RIP Don Kirschner

[Denis]

My first exposure to both Rush and Dire Straits were from watching "Don Kirschner's Rock Concert".

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/01/18/rock-promoter-don-kirshner-dies-age/

[Basshappi]

Sadness.
R.I.P. Don, thanks for finding all that great talent and making us aware of it.

[ack1961]

Too bad..and thanks Don Kirschner.  The first live footage of Heep I ever saw was on "Rock Concert".
As a youngster, I was always amused that someone his age could still dig rock music. 
Now that I'm old, I totally understand.

[uwe]

I always liked his voice.

BÖC tributed him here (unfortunately the vid doesn't run in Germany due to IP issues):

[lowend1]

Paul Schaffer used to do a great DK impression on SNL.

[Chaser001]

"I believe that after I'm gone, my grandchildren will be whistling these tunes. Whether they know that I published them or not - they will be whistling these tunes the same as they do songs from My Fair Lady and Camelot, and these tunes will be part of American culture - they'll be used in movies and so on. Of all the legacies that I have given, personally to me it's very important that I was able to come out of the streets of Harlem, out of my dad's tailor shop, and have the ability to create an environment where this sound will be part of American and international culture forever."
....... Don Kirshner

[gweimer]

Yeah, he introduced a lot of music to my generation.  The first Kansas album was on Kirschner Records.

[godofthunder]

I spent many a late night waiting in anticipation for Don Kirschner's Rock Concert!

[Highlander]

Wow... one of those legendary names... RIP

[gearHed289]

I spent many a late night waiting in anticipation for Don Kirschner's Rock Concert!

+1!