Dec 022009
Monty Stark
It pains me to follow up one RIP post with another but I heard today that Monty Stark, an extremely talented and under recognised musician, passed away on 26th November after a long battle with cancer.
Most famous for his work on the legendary rare and quite brilliant The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael’s Music Shop album which I featured on here a few years ago . Monty found a new audience with a compilation version released by Stones Throw in 2003 however he had actually been continuing to work in all the years in between and other evidence of his talent can be found on his website.
RIP.
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Interestingly, Monty left us a comment here on this Earfuzz post. I had never heard of him before – until he stepped in here at Earfuzz.com – read:
http://www.earfuzz.com/2009/03/buddy-miles-funk-monster-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2577
Sad news indeed. I still listen to those Stark Reality tracks pretty regularly. One of favorite discoveries through Ear Fuzz. RIP.