Fats Domino ~ 89 ~ Classic New Orleans R&B pianist with hits w/"Blueberry Hill", "I'm Walking", "The Fat Man". Fats was not the most famous black R&R figure of the 50's, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddly, Little Richard and Nat King Cole can fight over that title, but Fats actually had the most hit's starting in 1949.
FATS DOMINO ~ "VALLEY OF TEARS" & "I'M WALKING";
FATS DOMINO ~ "AIN'T THAT A SHAME";
Howard Carroll ~ 92 ~ American guitarist with 1950's & 60's Gospel group The Dixie Hummingbirds
THE DIXIE HUMMINGBIRDS ~ "DIDN'T IT RAIN";
Warren "Pete" Moore ~ 78 ~ American Hall of Fame singer (The Miracles), songwriter ("The Tracks of My Tears", "Ain't That Peculiar", "Love Machine")
THE MIRACLES ~ "THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS";
THE MIRACLES ~ "TEARS OF A CLOWN";
JIMMY BEAUMONT ~ 76 ~ Singer with 1960's Doo-Wop group The Skyliners ("Since I Don't Have You";
THE SKYLINERS ~ "SINCE I DON'T HAVE YOU";
Johnny Hallyday ~ 74 ~ French rock singer ("Requiem pour un fou", "Marie", "Tous ensemble")
JOHNNY HALLYDAY ~ "SOUVENIRS, SOUVENIRS";
George Young ~ Singer and guitarist from 1960's Australian band The Easybeats with hits like "Friday On My Mind" and "Sorry". He was also the older brother of Angus and Malcolm Young from AC/DC and he served as their manager in the early years.
THE EASYBEATS ~ "FRIDAY ON MY MIND";
THE EASYBEATS ~ "SORRY";
THE EASYBEATS ~ "SHE'S SO FINE";
Ray Thomas ~ 76 ~ English singer-songwriter w/ 1960's & 70 Prog Rockers the Moody Blues ("Nights In White Satin", "Ride My See Saw", "Go Now")
THE MOODY BLUES ~ "I'LL GO CRAZY";
THE MOODY BLUES ~ "RIDE MY SEE SAW";
Pentti Glan ~ 71 ~ Finnish-Canadian drummer (Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Mandala, Klaatu)
THE MANDALA ~ "LOVEITIS";
KLAATU ~ "A ROUTINE DAY";
WAYNE COCHRAN ~ 78 ~ American R&R singer ("Last Kiss")
WAYNE COCHRAN ~ "THE HARLEM SHUFFLE";
WAYNE COCHRAN & OTIS REDDING ~ "I CAN'T TURN YOU LOSE";
Mitch Margo ~ 70 ~ American singer w/1960's doo-wop group The Tokens ("The Lion Sleeps Tonight")
THE TOKENS ~ "THE LIONS SLEEP TONIGHT";
Riem de Wolff ~ 74 ~ Dutch-Indonesian singer w/1960's Dutch Pop Band The Blue Diamonds
THE BLUE DIAMONDS ~ "RAMONA";
Boris Lindqvist ~ 76 ~ Swedish 1960's rock singer
Della Reese ~ 86 ~ 1950's & 60's R&B singer and actress
DELLA REESE ~ "LONELYVILLE";
DELLA REESE ~ "SOMEDAY YOU'LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU";
Keely Smith ~ 89 ~ American singer ("That Old Black Magic", "I've Got You Under My Skin") and wife of Louis Prima
KEELY SMITH & LOUIS PRIMA ~ "THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC";
Mel Tillis, 85, American Hall of Fame country music singer-songwriter ("I Ain't Never", "Coca-Cola Cowboy" "Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town")
MEL TILLIS ~ "RUBY DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TWON";
Dick Noel ~ 90 ~ American big band band singer w/Ray Anthony's Orch ("Count Every Star")
RAY ANTHONY ORCH w/DICK NOEL:
Gert Timmerman ~ 82 ~ Dutch big band singer
Dance Macabre
Friday, 27 October 2017
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Some More Figures From The Punk & New Wave Era
Grant Hart ~ 56 ~ Drummer/Singer/Songwriter w/classic 1980's Minnesota band Husker Du ("Don't Wanna Know If Yo Are Lonely", "Turn On The News", "Eight Miles High"
HUSKER DU ~ "DON'T WANT TO KNOW IF YOU ARE LONELY";
HUSKER DU ~ "COULD YOU BE THE ONE";
HUSKER DU ~ "EIGHT MILES HIGH";
Malcolm Young ~ 68 ~ Guitarist with AC/DC (I couldn't figure where else to put him);
AC/DC ~ "JAIL BREAK";
AC/DC ~ "IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP";
AC/DC ~ "LET THERE BE ROCK";
Iain Shedden ~ 60 ~ Scottish-Australian drummer w/1970's Punk band The Saints
THE SAINTS ~ "I'M STRANDED";
Pat DiNizio ~ 62 ~ American singer and musician w/Power-Pop band The Smithereens
THE SMITHEREENS ~ "A GIRL LIKE YOU";
THE SMITHEREENS ~ "ONLY A MEMORY";
Tommy Keene ~ 59 ~ Maryland 1980's Power-Pop singer/songwriter
TOMMY KEENE ~ "Places That Are Gone";
Mike Hudson ~ 61 ~ American guitarist with 1970's Ohio Punk band The Pagans
THE PAGANS ~ "HOPPED UP";
Fred Cole ~ 69 ~ Singer with California Garage bands Lollipop Shoppe and Dead Moon
DEAD MOON ~ "DOA";
Chuck Mosley ~ 57 ~ American singer w/Faith No More ("We Care a Lot") and Bad Brains
FAITH NO MORE ~ "WE CARE A LOT";
C'el Revuelta ~ Bassist with Los Angeles Hardcore band Black Flag
BLACK FLAG ~ "RISE ABOVE";
BLACK FLAG ~ "NERVOUS BREAKDOWN";
Eric Eycke ~ 62 ~ Former Singer with American thrash band Corrosion of Conformity (circa 1984)
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY;
Borislav Oslovčan ~ 56 ~ Serbian bassist w/Punk Band Pekinška Patka
Pekinska Patka - Biti ruzan, pametan i mlad;
Pekinška Patka - "Poderimo Rock";
Alvin DeGuzman ~ Guitarist with American Alternative Band The Icarus Line
THE ICARUS LINE ~ "UP AGAINST THE WALL";
THE ICARUS LINE ~ "PARTY THE BABY OFF";
Larry Ray ~ 63 ~ American rock guitarist w/Psyche-Rock Band Outrageous Cherry
OUTRAGEOUS CHERRY ~ "LOVE & OTHER ELECTRICAL STORMS";
OUTRAGEOUS CHERRY ~ "OUR LOVE WILL CHANGE THE WORLD";
Sir Christus ~ 39 ~ Guitarist w/Finnish Glam Rock Band Negative
Negative ~ "THE MOMENT OF OUR LOVE";
HUSKER DU ~ "DON'T WANT TO KNOW IF YOU ARE LONELY";
HUSKER DU ~ "COULD YOU BE THE ONE";
HUSKER DU ~ "EIGHT MILES HIGH";
Malcolm Young ~ 68 ~ Guitarist with AC/DC (I couldn't figure where else to put him);
AC/DC ~ "JAIL BREAK";
AC/DC ~ "IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP";
AC/DC ~ "LET THERE BE ROCK";
Iain Shedden ~ 60 ~ Scottish-Australian drummer w/1970's Punk band The Saints
THE SAINTS ~ "I'M STRANDED";
Pat DiNizio ~ 62 ~ American singer and musician w/Power-Pop band The Smithereens
THE SMITHEREENS ~ "A GIRL LIKE YOU";
THE SMITHEREENS ~ "ONLY A MEMORY";
Tommy Keene ~ 59 ~ Maryland 1980's Power-Pop singer/songwriter
TOMMY KEENE ~ "Places That Are Gone";
Mike Hudson ~ 61 ~ American guitarist with 1970's Ohio Punk band The Pagans
THE PAGANS ~ "HOPPED UP";
Fred Cole ~ 69 ~ Singer with California Garage bands Lollipop Shoppe and Dead Moon
DEAD MOON ~ "DOA";
Chuck Mosley ~ 57 ~ American singer w/Faith No More ("We Care a Lot") and Bad Brains
FAITH NO MORE ~ "WE CARE A LOT";
C'el Revuelta ~ Bassist with Los Angeles Hardcore band Black Flag
BLACK FLAG ~ "RISE ABOVE";
BLACK FLAG ~ "NERVOUS BREAKDOWN";
Eric Eycke ~ 62 ~ Former Singer with American thrash band Corrosion of Conformity (circa 1984)
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY;
Borislav Oslovčan ~ 56 ~ Serbian bassist w/Punk Band Pekinška Patka
Pekinska Patka - Biti ruzan, pametan i mlad;
Pekinška Patka - "Poderimo Rock";
Alvin DeGuzman ~ Guitarist with American Alternative Band The Icarus Line
THE ICARUS LINE ~ "UP AGAINST THE WALL";
THE ICARUS LINE ~ "PARTY THE BABY OFF";
Larry Ray ~ 63 ~ American rock guitarist w/Psyche-Rock Band Outrageous Cherry
OUTRAGEOUS CHERRY ~ "LOVE & OTHER ELECTRICAL STORMS";
OUTRAGEOUS CHERRY ~ "OUR LOVE WILL CHANGE THE WORLD";
Sir Christus ~ 39 ~ Guitarist w/Finnish Glam Rock Band Negative
Negative ~ "THE MOMENT OF OUR LOVE";
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Tom Petty & Gord Downie
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS ~ "REFUGEE";
Tom Petty occupied an odd position in the 1980's. He could have been easily seen as a grizzled old vet like Bob Seger, both had been kicking around since the early seventies (earlier even, albeit not recorded) playing straight ahead three minute rock & roll songs in an era when such artists were being rudely pushed aside by the snarling hordes of Punk and the sneering artistes of New wave and Post-Punk. And yet Tom Petty became one of the few guys that everybody, even the most hardcore punk or pretentious Waver had to admit to a grudging liking for Tom Petty. It's partly his music which was stripped down enough to appeal to New Waver fans of the Pretenders, Police or Cars or punks like the Ramones, Jam or clash. His songs were exactly the sort of catchy, short and no-nonsense rock and roll songs that the original punks said they wanted when they tore into the dinosaurs of the 1970's; bloated Prog Rock, drippy sing-songwriters, drugged out Southern Rock, the wasted offspring of the sixties. Then there's the fact that while Petty was on a major label he Petty also had enough integrity to take on his own record company at considerable cost to himself. He also embraced other causes that some of his more red-necked fans might have objected to; the environment, peace, gun control. The Florida born Petty did use the Confederate flag during his "Southern Accents" album and tour but after seeing how this encouraged right-wing fans he had the integrity and guts to publicly back off which is more than you can say for Lynard Skynard or any number of Southern Rock, Rockabilly or Psychobilly bands.
