He Never Did Sing Out of Tune: Joe Cocker Dies at Age 70 One of the Icons of Our Generation, Joe Cocker passed away yesterday. With his incredible energy and heart he had captured ours back in the day. With his help (and that of the Beatles who wrote and originally recorded the hit song he covered) we learned that, when push came to shove, wed get by with a little help from our friends. That was an important teaching. One of those friends, came across this wonderful YouTube video of Joes appearance on German TV last year as he was being awarded the prestigious Goldene Kamera for 2013. So Im passing it along. At age 69 Joe rocked the house that evening with a sizzling rendition of a recent release I Come In Peace. He was then joined onstage by Jennifer Warnes ( A spring chicken at age 66) to perform the 1982 hit that captured #1 on the Billboard Top #100 for several weeks that year, then won a Grammy and an Oscar for best original song. (it was written by a team that included Buffy Saint-Marie, the Native American Activist who still performs at age 73.) As the camera panned through the audience, I saw that I wasnt the only one in tears. Thank you Joe. May You Rest -- and Rock On -- in Peace.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 00:05:51 +0000