Men at Work musician Greg Ham found dead

Men at Work musician Greg Ham found dead in his home. (http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=722176)

Bad things come in threes. This makes two. Who's next? R.I.P Greg Ham. Y'all put out some good music.

Sad. I saw Men At Work on their "reunion" tour in the late '90s with Colin Hay and Ham as the only original members.

Sad news. Guy was an interesting cat apparently.


Still can't believe they lost the lawsuit over the Flute Riff.

Next it has to be Borgnine or Vigoda...

Rip to Man in Hat man.

Next it has to be Borgnine or Vigoda...

Rip to Man in Hat man.

robin gibb is in a bad way as is levon helm

R.I.P. Greg ...

Bad things come in threes. This makes two. Who's next? indeed :sad:

Rest in Peace, Greg.

My condolences to Colin and all the rest of Greg's people.

Bad things come in threes.

Please reassure me that you don't seriously believe this. :)

Sad news. Guy was an interesting cat apparently.


Still can't believe they lost the lawsuit over the Flute Riff.

RIP, Greg Ham. That stupid lawsuit cements many a distaste for what can be done with the law when it comes to suing deep pockets. What if the band never charted with that hit? It's a real stretch to call their hit a ripoff of a children's song.

Next it has to be Borgnine or Vigoda...

Borgnine will outlive the cockroaches.

Here's a photo snapped of him shopping at Costco in Van Nuys in June 2010:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/Skullylonghorn/Borgnine.jpg

I was buying supplies for my daughter's school camping trip, when my wife texted me from the front of the store: "Ernest Borgnine at register." So my friend and I, acting silly and very un-L.A., rushed up to the register and he snapped this cell photo as 92-year-old Ernie was wheeling his baloney out of the store.

My wife had been in line behind him there before when he was buying diapers for an out of town guest ("Can you believe it?" Ernie asked his fellow shoppers. "Diapers!")

And he's still going. I was recounting this story to a friend at a recent Easter gathering and he said, "I saw him at Ralph's a few weeks back."

Greg Ham awesome sax intro to "Who can it be now" eg16BeKyf_I

But, don't watch the whole thing, it is just a loop of the intro for 14 minutes.:shock:

robin gibb is in a bad way as is levon helm

Yeah, I'll be stunned if either one of them makes it until Monday. Robin, in theory, could recover, but man, he's been sick for so, so long. Levon won't. I hope the end is kind to them both.

Yeah, I'll be stunned if either one of them makes it until Monday.

I'll still be stunned when either Robin or Levon die.

Still, you know they've been suffering a lot; it is hard to see the point if they can't get back some way - I'm just not ready to part with these guys. But I keep imagining Robin being united with Maurice and with his kid brother, Andy. And I keep imagining Levon getting caught up with Richard and Rick.

Sad.

Greg is gone, just like that. You accept it or you don't.

RIP Greg!


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Local coverage:

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/how-the-song-turned-sour-for-a-beautiful-man-20120419-1xa5w.html

i blame Vegemite

Sad. RIP

RIP, Greg Ham. That stupid lawsuit cements many a distaste for what can be done with the law when it comes to suing deep pockets. What if the band never charted with that hit? It's a real stretch to call their hit a ripoff of a children's song.

Somewhere a lawyer is waking up in his $10m house, climbing into his Maserati and saying "What a beautiful day to litigate."

Of all the things the US has spread around the globe as part of it's culture, nuisance lawsuits my favourite. Right after McDonalds, Krispy Kreme and Starbucks.

Somewhere a lawyer is waking up in his $10m house, climbing into his Maserati and saying "What a beautiful day to litigate."

Of all the things the US has spread around the globe as part of it's culture, nuisance lawsuits my favourite. Right after McDonalds, Krispy Kreme and Starbucks.

So over litigation in your country is America's fault?

Nice.

America's fault?
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Where there's fault......

You know the rest.

There goes another part of my childhood.

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robin gibb is in a bad way as is levon helm

Levon Helm died a few hours ago.

Somewhere a lawyer is waking up in his $10m house, climbing into his Maserati and saying "What a beautiful day to litigate."

Of all the things the US has spread around the globe as part of it's culture, nuisance lawsuits my favourite. Right after McDonalds, Krispy Kreme and Starbucks.

You would think it would be OK with common law, but no, how about Palsgraf v. Long Island RR? That was what some was to say the start of a landslide.:neutral:

Nice to see a "flute guy" getting some accolades.... Vale, Greg Ham... thanks for the tunes..

you helped to put vegemite onto the worlds lips.... cheers mate...:wink:

I heard about his passing yesterday ... there's a few musicians dropping off the perch this year.eh?.. always a sad day ...

