Prattling Before the Pratfall

Somebody (you know who you are!) really liked my recent post with Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘Fakin’ It’. This one is another favorite of mine that I have featured previously. Here there be musical magic.

Hard to believe that’s been five-and-a-half years already since I happened to cross paths with Donovan, as recounted here.

Ian Whitcomb has died. I am heartbroken over the passing of such a treasure of a man. A great delight for me in recent years has been connecting with Ian and his pal Jim Dawson on their Wednesday night LuxuraMusic program. This is such a terrible loss.

Ian never fully recovered from surgery he had last year. He developed complications and returned to the hospital in early March. It’s rumored that he caught Covid-19 there, but that has yet to be confirmed. What has been confirmed is that he died this afternoon.

Follow-up: Definitely NOT Covid-19.

Correction: Although word of his passing did not appear until yesterday, Ian died on Sunday. Here is a remembrance from Jim Dawson: https://luxuriamusic.com/ian-whitcomb-1941-2020/