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Title: Farewell Leonard...
Post by: Highmac on November 13, 2016, 09:21:54 AM

Last night we watched a 1988 Omnibus episode on BBC4 - Leonard Cohen - Songs From a Life. We were never in the 'fans' class, never saw him live in concert. But we did appreciate the quality of his work and it was a pleasant way to spend an hour-and-a-bit. He came across as a really nice guy too - a view reinforced by a hitchhiker's story of a chance encounter.

Title: Farewell Leonard...
Post by: Xairbusdriver on November 13, 2016, 02:11:18 PM

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He came across as a really nice guy

Of course! He was a Canadian!

Title: Farewell Leonard...
Post by: Paddy on November 14, 2016, 05:51:50 PM

Since most of you probably don't get the CBC or listen to Metro Morning, here's a podcast of my friend Rob Bowman's lovely tribute to Leonard from a couple of days ago. I've known Rob since we were both working at Records on Wheels and he was doing his masters in musicology. He went on to do a PhD in New Orleans at the University of Memphis. He's one of the most knowledgeable guys on the subject of music that I know - and hugely enthusiastic and engaging.

http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/metromo...61111_85129.mp3