Mjazz Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 An amazing way to go: Jane Little, worlds longest-serving orchestra musician, collapses and dies performing Theres No Business Like Show Business with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane hugo Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 thought this was going to be about something else. http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18paduvaalvuxgif/ku-large.gif http://blip.fm/invite/WorkRelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 That is a great story. Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Wright Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Rest in Peace Jane. Well done. If we all could have such a life story. "I cried when I wrote this song Sue me if I play too long" Walter Becker Donald Fagan 1977 Deacon Blues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cphollis Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Wow. Want to make your band better? Check out "A Guide To Starting (Or Improving!) Your Own Local Band" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Wade Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 That's incredible. I know people will miss her, and my condolences to her family, but in my opinion, that is a very cool way to go out. Doing something you love, and one of three ways I wouldnt mind "checking out" during. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humannoyed Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 What a great story! Thanks for sharing! Her life's story is even more interesting than her final exit. Still to "die with your shoes on", doing what you love is a great way to go compared to the many alternatives. For myself, hope my final number is something with a little more depth than There's No Business Like Show Business. "It is a danger to create something and risk rejection. It is a greater danger to create nothing and allow mediocrity to rule." "You owe it to us all to get on with what you're good at." W.H. Auden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yannis D Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Amazing story Be grateful for what you've got - a Nord, a laptop and two hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernorSilver Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Agreed - inspirational. http://www.afm.org/uploads/image/im/2015/August/7242015webpic13.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OB Dave Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Wow, what a great story. Rest in peace, Jane. I think the only other dying-in-the-saddle case I can think of odd hand is Country Dick Montana who died of a heart attack onstage. He was only 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidF Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Louis Vierne has a pretty good story (via wikipedia): "Vierne suffered either a stroke or a heart attack (eyewitness reports differ) while giving his 1750th organ recital at Notre-Dame de Paris on the evening of 2 June 1937. He had completed the main concert, which members of the audience said showed him at his full powers"as well as he has ever played." Directly after he had finished playing his "Stele pour un enfant defunt" from his 'Triptyque' Op 58, the closing section was to be two improvisations on submitted themes. He read the first theme in Braille, then selected the stops he would use for the improvisation. He suddenly pitched forward, and fell off the bench as his foot hit the low "E" pedal of the organ. He lost consciousness as the single note echoed throughout the church. He had thus fulfilled his oft-stated lifelong dreamto die at the console of the great organ of Notre-Dame." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Drummer Nick Menza, formerly of Megadeth dies during third song of the fusion band Ohm's first set Sat night at the Baked Potato in Studio City, CA. 51 years old. Ohm's previous drummer died of a heart attack a year ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudyS Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Drummer Nick Menza, formerly of Megadeth dies during third song of the fusion band Ohm's first set Sat night at the Baked Potato in Studio City, CA. 51 years old. Ohm's previous drummer died of a heart attack a year ago. Yeah, really sad. I think Nick Menza was a great drummer... Rudy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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