Grammy award-winning percussionist and song-writer Ralph MacDonald passed away yesterday at the age of 67. This man was impressive, the list of people he recorded with is astounding. Bill Withers, George Benson, David Bowie, Aretha Franklin and on and on. His song-writing skills are just as notable. His major contributions to music history are the Bill Withers hit “Just The Two Of Us” and Roberta Flack’s (with Donny Hathaway) “Where Is The Love“. A terrible loss to music, he will be missed.
Just Two Of Us – Live with Toph-E and the Pussycats
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I knew Ralph MacDonald form his time in Jimmy Buffett’s band, the Coral Reefers.
Also looks like he had a sense of humor – percussion on plastic bags and pieces of paper with JB
http://youtu.be/fj6Qnv1mHiU
Jimmy was on the list as well. I could have kept going for at least another 10 minutes on who he recorded with. Paul Simon, James Taylor, Steely Dan, Art Garfunkel, even Amy Winehouse. One top tier music-man.
And the video is great. Talent always shines through eh?