I don't think he ever recorded under his own name as leader. But he shows up on a long list of other people's recordings.
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Hugh McCracken, a virtuoso guitarist who was in such demand as a studio musician that he could afford to turn down Paul McCartney’s invitation to join the band Wings in 1971, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 70.
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
[S]he won the big arguments. She argued that inflation was a disease of money that could be cured by controlling the growth of the money supply alone, without suppressing incomes. During her premiership, inflation fell from a high of 27 percent in 1975 to 2.5 percent by 1986.
She believed that the political power of British labor unions had strangled enterprise and placed the country at the mercy of unelected barons. When she removed the legal immunities that protected unions from the financial consequences of their actions and overcame a yearlong strike organized by the hard-left leadership of the coal miners’ union, the employee days lost to strikes each year fell from 29.5 million in 1979 to 1.9 million in 1986.
She said that taxes were too high and brought the top rate down from 98 percent to 40 percent. She declared that the state should not be running British business and led the world in “privatization”—a word she found ugly but a concept she loved—selling off airlines, airports, utilities, and phone and oil companies to the private sector. In every case, her critics said that it could not be done. Yet, for better and for worse, she did it.
I say taxes for rich should go up, but come on, 98 percent? I think a leftie in the US would settle for 40%. I think left and right in the UK and the US have different scales.
"Fire cannot kill a dragon." -Daenerys Targaryen, Game of Thrones
Re: 2013 Dead Pool
[Re: klydon1]
#709377 04/09/1309:39 AM04/09/1309:39 AM
Despised her. Ruined the heavy industry and manafacturing in this country, also privatised everything so her and her cronies could make plenty of money whilst the working class lost everything. I know that in the old mining communities yesterday they were having parties to see her off!!!
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees!
And in breaking news i have just heard that even though Thatcher has only been in hell a day, she has already shut down all the furnaces and privatised sin!!!
The Devil is furious!!
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees!
And in breaking news i have just heard that even though Thatcher has only been in hell a day, she has already shut down all the furnaces and privatised sin!!!
The Devil is furious!!
Ha ha ha! So.....I'm guessing you are not a fan?
TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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[Re: BAM_233]
#709391 04/09/1310:20 AM04/09/1310:20 AM
She was the epitomy of decency despite sexually snied remarks made about her when she was Mickey Mouse Club member.
It was that Cubby who started those rumors, wasn't it?
Was Cubby the drummer for the Carpenters for a time in the 70's?
Well among all the mousketeers, she was the most ....developed...shll we say.
I know she was close friends with former mousketeer Sharon, and also she has a thing going on with Paul Anka for a while.
Cubby did play drums for the Carpenters, and of others, and I think was a session musician in LA for a long time. Don't know what happened to him. Bobby, a goofy looking tall guy was on Lawrence Welk back in the 70's.
Does anyone know what became of the other original mousketeers?
"Io sono stanco, sono imbigliato, and I wan't everyone here to know, there ain't gonna be no trouble from me..Don Corleone..Cicc' a port!"
"I stood in the courtroom like a fool."
"I am Constanza: Lord of the idiots."
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[Re: J Geoff]
#709393 04/09/1310:22 AM04/09/1310:22 AM
I know she was close friends with former mousketeer Sharon, and also she has a thing going on with Paul Anka for a while.
The song "Puppy Love" was written by Anka to woo her. True story.
But I don't understand that one. And I say this as a secure heterosexual male: Wasn't Frankie Avalon much better looking than Paul Anka? I mean, Anka went bald at twelve years old .
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
You'd think her song "Tall Paul" would be about Anka, but tall he ain't.
This is reaching waaaay back BUT does anyone remember Annette's solo song "Dio Mio?" Don't know why, but that song flashed thru my mind just now.
TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
This is reaching waaaay back BUT does anyone remember Annette's solo song "Dio Mio?" Don't know why, but that song flashed thru my mind just now.
Here you go, Tis. It comes on at 14:56 into the video. I couldn't find it alone, only as part of the full album (which was unfortunately one of the corniest odes to so called Italian music ever produced ).
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
That's the one but I remember the English version which was played on top 40 radio. Another Annette song off the top of my head, Pineapple Princess. If I'm not mistaken my sister and I actually had the first "Beach Party" soundtrack.
TIS
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"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
Wow TIS "Pineapple Princess" I havent thought about that one in years. I really liked Annette, but she was no John Lennon.
j
For sure!!! To me she is most remembered as a Musketeer
TIS
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"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
Re: 2013 Dead Pool
[Re: J Geoff]
#709701 04/10/1312:13 PM04/10/1312:13 PM
Test-tube baby pioneer dies, aged 87 Professor Sir Robert Edwards, whose work led to the world's first "test tube baby" in 1978, dies at the age of 87.
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Between The Law And The Mafia, The Law Is Not The Most To Be Feared
"What if the Mafia were not an organization but a widespread Sicilian attitude of hostility towards the law?"
"Make Love Not War" John Lennon
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[Re: DE NIRO]
#709704 04/10/1312:19 PM04/10/1312:19 PM
Wow TIS "Pineapple Princess" I havent thought about that one in years. I really liked Annette, but she was no John Lennon.
j
For sure!!! To me she is most remembered as a Musketeer
TIS
TIS my favorite Muskateer was D'Artagnian. Annette was my favorite Mouseketeer.
Ha ha ha!! You got me. What was I thinking? Good catch.
TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
Oh yea, I sure remember him, right down to the commercial in which he dressed like a woman. Forgot what the ad was for. Anyway, RIP
TIS
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"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
Re: 2013 Dead Pool
[Re: J Geoff]
#710153 04/12/1301:34 PM04/12/1301:34 PM
Winters was THE true comic genius of my lifetime. The only one who could even compete with him for that title is Robin Williams. Watching the two of them go off on a roadtrip while performing was an immediate flashback to the '60s for me.
IMO, Winters stole the movie, "Mad Mad World" and his tv roles had to be diluted for the medium but he was always fun to watch, and I will miss him.
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[Re: SC]
#710167 04/12/1303:32 PM04/12/1303:32 PM
Winters was THE true comic genius of my lifetime. The only one who could even compete with him for that title is Robin Williams. Watching the two of them go off on a roadtrip while performing was an immediate flashback to the '60s for me.
IMO, Winters stole the movie, "Mad Mad World" and his tv roles had to be diluted for the medium but he was always fun to watch, and I will miss him.
Indeed! Robin Willams is pretty darn good, but still falls behind Winters. Do you remember the Mork & Mindy episodes that teamed those two. It wasn't quite the improvisation or comedic fest that it was expected to be. But by then Winters was approaching 60 and the sitcom environemnt wasn't meant to showcase that duet.
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[Re: SC]
#710168 04/12/1303:35 PM04/12/1303:35 PM
Damn, I really enjoyed his performance in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. As far I know only a few are left from that great movie. Sid Caeser, Micky Rooney, and Jerry Lewis to name the ones that I know for sure.
Re: 2013 Dead Pool
[Re: SC]
#710169 04/12/1303:37 PM04/12/1303:37 PM
Poor Jonathan. RIP and thanks for the laughs. As fun as he was to watch, he was a very sick man, and was institutionalized twice for severe depression.
I think a leftie in the US would settle for 40%. I think left and right in the UK and the US have different scales. 
What was I thinking? Good catch.
