For those who don't always make it over to ILE
RIP ILX poster Rickey Wright (aka "If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up")
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 21 February 2009 06:06 (seventeen years ago)
Sad, shocking news
I was thinking about starting this one myself, just in case. An absolute tragedy.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 21 February 2009 06:34 (seventeen years ago)
Thanx curmudgeon
― Kevin John Bozelka, Saturday, 21 February 2009 06:59 (seventeen years ago)
No problem. He was only 45. So sad.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 21 February 2009 16:32 (seventeen years ago)
he seemed younger from his posts. :(
― 's ain't etienne (Roz), Saturday, 21 February 2009 16:40 (seventeen years ago)
bump
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 22 February 2009 15:34 (seventeen years ago)
Seattle Times obit, quoting Matos among others:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/obituaries/2008771370_wrightobit22m.html
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 22 February 2009 15:41 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/blackplasticbag/2009/02/23/remembering-rickey-wright/
Nicole Arthur who knew Ricky in Virginia and edited him at the Washington City Paper remembers...
― curmudgeon, Monday, 23 February 2009 15:08 (seventeen years ago)
This is shocking. Rickey was a freelance music writer for the Richmond newspaper where I wrote obituaries around 1989 or 1990. We both did concert reviews subbing for the regular critic who didn't much want to stay up all night at Metallica or D.O.A. I often ran into him and his long coat at shows. We reconnected briefly through ILX a couple years back. Great guy. Excellent writer. So knowledgeable. RIP.
― Jake Brown, Friday, 27 February 2009 16:33 (seventeen years ago)