In Memoriam Of Great Artists Who We Lost Recently (R.I.P.)

In this livestream I discuss artists some of the great artists we lost recently.
Robbie Robertson, Sinead O'Connor, Tony Bennet, Burt Bacharach and David Crosby.

[@aaronshah2611]

0:49 Audio starts here.

[@dipdo7675]

Hahahahaha I thought it was my phone!! Rebooted it 5 times before saying “hmmm…let’s check the comments”!! Hahahahaha

[@13thAMG]

@@dipdo7675 Me too. I rebooted everything! 🤣🤣

[@trevordoolan5011]

The Boot was on the other Foot...

[@christophermoody6840]

He's gotta figure this out eventually.... Like dude... You got over 3 million subs and this is still an issue of the beginning of a video or live stream watching someone's mouth move and not being able to hear anything. C'mon already,

[@high_plains_drifter]

Old man...? 😅😉

[@renemies78]

Rodriguez also died today. He was 81. The documentary "Searching for Sugarman" was made about him. I saw him opening for Brian Wilson at the Hollywood Bowl and he was incredible. Rest in peace to all we've lost this year so far.

[@ekayaniperforms]

❤ oh his music is amazing

[@kris2k]

@@ekayaniperforms I Wonder

[@Peter_Peregrine]

I had his first album on vinyl. Part of the soundtrack of my twenties.

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

@@Peter_Peregrine🚬😎 me too. I had the cassette tape.

[@paulEmotionalaudio]

Rodriguez was stunning. Thank goodness for the film makers of the documentary, bringing Rodriguez back into the light.

[@coldlakealta4043]

Robbie Robertson was an Indigenous Canadian (Mohawk on his mother's side) who grew up on the Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve not far from Toronto. Three of the four other members of The Band came from very near there in Southern Ontario. They are very much a part of our cultural heritage. RIP to Robbie from someone who saw he and the Hawks play very often on the Yonge St Strip in Toronto. They were fabulous.

[@jeffmckinnon5842]

I never knew that about RR or The Band members... I am amazed as to how small this world really is. Daniel Lanois' Grant Ave. Studio was less than a block away from my home in Hamilton Ont. and I never knew it even existed until I ran into The Edge, in a local coffee shop. Even Tom Wilson was from Hamilton, I think. The "Hip" was a fairly local band. Rush and Max Webster, from the Toronto area, and the Canadian list goes on. It makes me wonder if I should not have taken music more seriously, as a possible career choice, but I always thought R&R was mostly, an American thing, and I never wanted to leave home.

[@robelder102]

​@@jeffmckinnon5842Brian Wilson was born in California. I think you might be thinking of Tom Wilson, from Hamilton, who also had indigenous roots, although he only found out later in his life.

[@incensejunkie7516]

Robbie was born and grew up in Toronto. His mother's family was from the Six Nations reserve and they went to visit often, but he did not grow up there.

[@coldlakealta4043]

@@incensejunkie7516 interesting fact: his father was Jewish!

[@jeffmckinnon5842]

@@robelder102Thanks mate, my mistake.

[@CasperLCat]

Robbie became such an elder statesman of music over the past 30 years. He radiated such dignity and generosity of spirit. That video of people around the world singing The Weight with him was such a beautiful statement of our common humanity.

[@krzysztofkapis6768]

Thank you

[@mcmc5335]

Rick, thank you for including Sinead O'Connor in your tribute. She was immensely talented. Sinead wrote all of the songs on her debut album, The Lion and the Cobra, when she was a teenager. Nothing compares to her song "Mandinka". Give it a listen, it's exhilarating. Keep in mind, her otherworldly vocals are all hers, no auto-tune, no pitch adjusting. Pure talent. We were lucky she graced us during our lifetimes.

[@robertsmyth4998]

Sinead and Willie Nelson singing Peter Gabriel’s Don’t Give Up, and Sinead ans the Specials Terry Hall singing Dana’s All Kinds of Everything , just great , RIP Sinead and Terry ,

[@CC-sw2iz]

What a magnificent woman ❤

[@jeroenk3570]

Such a beautiful album, my favourite is Troy (played loud).

[@whodatcatt]

Whenever I hear ‘Nothing Compares 2U’ I have to stop whatever I’m doing and just swim in those amazing vocals! Wow - they bring tears to my eyes. And I’m a heavy metal guy!

[@djkenny1202]

Her first was EVERYTHING? Jerusalem, Troy, Mandinka, etc.

[@g54b95]

Nobody gets off this rock alive, but at least these artists enriched our lives. RIP.

[@VegasC63]

Randy Meisner RIP. He was the harmonizing voice that gave the Eagles their sound notwithstanding his lead vocal contributions. A deserving video in his own right.

