Saying goodbye to Joe Cocker isn’t easy – we didn’t realize how much we’d miss him. Back in the early 70’s he spent a lot of time in Los Angeles and performed on Sunset Strip. We’d never seen ANYTHING like him. Onstage he looked like something the cat dragged in – he was dripping in sweat, his hair stuck out in all directions, his clothes were dirty and rumpled, and he could barely keep his balance. He was always in danger of falling off the stage. Drugs and alcohol were destroying him but he still sounded magnificent. His spastic twitching only added to the horror and glory. Actually, it’s surprising he lived as long as he did, and it’s nice that he continued to perform until lung cancer got him at 70.
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Obviously you didn’t follow him later after Woodstock, which you probably didn’t attend, in later years when he dressed in slacks and button up collared shirts when he performed. The consummate entertainer. Bar none. He gave it all when he performed and took nothing with him when he left the stage.
The Americanized Brit will be missed.
well, he sure believed in himself.
………….VERY SAD TO HEAR OF HIS PASSING.
RIP
I hate to admit this but I thought Joe had already died, yea….