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- December 25, 2011 2:19 AM CST
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  Just heard from a pretty reliable source that Sean Bonniwell has passed away. R.I.P.
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  "Go read a book and flunk a test." -Iggy
- December 26, 2011 1:46 PM CST
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  Chuck Barris ? HA HA. Good call , but , no , I think it's that one guy , one of The "Action" Dancers. Don't know , but , he was one of two , MAYBE three nonwhite Dancers/Emcees on the show. I think he was East Indian .....Dick Clark fought racial/ethnic mixing on his show for years , while Alan Freed was crucified for doing the opposite. By the mid - 60's , I think , Clark had to bend a little. But , I re-checked. That's not Barris. Dug his two - layered Mod haircut ,tho'. Sorry to get on the soapbox. I just resent hearing Clark get all the credit , when Freed , Dewey Phillips , Hoss Allen and others held big neon signs around their necks that read "BEAT MY ASS AND SET MY HOUSE ON FIRE !!", while Clark was washed clean by the blood of the lamb , by neutering R'n'R AT EVERY GIVEN OPPORTUNITY.
  
  Gringo Starr said:
  
  Wow. Was that Chuck Barris (Gong Show etc.) at the end of the clip coming up to the band!!!??
  
  John Battles said:
  
  Amazing. Never seen that clip. Sean looking like Basi Rathbone as King Richard III.
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- December 26, 2011 8:12 AM CST
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  Wow. Was that Chuck Barris (Gong Show etc.) at the end of the clip coming up to the band!!!??
  
  John Battles said:
  
  Amazing. Never seen that clip. Sean looking like Basi Rathbone as King Richard III.
  kopper said:
- December 25, 2011 7:49 PM CST
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  Amazing. Never seen that clip. Sean looking like Basi Rathbone as King Richard III.
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- December 25, 2011 4:29 PM CST
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  Sean Bonniwell R.I.P.
  
  'Talk,Talk' was one of a brace of singles that I bought as a (barely) teenaged musician after I got my first 'record player'... so yes, he had fans even as far away as down here in South Australia... dunno how or why, but Adelaide, pretty much alone in Australia, had songs like this and 'Pushin' Too Hard', 'Psychotic Reaction', '...Too Much to Dream...' and other Nuggets staples in the 'Top 10' on our local AM station,5KA... so Music Machine and Love and the Seeds and 13th Floor Elevators were well-known and inspired a thriving garage scene here... we did all these songs in my school band, 'the Souls of Misery'... great time in music!
  
  Sad news indeed! We'll certainly be playing a tribute on this week's edition of our radio shows...
- December 25, 2011 3:12 PM CST
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  OH , NO....If it's true , that's very sad. You want to talk about underrated....
  
  It's strange , I was just thinking about him , not a half - hour ago. A friend of mine was hanging out with Rudi Protrudi , when Sean came by. Sean overheard them talking about Jim Morrisson , and he said "JIM MORRISSON ?! JIM MORRISSON WAS AN AGENT FOR SATAN !!!".
  
  Of course , Jim stands tall , near the top of my OVERrated column , but , if there's Heaven above us , you know that he'll be waiting , to give Sean his first glass of Irish whiskey.
  
  Sean , if ye be in Heaven today , tis true , the Devil was surely too busy texting all his idiot new arrivals (Kim Jong Il , e.g.) to see ye by God's throne , hugging Sky Saxon , and , yes , even Arthur Lee. Go in Peace.
  
  Note : I just saw the other messages , confirming the news.
  
  "Oh , Danny Boy , It's you must go , and I must bide....".
  
  " Hey , Joe , you can't die until your time . Cause death is'nt love , and love is just the hands of time.".
- December 25, 2011 12:02 PM CST
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- December 25, 2011 12:00 PM CST
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- December 25, 2011 10:58 AM CST
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  damn...
- December 25, 2011 10:47 AM CST
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  Sad news, indeed. In googling around for more info, I came across this...how appropriate.
  
  "Reedited by Sean Bonniwell, "Christmas Morning" sounds like the Zombies and the Kinks jamming with the Lafayette Afro-Rock band."
  
  http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/12/premiere-zebras-christmas-morning-from-struts-in-the-christmas-groove.html
- December 25, 2011 10:30 AM CST
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  RIP, a much underrated talent.
- December 25, 2011 9:16 AM CST
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  A major talent who will be missed.
  
  I never got to meet him, but always wanted to tell him how much his music influenced me over the years. Funny when you think of it; 20 or so years after Sean wrote "Dark White" for example, there I was - a young whippersnapper from another country covering his "obscure" song on stage. Your music was incredibly powerful and that far reaching, Sean!
  
  From the moment I first heard The Music Machine, I never stopped listening.
  
  R.I.P. and thoughts go out to all your family and loved ones.
  
  James
- December 25, 2011 6:02 AM CST
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  It's confirmed on his Facebook page. What a great loss to the world of Rock and Roll!
- December 25, 2011 5:50 AM CST
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  Noooooooooo! If any hears any more news please post it here.
- December 25, 2011 3:34 AM CST
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  Sad to hear such news. I've never listened much of his material, but it really sounds great.
  
  R.I.P.

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