Rock is dead |   |
No, really. I mean it. Rock is dead. Ahmet Ertegun has passed from this world, meaning the single most influential, visionary, and musically aware record label chief of the past century is no longer with us. In every sense, this marks the end of an era.
I was going to eulogize him at length, but everything that needs to be said has already been said, by Reason’s Jesse Walker:
To sign Ray Charles, and to refuse to sign Jackson Browne—Ahmet Ertegun was a man with taste.
Rest in peace, my favorite Turk
Posted by on 12/15/06 at 01:26 PM in
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NPR did quite a nice retrospective on his career in this morning’s Morning Edition. To my complete lack of surprise, the backing music kicked ass.
Posted by Patton on 12/16 at 03:10 AM
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