T Model Ford & Some Rock, Blues, Jazz and Country Figures Pass On

T Model Ford ~ Blues singer/guitarist. Born some time in the early 1920's (he wasn't sure when) but he didn't become a professional recording artist until he was discovered in 1995 and signed to Fat Possum Records, the label that had resurrected RL Burnside. Ford had spent most of his life in rural Mississippi doing manual labour, supervising a saw mill and truck driving. He was also sentenced to prison for ten years for murder, although he only served about two. When he was released and his wife left him and he began playing guitar, learning from records by Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Son House and Jimmy Reed. He did not record but spent his career locally playing juke joints and opening for Buddy Guy until he was discovered by Matt Johnson of Fat Possum for who he recorded five well regarded albums. He also toured widely, in fact I remember working at a club in Toronto back in the late 1990's when we tried to bring in Ford only to find he couldn'y get over the border becuase of his old murder conviction.

T MODEL FORD ~ "SALLIE MAE";


T MODEL FORD ~ "CHICKEN HEAD MAN";


Billy Bowers ~ American gospel vocalist Blind Boys of Alabama ~ 71

THE FIVE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA ~ "TOO CLOSE TO HEAVEN";


THE FIVE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA ~ "SOMEBODY GOT TO MAKE IT TO HEAVEN"


Lewis Lymon ~ 1950's Doo Wop singer, brother of Frankie Lymon and replaced him in the Teenagers after he quit to go solo ~ 69

LEWIS LYMON & THE TEENAGERS ~ "DANCE GIRL";


Texas Johnny Brown ~ Blues singer/guitarist, played with Joe Hinton, Amos Milburn, Ruth Brown, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Lavelle White, Buddy Ace and Junior Parker ~ 85


Curly Lewis ~ Fiddler for Bob Wills' Western Swing Band ~ 88

BOB WILLS & TEXAS PLAYBOYS ~ "SAN ANTONIO ROSE";


BOB WILLS & TEXAS PLAYBOYS ~ "STAY A LITTLE LONGER";


Bengt Hallberg ~ Swedish Jazz pianist and accordionist, played with Clifford Brown, Stan Getz and Quincy Jones ~ 80

CLIFFORD BROWN ~ "OH LADY BE GOOD" & "MEMORIES OF YOU";


Butch Warren ~ BeBop Jazz bassist w/ Miles Davis, Hank Mobley, Donald Byrd, Sonny Clark, Dexter Gordon, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Jackie McLean, and Stanley Turrentine and Thelonious Monk ~ 74

MILES DAVIS ~ "SO WHAT":


THELONIUS MONK ~ "ROUND MIDNIGHT";


Bernard Vitet ~ French Jazz trumpet player w/ Serge Gainsbourg, Yves Montand,Brigitte Bardot, Marianne Faithfull, Lester Young, Archie Shepp, Anthony Braxton, Don Cherry, Chet Baker, Gato Barbieri, Jean-Luc Ponty, Django Reinhardt, Eric Dolphy, Albert Ayler and The Art Emsemble Of Chicago. He also worked on film scores. ~ 77

SERGE GAINSBOURG & BRIGITTE BARDOT ~ "J'T'AIME";


Gary Shearston ~ Australian singer/songwriter, had a hit in the UK with a cover of "I Get A Kick Out Of You" ~ 74

GARY SHEARSTON ~ "I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU";

A Few New Wave Figures Pass On

Gypie Mayo ~ English guitarist w/ Dr Feelgood in the 1980's and later the reformed Yardbirds ~ 62

DR FEELGGOD ~ "SHE'S A WINDUP";


DR FEELGOOD ~ "DOWN AT THE DOCTORS";


Alastair Donaldson, AKA William Mysterious - 57 - Bassist for Scotland's most beloved Punk band The Revillos (AKA The Rezillos)

THE REVILLOS ~ "TOP OF THE POPS";


THE REVILLOS ~ "MOTORBIKE BEAT";


Tim Wright ~ American bass guitarist for New Wave bands Pere Ubu and DNA ~ 61
PERE UBU ~ "30 SECONDS OVER TOKYO";


PERE UBU ~ "ELECTRICITY";


PERE UBU ~ "WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY";


Alan Myers; Drummer for 1980's Ohio Icons Devo ~ 58;
DEVO ~ "SATISFACTION";


DEVO ~ "WHIP IT";


Dan Van Patten - 60's - Drummer for 1980's American Techno Pop band Berlin ("Sex", "The Metro", "No More Words", "Take My Beath Away")

BERLIN ~ "SEX";


BERLIN ~ "THE METRO";


BERLIN ~ "THE MASQUERADE";


BERLIN ~ "NO MORE WORDS";


James Gray ~ Keyboardist Blue Rodeo and Vital Sines ~ 52

VITAL SINES ~ "COLLAGE";


BLUE RODEO ~ "LOST TOGETHER";


Charlie Salmon ~ Singer/guitarist w/1980's Toronto Indie Band The Plasterscene Replicas

THE PLASTERSCENE REPLICAS ~ "ALL I SEE":


Peppi Marchello ~ Singer/Guitarist with New Jersey garage band The Good Rats from the late 1960's to the punk era ~ 68

THE GOOD RATS ~ "REASON TO KILL";


Jon Brookes ~ British drummer with Britpop band The Charlatans ~ 44
THE CHARLATANS ~ "WEIRDO";