Recent Posts Tagged With 'tribute'

• Patrick Swayze: 1952-2009 RIP

  Posted on Tuesday September 15th, 2009 at 08:00 in Cancer, tribute, patrickswayze

  Image via WikipediaLast year, Patrick Swayze was diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer. Survival rates for this form of cancer are poor, and despite a valiant fight, Swayze lost his battle passing away yesterday at the age of 57.  He continu...

• Senator Edward Kennedy: 1932-2009

  Posted on Wednesday August 26th, 2009 at 08:29 in Democrats, Cancer, tribute, ted kennedy

  Image via WikipediaNearly two weeks ago, when they had the funeral for Eunice Kennedy Shriver, I thought it was notable that Senator Ted Kennedy was not in attendance. I remember thinking that it told us a lot about the condition of Kennedy in his b...

• Les Paul: 1915-2009

  Posted on Thursday August 13th, 2009 at 20:24 in guitar, tribute, les paul

  Image via WikipediaWhen I started playing guitar in my teen years, my first guitars were acoustic, a standard 6-string guitar and a 12-string guitar. They were great and a lot of fun. However, I always aspired to rock out and go electric. There we...

• Music Monday-Tim McGraw "If Your Reading This"

  Posted on Monday August 10th, 2009 at 06:00 in military, tribute, music monday

  My choice for Music Monday is dedicated to those who have served in the military & paid the ultimate sacrifice and the families they leave behind. Tim McGraw and "If Your Reading This."Come join Music Monday and share your songs with us. One simp...

• Walt Disney

  Posted on Sunday July 12th, 2009 at 11:32 in walt disney, tribute, mickey mouse, epcot, disney world

  Image by JeffChristiansen via FlickrIt is always good to come back home after being away from the family for a business trip. So today, for my only full day off before having to go back into the office tomorrow, is going to be a lazy day thinking ab...

• Farrah Fawcett & Michael Jackson RIP

  Posted on Thursday June 25th, 2009 at 19:15 in Culture, music, tribute

  It is a rather sad day for me today. Two entertainment icons from my youth passed away today, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson.Farrah lost her battle with cancer, passing away today at the age of 62. She came to prominence with her starring role ...

• Dan Seals:1948-2009

  Posted on Thursday March 26th, 2009 at 20:13 in music, tribute

  On Wednesday, singer Dan Seals passed away due to complications from cancer.During the 1970's when soft rock was dominating the pop charts, Dan Seals was England Dan of England Dan & John Ford Coley. The duo had several hit songs including "I'd ...

• The Day the Music Died

  Posted on Tuesday February 3rd, 2009 at 19:23 in music, tribute

  February 3, 1959.  It has been 50 years since the day the music died.  Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Vallens, three of rock-n-rolls biggest stars at that time died in an airplane crash.  It was a little more than two years before I was b...

• Meet the Beatles-45th Anniversary

  Posted on Tuesday January 20th, 2009 at 17:47 in music, beatles, tribute

  Meet the Beatles was one of, if not the first, album I ever owned was released 45 years ago today. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine released the top 500 rock albums of all time, and rated Meet the Beatles as #59 all time. Here are The Beatles with "...

• Sammy Baugh- 1914-2008

  Posted on Thursday December 18th, 2008 at 16:22 in nfl, tribute

  Hall of Fame quarterback Sammy Baugh passed away yesterday at the age of 94. He was the last surviving member of the inaugural class of the NFL Hall of Fame. Baugh began his NFL career in 1937 as a member of the Washington Redskins. He played in an e...

• On The Third Day of Christmas DRT Gave to You

  Posted on Monday December 15th, 2008 at 23:01 in christmas, tribute, twelve days

  On the first anniversary of his passing, Dan Fogelberg "Same Auld Lang Syne"...