[@maxsignori316]

I'm afraid the video would be blocked right away, the Eagles are amongst the biggest blockers out there.

[@robertsmyth4998]

Fil ,Wings of Pegasus has covered Randy doing Take it to the Limit, a great analysis

[@cindypowers4993]

@@robertsmyth4998 I second that👍 RIP Randy🎸🌹

[@moeball740]

​@@maxsignori316Well Don Henley mainly. He doesn't like it for anyone to take it to the limit. But Randy would!

[@CathyKeating]

Tony was one of the best of his generation of crooners and jazz singers. Also so humble, and so amazingly open-minded. This guy lived the life and he shared it expansively. That is GREAT singing!!!

[@kennyj43]

Anyone who says that what they heard from Tony was not great singing has no idea what the hell they are talking about. We've lost some good ones over the last few months, and we're only half way through the year: Bennett, Sinead, Bacharach et al. Such great losses all of them. And I can't think of anyone who will replace them.

[@wevarts1]

Rick Beato. You're a treasure. Because you understand great artists, and you give them a platform to explain their genius. Like Jimmy Webb.

[@maralynfarber2068]

The Jimmy Webb interview is the best.

[@TheRandyDowning]

Thank you! I'm 66 and was not prepared for this phase of life. Intellectually, you know it's coming, but the hits keep coming, and my heart keeps breaking.

[@Eematov]

@theRandyDowning same!

[@churchlady]

You’re not alone.

[@angelagunn7986]

A decade behind you but lord, already starting to feel this. They weren't joking about getting old not being a picnic.

[@briankennedy1192]

​@@angelagunn7986❤

[@markkershenblatt]

John Gosling, the keyboardist for The Kinks, also passed away recently. It's so sad to see the rock heros that people of our age worshiped leave us. 😢😢😢

[@donkick2622]

His great work on Celluloid Heroes.

[@SylvainDuford]

People who have been raised on Auto-tune cannot appreciate all the emotion in Tony Bennet's singing.

[@erickincaid9779]

Can't they? Why not? Are they not human?

[@bunsw2070]

I wasn't raised on auto-tune and I can't appreciate it. It doesn't appeal to me at all. Never has. And add to it all that stuff about these types of guys being in with the mafia is the cherry on top. When you look into Sinatra and all the stuff he did, I'll never listen to his music. That guy was a psycho. If it we're for the mafia he would have been in prison. I wonder if 60 years from now people who are well read will look back on today and marvel at the scale of criminality and corruption that is the current world? I suspect they will but who knows.

[@ZigbertD]

@@bunsw2070 "These types of guys" being in with the mafia? Do you know how stupid that sounds?

[@bunsw2070]

@@ZigbertD They were all linked to the mob back then. Entertainers, politicians and businessmen. Who built Vegas? I was searching for information recently about a Henry Crown who was CEO and major shareholder of General Dynamics (JFK was most likely murdered for giving military contracts to his mob buddies and the biggest of them all was the TFX contract to General Dynamics) in the early 1960s. I found a book title Dark Quadrant that had a chapter about Crown. Back then you couldn't build a hotel or anything significant in New York, Miami, Chicago, Vegas or Los Angeles without express mob approval and payments. Everybody knew everybody and you had to respect and pay off everyone, and I don't mean, just organized crime. It's a mistake to think of the mafia as a bunch of Italian criminals. It's way bigger than that. The US government is the biggest mafia of all. That book made my head spin with all the names and connections everywhere. No wonder the elites travel so much. Gotta maintain the relationships. Anyway, if you go and watch old movies or footage of the entertainers with what we know about what it was like back then you can tell they were hooked up. It's obvious in everything about them. Ever see North By Northwest? I don't mean the plot. I mean everything else. Cary Grant was 56 and Eva Marie Saint was 27. And she's got the hots for him? It's a mafia fantasy movie. And Grant never stops smoking or drinking whiskey. I'd bet my life that things are more corrupt today but now it's corporate. Who knows what will come out 60 years from now. When I hear that music I can't separate the artistry or performances from the totality of what these people were. I have an intense hatred and disgust for corrupt people that prey on the weak.

[@stellabandante2727]

Every note. Tony was a master, an angel. Any singer who can't hear that, regardless of their preferred style, is just a child. Someday these children will grow up and recognize the brilliance.

[@brentwalker8596]

When I hear Tony Bennett it only brings me joy. The man was an eternal optimist and lovely human being. Jazz is the best.

[@somedudeRyan]

Burt Bacharach is really fantastic, never get tired of his stuff

[@chipbarber8883]

Absolutely! I heard his music throughout my life (born in ‘64) and I know his influence shows up in small ways in my writing.

[@moeball740]

So many great songs but I still think Walk On By is my favorite! Dionne just nails that and the chords are just amazing!

