Capricorn Records' founder Phil Walden died in Atlanta Sunday.

[DemoTex]

1,200 mourn music legend
Pioneer Phil Walden's 'roller coaster' life recalled

Just as he did in life by helping to introduce the world to Otis Redding, the Allman Brothers, Widespread Panic, 311 and a certain Plains peanut farmer future president, Walden used the occasion of his passing to put on one last sold-out spectacle ...

Walden, 66, a founder of Capricorn Records, died of cancer Sunday at his Buckhead home. More than 1,200 attendees packed into the sand-colored marble and brick Buckhead sanctuary for the 2 p.m. service. Walden will be buried in Macon today ...

Heartfelt, emotional letters from Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter and Gregg Allman were read during the service ...

Then, in a cathedral filled with attendees like Widespread Panic vocalist John Bell, concert promoter Peter Conlon, Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dickie Betts, Tinsley Ellis, Col. Bruce Hampton, Redding's widow Zelma, sons Otis III and Dexter and daughter Karla, and entire rows of former Capricorn Records employees, Little Richard offered a five-minute sermon ... (more)

http://www.accessatlanta.com/news/content/music/stories/0427walden.html


Phil Walden, a founder of Capricorn Records, died of cancer Sunday at his home in Buckhead at age 66.

RIP Phil. We owe you, big time.

[Botany]

1. Lord I was born a rambling man .... big ups Phil!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. RIP, Phil Walden.

[peekaloo]

3. Damn. RIP Phil.

Thanks for posting this DT, I'd heard nothing about his passing.

:-(

[BeyondGeography]

4. A great American

RIP

[nickyt]

5. Imagine our lives with no Otis or Allmans. Unthinkable. Thank you,

Phil. Glad you were here - sorry you had to leave so soon...