Cry me a river: Joe Cocker has died.

Joe Cocker is (was?) one of my favorite musical artists. Having said that I quickly add that while his work is well represented on my list of favorites, I also really don't like a bunch of his other work. But the stuff that's good is great.

He died today at the age of 70.

One of the best "albums" you can get if you like rock and roll is Mad Dogs and Englishmen. It's Joe Cocker and a bunch of other great musicians of the day, live, double album. On that album you will find Feeling Alright. Great song. I remember Amanda being very disappointed when she learned that the relevant statement from the song is not "I'm feeling alright" but rather, "You're feeling alright, I'm not feeling so good myself" (because you dumped me and found somebody else, etc. etc.). Still a good song, though. And here it is:

For many years, it may have been true that Joe Cocker was the only artist who did the Beatles every bid as good as the Beatles, though of course different.

I'm lucky that I saw him in concert several times, including just recently.

Oh, and of course, his performance at Woodstock is legendary. Let's do that too:

SO, Joe, now that you're gone...

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