We did a brief round of gigs a while back, and it was clear in every way that he had had enough of hotels, buses, and so forth., Mays quietly lived out the rest of his days in California, working in the computer industry and encouraging the creative efforts of his niece. He was 66. Presuming that he did die of mesothelioma, why would there be any sort of "endless tribute to him"? Celebrate your homophobic hero at your local church, not here at this Lounge where the Gay is loud and proud, presenting hole while draining pasta. American actress Brittany Murphys sudden death in 2009 is strange. Amazing focus and amazing clarity. So he was fucking escort and probably other celebrities. I was like thanks [shrugs]. It could have either been infected needles or man sex, who knows for certain. Do any of these posters who keep spouting Nancy Reagan and Blanche Devereaux even read the thread, FFS? Im going to DVR this show. Lyle was a brilliant musician and person, and a genius in every sense of the word. But, Read More In Memoriam: Wayne Shorter, The story of the 55 Bar dates back to Prohibition, when the underground West Village watering hole opened as a speakeasy. This is suggested because his symptoms were characteristic of an AIDS-related illness. If a gay guy under 50 died during that era, more than likely it was due an to AIDS-related illness. His broad intelligence and musical wisdom informed every aspect of who he was in every way. Maybe you can have a conversation with yourself. Subscribe Prince died of AIDS and we'll never know because the family knows it'll hurt their sales. From 1977 to 2010, Mays and Metheny wrote most of the group's songs jointly, achieving an uncommon popularity for a jazz group and winning 11 Grammys. 202 here. He was 66. Rest in peace. Bob Hope, followed by his widow Gloria. [quote]Arafat's death was highly controversial at the time. His broad intelligence and musical wisdom informed every aspect of who he was in every way. Fashion designer Charles James maybe? He was on steroids when he died thus the bloat. [27] The prominent Brazilian singer-songwriter, Milton Nascimento, also recorded a remake version of the same piece, "Quem Voc," with Portuguese lyrics for his 1991 album, O Planeta Blue Na Estrada Do Sol. Has anyone else heard this? In my family, all my favorite uncles died of AIDS or suicide, but no one ever covered it up. Three people popped to mind reading the thread title. [quote]A certain known to be closeted athlete who died of AIDS years ago. Who knows, but he was certainly living an active life and didn't seem compromised - worked plenty. r92 - maybe because he had no history of transfusions. No one played key boards or guitar like those two. Music at its best is not in need of novelty; indeed, the older it is, the more one is accustomed to it, the stronger its effect. I did get a chance to hear him play live a couple of times (Joni Mitchell and Pat Metheny Group), but I really wish I had paid closer attention to his music over the years. Feb 10, 2020: Lyle Mays, of Pat Metheny Group, Dies. And yet his widow did not sue nor have a settlement with any hospital/medical provider. Weird r177. This is so true, that its perhaps the even more sad part on this.. . Upon graduation from UNT, Mays promptly won an audition for the piano chair in Woody Hermans orchestra, with whom he toured for eight months. His death was announced by his niece, vocalist Aubrey Johnson, who posted the news to social media late on the evening of the 10th. Hello. I thought Brad Davis revealed his diagnosis shortly before he died. Queen Elizabeth II's official cause of death might never be revealed, as Buckingham Palace remains tight-lipped on the circumstances that precipitated her passing. They have a lot of unprovable but probable evidence of AIDS going back to before 1900. [4], While growing up in rural Wisconsin, Mays had a lot of curiosity but had to learn many things all by himself due to a lack of available resources and information. If anybody was trying to cover it up, they were doing a piss poor job of it. Certainly one of the top keyboard players and composer of the second half of the 20th century. by Anonymous reply 18 August 31, 2016 7:19 AM They tried to cover up Amanda Blake's death, but the tabloids outed her as having AIDS. Fascinating. True, r219, but let's face it. The announcement was made on Metheny's website. He worked closely with Metheny, serving as co-composer and primary arranger for the band; they enjoyed considerable crossover success and won 11 Grammy awards. There isnt a contemporary keyboard player that hasnt felt Lyle Mays influence. I will miss him with all my heart.. My heart is broken for the loss of such a musical genius. Lyle Mays, the keyboardist who spent a significant portion of his career recording and performing as a member of the Pat Metheny Group, died Feb. 10 at Adventist Hospital in Simi Valley, California. The next rumor is surrounding the death of American business magnate Howard Hughes. Guys who lived in these areas were wholesale fucking visitors/tourists and seamen (no pun intended), allowing infections to spread pretty rapidly. click ACCEPT. Arafat's long time personal doctor confirmed he died of AIDS, although that's not the official cause of his death. I have every