Nice to see a "flute guy" getting some accolades.... Vale, Greg Ham... thanks for the tunes..:cool:

and..you helped to put Vegemite onto the worlds lips.... cheers mate...:wink:

I heard about his passing yesterday ... there's a few musicians dropping off the perch this year.eh?.. always a sad day ...:cry:

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Whether or not Mr Ham's passing was natural or otherwise is still in the hands of the investigators. All I know is that I was speaking to one of his friends a couple of weeks back and she said that the court case had "broken him financially and emotionally". She believed he had to sell his house to help cover the legal bills.


This is a wrap-up of the farce, dated 24th Feb 2010--

"...Larrikin has asked that it be paid between 40-60% of all income earned by the respondents in relation to "Down Under". This question (and that of costs) is yet to be determined. Pertinent to this determination will be Justice Jacobson's decision that a finding of copyright infringement did not mean that the flute riff was a substantial part of "Down Under" or that it was the "hook" or that part of the song that lingers in a listener's memory..."

They won this case, BTW.

Interestingly, founder Warren Fahey (http://folkstream.com/reviews/larrikin.html) sold Larrikin Music to Music Sales Corporation in 1988 and, in 1995 Larrikin Records was sold to Festival Music, who are in turned owned by Warners.

In times previous, a situation like this would not have come to "lawyers at 10 paces". That's not how we used to deal with things in this country.
And all over 2 bars of a 4 bar ditty written for a Girl Guides contest in 1912.

So excuse me for feeling like punching an ambulance chaser in the mouth.

"...Larrikin has asked that it be paid between 40-60% of all income earned by the respondents in relation to "Down Under". This question (and that of costs) is yet to be determined. Pertinent to this determination will be Justice Jacobson's decision that a finding of copyright infringement did not mean that the flute riff was a substantial part of "Down Under" or that it was the "hook" or that part of the song that lingers in a listener's memory..."

They won this case, BTW.

Yeah, but they got 5%.

In times previous, a situation like this would not have come to "lawyers at 10 paces". That's not how we used to deal with things in this country.

This is a good thing? Tell me again who settled your country.

And all over 2 bars of a 4 bar ditty written for a Girl Guides contest in 1912.

So excuse me for feeling like punching an ambulance chaser in the mouth.

I think the decision was a bad one. But is it fair to blame all of the legal profession and the United States for the death of Greg Ham?

It's unclear how he died, but when I saw him perform back in 1998, I thought he looked rough. He was smoking on stage and it looked like he drank a lot. This was long before the lawsuit.

Reading the reports of his death, there were numerous accounts of heavy drinking, sleeping on the bar, and being escorted home. One friend said he had been drinking a lot and using heroin in recent years.

A lot of people get bad breaks much worse than Ham's without ever having had the glory that he enjoyed. Perhaps he could've dealt with the disappointments and the injustices better than he did.

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I posted this in another thread, but thought I'd add it here as well. Today I recorded an acoustic version of the song in tribute to a wonderful musician.

Please feel free to download it here:http://jacksonjackson.homestead.com/Jackson_Jackson_-_Overkill__acoustic_.mp3
You can right click and "save as"

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LOL, it's always good judgment to eliminate any forelock content in a post. :lol:

So excuse me for feeling like punching an ambulance chaser in the mouth.

I'll hold his arms for you. :twisted:
I love Men At Work and am sorry to hear about this whole situation.

Levon Helm makes three, so that's quite enough for now. Actually, three too many. RIP, all three of you. And no, I don't really believe that bad things come in threes. Just seems that way sometimes.

Couple of great songs they had that still make me smile when I hear them. Thanx for the music Sir.

Is there any way to instigate a class action suit against the village people for the irreparable harm they've caused?

Bad things come in sets of 8 million. We're almost through it. Only 1 million more bad things are going to happen.

So over litigation in your country is America's fault?

Nice.

Yep. You started it and the 1000 different variants of Judge Judy and A Current Affair syndicated the same culture everywhere else.

I tried to chase an ambulance once, but it stopped suddenly and I smacked into the back of it.

I was hurt pretty bad, but luckily it didn't take long for the ambulance to get there.

Geez...too much. I absolutely love Men at Work. Business as Usual was one part of the first group of records my step-dad gave to me. I wore it out during my senior year of college.

Sad. I saw Men At Work on their "reunion" tour in the late '90s with Colin Hay and Ham as the only original members.

Man, this really bums me out. My band opened 26 dates of their 1998 tour and, of the "famous" musicians I've been around, I can honestly say that Greg was the most personable, enjoyable, and fun to hang with of them all. Sure he liked to party, that's about the only fun part of touring sometimes. What I'll always remember is that he took the time to hang out, talk, and joke with all of us.

Men at Work has some awesome songs in their catalog, even beyond their hits, and Greg played no small part In making them memorable and special. He was a wonderful musician and a truly righteous guy. Even though I haven't seen him in 14 years, his passing hits me as a great loss. I'll always hold a special memory of this man. RIP mate.

Ghosts appear and fade away... :cry:

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Great tribute Overkill version. Jackson!!
I liked Men at Work great band.