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS ~ "YOU GOT LUCKY";
Also; unlike most of his no-frills rock Petty had just enough sense of visual style to toss off a few vaguely mod touches instead of the the beardo-trucker look of Bob Seger or Bryan Adams. Besides he was cool in a southern stoner way. Petty was cool enough to record with old fogies like Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Ringo Starr and Stevie Nicks.
THE TRAVELING WILBURYS ~ "HANDLE ME WITH CARE";
In retrospect he was the American equivalent to British Pub Rockers like Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Dr Feelgood, Ducks Deluxe and even Dire Straits in their early years. Except Petty turned out to be more successful than any of those worthies. The multi-platinum selling Dire Straits may have moved more product but in the end Petty's songs have had a longer life. Like Neil Young he would later be embraced by the next generation of Grunge and Alt-Country bands.
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS ~ "CHANGE OF HEART";
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS ~ "DON'T COME AROUND ME";
It's a little hard to explain to Americans (or Brits for that matter) the Tragically Hip. Musically they were sort of in the tradition of Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen of vaguely garagey straight ahead working class rawk & roll. But the Hip lacked the bombast of Springsteen and were more garagey then Petty. Also for all his old fashioned populist instincts Tom Petty saw himself as a polished songwriter, not a troubadour as Hip singer and songwriter Gord Downie clearly did. The Hip didn't start out that way. I saw them back in about 1988 and thought they were basically in the vein of what the Replacements, Soul Asylum and especially UIC were doing by that point. Downie even looked EXACTLY like UIC singer Dave Robinson with their plaid shirts and Darryl Sittler hair. (Later they would coincidentally both shave their heads, not sure who did it first).
THE TRAGICALLY HIP ~ "NEW ORLEANS IS SINKING";
I thought they were OK but I never predicted they would become they most beloved band in Canada. Then again neither did anybody else. It happened slowly as Downie warmed to his self-appointed role of Canada's rock and roll poet laureate, sort of a cross between Woody Guthrie, Dylan, Springsteen, Petty, John Cougar, Neil Young and Micheal Stipe. Both folksy and artsy in equal measure. His literate insertions of obscure Canadian locals and celebrities into numerous songs earned him a fanatical following that would never be able to translate to other countries. The Hip did have some American fans, tellingly mostly in border cities like Buffalo (where there is a giant mural in tribute) and a few astute critics. But while the rest of the Hip were sold enough everybody knew that without Downie they would have been the Georgia Satellites. A good party band with perhaps a few catchy hits but little more.
THE TRAGICALLY HIP ~ "MUSIC AT WORK";
Even as he cultivated an image as a sensitive, thoughtful man-of-the-people, Downie was not seen as an explicitly political figure (unlike Midnight Oil's Peter Garrett, another comparison) until fairly recently as he embraced environmentalism and indigenous people. It's a measure of how genuinely loved he had become with much of the country that while normally celebrities who take such stands, even popular Canadians like Neil Young, would immediately get viciously attacked by conservative politicians and media, nobody, literally nobody on the right, no matter how sleazy, dared to utter a peep in protest. The revelation that Downie had incurable brain cancer basically deified him and and their final tour became a national event which he deftly used to direct attention to his causes while still being seen as down-to-earth in ways that Bono, for example, never could. It should be said that the Hip's audiences where overwhelmingly white (and native), nobody ever called the Hip "funky". Still in the end Downie was seen as an avatar of how Canadians like to see themselves, friendly, decent, modest, down-to-earth, hard-working, smart without being snooty and proud of their country without resorting to the braggadocio and xenophobia they so dislike about Americans.
THE TRAGICALLY HIP ~ "COURAGE";
Tom Petty occupied an odd position in the 1980's. He could have been easily seen as a grizzled old vet like Bob Seger, both had been kicking around since the early seventies (earlier even, albeit not recorded) playing straight ahead three minute rock & roll songs in an era when such artists were being rudely pushed aside by the snarling hordes of Punk and the sneering artistes of New wave and Post-Punk. And yet Tom Petty became one of the few guys that everybody, even the most hardcore punk or pretentious Waver had to admit to a grudging liking for Tom Petty. It's partly his music which was stripped down enough to appeal to New Waver fans of the Pretenders, Police or Cars or punks like the Ramones, Jam or clash. His songs were exactly the sort of catchy, short and no-nonsense rock and roll songs that the original punks said they wanted when they tore into the dinosaurs of the 1970's; bloated Prog Rock, drippy sing-songwriters, drugged out Southern Rock, the wasted offspring of the sixties. Then there's the fact that while Petty was on a major label he Petty also had enough integrity to take on his own record company at considerable cost to himself. He also embraced other causes that some of his more red-necked fans might have objected to; the environment, peace, gun control. The Florida born Petty did use the Confederate flag during his "Southern Accents" album and tour but after seeing how this encouraged right-wing fans he had the integrity and guts to publicly back off which is more than you can say for Lynard Skynard or any number of Southern Rock, Rockabilly or Psychobilly bands.
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS ~ "YOU GOT LUCKY";
Also; unlike most of his no-frills rock Petty had just enough sense of visual style to toss off a few vaguely mod touches instead of the the beardo-trucker look of Bob Seger or Bryan Adams. Besides he was cool in a southern stoner way. Petty was cool enough to record with old fogies like Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Ringo Starr and Stevie Nicks.
THE TRAVELING WILBURYS ~ "HANDLE ME WITH CARE";
In retrospect he was the American equivalent to British Pub Rockers like Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Dr Feelgood, Ducks Deluxe and even Dire Straits in their early years. Except Petty turned out to be more successful than any of those worthies. The multi-platinum selling Dire Straits may have moved more product but in the end Petty's songs have had a longer life. Like Neil Young he would later be embraced by the next generation of Grunge and Alt-Country bands.
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS ~ "CHANGE OF HEART";
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS ~ "DON'T COME AROUND ME";
It's a little hard to explain to Americans (or Brits for that matter) the Tragically Hip. Musically they were sort of in the tradition of Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen of vaguely garagey straight ahead working class rawk & roll. But the Hip lacked the bombast of Springsteen and were more garagey then Petty. Also for all his old fashioned populist instincts Tom Petty saw himself as a polished songwriter, not a troubadour as Hip singer and songwriter Gord Downie clearly did. The Hip didn't start out that way. I saw them back in about 1988 and thought they were basically in the vein of what the Replacements, Soul Asylum and especially UIC were doing by that point. Downie even looked EXACTLY like UIC singer Dave Robinson with their plaid shirts and Darryl Sittler hair. (Later they would coincidentally both shave their heads, not sure who did it first).
THE TRAGICALLY HIP ~ "NEW ORLEANS IS SINKING";
I thought they were OK but I never predicted they would become they most beloved band in Canada. Then again neither did anybody else. It happened slowly as Downie warmed to his self-appointed role of Canada's rock and roll poet laureate, sort of a cross between Woody Guthrie, Dylan, Springsteen, Petty, John Cougar, Neil Young and Micheal Stipe. Both folksy and artsy in equal measure. His literate insertions of obscure Canadian locals and celebrities into numerous songs earned him a fanatical following that would never be able to translate to other countries. The Hip did have some American fans, tellingly mostly in border cities like Buffalo (where there is a giant mural in tribute) and a few astute critics. But while the rest of the Hip were sold enough everybody knew that without Downie they would have been the Georgia Satellites. A good party band with perhaps a few catchy hits but little more.
THE TRAGICALLY HIP ~ "MUSIC AT WORK";
Even as he cultivated an image as a sensitive, thoughtful man-of-the-people, Downie was not seen as an explicitly political figure (unlike Midnight Oil's Peter Garrett, another comparison) until fairly recently as he embraced environmentalism and indigenous people. It's a measure of how genuinely loved he had become with much of the country that while normally celebrities who take such stands, even popular Canadians like Neil Young, would immediately get viciously attacked by conservative politicians and media, nobody, literally nobody on the right, no matter how sleazy, dared to utter a peep in protest. The revelation that Downie had incurable brain cancer basically deified him and and their final tour became a national event which he deftly used to direct attention to his causes while still being seen as down-to-earth in ways that Bono, for example, never could. It should be said that the Hip's audiences where overwhelmingly white (and native), nobody ever called the Hip "funky". Still in the end Downie was seen as an avatar of how Canadians like to see themselves, friendly, decent, modest, down-to-earth, hard-working, smart without being snooty and proud of their country without resorting to the braggadocio and xenophobia they so dislike about Americans.
THE TRAGICALLY HIP ~ "COURAGE";
Friday, 29 September 2017
Hugh Hefner, Playboy And Rock & Roll
Hugh Hefner isn't normally thought of as a figure with a connection to R&R but part of his "Playboy" esthetic, or ideology even, included the idea that a Playboy Man should have god taste in literature (Hemingway, Capote, Mailer, Miller, Vidal and Baldwin all wrote for him), art (Pop Art, Abstract Expressionism, Dali) and music. At a time when "swingers" were still listening to Mantovani or Jackie Gleason's "Songs For Lovers" albums Hefner promoted some fairly hip music. Starting with the obvious choices like Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan in the 1950's he moved into Cool Jazz and before embracing the Summer Of Love in the mid sixties. One of his projects in the late 1960's was a late night TV show called "Playboy After Dark which had on some of the coolest bands around, including a number of black musicians hosted by Hef in a somewhat incongruous tuxedo.
IKE & TINA TURNER;
STEPPENWOLF ~ "AMERICA";
PETER GREEN'S FLEETWOOD MAC ~ "RATTLESNAKE SHAKE";
THE BYRDS ~ "YOU AIN'T GOING NOWHERE" & "THIS WHEELS ON FIRE";
DEEP PURPLE ~ "HUSH;
IRON BUTTERFLY ~ "INNA-GADDA-DAVIDA";
CANNED HEAT ~ "ON THE ROAD AGAIN";
JAMES BROWN;
MARVIN GAYE ~ "CHAINED";
JAMES COTTON & LUTHER TUCKER;
BUDDY MILES;
BB KING ~ "THE THRILL IS GONE";
BUDDY RICH;
DAVE BRUBECK ~ "TAKE FIVE";
IKE & TINA TURNER;
STEPPENWOLF ~ "AMERICA";
PETER GREEN'S FLEETWOOD MAC ~ "RATTLESNAKE SHAKE";
THE BYRDS ~ "YOU AIN'T GOING NOWHERE" & "THIS WHEELS ON FIRE";
DEEP PURPLE ~ "HUSH;
IRON BUTTERFLY ~ "INNA-GADDA-DAVIDA";
CANNED HEAT ~ "ON THE ROAD AGAIN";
JAMES BROWN;
MARVIN GAYE ~ "CHAINED";
JAMES COTTON & LUTHER TUCKER;
BUDDY MILES;
BB KING ~ "THE THRILL IS GONE";
BUDDY RICH;
DAVE BRUBECK ~ "TAKE FIVE";
Tuesday, 5 September 2017
Steely Dan and Can
Pro-Rock gets a bad rap. And deservedly so. Most of it was laughably bloated, pompous, stoner-fart attempts to graft a middle-brow idea of high culture where it has no business being. That is on jazz-influenced hard rock. There was good reason why the not only the angry anarchists of Punk but also the reactionary revisionists of Neo-Rockabilly , Neo-Garage and Cow-Punk despised Prog-Rock so much. However not all of it was crap. Pink Floyd had some genuinely good, even great music. Then there were a few Prog-Rockers that even many punks had to agree were pretty cool. King Crimson for example, and FM. Then there were the German variety called Kraut Rock which was somehow less pretentious than the British version leading to bands like Can and Faust.
