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Topic: Johnny Grande RIP Return to archive
6th June 2006 11:57 AM
Ten Thousand Motels COMETS PIANIST DIES
Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network 2006-06-06 14:03:49 -

Pianist JOHNNY GRANDE, a founding member of BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS, has died in Clarksville, Tennessee. He was 75.
Grande, who passed away on 2 June (06), played piano on the 1954 classic ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK, which rocketed the band to fame.

Despite quitting the band in 1962 to teach music and run a Florida restaurant, he was keen to be a part of the world's oldest rock 'n' roll band when the five-piece reformed in 1987 with a new vocalist JACKO BUDDIN.
Their 2002 performance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England, received rave reviews as lead guitarist and octogenarian FRANNY BEECHER performed in stifling heat for their 90-minute set, while MARSHALL LYTLE finished with a flourish by throwing his upright bass over his shoulder.
6th June 2006 12:10 PM
Saint Sway they say things happen in threes. Vince Welnick... then Billy Preston... now Johnny Grande. WTF??? What a seriously bad week for piano players.
6th June 2006 08:23 PM
Ten Thousand Motels
quote:
Saint Sway wrote:
they say things happen in threes. Vince Welnick... then Billy Preston... now Johnny Grande. WTF??? What a seriously bad week for piano players.


I'm not superstitious. LOL. This guy Grande wasn't all that "important" in the history of rock n roll really as the Comets weren't all that important. However they were almost the first. Haley did break some ground.
6th June 2006 09:10 PM
Gazza
quote:
Saint Sway wrote:
they say things happen in threes. Vince Welnick... then Billy Preston... now Johnny Grande. WTF??? What a seriously bad week for piano players.


I bet Jerry Lee Lewis is shittin' himself....
6th June 2006 09:15 PM
Ten Thousand Motels
quote:
Gazza wrote:
I bet Jerry Lee Lewis is shittin' himself....


I doubt it. Jerry's too cool for all that. Nothing makes Jerry sweat....not even the fires of Hell.
6th June 2006 09:17 PM
MrPleasant
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Gazza wrote:


I bet Jerry Lee Lewis is shittin' himself....


I bet he's masturbating. Chuck Berry is the one with all the "inside scoop".
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