Album from the Pat Metheny Group and have seen him more than 20-times in Concert. Metheny called his collaborator of 30 years "one of the greatest musicians I have ever known" . Henry Mancini was also rumored to have died from AIDS. I remember it not being very detailed or urgent. Mays final post-retirement release, The Ludwigsburg Concert (2016), is an archive recording from 1993. R112 Boy George said he had sex with Prince. Published February 8, 2021 - Paul Wertico. R27 read the fucking title of the thread. Mays was born on November 27, 1953 in Wausaukee, Wisconsin. All rights reserved. In the brain stem, regions called the medulla and the pons control the depth and rate of breathing.Both are loaded with opioid receptors proteins that sit on the . Composer and keyboardist Lyle Mays, best known for his long partnership with Pat Metheny, has died at the age of 66. Max Robinson, the first African-American broadcast network news anchor in the United States. Retiring from music in 2011, Mays embarked on a new profession as a software designer. I don't actually believe that Clayburgh died of AIDS, but for the record 20-year chronic leukemia could easily be a cover for AIDS. You really cant trust what his personal doctor says. He was just a weird guy who "didn't think like other people", hence his serious eating disorders. Hello. Beyond Sketches Of Spain Tete Montoliu And The Construction Of Charlies Good Tonight The Life, the Times, and the Rolling JJ 04/80: Beyond the Mainstream: Herbie Hancock. Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays ~ Ozark (1981) Georgy Porgy's Favorites 22.2K subscribers 516 36K views 3 years ago "Ozark" is a song from "As Falls Wichita, so Falls Wichita Falls", a collaborative. Her doctors have said that it appears to be natural. Her death certificate lists the cause of death as deferred. On February 4, 2010, the Los Angeles County coroner stated that the primary cause of Murphys death was pneumonia, with secondary factors of iron-deficiency anemia. Pianist and keyboard player who moved from NTSU through the Woody Herman band to become a key figure in the Pat Metheny Group. I will miss him with all my heart.. Full knowledge of the existence of AIDS didn't happen until the mid-eighties. Not covered up; but if he was HIV+ or living with AIDS it was not known as that at the time. Gudenov was a supposed pussy hound and raging alkie. I don't for 1 minute think Bowie died of AIDS. Lyle Mays - Eberhard Album Tee $25.00 USD. Convy was a womanizer, the kind that robbed the cradle. Back at Davids room, there was a knock on the door. PS: Bowie looks like Melissa Etheridge -- or some other aging lez -- here (?). Aspden released a statement to confirm the news after numerous tributes to Hollis began appearing on social media. A. crazy rumor I heard was that Alexander McQueen killed himself bc he found out he got hiv from George Michael. Or was it something else. Take a look at "My partner's father had a crisis with Parkinson's disorder. Do you think people like Neil Patrick Harris, Burt Reynolds and others are ever going to admit they have AIDS. He always looks sick and frail and he does like it up the ass. Lyle was one of the greatest musicians I have ever known, Metheny wrote on his website. Steve Jobs. He was 66. Apparently he was into drugs both soft and hard, and died of pneumonia in the late 1970s in NYC, and I heard about how IV drug addicts in NYC had some then new pneumonia called the "junkie pneumonia" in the 1970s, [post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) I'm surprised we're at over a 100 replies and his name hasn't been mentioned. Some features on this site require a subscription. I know kidney failure was the official cause, but she got around A LOT and was with Prince during his Wild days. What makes you so sure? r205 there was no cover up on that one. r133 - I really really don't want to believe Prince had sex with Boy George. Or left all of us, he said in a 2016 interview. Otherwise, you'll just have to find some other site By Emily Blackwood Written on Feb 26, 2019. r231: Of heroin, at least. Adored listening to him on PMG and his own albums, as well as seeing him live with the group a number of times where he was sensational. He was 66. That performance of Song for Bilbao was mind blowing. Been listening to the Pat Metheny Group since the early 80s and seen them live so many times. In an interview with JAZZIZ magazine in 2016, Mays said he had been working as a software development manager because of changes in the music industry. I don't believe he was poz either. The guitarist called his collaborator of 30 years in the jazz fusion group "one of the greatest musicians I have ever known.". Also it was known at the time of death that Arthur Ashe and Max Robinson had AIDS. Mays died in Los Angeles at the age of 66 on February 10, 2020 "after a long battle with a recurring illness". He was regarded by both professional musicians and music fans as one of the most innovative and creative jazz pianists and keyboardists, but he personally considered himself more of a serious contemporary composer with an advanced approach to classical music, harmonic aesthetics, and structural development through long forms. He recently profile Bowie and he definitely had cancer. Hello