http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/arts/music/26jones.html?em
Heart attack at age 74. One of 3 main Motown drummers
― curmudgeon, Friday, 27 March 2009 13:19 (sixteen years ago)
Mr. Jones joined the Funk Brothers around 1963 after touring with Marvin Gaye, and plays on Gaye’s “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” the Temptations’ “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg,” the Miracles’ “Tracks of My Tears,” Jimmy Ruffin’s “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted,” and Gaye and Tammi Terrell’s “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” among many other songs.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 27 March 2009 13:20 (sixteen years ago)
:( Time to watch "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" again. Frankly, the tom roll that begins "Ain't Too Proud To Bed" is a greater moment than most drummers can hope for in their entire careers.
― lolling through my bagel (Pancakes Hackman), Friday, 27 March 2009 13:46 (sixteen years ago)
Oh man, RIP :(
― moe greene dolphin street (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 27 March 2009 14:07 (sixteen years ago)
just watched this like a million times since i heard:
r.i.p.
― there's a big metaphor going on in which pussy is medicine (a hoy hoy), Friday, 27 March 2009 14:32 (sixteen years ago)