Last night.
Mark Lanegan, the singer for grunge pioneers Screaming Trees and frequent vocalist for Queens of the Stone Age, died yesterday Morning at his home in Killarney, county Kerry. He was 57. A cause of death was not disclosed.
This (above) was one of his last performances for Other Voices in Dingle, county Kerry.
Via Irish Times:
Shortly after the publication of his 2020 memoir Sing Backwards and Weep, a raw, harrowing saga of addiction, destitution and grief, Lanegan and his wife Shelley Brien moved from California to Killarney, a place they’d first visited when they appeared on Other Voices in 2004.
“A friend of mine had a house here. When I became reacquainted with the physical beauty of the place and made some really good friends right off the bat, the warmth of those people made it an easy place to stay. Sometimes I have trouble with the high voice accent, but I’m learning…”
Mark Lanegan, the self-destructive musical underdog who came ‘home’ to Killarney (Irish Times)
Pic via Other Voices
Yeah, heard this earlier, terrible feckin’ news….
RIP Mark…..
RIP Mark….such sad news
“Ya know that’s life…”
A reflective Mark Lanegan shooting the breeze with the late, great Anthony Bourdain.
https://youtu.be/hRr-KxzI8s4
That was great.
-this version of Leadbelly’s -Where Did You Sleep Last Nite-live by Nirvana was arranged by Lanegan.
https://youtu.be/hEMm7gxBYSc
his version/arrangement from The Winding Sheet.
https://youtu.be/SbXrgGpvPeU
Godspeed.
Lanegan had a greater depth to his writing than many of his generation. I was hoping to catch him live at some point. His memoir ‘sing backwards and weep’ was a fairly grim read. Salut
https://youtu.be/35CVfQ26F1Q
Devil In A Coma recounting his time in a Kerry hospital is a good read too. The guy could write.
He could. I respected the way he was so honest and self depreciating. I liked the fact that he’d moved to Eire & imagined him getting old & grizzly – playing occasional shows in Rosins etc. I’ll tackle ‘Devil In A Coma’ at some point, it would be a bit too upsetting for me to read it right now.