[@marieparker3822]

​@@moeball740Also 'Do you know the way to San Jose?'.

[@marieparker3822]

And Hal David is a poet.

[@loosilu]

When McCartney pays tribute on your Instagram

[@leftwrite]

The fact that “Fallen Angel” makes you feel sadness shows what a great song it is. He wrote that about Richard Manuel as a tribute to his friend and bandmate a few years after his passing. Thank you for this memorial to each of this irreplaceable musicians.

[@leftwrite]

As a footnote, David Crosby’s “I Won’t Be Here Long” from his ‘For Free’ album was his perfect farewell to us all. Like Tony, he still had it the end if his time on earth.

[@deketk]

Peter Gabriel's rich voice is beautiful in the mix of this song. Love this song so much!!

[@moeball740]

C'mon Rick, of course Fallen Angel makes you feel sad, it's an ode to a friend who died. I generally don't feel upbeat and happy at funerals!

[@griegw8954]

The song is titled "I won't stay for long".@@leftwrite

[@peteverrelli5797]

Robbie Robertson really caught me off guard. I had no idea he was that ill. Truly one of the greatest songwriters of all time. Every Thanksgiving I watch The Last Waltz in its entirety. What an amazing concert. It’s very sad that now only one member of The Band is still alive. RIP Robbie

[@hannejeppesen1809]

Love The Band, have ever since I heard "Up on Cripple Creek" in the late sixties. I was almost done with Robbie'.s book "Testimoney" when the news came he died. So sad, Robbie and Rick were my favorites, although ALL The Band members were so talented.

[@skyjockbill]

I never can get over how musically literate, in every sense of that term, Rick Beato is - truly astonishing. And to have such a heart to go with that prodigious learning is truly wondrous.

[@maralynfarber2068]

Yes!

[@vinayakofficial5882]

I think we need a series called "' Music of Burt Bacharach ". All of his works are just masterpiece!

[@jazzbirdbecky]

Agree

[@claudrebille178]

BACHARACH WAS A TRUE GENIUS

[@maralynfarber2068]

Yes.

[@robertakerman3570]

"The look of Love" always brings Me to Brazil '66. @@claudrebille178

[@jonathanmills5747]

I saw Tony Bennett at Glastonbury in 1998. It had been raining which turned the site into a Mud bath. Nobody was spared from getting mud on their clothes, with Tony Bennett the exception, coming on stage in an immaculate suit. The Sun came out for his performance then as soon as his set was finished, the rain came back. May they all Rest in peace 🙏

[@michaelcollums4197]

These are the songs of my life, there will never be artists such as these ever again, I feel so lucky to have grown up in the 60's and 70's

[@beauqc5587]

When Rick is listening to a song he loves, you can feel the joy in his heart and it is WONDERFUL! I love this man!

[@maralynfarber2068]

Rick is all music ….he inspires me always.

[@deanallen927]

In the summer of 1971 I was 10 years old. Many of the hippies abandoning the collapse of Haight Ashbury and the Sunset Strip came to our woodsy south east corner of Oregon, taught us songs, loaned us records, Big Pink among them. It changes my life. I fell in love with The Band, the songs, the sound and the world they conjured. I am stunned into silence.

[@jjsmith475]

Fallen Angel was written for Robbie’s band mate Richard Manuel who had committed suicide. The song is virtually a hymn. It’s gorgeous, reverent, spiritual and shows Robbie’s love for his lost friend and his anguish. It’s an amazing expression of emotion and also the music is so good.

[@seamusoneill6611]

Rick, it's an absolute honour to watch you get lost in these phenomenal songs. There's more that unites us all than divides us all. Music is it's own reward. I was at Sinead's funeral and the music was everywhere. It made it a celebration of an incredible life.

[@famprima]

Nothing Compares To You is the ULTIMATE sound of what acute heart ache feels like.

[@devinsinderwitcz9134]

I just found out about Robbie as I was in your live chat. Wow. His first solo simply entitled "Robbie Robertson" is still to this day one of my absolutely most played CD's. from "Somewhere Down the Crazy River" to "my favorite still "American Roulette" to "Broken Arrow". It was chock full of amazing music from beginning to end and it IS one of the few CD's I can say it's great from beginning to end and all the way through! Unfortunately we're losing many of the greats we got to grow u[p listening to and there truly is not anyone to replace any of them. What's being put out now and called music is horrible at best and will be forgotten completely in 3 years, if that long. RIP Robbie and Sinead. They're the ones I grew up to.

