This one hurts.  I grew up knowing so many of the Bee Gees early songs by heart.

The New York Mining Disaster 1941 was one of my favorites, and one of the most underappreciated:

Robin Gibb passed away today. He will be missed.

From Rolling Stone:

Robin Gibb, one-third of the Bee Gees, died Sunday...

I ran a long string of Jethro Tull / Ian Anderson Videos of the Day recently.

Thanks to reader Scott who just forwarded to me this video of Tony Snow in a duet with Anderson.

Anderson’s comments on Tony’s death in 2008 are here.

Lead singer of The Monkees has died at age 66:

A rep for the singer tells us Jones suffered a heart attack at his home this morning … and was transported to a hospital where he...

Reader and frequent photographer Danelle sends this email:

This link is for a young Texas group, The Ivey’s. “Lady Made of Stone” is the first video and single release for their new album. I’d spend a couple of paragraphs bragging on these kids, but their music speaks for  itself. The music they write is wonderfully complex...