Our Daily Dead

Over at The Rock Radio web site we read that “…Denny Doherty who was an original member of the Mamas & the Papas, died on Friday (January 19th) at his home in Mississauga, Ontario. Doherty, who was 66 years old, had been battling some unspecified health issues late last year and underwent surgery last month, which forced him to begin kidney dialysis treatments.”

“His groupmate Michelle Phillips is also in disbelief. She talked to Doherty last Thursday (January 18th) and said, ‘He was extremely funny and jovial as always, and he was just my same old Denny. I’m still in shock that he didn’t survive this.’ Phillips is now the sole surviving member of the Mamas & the Papas — ‘Mama’ Cass Elliot died in 1974, and John Phillips went in 2001.”

“Denny Doherty began his career in a group called the Colonials, which became the Halifax Three. While in that group, the husband-and-wife team of John and Michelle Phillips heard Doherty sing and invited him to join the group they were forming, along with Cass Elliot. They rose to fame in 1966 with their first single, ‘California Dreamin,’ and had continued success with hits including the Number One ‘Monday, Monday,’ and the Top Five hits ‘I Saw Her Again,’ ‘Words Of Love,’ ‘Dedicated To The One I Love,’ and ‘Creeque Alley,’ and five other Top Forty singles. However, the run ended in 1968, when the group broke up because Elliot wanted to go solo.”

“Following the breakup of the Mamas & the Papas, Doherty launched an acting career in Canada, and he also did all the voices for the children’s TV series Theodore Tugboat. In addition, he wrote a biographical play about the Mamas & the Papas titled Dream A Little Dream that had successful runs in Toronto and off-Broadway in New York City.”

~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com

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From the OC Register comes word that

Brent Liles, early Social Distortion bassist, was killed by big rig in Placentia California.

Liles played bass on the group’s groundbreaking “Mommy’s Little Monster” recording in 1983 and went on to play with other well-known Orange County punk acts such as the group Agent Orange. He was 43.

“Brent was a fun-loving guy who approached his bass playing with a lot of enthusiasm and that made him a lot of fun to be around,” said Frank Agnew, a fellow musician and friend.

Liles, wearing casual clothing, was riding a small dirt bicycle westbound on Orangethorpe Avenue just after 11:30 a.m. Thursday, California Highway Patrol officials said.

As he entered the crosswalk at the Orange (57) Freeway, a big rig carrying a trailer turned right onto the on-ramp and accelerated, hitting Liles. He was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.

The driver, Javier Lopez of Rancho Cucamonga, was turning on a green light. He was not immediately cited, CHP officials said. The crash is still being investigated.

~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com

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There are things to do in Denver when you aren’t dead. Check into the new Tribal Paths: Colorado’s American Indians, 1500 to Today exhibit for example.

Or if you find yourself in Philly, then head into the Philadelphia Museum of Art to see Thomas Eakins’ The Gross Clinic exhibit. The museum PR says “The Gross Clinic, acclaimed as the greatest American painting of the nineteenth century, has been an icon of Philadelphia since it was painted in 1875.”

Omaha? You’re in Omaha? Well, try the Omaha Old Market then. Pick us up some steaks too while your there will you?

What about spending time in Fargo? Try visiting the Trollwood Park at Broadway/37th Ave. N. Our birthday(s) are due soon so get us a bangle or two will you?

There you stood
on the edge of your feather,
Expecting to fly.
While I laughed,
I wondered whether
I could wave goodbye,
Knowin’ that you’d gone.

~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com

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