O Death: 3 RIPs

Ralph Stanley, the diehard pioneer of mountain music, who was reintroduced to a new generation through the Coen brothers film "O Brother, Where Art Thou," died last week at 89. A few years ago, he contributed to the fine soundtrack for "Lawless," penned by Nick Cave. Here he covers the Velvet Underground's "White Light/White Heat."



And the haunting "O Death":



Rolling Stone magazine is good about supplementing its obits with 10 essential tracks. Follow the link here.

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Bernie Worrell tore the roof off with his keyboard work for Parliament/Funkadelic in the '70s, and then he helped burn down the house with Talking Heads in the '80s. He died last week at 79. Here is the irresistible R&B hook, "Flash Light":



And with Talking Heads on the big-suit workout "Girlfriend Is Better" from Jonathan Demme's "Stop Making Sense" in 1984:



Here is Worrell's Rolling Stone top 10:

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Elvis Presley's sideman Scotty Moore died Tuesday at 84. Here he is on Elvis' left as the boys rip through Jimmy Reed's "Baby What You Want Me To Do" on the Comeback Special in 1968:



And while we're there, let's toss in the memorable version of "Trying to Get to You," where Elvis just can't sit still:



BONUS TRACK
Note the beehives ringing the stage at Elvis' feet. That reminds us that Margaret Vinci Heldt, who invented the beehive in 1960, died earlier this month, too. The Washington Post wrote a wonderful obit.