'Walking in Memphis' singer shot in head, survives

[jobycom]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/09/cohn.shot/index.html

(CNN) -- Singer Marc Cohn, known for the 1991 smash hit "Walking in Memphis," was shot in the head Sunday during an attempted carjacking in Denver but survived, his manager said Monday.

Cohn has been treated and released from Denver Health Medical Center, his manager, Karen Malluk, said in a written statement.

Police said Cohn had performed at the Denver Botanical Gardens on Sunday night and was driving back to his hotel with band members when a man who was fleeing security officers tried to carjack their van.

The van's driver tried to drive around the gunman, who then fired, striking Cohn, police spokesman Sonny Jackson said.

"Marc Cohn was shot in the head above his right temple. The bullet was lodged in his head but has since been taken out," Malluk said.

[KyndCulture]

1. oh wow....

I love that song...

[jobycom]

14. That whole album is exceptional.

[Fridays Child]

2. Jesus!

Talk about good fortune!

[NNN0LHI]

3. I am invoking the "one hit" rule on this thread

I know I have read somewhere in the volumes of rules that someone getting shot in the head requires more than one hit to qualify for LBN. I know I read that somewhere.

















Before you all start alerting on me this is a joke.

Don

[jus_the_facts]

4. heard this on ABC as he's married to Elizabeth Vargas....tragic...

....glad he's alive. :(



Here is a picture of 20/20 co-anchor Elizabeth Vargas , her husband Marc Cohen, and thier son. This is at the book launch party for Madonna's new book " Lotsa De Casha." Thanks to Corbis for the photograph

http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2005/06/

[Triana]

5. He's VERY lucky...

...it could have been much worse. I loved that song! Glad to hear he's still at it.

[deminks]

6. Married to Elizabeth Vargas

anchor for ABC News. Glad he seems to be ok. Hope they catch the shooter.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

8. They caught the shooter.

http://www.eitb24.com/noticia_en.php?id=81459

[TlalocW]

7. Man, good singers getting shot

But Celine Dion is allowed to wander freely in public, and if I shot her, then *I* would be the one going to jail. I ask you, is that the kind of world we want to live in?

TlalocW

[patcox2]

11. Roy's Tiger versus Celine Dion, what a pay-per-view event that would be.

I mean, what would you pay to see that?

[Shell Beau]

9. Wow! He survived! I hope they get the guy who did this!

[Beware the Beast Man]

10. Scary.

Good to know he'll make a full recovery!

[Nomad559]

12. MP3

Walking in Memphis - Marc Cohn

MP3
http://iconspadesteam.com/Mark%20Cohen%20-%20Walking%20in%20Mephis.mp3

Music Video
http://dalwmod004.bcst.yahoo.com/pub06root4/Pub06Share16/__S__/LAUvpwm9/7/5291070.wmv?StreamID=5291070&pl_auth=e123e0410d51b2dbbc8c177d9c3b92d0&ht=3630&xdata=PZk.RkwpRleeaauaqC76Ng-16965513-1218719983&b=ag1hpfp1f9j2s&s=396500550&ru=Windows-Media-Player

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Thank you, jobycom, for posting this...

I LOVE that song....and that artist....

Thank God he is OK.. I'd hate to hear of anything lethal happening to him...

He was VERY lucky in the placement of the bullet.

:scared:

[jobycom]

15. That whole album is one of my favorites. More than a one-hit wonder.

[southlandshari]

16. I agree

That is one of the few albums I own that I actually don't skip any songs while listening. Very good stuff.

:hi:

[jobycom]

17. Wow.

Shouldn't surprise me at this point. But, still, wow.

[southlandshari]

18. Didn't surprise me at all.

:evilgrin:

[jobycom]

19. Next you'll say you like John Gorka.

[southlandshari]

20. I like John Gorka.

In fact, I'm sure I would love John Gorka if I had a clue who he was!

:P


On edit: I can now say that I do indeed like John Gorka. A lot. Am downloading one of his albums for free from his website as I type. I owe you one for the heads up on him!

[enigmatic]

21. John Gorka is a brilliant songwriter

I absolutely love the guy; "I Saw A Stranger With Your Hair" is one of my favorite songs. And "I'm From New Jersey" is funny as hell..

[southlandshari]

23. Ok that's it.

I'm coming to you and jobycom for guidance all things musical from now on!

:toast:

[enigmatic]

24. You got it!

I gotta dig out a few of my Gorka CD's and put some cuts on the show tonight..

[southlandshari]

26. One thing, though

jobycom and I are also both confirmed Parrotheads. If you are not a Buffet fan, I will let it go for now, but converting you will be added to my perennial "to do" list!

;-)

[jobycom]

25. Does he like Jimmy Buffet, too?

[southlandshari]

27. Ahem.

Check the post above yours. Also posted at exactly 3:18 cst.

:wow:

[southlandshari]

22. How about Pat McLaughlin?

Heard any of his stuff? Methinks you would like him, too.

Some samples here:

http://www.puremusic.com/listen18.html

http://www.patmclaughlin.com/

http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/songs/0,,466399,00.html

Good article here:

http://www.bmi.com/musicworld/onthescene/200505/pmclaughlin.asp

Sorry about going overboard on the links - while you and enigmatic were discussing all those other people I've never heard of, I was walking down memory lane with all this McLaughlin stuff.

Can't find any links to the songs from his first, self-titled album, which was his best, IMO.

[GreenPartyVoter]

28. Wow! Unreal!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

29. i HATE that song...but his is fucked up

i only take my music snobbery to a certain level