[@youreventsolution6277]

Fantastic record

[@CaptainRon1913]

For sure, Crazy River is a fantastic song. I think my favorite of the album

[@zenqba]

In the summer of 1986 i got a job at The Village Recorder, Robbie had a office and studio there, Keith Richards came into see Robbie, i worked the night shift, when Keith walked in he had a bottle of Jack Daniels, around 3:00 am, Robbie said i hate to bother you, but could you give me a ride home? I don't usually drink like this, he lived in Santa Monica in a very wealthy area, it was about a 20 min drive from the Village, those 20 minutes i will cherish all my life, Robbie was like an open book, he was very innocent, not full of himself, he was a beautiful soul!!!! Thank you Devin for your heart felt comment! ! Sinead was brilliant and way before her time, in so many ways!

[@noellegillies2874]

Yeah Peter Gabriel and Bono on that 1st album. Bought it for that reason. Had the LP but no longer.

[@louiebee6745]

Showdown At Big Sky...GREAT SONG!

[@kenbash2951]

No one will replace Burt Bacharach- EVER.

[@machtschnell7452]

Nor Hal David.

[@Emperorjones]

Dusty gets me every time. Man-O-Man. Burt was wise to entrust Dusty and Dionne with his songs. The intervals.. the changes only they could nail.

[@jmazoso]

Tony Bennet's greatest gift was bringing the best out of every singer he sang with, every single one. Doesn't matter if it was K.D. lang, or Bill Withers or his work with Lady Gaga, they all brought everything they had. Those duets and work with them are a tribute to his greatness. Tony didn't see anything but a voice that needed to be heard. Such a singular man.

[@MikeB3542]

Can you imagine if Amy Winehouse had survived whatever she was going through? Her and Bennett were kindred spirits....their few recorded performances together are magic.

[@jonathanmills5747]

@@MikeB3542 that is a beautiful thought. Amy was such a very special, gifted yet down to earth artist. Pairing up with Tony Bennett was a natural coupling

[@JumpingCow]

Burt, Sinead, Tony, Davd, now Robbie. Aren't we so lucky to have been around to experience them? I saw Tony a few years ago, so awesome with Gaga. And way back in the 60's, I saw Robbie backing Dylan - what a great album Northern Lights Southern Cross years later. Burt and Hal gave us so much. And Jimmie Webb is so good - still producing! Thank you, Rick.

[@thesuncollective1475]

Burt is an exceptional composer. The way he crafted his songs. He never went cheap, he spent time getting it right, you can hear it.

[@michaelhooper7587]

Well yes, he was quite a craftsman but some of his early songs were more commercial(like most composers).

[@EttoreMenguzzo]

Peter Gabriel's voice in Fallen Angel is incredible. Great song, great production, great author. RIP Robbie.

[@jamesleblanc7437]

Thank you, I thought that was Gabriel. I’m not familiar with that song and figured Robbie was singing a lot like him.

[@anthonyprado8183]

i thought the same thing. I was thinking 'why does this sound like Peter Gabriel.?" @@jamesleblanc7437

[@kevinscheuller4429]

Daniel Lanois (the producer of that track) also produced Peter Gabriel’s stuff (notably, “So”) and the drummer on the track, Manut Katche also played on many of Peter Gabriel’s songs on “So.” “Red Rain” is but one of the great songs Manut Katche played drums on.

[@vrbixby]

I thought I heard him

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

The Band is legit one of the greatest collections of talent ever assembled. Levon Helm can also legit be called the coolest musician ever as well. What a down to earth cool dude.

[@paulfrost7371]

Rodriguez also just passed what an incredible singer and an incredibly fascinating life story, depicted in the award winning documentary, Searching for Sugarman.

[@JSees]

Oh my, that one hurts too.

[@chrisverby3047]

Should have been mentioned as well.

[@tommy808state]

Great track, Fallen Angel. Great track! Nice choice. I had just graduated high school when Robbie’s solo album changed the color of the sun. The people he collaborated with were so awesomely hand picked. The whole album is so cool. “Somewhere down the crazy River” is my favorite. Thank you for taking the time to share Rick. 👊 Robbie, you done well son. 🤟

[@aquaticborealis4877]

Sinead is one of the best singers I’ve ever heard. She had an incredible raw emotion in her voice. I can’t think of anyone else who quite had that.

[@kinokind293]

When I was in high school, in the mid 1970s, I had a music teacher who said his favorite composers were Bach, Brahms and Bacharach. That (other than AM radio) was my introduction to Burt. I agree with you, Tony and Burt's selections that you played were uplifting to me. They made me happy and my heart quickened, both with the caliber of the composition and performance, and with recollections of the time that they were popular. And Robbie and Sinead made me sad, but in slightly different ways. Although hard to articulate why. I was lucky enough to see Tony Bennet live twice. Both times in the 5,000 seat movie palace where I worked. He did this little bit both times where he pointed out that theaters such as that one were designed for live performances in the days before amplification, and to prove this he had them shut down his sound equipment. There were about 4,000 in attendance that first night, and when he shut down the sound I took advantage of the chance afforded and ran up into the top of the balcony, which, itself, held about 1,800 people. I wanted to see how the acoustics were with a lot of bodies and no amps. He stood and sang with only drums, piano and upright bass. He knew how to project and where to stand. He was old school. The result? I have never heard so many people be so quiet. There wasn't a cough. And this was obviously an older crowd. And he could be heard clear as a bell. It was amazing. And the acoustics allowed him to be heard everywhere I went while performing my impromptu test. These deaths always sadden me - especially the premature ones - but look at the gifts they gave us. It's true - we shall not see their like again.

