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Trini Lopez .. R I P

Lincsaddick
Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
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Not a Mexican midfielder once on the books of West Ham .. A talented entertainer the man who had a world wide hit in the 60s with 'If I Had a Hammer' and for his role in 'The Dirty Dozen'.
He's passed age 83, another victim of the Corona virus pandemic .. R I P Trini

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  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,789
    RIP
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,480
    Oh that’s a sad thing to hear.
    RIP.....Trini....RIP.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,154
    RIP Trini. I had no idea until now that "If I Had a Hammer" was written by Pete Seeger. 
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    https://youtu.be/Kp1z8EzZ5Hs
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,353
    RIP.  That song is another in the background soundtrack of my youth...

    "I'd hammer in the morning, I'd hammer in evening, all over this land..."
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    Lincsaddick said:
    https://youtu.be/Kp1z8EzZ5Hs
    Sad news, loved that song. R I P
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    RIP Trini
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,296
    A staple guest on 60s light entertainment shows. RIP.
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    Had a greatest hits cd of his in my car in the 90s. Great music.
    Sad day.
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  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,503
    Saw a surprise Trini Lopez performnce in Maastricht 4 or 5 years back. Capped a great night. 
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,680
    edited August 2020
    I would have been very young, but remember being taken with the sound of his guitar and the 'live' sound.  Think it must've been on big brother's reel to reel.  I played it over and over (when he wasn't looking)  :).

    RIP Trini.   
  • killer kish
    killer kish Posts: 2,019
    RIP Trini
    Remember taking "If I Had A Hammer" from my Dad's record collection back in the Eighties because I liked it so much
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    Played everything there was of his on the Mill jukebox.
    Brilliant. Forgotten how good he was.
  • Addictedoldgit
    Addictedoldgit Posts: 1,826
    RIP Trini.

    ' If I had a hammer " has stayed somewhere in a quiet corner of my brain for over half a century.
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    RIP

    I nearly bought a Trini Lopez Gibson guitar in San Francisco in the early 90s - $450 - wonder how much it would be worth now...
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    Saga Lout said:
    RIP

    I nearly bought a Trini Lopez Gibson guitar in San Francisco in the early 90s - $450 - wonder how much it would be worth now...
    there's a few on eBay for £4,000ish to £8,500ish
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    Lincsaddick said:
    Saga Lout said:
    RIP

    I nearly bought a Trini Lopez Gibson guitar in San Francisco in the early 90s - $450 - wonder how much it would be worth now...
    there's a few on eBay for £4,000ish to £8,500ish
    Wow! If I knew then what I know now....

    And it was a nice guitar - I was just worried about getting it back home on the flight.

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