A Tribute to Jeffrey Reid "Jeff" Blackburn: 1945 - 2023

Jeffrey Reid "Jeff" Blackburn: 1945 - 20233rd from left w/ Neil Young and Band (Click photo to enlarge)

 

Here is a tribute to Jeffrey Reid "Jeff" Blackburn: 1946 - 2023 by Ron:

More sad news. 

I was just listening to Windward Passage by the Ducks last week for the first time in ages. If it doesn't get your feet tapping there's something wrong with you. I first heard it when I listened to one of the Ducks' shows that was playing on Rust Radio quite some years ago. I was doing something else at the same time and don't have strong recollections of the other material but Windward Passage stood out for me and grabbed my attention.

I was then fortunate to find a collection of rare Neil Young tracks somewhere on the internet which I downloaded and this included Windward Passage which subsequently received quite a few plays from me. I am therefore looking forward to the release of the long promised Ducks Official Bootleg and the chance to listen to it and the other Ducks tracks in full NYA sound quality. Shame Jeff didn't live to see this release.

A lot of the tracks in the collection of rarities were new to me at the time, but I think they have almost all been made available on NYA now, apart from Sad Movies. This is another favourite of mine so hope to see it on NYA too at some point.

Moby Grape are a name I was familiar with in my teenage years but I don't think I ever heard any of their albums. I'm going to see what I can find available for streaming (not S*****y) and have a good listen tonight. 

RIP Jeff Blackburn

 

Thanks so much for sharing here Ron. 

Yes, it's a real shame that Jeff didn't live to hear this release. Maybe when it does get released, some sort of note can be appended? or maybe that window will get missed also.

DangerDuck flies alone ...
And he rides the wind back to his home
Although his wings have turned to stone

Gone ... but not forgotten... this is the story of The Ducks.  quack, quack Jeff. 

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Jeffrey Reid "Jeff" Blackburn: 1945 - 2023  w/ Neil Young(Click photo to enlarge)

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