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walkman

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Erik Braunn dead at 52
« on: July 28, 2003, 01:01:00 pm »
Iron Butterfly's guitarist, proving once again that drugs are bad.

ggw

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Re: Erik Braunn dead at 52
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2003, 01:06:00 pm »
So he was like 17 when In-a-Gadda-da-Vida was released?

walkman

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Re: Erik Braunn dead at 52
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2003, 01:08:00 pm »
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Originally posted by ggwâ?˘:
  So he was like 17 when In-a-Gadda-da-Vida was released?
yep.  I wish I was that cool.

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Re: Erik Braunn dead at 52
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2003, 01:08:00 pm »
He joined Iron Butterfly when he was 16 and toured with the heavy metal band from 1967 to 1969, when the group was enjoying its greatest success.

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Re: Erik Braunn dead at 52
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2003, 01:21:00 pm »
I will miss him more than Bob Hope....
 
 ....but that's because I'd prefer to listen to an Iron Butterfly record, which I like, than watch any Bob Hope shows, which I've never liked.
 
 If I offended anyone, I'm sorry, but it's the truth.

mankie

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Re: Erik Braunn dead at 52
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2003, 01:23:00 pm »
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Originally posted by Jaguär:
  I will miss him more than Bob Hope....
 
 ....but that's because I'd prefer to listen to an Iron Butterfly record, which I like, than watch any Bob Hope shows, which I've never liked.
 
 If I offended anyone, I'm sorry, but it's the truth.
Well there's at least two of us who didn't find Bob Hope in the least bit funny....I gatta tellya!

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Re: Erik Braunn dead at 52
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2003, 01:32:00 pm »
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Originally posted by Jaguär:
  I will miss him more than Bob Hope....
 
 ....but that's because I'd prefer to listen to an Iron Butterfly record, which I like, than watch any Bob Hope shows, which I've never liked.
 
 If I offended anyone, I'm sorry, but it's the truth.
Well there's at least two of us who didn't find Bob Hope in the least bit funny....I gatta tellya! [/b]
Thank God! We must be the only 2 on Earth. Phew!

walkman

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Re: Erik Braunn dead at 52
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2003, 01:42:00 pm »
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 Thank God! We must be the only 2 on Earth. Phew!
Make that 3.

jadetree

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Re: Erik Braunn dead at 52
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2003, 01:42:00 pm »
has anyone found him funny in the last 30 years?

Bags

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Re: Erik Braunn dead at 52
« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2003, 01:44:00 pm »
4 (or 5, if you count Pollard).
 
 Never thought he was funny, even as a wee girl with a less sophisticated wit.

mankie

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Re: Erik Braunn dead at 52
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2003, 01:44:00 pm »
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  has anyone found him funny in the last 100 years?
Not me or Jag...or walkman. (who better be prepared to change his mind if Paige likes him)

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Re: Erik Braunn dead at 52
« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2003, 01:46:00 pm »
What, you turn your back on Brit comedians?
 
 From the NY Times...
 
 The comedian, whose original name was Leslie Townes Hope, was born on May 29, 1903, in Eltham, England, the fifth of seven sons of William Henry (Harry) Hope, a stonemason with a weakness for drink. In reference to his famous profile, dominated by his ski-jump nose, Mr. Hope once commented that after his birth, "My mother thought the doctor had left the stork and taken the baby."

walkman

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Re: Erik Braunn dead at 52
« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2003, 01:47:00 pm »
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Originally posted by Robert Pollard:
  has anyone found him funny in the last 100 years?
Not me or Jag...or walkman. (who better be prepared to change his mind if Paige likes him) [/b]
Uh oh...will I have to choose between my sensibilities and my pirate lass?

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Re: Erik Braunn dead at 52
« Reply #13 on: July 28, 2003, 04:46:00 pm »
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell was pretty good, for a b-movie.  He was quite okay in Spies Like US.  And unlike Erik Braunn he went to Viet Nam.

paige

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Re: Erik Braunn dead at 52
« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2003, 05:19:00 pm »
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Originally posted by walkman:
  Iron Butterfly's guitarist, proving once again that drugs are bad.
woo! sXe for LIFE! hahaha