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Ten years ago today, I unexpectedly found out about the death of my many leveled hero Joe Strummer on the old Electric Magic forum which eventually became this forum. To say the least I was gutted. Tears in my eyes while Strummer's music was playing in the background as on this forum I wrote page after page of longwinded rambling about my gratitude & love for the man & all that he blessed us with in his time. It was that day that I finally understood the cliche of it not being the time one has been given but what one does with that time. Ten years later I miss the man as a friend I never had the opportunity to meet while his words still ring in my head. Bless you John Graham Mellor aka Joe Strummer, and yes, "Without people you're nothing"....

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10 years ago today Joe Strummer died. One of the greats!

One of the greats indeed! The Clash was a band that I did not miss seeing live because I was too young (like Zeppelin). I clearly remember the day I was turned onto them.

The Clash really made an impression on me, I bought up all of their records and couldn't get enough. Followed Strummer's post-Clash career a bit, but not as voraciously. It was like a punch in the gut hearing about his untimely passing, I recall that day clearly as well.

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I caught the second half of the 2007 documentary about Strummer today on Starz. I didn't know too much about him, but he seemed like a really interesting and good person. Loved the whole campfire thing. I'm going to look for the doc on OnDemand...hope it's there.

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