Acker Bilk Dies

Jimbuna · 11-03-14, 03:23 PM

Not his greatest fan but I did admire a lot of his music.

RIP Bernard

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29874053

Sailor Steve · 11-03-14, 03:26 PM

My mom had at least one of his albums when I was a teenager. Otherwise I probably wouldn't have know who he was.

vienna · 11-03-14, 06:35 PM

I remember Acker Bilk mainly from my childhood and mainly because I had seen his LPs in music stores in San Francisco. Jazz music, of all types, was very, very big in San Francisco and I also heard a few of his recordings on the radio, There was, apparently, a pretty good sized following in the Bay area judging by the number of LPs available...

It was a good indicator of a performer's talents when they had the reach to affect listeners in countries overseas in the 50s and 60s, in a very much pre-internet, pre-music video era...

RIP, Mr. Bilk, and don't let them trade-in your clarinet for a harp...

<O>

ReallyDedPoet · 11-03-14, 07:27 PM

RIP....

BossMark · 11-04-14, 01:31 AM

Same as Jim said

RIP

11-03-14, 03:23 PM	#1
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Acker Bilk Dies Not his greatest fan but I did admire a lot of his music. RIP Bernard http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29874053 __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	My mom had at least one of his albums when I was a teenager. Otherwise I probably wouldn't have know who he was. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

11-03-14, 06:35 PM	#3
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I remember Acker Bilk mainly from my childhood and mainly because I had seen his LPs in music stores in San Francisco. Jazz music, of all types, was very, very big in San Francisco and I also heard a few of his recordings on the radio, There was, apparently, a pretty good sized following in the Bay area judging by the number of LPs available... It was a good indicator of a performer's talents when they had the reach to affect listeners in countries overseas in the 50s and 60s, in a very much pre-internet, pre-music video era... RIP, Mr. Bilk, and don't let them trade-in your clarinet for a harp... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

11-03-14, 07:27 PM	#4
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,884 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	RIP.... __________________ Back in the Day

11-04-14, 01:31 AM	#5
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	Same as Jim said RIP __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now