R.I.P. thread

Giantone · 09-22-2024, 09:16 PM

J.D. Souther R.I.P

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obitu...gles-ronstadt/

September 18, 2024 at 6:22 p.m. EDT
JD Souther, a songwriter who helped propel the country-rock movement of the 1970s with hits that he penned for the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor, and who found a burst of solo success with his song “You’re Only Lonely,” has died at 78.

He died at his home in New Mexico, according to an announcement posted on his website and dated Sept. 17. Other details were not immediately available. He was set to begin a tour with singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff on Sept. 24.

Mr. Souther grew up in Amarillo, Tex., immersed in music. His father, a former big band singer, ran a music store. The younger Souther forged his own career in Los Angeles starting in the late 1960s, becoming what the Songwriters Hall of Fame described as a “principal architect of the Southern California sound” that emerged the following decade

09-22-2024, 09:16 PM	#11
Giantone Gamebreaker Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 14,427	Re: R.I.P. thread J.D. Souther R.I.P https://www.washingtonpost.com/obitu...gles-ronstadt/ September 18, 2024 at 6:22 p.m. EDT JD Souther, a songwriter who helped propel the country-rock movement of the 1970s with hits that he penned for the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor, and who found a burst of solo success with his song “You’re Only Lonely,” has died at 78. He died at his home in New Mexico, according to an announcement posted on his website and dated Sept. 17. Other details were not immediately available. He was set to begin a tour with singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff on Sept. 24. Mr. Souther grew up in Amarillo, Tex., immersed in music. His father, a former big band singer, ran a music store. The younger Souther forged his own career in Los Angeles starting in the late 1960s, becoming what the Songwriters Hall of Fame described as a “principal architect of the Southern California sound” that emerged the following decade __________________ ....DISCLAIMER: All of my posts/threads are my expressed typed opinion and the reader is not to assume these comments are absolute fact, law, or truth unless otherwise stated in said post/thread.

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