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Dave Day, Electric Banjo Player For The Monks, Died This Week

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2008-01-12 00:01:22 by mollifire of MOG in MOG - Editor's Picks
...Monks lost their original electrified banjo player this week. Dave Day, real name Dave Havlicek, suffered a heart attack and massive brain injury earlier this week and was on life support immediately after. The Monks' Eddie Shaw is quoted in a WFMU blog as saying: Two days before the birthday of his hero, Elvis, Dave Day of the Monks suffered...
 
Tags: monks, dave, dave day, banjo, banjo player, monks lost, honorary monks, monks website, monks nooses
 
 
 
 
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Interview with Eddie Shaw of The Monks

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2008-01-16 00:00:00 by mofgimmers in Electric Roulette
...Monks ? ( Click here if you didn't ) Well, how about another? Here, for your intrigue, is Eddie Shaw of the legendary Monks! For your info, this was an interview from a while ago, which first appeared on PopJunkie (now defunct Hi Eddie, how are you and what are you up to these days I am well and have been doing lots of travel. I am working on...
 
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The Monks' Dave Day, R.I.P.

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2008-01-11 11:52:00 by Dave Maher in Pitchfork: News
...Monks , passed away yesterday (January 10 The Monks' official website simply lists the date of Havlicek's death with a message that says, "Play that banjo in heaven, d.d. We'll miss you However, a post on WFMU's Beware of the Blog quotes fellow Monk Eddie Shaw as saying, "Two days before the birthday of his hero, Elvis, Dave Day of the...
 
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The Monks' Dave Day, R.I.P.

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2008-01-11 11:52:00 by Dave Maher in Pitchfork: News
...Monks , passed away yesterday (January 10 The Monks' official website simply lists the date of Havlicek's death with a message that says, "Play that banjo in heaven, d.d. We'll miss you However, a post on WFMU's Beware of the Blog quotes fellow Monk Eddie Shaw as saying, "Two days before the birthday of his hero, Elvis, Dave Day of the...
 
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The Monks' Dave Day, R.I.P.

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2008-01-11 11:52:00 by Dave Maher in Pitchfork: News
...Monks , passed away yesterday (January 10 The Monks' official website simply lists the date of Havlicek's death with a message that says, "Play that banjo in heaven, d.d. We'll miss you However, a post on WFMU's Beware of the Blog quotes fellow Monk Eddie Shaw as saying, "Two days before the birthday of his hero, Elvis, Dave Day of the...
 
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Japanese Buddhist monks try to lure believers with fashion, rap music

2007-12-26 20:44:29 by admin in blog.mp3adrenalin.com
 
...monks and nuns hit the catwalk in Tokyo on Saturday in a bid to spread Buddhism among younger people in this rapidly aging society The fashion show opened with a Buddhist prayer set to a hip-hop beat at the centuries-old Tsukiji Honganji temple, where nearly 40 monks and nuns from eight major Buddhist sects showed off elaborate robes in an...
 
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The Gyuto Monks Tantric Choir - Tibetan Chants For World Peace (2008)

2008-10-13 21:25:16 by Editor in Music Emissions Alternative Music Reviews
 
...Monks disc talks about how the monks manage to get to a tone so low that it is inhumanly possible. But the monks manage to get themselves into a state when they are chanting that they transcend as well. The Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart is responsible for this recording, one that documents these chants from the Gyoto Tantric Monastic...
 
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Cistercian Monks, #7 With A Bullet

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2008-06-04 18:00:55 by Li Robbins in Radio 2 Blog
 
...monks singing Gregorian chant charting with the likes of Usher, Duffy and The Ting Tings. (The Ting Tings song Great DJ is worth adding to any party playlist you have, btw -- check it out on The Ting Tings MySpace site But at the same time, it's also not that one shouldn't expect it, given the previous pop success of chant over the years....
 
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The Monks - I Ain't Gettin' Any

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2008-06-18 18:41:00 by Club80 in The Post Punk Progressive Pop Party
...Monks released their second single, " I Ain't Gettin' Any ". It was backed by " Inter-City Kitty ". Both tracks appeared on their debut album, Bad Habits . The London punk band was the alter-ego of The Strawbs, a progressive rock/glam rock band and was, in fact, Richard Hudson and John Ford of The Strawbs. They released two albums and several...
 
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HPMA Aftermath: Hell City Kings, Fondue Monks, Pale, Arthur Yoria and Bring Back the Guns

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2008-07-28 16:30:28 by Chris Gray in Houstoned Rocks
...Monks' Rozz Zamorano While longtime Houston staple Fondue Monks haven't had a new album in a decade - longer than most of this year's HPMA nominees have been bands - they still know how to get down. This year's appearance at Flying Saucer put the foursome squarely in their element: a bar full of midday drunken revelers looking for an excuse...
 
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