and thank you for being a DL contributor. r112 a dear friend of mine who was a radio DJ in New York told me the Prince always requested a male escort when in town. James Coco (still pretty covered up to present), Perry Ellis (covered up for a while, then revealed). When David opened up, there stood the leading man. My sympathy to his family, his friends and all his fans. Lyle Mays, a keyboardist, composer and orchestrator who helped carve a new channel for contemporary jazz with The Pat Metheny Group, died on Monday in Los Angeles. This was not the first time they had done this during the tour, but it was a definite first for me. Time goes by. In addition to his work on the national and international jazz scenes, he has been covering D.C.s local jazz community since 2009. Mark Hollis has died. It's anonymous site. While there were certainly a lot of people who hid their disease, those who died of the disease in the early eighties didn't know they had it. I really think your playing is the best Ive heard you play, Mays told writer Martin Johnson. He didn't have AIDS. In a . [23] Mays also composed Distance for Pat Metheny Groups Grammy-winning and RIAA-certified Gold album, Still Life (1987, Geffen), "Mindwalk"[24] in 2009 for renowned marimba player, Nancy Zeltsman, and previously "Somewhere in Maine"[25] in 1988 for her duo with violinist Sharan Leventhal, Marimolin, and Street Dreams 3 for his solo album, Street Dreams (Geffen, 1988) with top classical performers in New York City. Mind you, these friends would be in a position to know based on professions and families, so who knows! They might be right. His niece Aubrey Johnson wrote that he passed away "surrounded by loved ones, after a long battle with a recurring illness." Researched and written by Matt Spaiser An announcement on Metheny's Facebook page said he died surrounded by loved ones "after a long. Mays was born in Wausaukee, Wisconsin, on Nov. 27, 1953, to a musical family. Become a contributor - post when you want with no ads. Lyle Waggoner, known for his work on "The Carol Burnett Show" and " Wonder Woman ," has died at the age of 84. I remember Arsenio Hall had a discussion about it on his show. He grew up listening to classical music and, at the age of nine, began teaching himself (with his parents encouragement) to play piano and organ. [4] In 1985, Metheny's and Mays's compositions were performed by the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago in the critically-acclaimed production of Orphans by Lyle Kessler. Don't remember the date but it may have been before or around the time that the term AIDS was first used. Sign in to continue reading, The keyboardist, composer, and close collaborator with Pat Metheny has passed away at 66. 2:02. The first is regarding Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Friends of the deceased are interviewed as well especially what was going on around the death. What a infantile post r10. I even [italic]said[/italic] I didn't believe it, for Crissake. Bowie, rumors. Lyle Mays: OK. From the old SUMMERSTOCK MEMORIES thread: The one story where I really cant tell you the name of the star involved a magical summer night. A great loss that too many will not realize. Arafat had lost a lot of weight before he died, he was stick thin and looked very sick. All rights reserved. No! Appreciation of the impresario is short on jazz detail but shows the gulf between the 60s and the culturally superficial, shallow present. If we were talking Lyle Menendez, that's one I'd believe in a hearbeat. The Original Pat Metheny Group: Mark Egan, Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Danny Gottlieb. From the first notes we played together, we had an immediate bond. Had a deep and abiding love of the twink, the fresher the better.". there is NO RECORD in medical science of anyone developing a brain tumor from roids. Mays was a cofounder of the Pat Metheny Group in 1977, and remained a member for 33 years. R205/R206, Miles Davis was also a homosexual on the Down Low his entire life. Prince died of a big disease with a little name? Across more than 30 years, every moment we shared in music was special. The doctor who treated his pancreatic cancer had devoted his career to AIDS related research. Advertise with Jazz Journal Photo: Getty. When that gig ended in mid-1976, Mays began playing with guitarist Metheny, whom he had met the previous year and with whom he formed an instant rapport. Or was that all about publicity? I think Harry Hamlin has AIDS. Apparently he was a chain smoker and never quit. Who could imagine me with a gay man?? The description of how he died was not in line at all with typical AIDS symptoms. Its Lhistoire Du Soldat instrumentation. On the first two records I did [Lyle Mays and Street Dreams], I spent a lot of time in preproduction orchestrating things. He was my dear uncle, mentor, and friend and words cannot express the depth of my grief. Please click here to get full access and no ads for $1.99 or less per month. What about Vanity? He passed away surrounded by family and friends, including Steve Rodby, who worked with Mays in Methenys group. I knew many of the people involved at the time. Mays followed suit, taking piano lessons from a local teacher, and eventually began playing organ in his hometown church as a teen. He was playing with Pat [Metheny], and it was just the quartet at that time. Mays had a "long battle with a recurring illness," according to musician. I lived in Berkeley up until 1981 and there was a small article in the local paper about men coming into the Gay's Men's Health Center with lesions of unknown origin. Lyle Mays, an acclaimed pianist, keyboardist, and composer who was best known for his long and close association with guitarist Pat Metheny, died on the morning of February 10 in Los Angeles. I am going to run through a list of famous people who have been known to die from something besides AIDS, but rumors persist. R104 you mean Leonard Bernstein? Please click here to register for free. I cannot recall his name but I know he played a priest in one film and lead a gangbang of Armond Rizzo in another film. I don't see the point in spreading totally unfounded rumors. "Miles Davis. [20] Lyle's Oberheim analog synth pad and his voice counting the second hand of a clock at the recording session, "55, 3..," which can be heard from the bridge part of "As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls (1981)," was used for Christian Dior's Fahrenheit Cologne commercials for almost 30 years, from 1988 to 2016.[21]. His death, at Adventist. "I've always wondered about Wilt Chamberlain. Harry Hamlin always had the GAYEST roast beef lips. After his death, John Loftus reported on ABC radio that Arafat had died of AIDS. What a loss. People are just making this up. The airplane was the key to it's massive spread. I think he was poisoned but it's all speculation - no way to know for sure. What is the definition of "early eighties?" Across more than 30 years, every moment we shared in music was special., noted Pat Metheny. Lyle Mays Death/ Cause of Death Mays died on February 10, 2020, after a battle with a "recurring illness". Unfortunately for him and Mrs. Spaeth, no one knew he had AIDS. It wasn't just John but Yoko was extremely thin as well. r109 - Yeah, right after Prince died lots of speculation on DL (and elsewhere) that he had symptomatic HIV. Russian-American ballet dance & actor, Alexander Godunov. Mays became the groups chief arranger, with his distinctive touch and impressionistic piano solos heard on the bands Grammy-nominated album, Lab 75! Tag "lyle mays cause of death" NEWS PLUS: On This Day. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Steven has stories, but here is mine. Co-founder of the Pat Metheny Group and GRAMMY-winning contemporary jazz keyboardist and composer Lyle Mays has died at the age of 66. You know how he got AIDS. He couldnt understand it at all. Blanche Devereaux, the slut who actually deserved it. Their music has been a constant theme and a reassuring thread for most of my adult . Nowadays, + people will be put on toxic drugs & will die of liver cancer from the cocktail, not full-blown AIDS. This was long before the internet; so wed all read newspaper and magazine clippings the professor had collected. And I know we only hear about the pussyhound sleaziness side of them - but when guys are that compulsive sexually - I often wonder if were only seeing a small part of the story. r215, I don't know but thats what my guncle always told me. Some people think Steve McQueen died of AIDS. Aside from releasing a statement before his death confirming he had AIDS, the precise cause was stated on the death certificate, which I assume was by his wish. Rumors exist and we will examine the big ones. Itll be fun. Shock, shock, shock! This live performance of Song for Bilbao features Mays combining piano and synth layering in his extended solo: Finally, in this video from 1985, Mays discusses his stage rig and his approach to incorporating synthesizers into his performances: Wow. By the time Mays had finished his formal education, his arrangements for North Texas State University Lab Band could be heard on the Grammy nominated Lab 75, the first of 23 lifetime nominations for the Recording Academys coveted gong. He was 66. The jazz pianist and composer earned 11 Grammy Awards. And the other one he did, East of the Sun, West of the Moon, it was cinematic. He will be sadly missed. Prince became quite the homophobe himself when he became a Jehovahs Witness Lyle Alzedo died from a brain tumor as a result of his excessive fondness for steroids. Clayburgh had chronic lymphocytic leukemia for 20 years. I got into computers just after the Radio Shack, solder-it-together-yourself stage, he explained. I will miss him with all my heart. In 1984 Amanda Blake married Austinite Mark Spaeth. Now I wonder if it was a political statement, or if it was indeed homophobic? no r114, but Ibread here both men had the same middle-aged bareback gay pornstar as a "friend". There were reports in late 1980 about two men in San Francisco dying mysteriously of very similar symptoms, symptoms that later became what became indicators of what would later be called full-blown AIDS. You aint special you sanctimonious fuck. Even the merest speculation of HIV meant a damaged, or tainted, estate value and posthumous reputation. While the band bore the guitarists name, Mays was a crucial factor in their success. I kind of feel like the music industry has left me, he said in a revealing podcast