[@stevehill8657]

Yes. Tony Bennett. I saw him at London Royal Albert Hall back in 2005, and he did the thing you described, told the sound guy to turn everything off, then went into Fly me to the moon. Heard him as clear as, it was a phenomenal moment. A great performer

[@Gene_Cali]

“God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.” Rick, Thank you for your caring and sharing of memories, and wonderful music. “Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” -Voltaire

[@jazzbirdbecky]

Yes

[@netdude21]

It sucks when musicians we would listen to die, but Tony Bennett lived a good long life. R.I.P to the GOATs of music. You may be gone but you’re not forgotten, you’re legend lives on 😢💔

[@ianlaker9161]

Written about the passing of his fellow band mate from The Band, Richard Manuel, Fallen Angel contains the line 'Cause some day we will meet again'. Chilling. RIP Robbie Robertson. I am also a big fan of Sinead. Damn, what a year.

[@FreckledGemini]

I’m so familiar with the look on your face and the emotional longing in your voice.. 🥺 It’s unreal how the landscape changes throughout a lifetime, isn’t it? I’m 52 and I feel it more and more all the time. It’s becoming MY people now that we’re losing. My comfort comes in watching my kids ALL know what good music is. TRULY, They KNOOOOWWWWWW. I miss those days of radical discovery, for sure! 💔

[@Green_Arrow_2023]

This is why I love Rick. Because Rick LOVES music. With his heart and his mind, and his heart. Like me (and so many others I’m sure). Thank you @rickbeato.

[@maralynfarber2068]

Amen.

[@heitormotta5980]

We also lost a great brazilian composer recently: João Donato. One of the greats!

[@50freeport]

Rick, thank you so much for this tribute. While they all faced their Last Waltz, we're so much better for what they left behind. Chris

[@jtteague]

Everytime I hear Sinead I wonder what could have been. My mom had an old radio in our restaurant where I'd sit and listen to Tony and Paul Mauriat's "Love is Blue," Burt Bacharach, and others of that era. My older sister introduced me to artists like CSNY and Joplin and The Doors and so many others. They all framed my world of music. I still listen in amazement to the songs of Tony and Burt, I can't imagine how anyone wouldn't be struck by the mastery of each of those you've listed here. I feel privileged of having been introduced to each and every one of those artists, and I'm happy to still be able to listen to them to this day.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Don’t forget Tina Turner amongst those legends

[@lincolncwynar1547]

When did that happen? Her passing that is.

[@sharifelmahdi9385]

And Sixto Rodriguez! 😢

[@kristine8338]

She is a woman…

[@N3xusSolo]

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[@BoutYoungAnnaLee]

Dude. He’s not just listing random dead famous people. )3 dedicated the vid to these guys because they literally passed in recent days 😂

[@deanallen927]

Dusty Springfield's performance made The Look Of Love what it could be. Burt and Dusty, such a powerful team. I also love This Guy's In Love, incredible.

[@danpage79]

me too

[@SaltedBeatz]

I missed Bobby Caldwell a lot. He passed away in March. His voice was really something special. “What You Won’t Do For Love” is one of my favorite tunes of all time. So cool and laidback with the brass licks at the end that make it a complete classic… That high synth brass tone at the end had some kind of melancholy vibe over it that always creates goosebumps…

[@kobekitagawa6497]

Would love to see a video on Sixto Rodriguez. Truly one of the greatest stories in music if not ever. An incredible songwriter that didn’t get the credit he deserved. RIP

[@Silkyfur]

Definitely this. Sixto Rodriguez is so sadly often overlooked. His music and lyrics are so inspiring.

[@jhetta22]

What an incredible person Sinead was, with such a tragic life story....such a beautiful soul

[@HealthAtAnyCost]

All of these artists are... were... are... amazing. As soon as this is finished, I will be putting on Robbie Robertson's _Music for The Native Americans_ - one of my fave albums ever. Thank you for this beautiful multi-tribute.

[@davidlee6720]

Do some of Sinead's Irish folk-music, that really catches her beautiful , ethereal quality - as well as the stunning beauty of her youth. Nobody reaches those notes like Tony, Sinatra admired him too, he should know. Bacharach timeless too, spoke for a generation- along with the great Jimmy Webb.