Holger Czukay, co-founder of Can with whom he played who played guitar, bass, keyboards, drums and horn, starting in 1968 died at age 79. He would alo record many solo albums and record with David Sylvian, The Edge, and PIL bassist Jah Wobble.
Jaki Liebezeit ~ 78 ~ Drummer w/1970's German Prog-Rock band Can also died earlier this year
CAN ~ "MOONSHAKE";
CAN ~ "PAPER HOUSE";
The term Prog Rock isn't usually used for American band Steely Dan, that tern normally being reserved for British and Canadian bands however it's hard to know what else to call Steely Dan with their slick Jazz influenced take on 1970's pop. Walter Becker, guitarist and bassist for Steely Dan also died this week aged 67.
STEELY DAN ~ "DO IT AGAIN";
STEELY DAN ~ "REELING IN THE YEARS";
After Steely Dan broke up in the early eighties Becker surprised some by returning to pkay with British New Wave band China Crisis.
CHINA CRISIS ~ "KING IN A CATHOLIC STYLE";
CHINA CRISIS ~ "BLACK MAN RAY";
Holger Czukay, co-founder of Can with whom he played who played guitar, bass, keyboards, drums and horn, starting in 1968 died at age 79. He would alo record many solo albums and record with David Sylvian, The Edge, and PIL bassist Jah Wobble.
Jaki Liebezeit ~ 78 ~ Drummer w/1970's German Prog-Rock band Can also died earlier this year
CAN ~ "MOONSHAKE";
CAN ~ "PAPER HOUSE";
The term Prog Rock isn't usually used for American band Steely Dan, that tern normally being reserved for British and Canadian bands however it's hard to know what else to call Steely Dan with their slick Jazz influenced take on 1970's pop. Walter Becker, guitarist and bassist for Steely Dan also died this week aged 67.
STEELY DAN ~ "DO IT AGAIN";
STEELY DAN ~ "REELING IN THE YEARS";
After Steely Dan broke up in the early eighties Becker surprised some by returning to pkay with British New Wave band China Crisis.
CHINA CRISIS ~ "KING IN A CATHOLIC STYLE";
CHINA CRISIS ~ "BLACK MAN RAY";
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
A Few Canadian Rockers
Goldie McJohn ~ 72 ~ Keyboardist with 1960's Toronto bands Steppenwolf, The Sparrow & the Myna Birds
THE MYNA BIRDS ~ "IT'S MY TIME";
THE SPARROW ~ "GOING TO CALIFORNIA";
STEPPENWOLF ~ "BORN TO BE WILD";
STEPPENWOLF ~ "MAGIC CARPET RIDE";
Bobby Taylor ~ 83 ~ Singer w/1960's Canadian R&B group Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers
BOBBY TAYLOR & THE VANCOUVERS ~ "I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE";
BOBBY TAYLOR & THE VANCOUVERS ~ "TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS";
David Milliken ~ Guitarist with 1960's Ottawa Garage band the Townsmen
THE TOWNSMEN ~ "THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT";
THE TOWNSMEN ~ "TAKE A HEART";
Kenny Shields ~ 69 ~ Singer w/Canadian 1970's & 80's rock band Streetheart ("Under My Thumb", "Hollywood", "One More Time", "What Kind Of Love Is This")
STREETHEART ~ "HOLLYWOOD";
STREETHEART ~ "UNDER MY THUMB";
Steve Lang ~ 67 ~ Bassist with 1970's & 80's Montreal Hard Rock band April Wine
APRIL WINE ~ "I LIKE TO ROCK";
APRIL WINE ~ "ROLLER";
APRIL WINE ~ "SIGN OF THE GYPSY QUEEN";
APRIL WINE ~ "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH";
Skip Prokob; Toronto drummer with 1960's Garage-Psyche band The Paupers and 1970's Prog Rock band Lighthouse, later a DJ at CFMY and other stations.
THE PAUPERS ~ "THINK I CARE";
THE PAUPERS ~ "THE MAGIC PEOPLE";
Mark Keigan, drummer for the Oshawa Garage bands Purple Toads & El Speedo
THE PURPLE TOADS ~ "YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME";
Suzanne Richter ~ Guitarist w/1990's Hamilton all-girl garage band the Girl Bombz
THE GIRL BOMBZ ~ "FRUSTRATION";
Steve Clark ~ Guitarist w/Toronto indie band Vibralux
VIBRALUX ~ "RIDE ON";
Zach Harrison ~ 25 ~ Bassist w/Toronto band The Innocent Guns
THE INNOCENT GUNS ~ "REVIVE";
THE MYNA BIRDS ~ "IT'S MY TIME";
THE SPARROW ~ "GOING TO CALIFORNIA";
STEPPENWOLF ~ "BORN TO BE WILD";
STEPPENWOLF ~ "MAGIC CARPET RIDE";
Bobby Taylor ~ 83 ~ Singer w/1960's Canadian R&B group Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers
BOBBY TAYLOR & THE VANCOUVERS ~ "I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE";
BOBBY TAYLOR & THE VANCOUVERS ~ "TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS";
David Milliken ~ Guitarist with 1960's Ottawa Garage band the Townsmen
THE TOWNSMEN ~ "THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT";
THE TOWNSMEN ~ "TAKE A HEART";
Kenny Shields ~ 69 ~ Singer w/Canadian 1970's & 80's rock band Streetheart ("Under My Thumb", "Hollywood", "One More Time", "What Kind Of Love Is This")
STREETHEART ~ "HOLLYWOOD";
STREETHEART ~ "UNDER MY THUMB";
Steve Lang ~ 67 ~ Bassist with 1970's & 80's Montreal Hard Rock band April Wine
APRIL WINE ~ "I LIKE TO ROCK";
APRIL WINE ~ "ROLLER";
APRIL WINE ~ "SIGN OF THE GYPSY QUEEN";
APRIL WINE ~ "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH";
Skip Prokob; Toronto drummer with 1960's Garage-Psyche band The Paupers and 1970's Prog Rock band Lighthouse, later a DJ at CFMY and other stations.
THE PAUPERS ~ "THINK I CARE";
THE PAUPERS ~ "THE MAGIC PEOPLE";
Mark Keigan, drummer for the Oshawa Garage bands Purple Toads & El Speedo
THE PURPLE TOADS ~ "YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME";
Suzanne Richter ~ Guitarist w/1990's Hamilton all-girl garage band the Girl Bombz
THE GIRL BOMBZ ~ "FRUSTRATION";
Steve Clark ~ Guitarist w/Toronto indie band Vibralux
VIBRALUX ~ "RIDE ON";
Zach Harrison ~ 25 ~ Bassist w/Toronto band The Innocent Guns
THE INNOCENT GUNS ~ "REVIVE";
Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Some Figures From The Avant Garde
Erkki Kurenniemi ~ 75 ~ Finnish electronic musician, composer & instrument inventor from the 1960's onward
ERKKI KURENNIEMI ~ "ELECTRONICS IN THE WORLD OF TOMORROW";
ERKKI KURENNIEMI ~ "SAHARAN UNI I";
ERKKI KURENNIEMI ~ "KELLO 12.12";
Elisabeth Chojnacka ~ 77 ~ Polish harpsichordist w/The Xenakis Ensemble
IANNIS XENAKIS ~ "A LILE DE LA GOREE";
IANNIS XENAKIS ~ "IKHOOR";
ERKKI KURENNIEMI ~ "ELECTRONICS IN THE WORLD OF TOMORROW";
ERKKI KURENNIEMI ~ "SAHARAN UNI I";
ERKKI KURENNIEMI ~ "KELLO 12.12";
Elisabeth Chojnacka ~ 77 ~ Polish harpsichordist w/The Xenakis Ensemble
IANNIS XENAKIS ~ "A LILE DE LA GOREE";
IANNIS XENAKIS ~ "IKHOOR";
Friday, 26 May 2017
Some Figures From Punk & New Wave
Chris Cornell ~ 52 ~ Singer with Seattle Grunge Stars Soundgarden as well as Temple Of The Dog and Audioslave
SOUNDGARDEN ~ "JESUS CHRIST POSE";
SOUNDGARDEN ~ "SPOONMAN";
SOUNDGARDEN ~ "RUSTY CAGE";
SOUNDGARDEN ~ "BLACK HOLE SUN";
TEMPLE OF THE DOG ~ "HUNGER STRIKE";
CHRIS CORNELL ~ "NOTHING COMPARES 2 U";
Saxa ~ 87 ~ Jamaican-born saxophonist with British 1980's Ska band The English Beat (AKA The Beat);
THE ENGLISH BEAT ~ "MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM";
THE ENGLISH BEAT ~ "TEARS OF A CLOWN";
THE ENGLISH BEAT ~ "SAVE IT FOR LATER";
THE ENGLISH BEAT ~ "I CONFESS";
Kevin Stanton ~ 61 ~ Guitarist w/ New Zealand 1980's New Wave Band Mi-Sex
MI SEX ~ "COMPUTER GAMES";
MI SEX ~ "BLUE DAY";
MI SEX ~ "BUT YOU DON'T KNOW";
George Reiff ~ 56 ~ Austin bassist w/Joe King Carrasco, Charlie Sexton, Joe Walsh
JOE KING CARRASCO ~ "96 TEARS";
JOE KING CARRASCO ~ "PARTY TIME";
JOE KING CARRASCO ~ "BUANA";
JOE KING CARRASCO ~ "EL MOVER";
Dave Rosser ~ Guitarist w/American Indie band The Afghan Whigs;
THE AFGHAN WHIGS ~ "ALGIERS";
