performance recently.

 

Happy trails, Kate.

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There was no mention of Cal Smith here, but then again he was siginficantly older than Kate. This is again fairly sobering, since Kate was only a few years older than I am now. Really sad and again an indication of how short life can be.

 

LouieB

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Very sad indeed. My dad and stepmom raised their children in the west side of Outremont in Montreal, where Leonard Cohen, the McGarrigle sisters and the Wainwrights are indeed considered as local royalty. Kate was a wonderful singer, songwriter, and person.

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I saw Loudon a couple months ago at the Infinity Music Hall in Norfolk, CT and he was great. He seemed a little put off that the place was only half full(and this place is tiny), but by the end of the night he was gregarious and having a lot of fun. After, he had a glass of wine and mingled.

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It is kind of strange that this thread got so little traffic....even if the McGarrigles weren't people's thing, Rufus and Martha have sure gotten big....

 

LouieB

 

I frankly wouldn't have known who she was if it weren't for those two. I'm a fan of all the younger Wainwrights these days, including their half-sister Lucy.

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I frankly wouldn't have known who she was if it weren't for those two. I'm a fan of all the younger Wainwrights these days, including their half-sister Lucy.

And without Linda Ronstat having a hit single with Heart Like a Wheel, none of us may have heard of them.

 

LouieB

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