[@fallfrom2732]

Sixto Rodriguez also passed away. Amazing songwriter and musician. Very underappreciated although less so after the documentary. I'd like to recommend everyone here to check his music and the movie out.

[@janejdough2230]

Robbie Robertson a great Canadian. Shall be sorely missed. RIP

[@Handyandy747]

🇨🇦

[@entropybentwhistle]

Add Gordon Lightfoot to that sorely missed list. Not Canadian, but I’ll be missing David Lindley a bunch as well.

[@ErnieDouglas]

Robbie Robertsons most profound work was with "The Band" who wore a Canadian band, with American drummer Levon Helm, who were American Ronnie Hawkins' backing band moving on to becoming Bob Dylan's band when he first went electric. The BAND turned the musical world on its ear with their American roots rock sound. Every rock great at the time from McCartney, to Lennon, to Clapton, and many more they were blown away by The Bands songwriting & musicianship. They were a huge influence on the music of their era.

[@quistunes]

His work with the Red Road Ensemble is some of my favorite. Coyote Dance, ahhh! Gorgeous. 🪶⭕️🌞🙏

[@boitoiful]

That arrangement for The Look Of LOVE with Dusty Springfield is by Ivor Ramonde. Dusty asked Burt just how she should sing it as she some issue with that. He told her to "kind of bite the words". And that was the result. Ultimate perfection.

[@jazzbirdbecky]

So many have covered the look of love. I was happy to hear you play Dusty Springfield’s version. Always still my favorite.

[@aleksamrkela831]

Bobby Caldwell passed this year, too. He was an amazing musician, singer and songwriter.

[@JoseTorres-ft4xk]

Bill & Tony my foolish heart. Wow, I got an ear to ear smile from the first chord. You really did it this time. Play it again Tone.

[@stitch3163]

Sinead singing “Danny Boy” on Davy Spillane’s “The Sea of Dreams” bowls me over everytime.

[@timjohnson7919]

I love that one, but its so intense i cant even bring myself to listen to it again yet. Maybe the best version ever recorded

[@SuperMcgenius]

I was a 19 year old punk rocker in the 70’s and loved Tony Bennett and Glen Campbell.

[@donaldcook3112]

. . . That is great musical taste to have had as a 19 year-young ‘punk rocker’. I was the same - apart from the ‘punk rocker’ part. As someone once said … “ There is NO accounting for taste .”

[@CathyKeating]

Thank you, for honoring Sinead. I know you can't make your channel an ongoing tribute to amazing singer/songwriters who have passed away. I know you can't. But I'm so glad you're giving some air to these losses. I wanted to hear her voice here. 🙇🏻‍♀🙇🏻‍♀🙇🏻‍♀

[@peb2398]

Rick, your eclectic taste and appreciation for artistry in all different genres of music is one of the things I enjoy most about your channels. In the documentary on Crosby, he pointed out that he was the only member of CSN&Y that never had a "hit." "Guinevere" "Déjà vu" "Almost Cut My Hair" They're all masterpieces. No one ever let their freak flag fly like David Crosby. No matter what it cost him. BTW, Dusty Springfield probably has the sexiest voice of all time.

[@markb20]

Absolutely true about Rick's eclectic tastes in music. Years ago I had a much narrower taste in music; I got into radio broadcasting and my exposure to music genres exploded. Rock, jazz, country, alt-rock, easy listening- a world of music opened up. It's one of the reasons I love Rick's videos so much. Excellent words about The Croz, well said.

[@johnallan2226]

I agree with everything in your comment, peb2398. I stumbled on to Rick's channel a few years ago with his 'What Makes This Song Great' series. I love the way he dissects songs that I've listened to for years, and brings out parts I never realised were there! I've loved Dusty Springfield since the 'Ready, Steady, Go' years - yes, I'm that old! 'I Only Want To Be with You' and 'You Don't Have to Say You Love Me' are two of the best songs from the '60s.

[@sherry3099]

Tony Bennett’s voice was so smooth. Like melted chocolate. I lost myself in that snippet of song.

[@CaptainRon1913]

Sinaed really reworked that Prince song. Different tempo, different way the tune goes. She really made that song better and her own. We can't forget we lost Randy Meisner July 26th as well. "Take it to the limit" one of the best Eagle songs written

[@marktait2371]

yeh captain local radio had tribute randy played life in the fastlane with his signature bassline most of the sonhs you dont notice his bass playing how good he was

[@fozzeebear969]

Phrasing, it’s all in the phrasing. Even Sinead did it justice on Nothing Compares. You put a songwriter like Bacharach together with Dusty & Dionne or Jimmy Webb with Glen Campbell or any song with Tony and you get magic. A rarity in today’s music, but we are blessed to have this wonderful catalog to keep us entertained! 👏🏻

[@thomasrudy6132]

Robertson's first solo album produced by Daniel Lanois, featuring Peter Gabriel, Terry Bozzio, Manu Katche, U2, the BoDeans is a phenomenal record, every song is great.