interview forJazzizin 2016, and his observation that people were increasingly reluctant to pay for music has proven to be remarkably prescient. from r32, Irvin Allen Lee, Calvin from the Edge of Night, oh my. And great art. DB. People dont want to pay for music anymore. Did you know that Steven Cantor produced Lyle's first solo album? He lives in Washington with his wife and two children. Published June 29, 2009 Updated on June 29, 2009 at 5:00 pm. In West Hollywood. I saw Chamberlain at dozens of tennis events through the years - US Open and Virginia Slims in the Garden - and he was always alone. He may have been gay but he sure wasn't a slut. He was 66 . It's been said he died of heart ailment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9fY9fQm4lo In theaters November 25 2022 brought to you by Sony Pictures Classics. We are changing the login scheme for contributors for simpler login and to better support using multiple devices. I Just listened to the TEDx performance. [19] John Loftus reported on ABC radio that Arafat had died of AIDS. My older brother in the 70s volunteered to be tested in NYC with the Hepatitis B vaccine. our privacy/terms or if you just want to see the damn Some insight into what made their relationship so fruitful can be found in an interview Mays gave to DownBeat for the March 1993 edition, around the time Fictionary was released. Given what we know about the incubation period and progression to full-blown AIDS, the timeline makes sense. Lyle David Mays, legendary keyboardist, composer and musical arranger, passed away on February 10, 2020 at Adventist Hospital in Simi Valley after a long battle with a recurring illness according to a family member. At the time of his death, he was 67 years old. While still in school, he wrote most or all of the arrangements and What Was contains one of the most brilliant piano solos ever. This is totally dvastating. I don't see the point in spreading totally unfounded rumors. Lyle continued to work on it for a bit after that, finishing and finessing a complete MIDI demo of the work, before he stepped away from public music-making altogether and pursued other interests for a decade. In the final years of his life Michael Jacksons body type experienced some severe changes. His pioneering work has been recognized with eleven Grammy Awards. Arafat was poisoned. Kurt Cobain blew his head off with an AIDs infected bullet? If they didn't manage to cover it up, let's have the names. It wasnt even on my mind to do an acoustic record. Rumors have been swirling around the death of Jim Henson, who was the creator of The Muppets. It is not surprising to learn that he did die from HIV/AIDS and they claimed it was something else. Enjoying huge crossover success, the group is still regarded by many as the last word in fusion; each of Mays 11 Grammy wins came during his tenure with the band. He collaborated with electronic keyboard instrument makers, Kurzweil and Korg, to develop their new sounds since he had great knowledge of both computer programming and music synthesis that he learned by himself. Lyle Mays - Eberhard Vinyl + Digital Download Card $20.00 USD. Adored his brilliance, his music, his ability to stir every emotion in my soul. I hated her neighborhood because there were bats. Boy George has more integrity in his eyebrow pencil than you'll ever find in elevator boy's little red closette. Across more than 30 years, every moment we shared in music was special. First attending the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Mays transferred after two years to the University of North Texas (then still known as North Texas State University), where he studied in the famous One OClock Lab Band with fellow keyboardist Coil. David turned to me. He died from a drug overdose, like so many rock stars do. "Lyle was one of the greatest musicians I have ever known . In fact, if someone wanted it to look like natural causes or AIDS that would be the best way to do with without looking like a murder. At the time of his death, he was 67 years old. I remember reading reports even back in 1991/2 that Miles Davis had died of AIDS, in fact, that he was on AZT at the time of his death. In his later years, Mays worked as a software manager. R272 do you have a link to that thread? [245] In July 1960, in the wake of Congo's independence, the United Nations recruited Francophone experts and technicians from all over the world to assist in filling administrative gaps left by Belgium, who did not leave behind an African elite to run the country. I'll have to look elsewhere for my unfounded rumors. Convy - brain cancer 1991". Rock music developed from the rock and roll music that emerged during the 1950s and includes a diverse . The manager revealed that the Hollis failed to recover from "a short illness". I can stand bitchy, but to claim someone died of AIDS when they did not R46 makes you sick little person. He sheepishly grinned at me and then the two of them whispered for a bit. How about Terry Lester? r108 AIDS deaths go back at least to the 1960s, what an idiotic and/or manipulative thing to say. In the meantime, Mays continued freelancing, including work with bassist Steve Swallow, drummer Bob Moses, and Rickie Lee Jones.
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