THE AFGHAN WHIGS ~ "COME SEE ABOUT ME";
Simon Holmes ~ 54 ~ Singer/guitarist w/Australian 1980's Indie-Pop band The Hummingbirds
THE HUMMINGBIRDS ~ "WORD GETS AROUND";
THE HUMMINGBIRDS ~ "ALIMONY";
Keith Mitchell ~ Drummer w/American Indie-Pop band Mazzy Star
MAZZY STAR ~ "FADE INTO YOU";
MAZZY STAR ~ "CALIFORNIA";
SOUNDGARDEN ~ "JESUS CHRIST POSE";
SOUNDGARDEN ~ "SPOONMAN";
SOUNDGARDEN ~ "RUSTY CAGE";
SOUNDGARDEN ~ "BLACK HOLE SUN";
TEMPLE OF THE DOG ~ "HUNGER STRIKE";
CHRIS CORNELL ~ "NOTHING COMPARES 2 U";
Saxa ~ 87 ~ Jamaican-born saxophonist with British 1980's Ska band The English Beat (AKA The Beat);
THE ENGLISH BEAT ~ "MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM";
THE ENGLISH BEAT ~ "TEARS OF A CLOWN";
THE ENGLISH BEAT ~ "SAVE IT FOR LATER";
THE ENGLISH BEAT ~ "I CONFESS";
Kevin Stanton ~ 61 ~ Guitarist w/ New Zealand 1980's New Wave Band Mi-Sex
MI SEX ~ "COMPUTER GAMES";
MI SEX ~ "BLUE DAY";
MI SEX ~ "BUT YOU DON'T KNOW";
George Reiff ~ 56 ~ Austin bassist w/Joe King Carrasco, Charlie Sexton, Joe Walsh
JOE KING CARRASCO ~ "96 TEARS";
JOE KING CARRASCO ~ "PARTY TIME";
JOE KING CARRASCO ~ "BUANA";
JOE KING CARRASCO ~ "EL MOVER";
Dave Rosser ~ Guitarist w/American Indie band The Afghan Whigs;
THE AFGHAN WHIGS ~ "ALGIERS";
THE AFGHAN WHIGS ~ "COME SEE ABOUT ME";
Simon Holmes ~ 54 ~ Singer/guitarist w/Australian 1980's Indie-Pop band The Hummingbirds
THE HUMMINGBIRDS ~ "WORD GETS AROUND";
THE HUMMINGBIRDS ~ "ALIMONY";
Keith Mitchell ~ Drummer w/American Indie-Pop band Mazzy Star
MAZZY STAR ~ "FADE INTO YOU";
MAZZY STAR ~ "CALIFORNIA";
Some Jazz & Blues Guys
Charles Bradley ~ 68 ~ American R&B singer from the 1970's on, best known for his comeback cover versions of Neil Young's "Heart Of Gold' and Black Sabbath's "Changes"
CHARLES BRADLEY ~ "CHANGES";
Bill Dowdy ~ 84 ~ American jazz drummer (The Three Sounds) and w/Lester Young, Stanley Turrentine, Sonny Stitt, Nat Adderley, Anita O'Day, Bucky Pizzarelli
THE THREE SOUNDS ~ "NOW'S THE TIME";
Tom McClung ~ 60 ~ American jazz pianist and composer w/Archie Shepp, Yusef Lateef, and Marion Brown
ARCHIE SHEPP ~ "CRY ME A RIVER";
Casey Jones ~ 77 ~ American blues drummer w/ Earl Hooker, Muddy Waters. Lou Rawls, Otis Rush and Johnny Winter
MUDDY WATERS ~ "LONG DISTANCE PHONECALL";
Melvin "Deacon" Jones ~ 73 ~ Chicago based blues and R&B keyboard player from the 1960's onward w/Baby Huey & Babysitters (w/Johnny Ross & Jimmy Ramey) and Curtis Mayfield, Freddie King, John Lee Hooker, Gregg Allman, Elvin Bishop, Lester Chambers, Albert Collins, Pappo, and Buddy Miles
BABY HUEY & THE BABYSITTERS ~ "HARD TIMES";
Dave Pell ~ 92 ~ American Big Band Jazz saxophonist w/Bob Crosby, Tony Pastor, Pepper Adams, Benny Carter, Mel Lewis, Red Mitchell, Art Pepper, John Williams, Shorty Rogers, Pete Rugolo, Benny Goodman, and Gene Krupa. Also producer w/ Gerry Lewis & The Playboys
BOB CROSBY;
TONY PASTOR ~ "MARGIE";
Mickey Roker ~ 84 ~ American jazz drummer w/Modern Jazz Quartet, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Duke Pearson, Tommy Flanagan, Ella Fitzgerald, Zoot Sims, Horace Silver, Junior Mance, Sarah Vaughan, Milt Jackson, Herbie Hancock, Phil Woods, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Bucky Pizzarelli, Stanley Turrentine, Hank Jones
MODERN JAZZ QUARTET;
Phil Cohran ~ 90 ~ American jazz trumpeter w/Sun Ra, Jay McShann, Earth, Wind & Fire
SUN RA ARKESTRA ~ "SHADOW WORLD";
Sunny Murray ~ 81 ~ American jazz drummer w/Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler
ALBERT AYLER ~ "GHOSTS";
Geri Allen ~ 60 ~ American Jazz pianist and composer w/Ornette Coleman, Charley Haden, Paul Motian
GERI ALLEN ~ "LUSH LIFE";
Larry Elgart ~ 95 ~ American Big Band sax player and band leader from the 1950's & 60's, brother of bandleader Les Elgart. Played with Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman and Red Novaro, hits with "Bandstand Swing" (also the theme for "American Bandstand", had a comeback hit in 1982 with "Hooked On Swing"
LES & LARRY ELGART ~ "BLUES IN THE NIGHT";
Bea Wain ~ 100 ~ American Big Band singer from the 1940's & 50's w/Artie Shaw, Larry Clinton & Fred Waring
John Abercrombie ~ 72 ~ American jazz guitarist w/Ralph Towner, Jack DeJohnette, Charles Lloyd, Michael Brecker and Randy Brecker
ABERCROMBIE, DEJOHNETTE & HOLLAND ~ "HOMECOMING";
CeDell Davis ~ 90 ~ American blues guitarist
CEDELL DAVIS ~ "BIG BOSS MAN";
CEDELL DAVIS ~ "DUST MY BROOM";
Muhal Richard Abrams ~ 87 ~ American jazz pianist w/Dexter Gordon, Max Roach, Ruth Brown, Woody Shaw, Henry Threadgrill, George Lewis.
MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS BAND:
CHARLES BRADLEY ~ "CHANGES";
Bill Dowdy ~ 84 ~ American jazz drummer (The Three Sounds) and w/Lester Young, Stanley Turrentine, Sonny Stitt, Nat Adderley, Anita O'Day, Bucky Pizzarelli
THE THREE SOUNDS ~ "NOW'S THE TIME";
Tom McClung ~ 60 ~ American jazz pianist and composer w/Archie Shepp, Yusef Lateef, and Marion Brown
ARCHIE SHEPP ~ "CRY ME A RIVER";
Casey Jones ~ 77 ~ American blues drummer w/ Earl Hooker, Muddy Waters. Lou Rawls, Otis Rush and Johnny Winter
MUDDY WATERS ~ "LONG DISTANCE PHONECALL";
Melvin "Deacon" Jones ~ 73 ~ Chicago based blues and R&B keyboard player from the 1960's onward w/Baby Huey & Babysitters (w/Johnny Ross & Jimmy Ramey) and Curtis Mayfield, Freddie King, John Lee Hooker, Gregg Allman, Elvin Bishop, Lester Chambers, Albert Collins, Pappo, and Buddy Miles
BABY HUEY & THE BABYSITTERS ~ "HARD TIMES";
Dave Pell ~ 92 ~ American Big Band Jazz saxophonist w/Bob Crosby, Tony Pastor, Pepper Adams, Benny Carter, Mel Lewis, Red Mitchell, Art Pepper, John Williams, Shorty Rogers, Pete Rugolo, Benny Goodman, and Gene Krupa. Also producer w/ Gerry Lewis & The Playboys
BOB CROSBY;
TONY PASTOR ~ "MARGIE";
Mickey Roker ~ 84 ~ American jazz drummer w/Modern Jazz Quartet, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Duke Pearson, Tommy Flanagan, Ella Fitzgerald, Zoot Sims, Horace Silver, Junior Mance, Sarah Vaughan, Milt Jackson, Herbie Hancock, Phil Woods, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Bucky Pizzarelli, Stanley Turrentine, Hank Jones
MODERN JAZZ QUARTET;
Phil Cohran ~ 90 ~ American jazz trumpeter w/Sun Ra, Jay McShann, Earth, Wind & Fire
SUN RA ARKESTRA ~ "SHADOW WORLD";
Sunny Murray ~ 81 ~ American jazz drummer w/Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler
ALBERT AYLER ~ "GHOSTS";
Geri Allen ~ 60 ~ American Jazz pianist and composer w/Ornette Coleman, Charley Haden, Paul Motian
GERI ALLEN ~ "LUSH LIFE";
Larry Elgart ~ 95 ~ American Big Band sax player and band leader from the 1950's & 60's, brother of bandleader Les Elgart. Played with Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman and Red Novaro, hits with "Bandstand Swing" (also the theme for "American Bandstand", had a comeback hit in 1982 with "Hooked On Swing"
LES & LARRY ELGART ~ "BLUES IN THE NIGHT";
Bea Wain ~ 100 ~ American Big Band singer from the 1940's & 50's w/Artie Shaw, Larry Clinton & Fred Waring
John Abercrombie ~ 72 ~ American jazz guitarist w/Ralph Towner, Jack DeJohnette, Charles Lloyd, Michael Brecker and Randy Brecker
ABERCROMBIE, DEJOHNETTE & HOLLAND ~ "HOMECOMING";
CeDell Davis ~ 90 ~ American blues guitarist
CEDELL DAVIS ~ "BIG BOSS MAN";
CEDELL DAVIS ~ "DUST MY BROOM";
Muhal Richard Abrams ~ 87 ~ American jazz pianist w/Dexter Gordon, Max Roach, Ruth Brown, Woody Shaw, Henry Threadgrill, George Lewis.
MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS BAND:
Monday, 24 April 2017
Some 1950's & 60's Figures
Bob Wootton ~ 75 ~ American country guitarist (Johnny Cash, Tennessee Three)
JOHNNY CASH & THE TENNESSEE THREE ~ "I WALK THE LINE";
THE TENNESSEE THREE;
Sonny Burgess ~ 88 ~ American 1950's Rockabilly singer/guitarist for Sun Records w/hits "Red Headed Woman", "Sadie's Back In Town" & "We Wanna Boogie"
SONNY BURGESS & THE BLASTERS ~ "RED HEADED WOMAN";
SONNY BURGESS & THE BLASTERS ~ "SADIES BACK IN TOWN";
Bruce Langhorne ~ 78 ~ American folk guitarist w/ Bob Dylan ("Subterranean Homesick Blues", "Outlaw Blues") and film scorer (The Hired Hand), inspiration for "Mr. Tambourine Man"
BOB DYLAN ~ "SUBTERRANEAN HOME SICK BLUES";
Alan Henderson ~ 72 ~ Northern Irish bassist Bassist w/1960's Irish band Van Morrison & Them ("Gloria", "It's All Over Now")
THEM ~ "MYSTIC EYES" & "GLORIA";
THEM ~ "BABY PLEASE DON'T GO";
THEM ~ "HERE COMES THE NIGHT";
Glen Campbell ~ 81 ~ American Pop-Country singer ("Rhinestone Cowboy", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix") and session player w/The Monkees and Beach Boys
GLEN CAMPBELL & PHIL BAUGH ~ "GUITAR BOOGIE";
GLEN CAMPBELL & ROY CLARK ~ "GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY";
THE MONKEES ~ "SWEET YOUNG THING";
THE MONKEES ~ "VALERI";
Guy Villari ~ 75 ~ American singer with 1960's Doo wop group The Regents ("Barbara Anne")
THE REGENTS ~ "BARBARA ANN";
Sylvia Moy ~ 78 ~ Motown songwriter for Stevie Wonder ("Uptight (Everything's Alright)", "I Was Made to Love Her", "My Cherie Amour") and record producer
STEVIE WONDER ~ "UPTIGHT (EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT)";
Bill Dowdy ~ 84 ~ American jazz drummer (The Three Sounds) and w/Lester Young, Lester Young, Stanley Turrentine, Sonny Stitt, Nat Adderley, Anita O'Day, Bucky Pizzarelli
THE THREE SOUNDS ~ "NOW'S THE TIME";
Joy Byers ~ 82 ~ American 1960's pop songwriter for Elvis Presley ("It Hurts Me", "C'Mon Everybody")
ELVIS PRESLEY ~ "IT HURTS ME";
ELVIS PRESLEY ~ "C'MON EVERYBODY";
Kai Ray ~ 1950's Rockabilly Guy;
KAI RAY ~ "I WANT SOME OF THAT";
KAI RAY ~ "TRASHMAN'S BLUES";
Ammon Tharp ~ 75 ~ Drummer with 1960's surf band Bill Deal & the Rhondells
BILL DEAL & RHONDELLS ~ "I'VE BEEN TOLD";
Kayton Roberts, 83, American steel guitarist w/Hanks Snow, Marty Stuart, Ricky Skag Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Randy Travis and Alison Krauss,
HANK SNOW ~ "I'M MOVING ON";
HANK SNOW ~ "I DON'T HURT ANYMORE";
JOHNNY CASH & THE TENNESSEE THREE ~ "I WALK THE LINE";
THE TENNESSEE THREE;
Sonny Burgess ~ 88 ~ American 1950's Rockabilly singer/guitarist for Sun Records w/hits "Red Headed Woman", "Sadie's Back In Town" & "We Wanna Boogie"
SONNY BURGESS & THE BLASTERS ~ "RED HEADED WOMAN";
SONNY BURGESS & THE BLASTERS ~ "SADIES BACK IN TOWN";
Bruce Langhorne ~ 78 ~ American folk guitarist w/ Bob Dylan ("Subterranean Homesick Blues", "Outlaw Blues") and film scorer (The Hired Hand), inspiration for "Mr. Tambourine Man"
BOB DYLAN ~ "SUBTERRANEAN HOME SICK BLUES";
Alan Henderson ~ 72 ~ Northern Irish bassist Bassist w/1960's Irish band Van Morrison & Them ("Gloria", "It's All Over Now")
THEM ~ "MYSTIC EYES" & "GLORIA";
THEM ~ "BABY PLEASE DON'T GO";
THEM ~ "HERE COMES THE NIGHT";
Glen Campbell ~ 81 ~ American Pop-Country singer ("Rhinestone Cowboy", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix") and session player w/The Monkees and Beach Boys
GLEN CAMPBELL & PHIL BAUGH ~ "GUITAR BOOGIE";
GLEN CAMPBELL & ROY CLARK ~ "GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY";
THE MONKEES ~ "SWEET YOUNG THING";
THE MONKEES ~ "VALERI";
Guy Villari ~ 75 ~ American singer with 1960's Doo wop group The Regents ("Barbara Anne")
THE REGENTS ~ "BARBARA ANN";
Sylvia Moy ~ 78 ~ Motown songwriter for Stevie Wonder ("Uptight (Everything's Alright)", "I Was Made to Love Her", "My Cherie Amour") and record producer
STEVIE WONDER ~ "UPTIGHT (EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT)";
Bill Dowdy ~ 84 ~ American jazz drummer (The Three Sounds) and w/Lester Young, Lester Young, Stanley Turrentine, Sonny Stitt, Nat Adderley, Anita O'Day, Bucky Pizzarelli
THE THREE SOUNDS ~ "NOW'S THE TIME";
Joy Byers ~ 82 ~ American 1960's pop songwriter for Elvis Presley ("It Hurts Me", "C'Mon Everybody")
ELVIS PRESLEY ~ "IT HURTS ME";
ELVIS PRESLEY ~ "C'MON EVERYBODY";
Kai Ray ~ 1950's Rockabilly Guy;
KAI RAY ~ "I WANT SOME OF THAT";
KAI RAY ~ "TRASHMAN'S BLUES";
Ammon Tharp ~ 75 ~ Drummer with 1960's surf band Bill Deal & the Rhondells
BILL DEAL & RHONDELLS ~ "I'VE BEEN TOLD";
Kayton Roberts, 83, American steel guitarist w/Hanks Snow, Marty Stuart, Ricky Skag Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Randy Travis and Alison Krauss,
HANK SNOW ~ "I'M MOVING ON";
HANK SNOW ~ "I DON'T HURT ANYMORE";
Monday, 3 April 2017
Some Figures From Early European R&R
Björn Thelin ~ 74 ~ Bassist w/Swedish 1960's Surf Band The Spotnicks
THE SPOTNICKS ~ "ROCKET MAN";
THE SPOTNICKS ~ "THUNDERNEST";
Franz Jarnach ~ 72 ~ Keyboardist for 1960's German Beat band Die Rattles
DIE RATTLES ~ "COME ON & SING";
Jerzy Kossela ~ 74 ~ Guitarist and vocalist with 1960's Polish rock bands Niebiesko-Czarni (The Blue Blacks)and Czerwone Gitary (The Red Guitars)
CZERWONE GITARY ~ "ANNA MARIA";
Sven-Erik Magnusson ~ 74 ~ Swedish musician from 1960's Pop band Sven-Ingvars
SVEN-INGVARS ~ "MIN GITARR";
Friday, 31 March 2017
Chuck Berry & Some 1950's & 60's Figures
Chuck Berry ~ 90 ~ One of the major 1950's R&R Singer/Guitarist/Songwriter ("Roll Over Beethoven", "Maybelline", "No Particular Place To Go", "Sweet Sixteen", "Tulane", "Johnny B Goode"
CHUCK BERRY ~ "JOHNNY B GOODE";
CHUCK BERRY ~ "SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN";
CHUCK BERRY ~ "MAYBELLINE";
CHUCK BERRY ~ "NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO";
Tommy Allsup ~ 86 ~ American Rockabilly & Western Swing Guitarist w.Buddy Holly, Bob Wills, Richie Valens, The Big Bopper, Roy Orbison, Willie Nelson, The Ventures
BUDDY HOLLY ~ "LOVE'S MADE A FOOL OF YOU";
Sonny Geraci ~ 69 ~ Singer with American 1960's Garage band The Outsiders ("Time Won't Let Me") and 1970's Soul group Climax ("Precious & Few")
THE OUTSIDERS ~ "TIME WON'T LET ME";
Pete Shotton ~ 75 ~ British washboardist and percussionist w/1960's Skiffle band The Quarrymen, later played with the Beatles
THE QUARRYMEN ~ "THAT'LL BE THE DAY";
THE QUARRYMEN ~ "IN SPITE OF ALL THE DANGER";
Lonnie Brooks ~ 83 ~ American blues guitarist and singer w/Chess, Mercury, recorded w/Jimmy Reed, Jr Wells
LONNIE BROOKS ~ "YOU'RE USING ME";
LONNIE BROOKS ~ "FIGUREHEAD";
THE QUARRYMEN ~ "THAT'LL BE THE DAY";
Sylvester Potts ~ 78 ~ American 1960's soul singer w/The Contours ("Do You Love Me")
THE CONTOURS ~ "DO YOU LOVE ME";
Bobby Freeman ~ 76 ~ American R&B singer and songwriter ("Do You Want to Dance")
BOBBY FREEMAN ~ "DO YOU WANNA DANCE";
BOBBY FREEMAN ~ "COME ON & SWIM";
Clem Curtis ~ 76 ~ Trinidadian-born British singer w/1970's Soul group The Foundations "Build Me Up Buttercup"
THE FOUNDATIONS ~ "BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP";
Rosie Hamlin ~ 71 ~ American singer w/early 1960's Girl Group Rosie and the Originals ("Angel Baby")
ROSIE & THE ORIGINALS ~ "ANGEL BABY";
Ben Speer ~ 86 ~ Singer with the Nashville Southern Gospel group the Speer Family from the 1920's to the 1990's
THE SPEER FAMILY ~ "I'M A CHILD OF THE KING";
THE SPEER FAMILY ~ "HEAVEN'S JUBILEE";
THE SPEER FAMILY ~ "CITY OF GOLD";
And two members of the famed 1960's session band The Wrecking Crew;
Tony Terran ~ 90 ~ American trumpeter and session musician w/The Wrecking Crew, Chet Baker, Lalo Schifrin, The Baja Marimba Band, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Bee Gees, Ray Charles, Chicago, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Bob Hope, Michael Jackson, Eartha Kitt, Peggy Lee, Madonna, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, The Tijuana Brass, Tom Waits, Nelson Riddle, Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Elmer Bernstein, Johnny Mercer
Lyle Ritz ~ 87 ~ American bassist and ukulelist w/The Wrecking Crew
"The Wrecking Crew" Biopic Trailer;
CHUCK BERRY ~ "JOHNNY B GOODE";
CHUCK BERRY ~ "SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN";
CHUCK BERRY ~ "MAYBELLINE";
CHUCK BERRY ~ "NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO";
Tommy Allsup ~ 86 ~ American Rockabilly & Western Swing Guitarist w.Buddy Holly, Bob Wills, Richie Valens, The Big Bopper, Roy Orbison, Willie Nelson, The Ventures
BUDDY HOLLY ~ "LOVE'S MADE A FOOL OF YOU";
Sonny Geraci ~ 69 ~ Singer with American 1960's Garage band The Outsiders ("Time Won't Let Me") and 1970's Soul group Climax ("Precious & Few")
THE OUTSIDERS ~ "TIME WON'T LET ME";
Pete Shotton ~ 75 ~ British washboardist and percussionist w/1960's Skiffle band The Quarrymen, later played with the Beatles
THE QUARRYMEN ~ "THAT'LL BE THE DAY";
THE QUARRYMEN ~ "IN SPITE OF ALL THE DANGER";
Lonnie Brooks ~ 83 ~ American blues guitarist and singer w/Chess, Mercury, recorded w/Jimmy Reed, Jr Wells
LONNIE BROOKS ~ "YOU'RE USING ME";
LONNIE BROOKS ~ "FIGUREHEAD";
THE QUARRYMEN ~ "THAT'LL BE THE DAY";
Sylvester Potts ~ 78 ~ American 1960's soul singer w/The Contours ("Do You Love Me")
THE CONTOURS ~ "DO YOU LOVE ME";
Bobby Freeman ~ 76 ~ American R&B singer and songwriter ("Do You Want to Dance")
BOBBY FREEMAN ~ "DO YOU WANNA DANCE";
BOBBY FREEMAN ~ "COME ON & SWIM";
Clem Curtis ~ 76 ~ Trinidadian-born British singer w/1970's Soul group The Foundations "Build Me Up Buttercup"
THE FOUNDATIONS ~ "BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP";
Rosie Hamlin ~ 71 ~ American singer w/early 1960's Girl Group Rosie and the Originals ("Angel Baby")
ROSIE & THE ORIGINALS ~ "ANGEL BABY";
Ben Speer ~ 86 ~ Singer with the Nashville Southern Gospel group the Speer Family from the 1920's to the 1990's
THE SPEER FAMILY ~ "I'M A CHILD OF THE KING";
THE SPEER FAMILY ~ "HEAVEN'S JUBILEE";
THE SPEER FAMILY ~ "CITY OF GOLD";
And two members of the famed 1960's session band The Wrecking Crew;
Tony Terran ~ 90 ~ American trumpeter and session musician w/The Wrecking Crew, Chet Baker, Lalo Schifrin, The Baja Marimba Band, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Bee Gees, Ray Charles, Chicago, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Bob Hope, Michael Jackson, Eartha Kitt, Peggy Lee, Madonna, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, The Tijuana Brass, Tom Waits, Nelson Riddle, Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Elmer Bernstein, Johnny Mercer
Lyle Ritz ~ 87 ~ American bassist and ukulelist w/The Wrecking Crew
"The Wrecking Crew" Biopic Trailer;
Some Metal Guys
Martin Eric Ain ~ Bassist with Swiss Thrash band Celtic Frost
CELTIC FROST ~ "INTO CRYPTS OF RAYS";
CELTIC FROST ~ "CHERRY ORCHARDS";
Elyse Steinman ~ Guitarist w/American Hard-Rock band Raging Slab, and one of the few female guitarists in an otherwise male band as opposed to all-girl bands.
