We remember Wayne Kramer, co-founder and guitarist of the influential Detroit hard rock band MC5, who passed away two years ago today.
MC5 - Ramblin' Rose - Live Tartar Field, Detroit 1970
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2 years ago today 😢
Wayne Kramer, co-founder and guitarist for the influential Detroit hard rock band MC5, died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 75.
Photo by Doug Fulton
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The late Brother Wayne Kramer's narration of his life was a liminal listening experience. Hearing his voice made him alive, even though I knew he wasn't.
Easter egg for #AudioMemoir series followers: Both Kramer and Evan Dando tell versions of the story in which Kramer fired Dando from an MC5 reunion tour.
100-word review #AudioMemoir series:
https://larrys100.writeas.com/tag:AudioMemoir
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The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, the MC5, and My Life of Impossibilities Wayne...
The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, the MC5, and My Life of Impossibilities Wayne Kramer 2018, read by author ## [...]
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The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, the MC5, and My Life of Impossibilities Wayne...
Note: Part of my ongoing #AudioMemoir series reviewing author-read memoirs. Previous: Neko Case, Cameron Crowe. and Evan Dando. Coming: Larry Charles. The late Brother Wayne Kramer's narration of his life was a liminal listening experien...
Larry's 100“We wanted our songs to have historical validity"
The late #WayneKramer (#MC5) on Dope, Detroit, and Why You Shouldn’t Noodle on Guitar During a Revolution
https://youtu.be/Nt62gz981bw
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Kyle Meredith with... Wayne Kramer (MC5)
YouTubeIn memory of Wayne Kramer (real name Kambes), American guitarist, singer, songwriter, lead guitarist and co-founder of the Detroit rock band MC5, born in 1948 in Detroit, Michigan.
📸 Leni Sinclair
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Revolution in Apt 29
Wayne Kramer · Citizen Wayne · Song · 1997
SpotifyBRAD TOLINSKI & JAAN UHELSZKI, WITH BEN EDMONDS – MC5: An Oral Biography of Rock’s Most Revolutionary Band
https://eternal-terror.com/?p=66180
RELEASE YEAR: 2024BAND URL: https://omnibuspress.com/products/mc5-an-oral-biography-of-rock-s-most-revolutionary-band
In this day and age, it might be nigh on impossible to imagine or even fathom just how pivotal MC5 truly were. Inhabiting a musical landscape that laid somewhere between raw garage rock and fierce proto-punk, these Detroit-based rebels essentially spearheaded a new movement […]
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BRAD TOLINSKI & JAAN UHELSZKI, WITH BEN EDMONDS – MC5: An Oral Biography of Rock’s Most Revolutionary Band – Eternal Terror Live
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