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Thread #73023   Message #1263172
Posted By: C-flat
03-Sep-04 - 02:52 AM
Thread Name: Obit: Carl Wayne
Subject: Obit: Carl Wayne
I was sorry to read today of the death of Carl Wayne(61), lead singer with the sixties band "The Move".
Wayne had a number of hits including "Flowers in the Rain", "I Can Hear The Grass Grow" and "Blackberry Way" before leaving the band which went on to spawn "The Electric Light Orchestra" and "Wizard".
The last time I saw him he was on stage, in the West End, in Willy Russells' musical "Blood Brothers" and I thought he was spellbinding.
Apparently, after a 6 year run, he left the show to replace Allan Clarke on lead vocals with "The Hollies", touring Britain, America, New Zealand and Ausralia.
No information on why he died, 61 seems very young for a man that ran marathons and competed in triathlons to raise money for leukaemia research, but sad news anyway.

C-flat.