RAGING SLAB ~ "ANYWHERE BUT HERE";
RAGING SLAB ~ "BENT FOR SILVER";
RAGING SLAB ~ "TAKE A HOLD":
Joey Alves ~ 63 ~ Guitarist w/American 1980's Hair Metal band Y&T
Y&T ~ "SUMMERTIME GIRLS";
Y&T ~ "LIPSTICK & LEATHER";
Keni Richards ~ 60 ~ Dummer w/American 1980's Hair Metal Band Autograph ("Turn Up The Radio")
AUTOGRAPH ~ "TURN UP THE RADIO";
Tony Lorenzo ~ 30 ~ Guitarist w/American Metal band Sons of Azrael
SONS OF AZRAEL ~ "SWEET BLASPHEMY";
SONS OF AZRAEL ~ "TRAIL OF FLESH";
Negru (Gabriel Mafa) - drummer, percussionist, dulcimer, horns, xylophonist for Romanian Black Metal Band Negură Bunget
NEGURA BUNGET ~ "Cunoasterea Tacuta";
CELTIC FROST ~ "INTO CRYPTS OF RAYS";
CELTIC FROST ~ "CHERRY ORCHARDS";
Elyse Steinman ~ Guitarist w/American Hard-Rock band Raging Slab, and one of the few female guitarists in an otherwise male band as opposed to all-girl bands.
RAGING SLAB ~ "ANYWHERE BUT HERE";
RAGING SLAB ~ "BENT FOR SILVER";
RAGING SLAB ~ "TAKE A HOLD":
Joey Alves ~ 63 ~ Guitarist w/American 1980's Hair Metal band Y&T
Y&T ~ "SUMMERTIME GIRLS";
Y&T ~ "LIPSTICK & LEATHER";
Keni Richards ~ 60 ~ Dummer w/American 1980's Hair Metal Band Autograph ("Turn Up The Radio")
AUTOGRAPH ~ "TURN UP THE RADIO";
Tony Lorenzo ~ 30 ~ Guitarist w/American Metal band Sons of Azrael
SONS OF AZRAEL ~ "SWEET BLASPHEMY";
SONS OF AZRAEL ~ "TRAIL OF FLESH";
Negru (Gabriel Mafa) - drummer, percussionist, dulcimer, horns, xylophonist for Romanian Black Metal Band Negură Bunget
NEGURA BUNGET ~ "Cunoasterea Tacuta";
Monday, 13 March 2017
Some Southern & Roots Rockers
John Geils ~ 71 ~ Guitarist w/The J Geils Band, Bluesy R&R Band from Massachusetts in the 1970's and 80's. Started out as a garagey blues band in 1968 and had some success in the 1970's as a respected touring band with some minor hits (mostly R&B covers like "First I Look At The Purse", "Serves You Right To Suffer" "I Do", "Land Of 1000 Dances" and "Where Did Our Love Go") but later had major hits in the 1980's with "Love Stinks", "Centerfold", "Freeze Frame" and "Angel In Blue" before suddenly breaking up in 1983-85. There were reunions in the 2000's until Geils either quit or was was kicked out of the band resulting in lawsuits.
J GEILS BAND ~ "LOVE STINKS";
J GEILS BAND ~ "CENTERFOLD";
J GEILS BAND ~ "FREEZE FRAME";
J GEILS BAND ~ "ANGEL IN BLUE";
Evan Johns ~ 60 ~ Guitarist w/American 1980's Roots/Rockabilly band The LeRoi Brothers
LEROI BROS ~ "TREAT HER RIGHT";
LEROI BROTHERS ~ "PRETTY LITTLE LIARS";
Butch Trucks ~ 69 ~ American drummer w/The Allman Brothers Band
ALLMAN BROS BAND ~ "WHIPPING POST";
ALLMAN BROS BAND ~ "RAMBLIN MAN";
Dave Hlubek ~ 66 ~ Guitarist and Banner Thomas ~ 63 ~ Bassist with 1970's Southern Rock Band Molly Hatchet
MOLLY HATCHET ~ "DREAMS I'LL NEVER SEE";
MOLLY HATCHET ~ "FALL OF THE PEACEMAKER";
Robbie Hoddinott ~ 62 ~ Guitarist w/1970's San Francisco rock band Kingfish
KINGFISH ~ "HYPNOTIZE";
KINGFISH ~ "JUKE BOOGIE WOOGIE";
Don Williams ~ 78 ~ Texas Country-Western singer songwriter (“Tulsa Time,” “Good Ol’ Boys Like Me,” and “It Must Be Love", "I Recall A Gypsy Woman".
DON WILLIAMS ~ "TULSA TIME";
DON WILLIAMS ~ "SING ME BACK HOME";
J GEILS BAND ~ "LOVE STINKS";
J GEILS BAND ~ "CENTERFOLD";
J GEILS BAND ~ "FREEZE FRAME";
J GEILS BAND ~ "ANGEL IN BLUE";
Evan Johns ~ 60 ~ Guitarist w/American 1980's Roots/Rockabilly band The LeRoi Brothers
LEROI BROS ~ "TREAT HER RIGHT";
LEROI BROTHERS ~ "PRETTY LITTLE LIARS";
Butch Trucks ~ 69 ~ American drummer w/The Allman Brothers Band
ALLMAN BROS BAND ~ "WHIPPING POST";
ALLMAN BROS BAND ~ "RAMBLIN MAN";
Dave Hlubek ~ 66 ~ Guitarist and Banner Thomas ~ 63 ~ Bassist with 1970's Southern Rock Band Molly Hatchet
MOLLY HATCHET ~ "DREAMS I'LL NEVER SEE";
MOLLY HATCHET ~ "FALL OF THE PEACEMAKER";
Robbie Hoddinott ~ 62 ~ Guitarist w/1970's San Francisco rock band Kingfish
KINGFISH ~ "HYPNOTIZE";
KINGFISH ~ "JUKE BOOGIE WOOGIE";
Don Williams ~ 78 ~ Texas Country-Western singer songwriter (“Tulsa Time,” “Good Ol’ Boys Like Me,” and “It Must Be Love", "I Recall A Gypsy Woman".
DON WILLIAMS ~ "TULSA TIME";
DON WILLIAMS ~ "SING ME BACK HOME";
Thursday, 2 March 2017
Some Japanese Musicians
Masaaki Hirao ~ 70 ~ Japanese 1950's & 60's Rockabilly Guy
MASAAKI HIRAO ~ "ONE WAY TICKET";
MASAAKI HIRAO;
MASAAKI HIROA ~ "DOWNTOWN HIT MAN";
Hiroshi Kamayatsu ~ 78 ~ Guitarist w/1960's Japanese Garage Bands The Spiders and Vodka Collins. The Spiders were one of the best of the mid-1960's Japanese "Group Sounds" genre which was their version of fuzzed out Garage Punk.
THE SPIDERS ~ "MELA MELA";
THE SPIDERS ~ "BOOM BOOM";
THE SPIDERS ~ "GIMMIE SOME LOVIN";
Toshio Nakanishi ~ 61 ~ Japanese guitarist w/Japanese New Wave band The Plastics
THE PLASTICS ~ "TOP SECRET MAN";
THE PLASTICS ~ "COPY";
THE PLASTICS ~ "PEACE";
Mika Bat ~ 40's ~ Singer/guitarist with Japanese Garage Punk bands Thee Bat and the Leather Girls
THEE BAT;
Fumio Karashima ~ 68 ~ Japanese jazz pianist
FUMIO KARASHIMA & TOOTS THEILEMANS ~ "EVENING IN PARIS";
Monday, 6 February 2017
Some Figures From Punk & New Wave
Pete Overend Watts ~ 69 ~ Bassist w/1970's Glam Rock band Mott the Hoople ("All The Young Dudes")
MOTT THE HOOPLE ~ "ALL THE YOUNG DUDES";
MOTT THE HOOPLE ~ "ALL THE WAY TO MEMPHIS";
Mike Kellie ~ 69 ~ British session drummer w/The Only Ones, Spooky Tooth, Joe Cocker, Traffic, George Harrison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Peter Frampton, Maurice Gibb, Johnny Thunders, Neil Innes, Chris Jagger, Sean Tyla, Jim Capaldi, Pat Travers.
THE ONLY ONES ~ "ANOTHER GIRL ANOTHER PLANET";
Deke Leonard ~ 72 ~ Welsh rock guitarist w/1970's pup rock band Man
MAN ~ "BANANAS";
Robert Dahlqvist ~ 40 ~ Swedish singer/guitarist w/The Hellacopters, Thunder Express & Dundertåget
THE HELLACOPTERS ~ "CARRY ME HOME";
THE HELLACOPTERS ~ "BY THE GRACE OF GOD";
Mike Gaborno ~ 51 ~ American singer Cadillac Tramps, Manic Hispanic
THE CADILLAC TRAMPS ~ "IT'S ALRIGHT";
Gil Ray ~ 60 ~ Drummer w/American 1980's Power Pop bands Game Theory, Loud Family and Rain Parade
GAME THEORY ~ "ERICA'S WORLD";
GAME THEORY ~ "I'VE TRIED SUBTLY";
Bobby Lloyd Hicks ~ Memphis drummer w/Untamed Youth, Dave Alvin, Jonathan Richman, Steve Forbert, NRBQ, Skeletons & Symptoms, Bobby Lloyd & Windfall Prophets
BOBBY LLOYD HICKS & SKELETONS ~ "DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR" & "YOU REALLY GOT ME";
BOBBY LLOYD HICKS & THE SKELETONS ~ "CRAZY COUNTRY";
John Lever ~ 55 ~ Drummer w/British Post-Punk bands The Chameleons and The Sun & The Moon
THE CHAMELEONS ~ "DON'T FALL";
THE CHAMELEONS ~ "MONKEYLAND";
Larry Steinbachek ~ 56 ~ English keyboardist w/ Electro-Pop band Bronski Beat
BRONSKI BEAT ~ "SMALL TOWN BOY";
BRONSKI BEAT ~ "TELL ME WHY";
MOTT THE HOOPLE ~ "ALL THE YOUNG DUDES";
MOTT THE HOOPLE ~ "ALL THE WAY TO MEMPHIS";
Mike Kellie ~ 69 ~ British session drummer w/The Only Ones, Spooky Tooth, Joe Cocker, Traffic, George Harrison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Peter Frampton, Maurice Gibb, Johnny Thunders, Neil Innes, Chris Jagger, Sean Tyla, Jim Capaldi, Pat Travers.