[@gp92510]

The golden age is defined by bachrach..

[@gp92510]

Re: Fallen Angel, as tribute to Richard Manuel...is depressing, because Richard was a voice beyond compare...and he died so young...too young

[@davidbuntz9969]

Such a spectacular album.

[@elleokitty1618]

I looked it up & was pretty stoked at all the people I saw involved with its production. Obviously this was meant to be a musical monument!

[@RossellaFlumian-pt1iz]

The best album of the 80s

[@FBDerringer]

Rick, when you said Tony Bennett, in my heart I prayed you would do a Bill Evans collab: AND YOU DID! Perfect tribute to Tony Bennett, because I know he would have wanted you to mention Bill in a tribute. You’ve outdone yourself on this one. Awesome!

[@1loveMusic2003]

Sinead' note choice on the word you in the chorus is so perfect. I don't think anyone else would have sung it like that.

[@taurektaurek6213]

Let's honor Sinead by performing our own versions of "War".. she sang the essential version, but we can at least try to follow her footsteps..

[@deanallen927]

The sincerity in Tony Bennet's singing is unsurpassed, it gets inside you so easily. If anybody thinks (Tony Bennet) that's not good singing, can't be helped.

[@jamesfitzgerald6636]

Sorry mate, I don’t like his sound prefer Frank,

[@angelagunn7986]

​@@jamesfitzgerald6636And Frank is on record as preferring Tony, so...

[@daniellamcgee4251]

​​@@angelagunn7986So....that means that people have different personal responses to music that aren't going to be changed by argument. Just like you can't convince someone to change their favorite food to your favorite food. Preference is subjective opinion, not objective fact. It's OK for people to have different preferences to you. It, in no way, detracts from the validity of your personal experience. 😊

[@MarjiZintz]

YOU are the best, Rick. I have said it before, and I'll say it again: It's a sheer joy listening to music with you and hearing your joy and perspective! Thank you!

[@maralynfarber2068]

Amen.

[@DocECS69]

You’re hitting on it, Rick, art evokes, an emotion, whether happy or sad, or depressed or joyous. So for these songwriters, mission accomplished.

[@billhallsongs]

Sad about the great Gordon Lightfoot passing recently. Such a great group of artists we have lost this year.

[@ffggddss]

And Ian Tyson of Ian & Sylvia, in January.

[@billhallsongs]

For sure..Gord and Ian were great friends.

[@ffggddss]

@@billhallsongs Didn't know that, but it makes perfect sense. Some I&S songs: Someday Soon, You Were on My Mind (w. by Sylvia), Summer Wages, Red Velvet, Song for Canada, The Renegade, Short Grass, and of course, Four Strong Winds.

[@emmacjw]

Trying not to sound pretentious but I count myself lucky to have lived through such a creative period of history in music. I still remain astonished at what new music is made now as when I was a teenager in the early 70s. I've been fortunate to have seen many icons of popular music live. Seeing them taken from us one by one is bittersweet knowing their legacies remain giving them immortality.

[@robertgoerss]

Thank you for your wonderful tributes tonight. So many artists have been lost this year. They left behind such extradinary music, and performances. As painful as it must be for you right now, please know how moving it is for us that you are providing such a moving, wonderful tribute. Thank you, sy, bobgoerss.

[@DianeLee999]

I could not have said it better. God bless Rick for his unrelenting effort to bring the best of music forward! 🌈💜🇺🇸

[@robertgoerss]

@@DianeLee999 Thank you for adding to my thoughts. Very kind of you, sy, bobgoerss.

[@paulwooton4390]

It's possible the best is yet to come. Doesn't look promising.

[@paolodavid3230]

The chord progression in Look of love is mind blowing. Burt was a true wizard, not of this world.

[@jazzbirdbecky]

Yes!

[@shuroom57]

I have loved that since it was released in the '60's and it just gets better every time I hear it. Those slowly falling strings around Dusty's voice are like a common thread holding all those chords together. One great thing about being alive.

[@TaenzersTraum]

A few years before he passed away, Crosby had this Lighthouse Band, making the most beautiful music I heard in the last decades, just acoustic with a bit of keyboards, no gimmicks, no overproduction, wonderful vocals, just music. Listen to the live DVD, that came out just recently, what a concert...

[@Janestjohns]

Thank you so much for the real emotional response Rick, I’m right there with you on every note. They are true artists who move you to the core with their talent and gifts. Their stars will always shine bright 💖💖💖

[@carolohmartbehan]

I was going off to college in 1967 and oh what music underscored my coming of age years....Dusty and Burt's collaboration among so many more. Chills and good-memory tears hearing her in your video. Truly everyone you laud....all moved us then and continue to do so. We are blessed by every single one and more of those times. Thank you for recording this.

