Today the Music Died

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As much as possible and as often as I can remind myself, I try to be positive. I really do. My Sunday mornings are often spent delving into some especially good music, selected from my "reserve stock". This Sunday morning turned to shock instead. Today the music died. IMHO one of the greatest videos ever to grace our wonderful internet is no more. The youtube show is gone. Seems just like life itself, no man knows the hour - so you'd better enjoy. At first I thought no way, let me type something else. Then I felt the knot in my stomach and I knew. It'll take me a while to get over this. I'm not interested in knowing why, who's right, who's wrong. Don't tell me I can still listen, of course I still will. I can only hope that I'm all upset about nothing. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place and a member is about to reply and save my day, maybe it'll reappear one fine day, maybe it'll be released for sale (please). But for now, just let me grieve - today the music died.

Nothing lasts forever. Hopefully no one smashed your mandolin with a fire poker :)

I was thinking : February 3, 1959 .. in Iowa, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died ...

Take two aspirin and log on in the morning.

I just got way ahead of myself. Thanks for not remembering what I said.

benny

It's somewhere....

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Originally Posted by mandolin breeze

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As much as possible and as often as I can remind myself, I try to be positive. I really do. My Sunday mornings are often spent delving into some especially good music, selected from my "reserve stock". This Sunday morning turned to shock instead. Today the music died. IMHO one of the greatest videos ever to grace our wonderful internet is no more. The youtube show is gone. Seems just like life itself, no man knows the hour - so you'd better enjoy. At first I thought no way, let me type something else. Then I felt the knot in my stomach and I knew. It'll take me a while to get over this. I'm not interested in knowing why, who's right, who's wrong. Don't tell me I can still listen, of course I still will. I can only hope that I'm all upset about nothing. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place and a member is about to reply and save my day, maybe it'll reappear one fine day, maybe it'll be released for sale (please). But for now, just let me grieve - today the music died.

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The planet will continue to orbit the sun. There must be more then dozen videos of Rice and Grisman around?

This one?

https://youtu.be/_4FpqrNcbk4

From the vid: The strings on the Martin guitar are ‘silk wrapping on a steel core’
-sweet! :))

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Originally Posted by bennyb

I just got way ahead of myself. Thanks for not remembering what I said.

benny

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Except I do remember and spent a few minutes trying to figure out if you knew something I didn't. I won't tell anyone.

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Originally Posted by Jim Garber

This one?

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No Jim G. It was the entire VIDEO of the show from which the CD was taken - nearly 2 hours long. Not an audio recording of a different show posted to YT. Maybe one day this treasure will reappear, until then the world is a little darker.


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Originally Posted by mandolin breeze

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today the music died.

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Overdramatic much?

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Originally Posted by GDAE

Overdramatic much?

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Does that mean you never saw it?
If not, too bad; it was awesome. So much good picking, and such a good angle on TR's right hand.
Come on, Acoustic Disc, do the Pizza Tapes number and give it a legit release!

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Originally Posted by Kanotex

Does that mean you never saw it?

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I'll take a stab at it and say it means they read the original post.

No, it means calling a video vanishing from Youtube "the day the music died" seemed a bit... over the top.

Simple answer.......I would suggest The Band - Music From Big Pink or Doc Watson - Memories.......I guarantee in writing either will quickly become your new personal favorite....

If not, I can suggest another 4,987,652 other recordings that are just as good!

Problem solved.

I'll keep my eye open for a This Day in History reference a year from now. :)

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Originally Posted by GDAE

No, it means calling a video vanishing from Youtube "the day the music died" seemed a bit... over the top.

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I was reading the original post as being exaggerated a wee bit for effect.
It is a really good video, though, definitely one of my Youtube favorites.

"Fare thee well, my own true vid."

Perhaps there is a lesson to be gleaned from this curious string? To wit, when you see a video that could be an extinction level event (aka ELE) it would make sense to download your own copy of it? Pretty easy to do. And as a bonus you could be saving the planet.