THE ONLY ONES ~ "ANOTHER GIRL ANOTHER PLANET";
Deke Leonard ~ 72 ~ Welsh rock guitarist w/1970's pup rock band Man
MAN ~ "BANANAS";
Robert Dahlqvist ~ 40 ~ Swedish singer/guitarist w/The Hellacopters, Thunder Express & Dundertåget
THE HELLACOPTERS ~ "CARRY ME HOME";
THE HELLACOPTERS ~ "BY THE GRACE OF GOD";
Mike Gaborno ~ 51 ~ American singer Cadillac Tramps, Manic Hispanic
THE CADILLAC TRAMPS ~ "IT'S ALRIGHT";
Gil Ray ~ 60 ~ Drummer w/American 1980's Power Pop bands Game Theory, Loud Family and Rain Parade
GAME THEORY ~ "ERICA'S WORLD";
GAME THEORY ~ "I'VE TRIED SUBTLY";
Bobby Lloyd Hicks ~ Memphis drummer w/Untamed Youth, Dave Alvin, Jonathan Richman, Steve Forbert, NRBQ, Skeletons & Symptoms, Bobby Lloyd & Windfall Prophets
BOBBY LLOYD HICKS & SKELETONS ~ "DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR" & "YOU REALLY GOT ME";
BOBBY LLOYD HICKS & THE SKELETONS ~ "CRAZY COUNTRY";
John Lever ~ 55 ~ Drummer w/British Post-Punk bands The Chameleons and The Sun & The Moon
THE CHAMELEONS ~ "DON'T FALL";
THE CHAMELEONS ~ "MONKEYLAND";
Larry Steinbachek ~ 56 ~ English keyboardist w/ Electro-Pop band Bronski Beat
BRONSKI BEAT ~ "SMALL TOWN BOY";
BRONSKI BEAT ~ "TELL ME WHY";
Friday, 3 February 2017
Some Jazz Figures From The 1950's & 60's
Buck Hill ~ 90 ~ American jazz saxophonist w'Charlie Byrd, Shirley Scott, Shirley Horn
SHIRLEY SCOTT ~ "DON'T LOOK BACK";
Buddy Greco ~ 90 ~ American 1950's Big Band Pop singer & pianist
BUDDY GRECO ~ "THE LADY IS A TRAMP";
Svend Asmussen ~ 100 ~ Danish swing jazz violinist played w/Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Stephane Grappelli, Ray Nance, Fats Waller, Josephine Baker, Jon-Luc Ponty, Stuff Smith
SVEND ASMUSSEN ~ "BEHAVE YOURSELF";
SVEND ASMUSSEN ~ "SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET";
SVEND ASMUSSEN ~ "HALLELUJAH I'M A BUM";
Misha Mengelberg ~ 81 ~ Dutch Jazz pianist with/Eric Dolphy, Anthony Braxton, Peter Brotzman and the Mengelberg Quartet
MENGELBERG QUARTET ~ "IMPROVISATION";
Arthur Blythe ~ 76 ~ American jazz alto saxophonist and composer, w/Gil Evans, Lester Bowie, Jack DeJohnette and McCoy Tyner
Arthur Blythe/Chico Freeman/McCoy Tyner;
SHIRLEY SCOTT ~ "DON'T LOOK BACK";
Buddy Greco ~ 90 ~ American 1950's Big Band Pop singer & pianist
BUDDY GRECO ~ "THE LADY IS A TRAMP";
Svend Asmussen ~ 100 ~ Danish swing jazz violinist played w/Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Stephane Grappelli, Ray Nance, Fats Waller, Josephine Baker, Jon-Luc Ponty, Stuff Smith
SVEND ASMUSSEN ~ "BEHAVE YOURSELF";
SVEND ASMUSSEN ~ "SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET";
SVEND ASMUSSEN ~ "HALLELUJAH I'M A BUM";
Misha Mengelberg ~ 81 ~ Dutch Jazz pianist with/Eric Dolphy, Anthony Braxton, Peter Brotzman and the Mengelberg Quartet
MENGELBERG QUARTET ~ "IMPROVISATION";
Arthur Blythe ~ 76 ~ American jazz alto saxophonist and composer, w/Gil Evans, Lester Bowie, Jack DeJohnette and McCoy Tyner
Arthur Blythe/Chico Freeman/McCoy Tyner;
Thursday, 26 January 2017
The People Who Died ~ 2017 Edition
John Abercrombie ~ 72 ~ American Jazz guitarist w/Ralph Towner, Jack DeJohnette, Charles Lloyd, Michael Brecker and Randy Brecker
Paul Abler ~ 59 ~ American Jazz guitarist
Muhal Richard Abrams ~ 87 ~ American Jazz pianist w/Dexter Gordon, Max Roach, Ruth Brown and Woody Shaw.
Richard Adam ~ 86 ~ Czech Swing singer
Martin Eric Ain ~ Bassist with Swiss Thrash band Celtic Frost
Geri Allen ~ 60 ~ American Jazz pianist and composer w/Ornette Coleman, Charley Haden, Paul Motian
Tommy Allsup ~ 86 ~ American Rockabilly & Western Swing Guitarist w.Buddy Holly, Bob Wills, Richie Valens, The Big Bopper, Roy Orbison, Willie Nelson, The Ventures
Joey Alves ~ 63 ~ Guitarist w/American 1980's Metal band Y&T
Auriel Andrew - 69 - Australian country singer
Svend Asmussen ~ 100 ~ Danish Swing jazz violinist played w/Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Stephane Grappelli, Ray Nance, Fats Waller, Josephine Baker, Jon-Luc Ponty, Stuff Smith
David Axelrod, 83, American Jazz and R&B drummer, arranger, composer and producer w/Lou Rawls, Cannonball Adderly, later wrote & produced two Orchestral Rock albums for the Electric Prunes ("Mass in F Minor" and "Release of an Oath")
Meir Banai ~ 55 ~ Israeli folk-pop singer
Mika Bat ~ 40's ~ Singer/guitarist with Japanese Garage Punk bands Thee Bat and the Leather Girls
Mahi Beamer ~ 88 ~ Hawaiian pop singer
Jimmy Beaumont ~ 76 ~ American singer (w/1950's Doo-Wop group The Skyliners ("Since I Don't Have You")
Walter Becker ~ 67 ~ Guitarist & bassist wlth 1970's American Jazz rock band Steely Dan ("Reeling In The Years""Rikki Don't Lose That Number") and 1980's band China Crisis ("Black Man Ray", "King In Catholic Style")
Melissa Bell ~ 53 ~ English singer w/1990's R&R group Soul II Soul
Chester Bennington ~ 41 ~ Singer with American 1990's Nu-Metal Band Linkin Park
Magnus Bergdahl ~ 67 ~ Guitarist w/1960's Swedish Pop band Thorleifs
Cees Bergman ~ 65 ~ Singer with 1970's Dutch glam band Catapult
Ilene Berns ~ 73 ~ American record executive at Bang Records
Chuck Berry ~ 90 ~ Major 1950's R&R Singer/Guitarist/Songwriter ("Roll Over Beethoven", "Maybelline", "No Particular Place To Go", "Sweet Sixteen", "Tulane"
John Blackwell ~ Drummer for Prince and Patti Labelle
Theo Bophela ~ 86 ~ South African jazz musician
Arthur Blythe ~ 76 ~ American Jazz alto saxophonist and composer, w/Gil Evans, Lester Bowie, Jack DeJohnette and McCoy Tyner
Bob Bonnell ~ 73 ~ Singer/harpist with 1970's Toronto rock band Manchild
Patrick Bourgeois - 54 ~ 1980's & 90's singer/guitarist/bassist with Quebec New Wave band Les B.B.
