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Barenaked Ladies frontman Ed Robertson survives plane crash


Showbiz | 208584 hits | Aug 25 1:56 pm | Posted by: WDHIII
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BANCROFT, Ont. - Barenaked Ladies frontman Ed Robertson and three others survived after a float-plane crashed into trees in southeastern Ontario.

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  1. by avatar Arctic_Menace
    Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:07 pm
    Man, it must suck to be a Barenaked Lady these days...First the whole cok fiasco, now Ed crashes in a plane...And in Bancroft no less... :lol: XD

  2. by avatar Robair
    Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:12 pm
    Any landing that everybody walks away from is a good one. Nice save Ed. PDT_Armataz_01_34

  3. by Chumley
    Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:13 pm
    What is it with music artists and plane crashes?

  4. by avatar Robair
    Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:41 pm
    "Chumley" said
    What is it with music artists and plane crashes?
    A lot of pilots are creative people. Most of the ones I've known do sketches, paint, or play a musical instrument for fun.

  5. by Chumley
    Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:38 am
    "Robair" said
    What is it with music artists and plane crashes?
    A lot of pilots are creative people. Most of the ones I've known do sketches, paint, or play a musical instrument for fun.


    That explains it then...

  6. by Chumley
    Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:44 am
    Anyhow, I googled it and came up with this list of musicians who died in aircraft crashes. Probably a few more lesser known and it doesn't include survivors of crashes.

    Buddy Holly
    John Denver
    Ricky Nelson
    Patsy Cline
    Richie Valens
    Big Bopper
    1/2 of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd
    Glenn Miller
    Aaliyah
    Reba McEntire's band
    Jimmy King
    Ronnie Caldwell
    Phalin Jones
    Carl Cunningham
    Jape Perry Richardson
    Sabine Pass
    Harold David Box
    Stephen Canaday
    Bill Chase
    John Emma
    Wally Yohn
    Walter Clark
    Patsy Cline

    Seems like a lot for the line of work, or maybe it's just that you notice it more because they are well known.

  7. by avatar Robair
    Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:57 am
    I guess maybe they do a lot of flying to gigs in smaller charter aircraft... I dunno. But that's a lot! More than I was thinking of.

  8. by Chumley
    Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:03 am
    "Robair" said
    I guess maybe they do a lot of flying to gigs in smaller charter aircraft... I dunno. But that's a lot! More than I was thinking of.



    Hmm, yeah they do travel a lot in small a/c.
    People like hunters/fisherman fly a lot by bushplane and there are probably loads of those guys no one really remembers a few days after the news report.

    I think I will put it down to fame.

  9. by avatar Scape
    Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:15 am
    "Chumley" said
    Anyhow, I googled it and came up with this list of musicians who died in aircraft crashes. Probably a few more lesser known and it doesn't include survivors of crashes.

    Buddy Holly
    John Denver
    Ricky Nelson
    Patsy Cline
    Richie Valens
    Big Bopper
    Buddy Holly
    1/2 of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd
    John Denver
    Glenn Miller
    Aaliyah
    Reba McEntire's band
    Aaliyah Haughton
    Jimmy King
    Ronnie Caldwell
    Phalin Jones
    Carl Cunningham
    Jape Perry Richardson
    Sabine Pass
    Harold David Box
    Stephen Canaday
    Bill Chase
    John Emma
    Wally Yohn
    Walter Clark
    Patsy Cline

    Seems like a lot for the line of work, or maybe it's just that you notice it more because they are well known.


    What no Stan Rogers?


  10. by Chumley
    Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:17 am
    Hell, I just googled that list and did a cut and paste. :oops:
    Add in Stan.

    I also just noticed Buddy Holly, John Denver and Ailayah are on there twice. :oops: :oops: :oops:

  11. by avatar DrCaleb
    Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:57 pm
    "Robair" said
    What is it with music artists and plane crashes?
    A lot of pilots are creative people. Most of the ones I've known do sketches, paint, or play a musical instrument for fun.

    He does a show on OLN called "Ed's Up".

    http://www.tsn.ca/oln/feature.asp?fid=10845

    I'll bet he was filming an episode, as often he takes a float plane in and out out of an area.

  12. by avatar robmik43
    Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:44 pm
    Some big music names killed in plane crashes seemed to
    be missing from the list above:

    -Jim Croce
    -Stevie Ray Vaughan
    -Jim Reeves
    -Otis Redding and the Bar-Kays
    -Randy Rhoads
    -Hawkshaw Hawkins
    -Cowboy Copas

    Note: Jape Richardson was the Big Bopper's real name.

  13. by Jill_Meyer
    Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:13 pm
    Between the coke bust and the plane crash they might as well do a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute album.

  14. by Chumley
    Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:15 pm
    Ok, new list.

    -Buddy Holly
    -John Denver
    -Ricky Nelson
    -Richie Valens

    -3 members of Lynard Skynard
    Ronnie Van Zant
    Steve Gaines
    Cassie Gaines

    -Glenn Miller
    -Aaliyah Haughton
    -Reba McEntire's band (7 of 9 members)
    -Otis Redding

    -The Bar-Kays
    Jimmy King
    Ronnie Caldwell
    Phalin Jones
    Carl Cunningham


    -Jape Perry Richardson (The Big Bopper)
    -Sabine Pass
    -Harold David Box
    -Stephen Canaday
    -Bill Chase
    -John Emma
    -Wally Yohn
    -Walter Clark
    -Patsy Cline
    -Jim Croce
    -Stevie Ray Vaughan
    -Jim Reeves
    -Randy Rhoads
    -Hawkshaw Hawkins
    -Cowboy Copas



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