Emitt Rhodes 1950-2020

[rn57]

Thought about putting this in On Topic since he was after all Hawthorne’s leading musical visionary not named Wilson....but anyway word has come that Emitt Rhodes died peacefully this afternoon, age 70, RIP.

[MrRobinsonsFather]

That’s horrible news ....

[Tom]

Emitt really was great, such a shame. He often gets the McCartney comparison but I'd actually argue he sounded like Dennis at times - not vocally, but stylistically - check "Birthday Lady" against Dennis' Sunflower tracks for example, down to the way both of them pronounce 'looohve you'.

He had a rough career as I understand it - pretty sure he was sued by his record label for hundreds of thousands when he was unable to deliver albums to their strict deadlines (they wanted him doing them on a six month turnaround, not understanding the basic premise that it takes longer to record an album when it's one person overdubbing every instrument!)