So last night I watched The Last Waltz for the first time. If you're familiar with the Band, you know they spent a lot of time in Woodstock, New York (the town, not the farm) and the late Levon Helm stayed there permanently, eventually starting the 'midnight ramble' concerts on Saturday nights in his barn.

Today a client called, but the boss was on the phone so I started taking a message. I'd always thought he was in Arizona, but it had been mentioned that he was in New York, so I asked. He said he was in Woodstock, NY. For the heck of it, I asked if he'd ever been to a midnight ramble. There was a silence, then 'you know what that is? I've been 3 times.' I explained I'd just seen The Last Waltz and he said the rambles were like that, except smaller in scale. But it's quite a coincidence, I must say.

So, Dick Clark passed yesterday.

Levon Helms passed today.
( Levon Helms dead at 71. )
And most stunningly to raised-on-MTV-videos me, Men At Work's Greg Ham was found dead today.
( Men At Work's Greg Ham dead at 58. )
I was flat-out obsessed with Men At Work in the day, saw them play live 3-4 times (including my first ever concert), owned everything, on and on. And I had a huge crush on Greg Ham for several years.

Not a good day for music.