[@lyndafoster9437]

I’m crying. For Joy. We were so blessed with their hearts. Their Brilliance Their Voices!!’ Takes your heart!!

[@PappaBear_yt]

Thank you, Rick, for exposing me to this beautiful music. I'm in tears, but smiling. Rock on! 👍🏻👏🏻🙋🏼‍♂️

[@dr.buzzvonjellar8862]

Rick is music teacher to the world. Thank you Rick!

[@Handyandy747]

And we also lost Sixto Rodriguez (Sugarman). He was 81.

[@thestevenjaywaymusic7775]

Nothing Compares To You brings a tear to my eye. The best version of that song. Immaculate.

[@shuroom57]

Another wonderful, heartfelt Valentine to the magnificent musical talents of our times, Rick. We feel it with you. And we need these sessions of gushing appreciation for their gifts. Thank God for recording technology.

[@TraneFrancks]

That Tony+Bill album is all soooo good. One of my faves. ❤ Godspeed, all those we’ve lost.

[@StudentLoanJustice]

I gave David Crosby and Stephen Stills a guided tour of Occupy Wall Street in 2011. I rolled out of my tent one morning, and they were just standing there, looking at me...They started asking questions, and I showed them around. They were very kind. They even came back and played an acoustic set. They sent us a bunch of hand warmers too (my suggestion) :-) RIP David Crosby. Wish I had been older to have really understood CSNY better...

[@davestephens6421]

Hearing Dusty's Look of Love makes me think of Diana Krall's....she would be a perfect interview for Rick. Wonderful singer and pianist.......

[@rickytorre4476]

Robbie Robertson was one of the greatest guitarists the world never heard, and his song-stories form the Band to his solo career are awesome.

[@SuperAngelic5]

Sinead made that song great. It became her song because she sang with soul....and with an intensity that was real.

[@charleswhitfield8915]

That Tony Bennet phrasing and tone is amazing.

[@WillyPDX94]

It's so great to have you play these tunes and see how much they move you. They have always moved me as well, but you really understand the musical elements at such a deep level. It makes me feel good that the singers and songwriters I love so much are appreciated by someone like you. ✌❤

[@markdouglas1994]

Rick won't see this, but Harry Belafonte needs to be mentioned alongside these other music giants. He was the real deal and also a leader of the civil rights movement and amazing human being. Yes, I know the list could go on... but I add this in Harry's memory as he was a giant that made life better for all of us. And as an aside, I am big fan of Robbie Robertson - a great talent. EDIT: I was a fair weather fan of Rick - then his defense of Tony Bennet and that song - and Bill Evans (and I'm not an old dude) - Rick - I am a huge fan now - and interview with Jimmy Webb is 100 phenomenal!!!

[@stevek6518]

And Gordon Lightfoot died same day as Harry

[@glennlavertu3644]

Thank you for recognizing the passing of these artists. So many have left us this year. It's sad.

[@stellabandante2727]

Beautiful tribute, Rick. Yes these artists are all masters who gave us their light and their hearts. I love that you really hear the deep side of the music, the magnificence of these treasures. It takes a real musician to really hear it. For those of us who will never reach that level of brilliance, we have to be thankful that we can hear it, really hear the many dimensions of divine genius that emanate from the music. Rick, the emotional expression of your love and respect for these artists and their music resonates. Sometimes the beauty and wonder of these creations just makes us crazy. Music is a life force and we're in it.

[@billcookerly7529]

Thank you Rick for opening the door and helping me come to appreciate the many great artists that I may have foolishly brushed off at first. What I love most about your wonderful work! Don’t ever stop!

[@r.harlansmith7282]

You could do this again any time. I loved it. I really loved it. You're so right about being moved. This show made my day and I didn't know it needed to be made.

[@dennisperin2989]

RIP to the latest departures. Gonna turn 60 in a couple of weeks, its sad that our hero’s are getting older too. Keep fighting the good fight Rick…

[@sparky6086]

Same here. Where did all the time go?

[@Whateverfloatsyourgoat12]

Diana Krall's version of Look of Love is the best I've ever heard. I just love how you, (Rick), are so open to music without labels. It's about being moved.

[@richardshippful]

That did sound exceptional. Love Diana Krall. This Boys in love is another great Burt B song.

[@rocketpost1]

Totally agree with you there, Diana is one of the best ballad singers out there. Just listen to her singing "I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you", it's sublime.

[@23Redspecial]

I could listen to videos like this all day. I love seeing your passion for music, learning from you and especially seeing how music affects you in real time. Cheers!