iansheff Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 (edited) The Walker Brothers star Scott Walker has died at the age of 76, who can forget their song "The sun aint gonna shine anymore" It is one of those songs that will continue to be played for many a year. Edited March 25, 2019 by iansheff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiffRaff Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 An old pal of mine, Bob Broglia, was an engineer at Kingsway Recorders in London. He first recounted this story to me over a few beers in the Princess Louise pub just around the corner from the studio... "I remember a disastrous incident with Scott Walker of the Walker Brothers, who had come to Kingsway Recorders to record the vocals on his hit single No Regrets. I was the tape op and it was very late, and I was extremely tired. The engineer on the session left it up to me to "drop in" and "drop out" various bits of vocal that Scott wasn't happy with. Now this is a very responsible job and I was very nervous about doing it at all. Anyway, we'd spent about 45 minutes trying to get this one line right, constantly going over the same bit of the song. Eventually we got one that he was happy with. He came into the control room to listen to it - and when it got to the line in question - I promptly erased it. I'd gone into autopilot and totally screwed up. If the ground could have opened and swallowed me up I'd have been a very happy lad.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 https://www.itv.com/news/2019-03-25/the-walker-brothers-star-scott-walker-dies-aged-76/ R.I.P Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francypants Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 The sun ain't gonna shine anymore .......... R.I.P. Scott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuddyduddy4 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 What a superlative voice he had,rip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreb48 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 It’s the voice of an era. Still amazing after all these years. Saw him ‘ fleetingly’ the night Walker Bros played the Esquire, early 60s They came out started to play, girls dragged them off the stage and they vanished backstage not to be seen again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hauxwell Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Sad news. I was listening to No Regrets the other day. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ontarian1981 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 My favourite Walkers Brothers song is 'My ship is coming in ' mainly because it was relevant to my personal life at the time.RIP Scott you had one heck of a voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 He was a really good interpreter of the songs of Jacques Brel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Cats Hat Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 2 hours ago, Mister M said: He was a really good interpreter of the songs of Jacques Brel. As was Marc Almond of Soft Cell. Walker had an incredible baritone voice but like many others in later life had a problem with the drink. He was also a British citizen and worked with many British artists in his later years including Sheffield's own Jarvis Cocker. A sad loss. 😢 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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