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Warm vocals, great singer - thanks for the music-

That's Ray Collins. RIP.

finger slipped on the "s"- sentiment is still the same. The original guys are pretty much gone now - Roy is in prison with no hope of parole, don't know where Elliot is.

Farewell Ray - loved your stuff

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The more I learn, the less I know.

Sad that another "Mother" is no longer with us.

RIP Ray.

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"The largest land mammal is the absent mind" (Don Van Vliet - 1971)

Try and imagine Ray Collins singing The Idiot Bastard Son ...

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The way I see it Barry, this should be a very dynamite show.

Ray always went his own way. A great singer and a free spirit.

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If we're dumb . . .
Then God is dumb . . .
(An' maybe even a little bit ugly on the side)

Sad news, I rocked both Freak Out and Cruising in his honor.

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RIP Ray

Aw damn, another one gone.

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Everytime we picked a booger we'd flip it on this one winduh. Every night we'd contribute, 2, 3, 4 boogers. We had to use a putty knife, man, to get them damn things off the winduh. There was some goober ones that weren't even hard...

wow - impressive -thanks

that was a really nice piece on Ray. Thanks for posting it.

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"The largest land mammal is the absent mind" (Don Van Vliet - 1971)

Another link to info regarding Ray Collins' death...



http://todayentertainment.today.com/_ne ... dies?lite=

I just logged onto Yahoo and the number one story trending was Ray Collins. Amazing!
I think ol' Ray himself would have been quite surprised by that...

I saw that too last night. It was at number 1. Yep! I was amazed at how many in the news media reported on his passing.

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"The largest land mammal is the absent mind" (Don Van Vliet - 1971)

Seems Motorhead is gone as well - this is sad. Motorhead's family seemed to be well liked in Lancaster, and would have get togethers on the weekend with the local teens, with quite a few Pachucos in attendance, Frank would show up, Donnie would appear occasionally. Motorhead's mom would serve tacos for everybody. Great little scene, according to Drumbo's book.
Anyone know where Elliot is at? He is the last one left of the originals - if you don't count Henry Vestine.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... s-20111228

I don't think that RS article is accurate when it says Motorhead was "classically trained". Motorhead was probably one of the least trained musicians FZ ever employed (not that he didn't make up for it in other ways). They may have been confusing him with Ian Underwood in that regard.

"The nickname "Motorhead" was coined by fellow Mothers member Ray Collins, who observed that Sherwood always seemed to be working on repairing cars, trucks or motorcycles, and joked that "it sounds like you've got a little motor in your head".
---- James, Billy (1998). Necessity Is...: The Early Years of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention

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Stay with me flagrantly and we'll have ecstasy for all eternity.

Ray's rhythm & blues leanings were the sweet audio aroma that enticed me to go deeper when I first encountered Zappa's music, and reading about his later years provided a lot of inspiration (and even a little insight!) to a young man such as myself.

Found this Ray tribute on Youtube.

Anyway The Wind Blows



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySv1KuuIE84

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RIP Ray , I can't believe , when I heard it .

I thought the same

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"drums are too noisy, 'n you've got no corners to hide in"

agree, that was nice to read.

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