Charles Bradley ~ 68 ~ American R&B singer from the 1970's on, best known for his comeback cover versions of Neil Young's "Heart Of Gold' and Black Sabbath's "Changes"
Loalwa Braz ~ 63 ~ Brazilian singer-songwriter ("Lambada")
Bonnie Briggs ~ Percussionist with Toronto Folk-Punk band Jughead
Clive Brooks ~ 67 ~ British drummer (Egg, The Groundhogs, Pink Floyd)
Lonnie Brooks ~ 83 ~ American blues guitarist and singer w/Chess, Mercury, recorded w/Jimmy Reed, Jr Wells
Wim Brussen ~ 74 ~ Dutch Big Band band leader
Segun Bucknor ~ 71 ~ Nigerian folk and pop singer/guitarist/pianist with Segun Bucknor & the Assembly
Paul Buckmaster ~ 71 ~ English Grammy winning arranger (Elton John, The Rolling Stones) and composer
Sonny Burgess ~ 88 ~ American 1950's Rockabilly singer/guitarist for Sun Records w/hits "Red Headed Woman", "Sadie's Back In Town" & "We Wanna Boogie"
Johnny Burke ~ 77 ~ Canadian Country singer
Ronnie Butler ~ 80 ~ Bahamian singer and entertainer
Joy Byers ~ 82 ~ American 1960's pop songwriter for Elvis Presley ("It Hurts Me", "C'Mon Everybody")
Eamonn Campbell ~ 70 ~ Singer/Guitarist with Irish folk group The Dubliners
Glen Campbell ~ 81 ~ American Pop-Country singer ("Rhinestone Cowboy", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix") and session player w/The Monkees, Beach Boys & Champs
Bruno Canfora ~ 92 ~ Italian jazz composer, conductor and music arranger
Gary De Carlo ~ 75 ~ American singer (Steam) and songwriter ("Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye")
Ralph Carney ~ 61 ~ American saxophonist (Tin Huey, Tom Waits)
Howard Carroll ~ 92 ~ American guitarist with 1950's & 60's Gospel group The Dixie Hummingbirds
David Casper ~ Toronto DJ
David Cassidy ~ 67 ~ Singer with The Partridge Family
Roland Cazimero ~ 66 ~ guitarist w/Hawaiian pop band The Brothers Cazimero
Sheila Raye Charles ~ 53 ~ American singer-songwriter
Sir Christus ~ 39 ~ Guitarist w/Finnish Glam Rock Band Negative
Steve Clark ~ 53 ~ Guitarist w/Toronto indie rock band Vibralux
Wayne Cochran ~ 78 ~ American soul singer and songwriter ("Last Kiss")
John Coates Jr ~ 79 ~ American jazz pianist
Tony Cohen ~ 60 ~ Australian record producer for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Boys Next Door, Hunters & Collectors, The Cruel Sea
Phil Cohran ~ 90 ~ American jazz trumpeter w/Sun Ra, Jay McShann, Earth, Wind & Fire
Manno Charlemagne ~ 69 ~ Haitian singer-songwriter, guitarist and politician, Mayor of Port-au-Prince (1995–1999)
Elisabeth Chojnacka ~ 77 ~ Polish harpsichordist w/The Xenakis Ensemble
Fred Cole ~ 69 ~ American singer and musician w/Garage Punk bands The Lollipop Shoppe & Dead Moon
Eric Cook, British heavy metal band manager (Venom) and record label executive, co-founder of Demolition Records
Jimmy Copley ~ 63 ~ English drummer (Jeff Beck, Graham Parker, Tears for Fears)
Kenny Cordray, 62, American guitarist and songwriter w/ZZ Top, Wayne Cochrane, Jaco Pastoriouos, Jerry Lee Lewis
Ramón Cordero ~ 76 ~ Dominican bachata singer
Robert De Cormier ~ 95 ~ American composer and conductor (The Belafonte Folk Singers)
Chris Cornell ~ 52 ~ Singer with Seattle Grunge Stars Soundgarden as well as Temple Of The Dog and Audioslave
Larry Coryell ~ 73 ~ American Jazz-Fusion guitarist from the 1960's onward w/Gary Burton, Alphonse Mouzon, John McLaughlin, Randy Brecker, Herbie Mann, Charles Mingus, Joey DeFrancesco
James Cotton ~ 81 ~ American Blues singer/harpist from the 1950's onward on Sun, Chess, Verve, Buddha, Alligator, Justin Time Records w/Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Otis Spann, Janis Joplin, Ben Harper
John Critchinson ~ 82 ~ English jazz pianist w/Chet Baker, Johnny Griffen, Joe Henderson
Terry Cryer ~ 82 ~ British jazz and blues photographer
Clem Curtis ~ 76 ~ Trinidadian-born British singer w/1970's Soul group The Foundations "Build Me Up Buttercup"
Leo Cuypers ~ 69 ~ Dutch jazz pianist and composer
Holger Czukay ~ 79 ~ Multi- instrumentalist with 1970's Kraut Rock band Can, later recorded with David Sylvian, Jah Wobble and The Edge
Robert Dahlqvist ~ 40 ~ Swedish singer/guitarist w/The Hellacopters, Thunder Express & Dundertåget
Warrel Dane ~ 56 ~ Singer with American Metal bands Sanctuary & Nevermore
CeDell Davis ~ 90 ~ American blues guitarist
Ronnie Davis ~ 66 ~ Jamaican reggae singer
Alvin DeGuzman ~ guitarist with American alternative band The Icarus Line
Irio De Paula ~ 78 ~ Brazilian guitarist and composer
Magín Díaz ~ 94 ~ Colombian folk singer and songwriter, Latin Grammy winner
Johnny Dick ~ 73 ~ Australian drummer (John Paul Young, Fanny Adams, Wild Cherries)
Pat DiNizio ~ 62 ~ American singer and musician w/Power-Pop band The Smithereens
Richard Dobson ~ 75 ~ American country singer-songwriter
Fats Domino ~ 89 ~ American Hall of Fame pianist and singer-songwriter from the 1950's ("Blueberry Hill", "Ain't That a Shame", "I'm Walkin'")
Frank Dostal ~ 71 ~ German 1970's pop music producer and songwriter w/Baccara, Nana Mouskouri, "The Smurf Song"
Jimmy Dotson ~ 83 ~ American Blues session drummer, guitarist, bassist, pianist, harmonica player w/Rufus Thomas, Buddy Guy, Issac Hayes, Albert King, Slim Harpo, Ivory Joe Hunter and Lightnin' Slim
Bill Dowdy ~ 84 ~ American jazz drummer (The Three Sounds) and w/Lester Young, Lester Young, Stanley Turrentine, Sonny Stitt, Nat Adderley, Anita O'Day, Bucky Pizzarelli
Gord Downie ~ 53 ~ Canadian singer/songwriter w/The Tragically Hip ("Courage", "New Orleans Is Sinking", "Music At Work")
Errol Dyers ~ 65 ~ South African jazz guitarist and composer,
Tom Edwards ~ 41 ~ Guitarist w/Adam Ant, Aztec Camera, Edwyn Collins,Fields Of The Nephilim
Larry Elgart ~ 95 ~ American Big Band sax player and band leader from the 1950's & 60's, brother of bandleader Les Elgart. Played with Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman and Red Novaro, hits with "Bandstand Swing" (also the theme for "American Bandstand", had a comeback hit in 1982 with "Hooked On Swing"
Eric Eycke ~ 62 ~ Former Singer with American thrash band Corrosion of Conformity (circa 1984)
Roy Fisher ~ 86 ~ British poet and jazz pianist
Pat Fitzpatrick ~ 60 ~ Keyboardist w/Irish Rock Band Aslan
Edi Fitzroy ~ 62 ~ Jamaican reggae singer
Bonnie Flower ~ 63 ~ American 1960's folk singer w/Wndy & Bonnie
Jim Forrester ~ 43 ~ Bass guitarist w/American Metal band Sixty Watt Shaman
Bobby Freeman ~ 76 ~ American R&B singer and songwriter ("Do You Want to Dance")
Dominic Frontiere ~ 86 ~ American composer (The Outer Limits, Hang 'Em High)
Guitar Gable ~ 79 ~ American blues musician
Mike Gaborno ~ 51 ~ American singer Cadillac Tramps, Manic Hispanic
Vin Garbutt ~ 69 ~ British folk singer
Kevin Garcia ~ 41 ~ Bassist w/American Indie band Grandaddy
Phil Garland ~ 75 ~ New Zealand folk singer
Tibério Gaspar ~ 73 ~ Brazilian musician and composer
John Geils ~ 71 ~ Guitarist w/The J Geils Band ("Love Stinks", "Centerfold", "Freeze Frame", "Angel In Blue"
Tony Gentry ~ 50 ~ American Country music singer with Montgomery Gentry
Sonny Geraci ~ 69 ~ Singer with American 1960's Garage band The Outsiders ("Time Won't Let Me") and 1970's Soul group Climax ("Precious & Few")
Pentti Glan ~ 71 ~ Finnish-Canadian drummer (Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Mandala, Klaatu)
Cuba Gooding Sr ~ 72 ~ American soul singer with 1970's Soul group The Main Ingredient and father of actor Cba Gooding jr
Terry Graves - Singer/guitarist with Toronto 70's & 80's band Headframe
Buddy Greco ~ 90 ~ American 1950's Big Band Pop singer
Horacio Guarany ~ 91 ~ Argentine folk singer
Aldo Guibovich ~ 64 ~ Peruvian singer w/1970s Pop band Los Pasteles Verdes
Alonso Guillen ~ 25 ~ Mexican born Texas radio DJ, killed during Hurricane Harvey rescue mission
Claude Hall ~ 83 ~ American journalist and writer for Billboard Magazine, coined the term "Easy Listening"
Johnny Hallyday ~ 74 ~ French rock singer ("Requiem pour un fou", "Marie", "Tous ensemble")
Rosie Hamlin ~ 71 ~ American singer w/early 1960's Girl Group Rosie and the Originals ("Angel Baby")
Chad Hanks ~ 46 ~ Bassist w/American Metal band American Head Charge
Norihiko Hashida ~ 72 ~ Japanese folk singer-songwriter w/The Folk Crusaders
Zach Harrison ~ 25 ~ Bassist w/Toronto band The Innocent Guns
Grant Hart ~ 56 ~ Drummer/Singer/Songwriter w/classic 1980's Minnesota band Husker Du ("Don't Wanna Know If Yo Are Lonely", "Turn On The News", "Eight Miles High"
Sib Hashian ~ 67 ~ American drummer w/1970's & 80 AOR band Boston and Sammy Hagar
Skip Haynes ~ 71 ~ American musician and songwriter, w/Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah "Lake Shore Drive"
Alan Henderson ~ 72 ~ Northern Irish bassist Bassist w/1960's Irish band Them ("Gloria", "It's All Over Now")
Jon Hendricks ~ 96 ~ American jazz singer and songwriter (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross)
Karl Hendricks ~ 46 ~ Pittsburgh singer, songwriter and guitarist w/1990's alternative band (Karl Hendricks Trio),
Nat Hentoff ~ 91 ~ American Jazz historian and critic
Bobby Lloyd Hicks ~ Memphis drummer w/Untamed Youth, Dave Alvin, Jonathan Richman, Steve Forbert, NRBQ, Skeletons & Symptoms, Bobby Lloyd & Windfall Prophets
Buck Hill ~ 90 ~ American jazz saxophonist w'Charlie Byrd, Shirley Scott, Shirley Horn
Masaaki Hirao ~ 70 ~ Japanese 1950's & 60's Rockabilly Guy
Dave Hlubek ~ 66 ~ American guitarist and songwriter w/Southern Rock-Metal band Molly Hatchet
Robbie Hoddinott ~ 62 ~ Guitarist w/1970's San Francisco rock band Kingfish
Simon Holmes ~ 54 ~ Singer/guitarist w/Australian 1980's Indie-Pop band The Hummingbirds
Allan Holdsworth ~ 70 ~ British guitarist and composer w/Prog-Rock Band Bruford, U.K., Soft Machine
Mike Hudson ~ 61 ~ American singer/guitarist with 1970's Ohio Punk band The Pagans and the Murder Junkies, producer for The Dark
Myles Hunter ~ Singer with Toronto 1980's bands Refugee, Micheal Fury and the Hunter-Green Project
Richie Ingui ~ 70 ~ Singer with 1970's American soul group Soul Survivors, ("Expressway Of Love")
Fresh Kid Ice ~ 53 ~ American rapper w/2 Live Crew
Alan Jabbour ~ 74 ~ American old-time fiddler and folklorist
Franz Jarnach ~ 72 ~ Keyboardist for 1960's German Beat band The Rattles
Evan Johns ~ 60 ~ Guitarist w/American 1980's Roots/Rockabilly band The LeRoi Brothers
Michael Johnson ~ 72 ~ American country singer/songwriter ("Bluer Than Blue", "Give Me Wings", "The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder"),
Brenda Jones ~ 62 ~ American R&B singer w/The Jones Girls from the 1970's
Casey Jones ~ 77 ~ American blues drummer w/ Earl Hooker, Muddy Waters. Lou Rawls, Otis Rush, Muddy Waters and Johnny Winter
Hedley Jones ~ 99 ~ Jamaican Sak & Reggae guitarist, producer and sound engineer
Melvin "Deacon" Jones ~ 73 ~ Chicago based blues and R&B keyboard player from the 1960's onward w/Baby Huey & Babysitters (w/Johnny Ross & Jimmy Ramey) and Curtis Mayfield, Freddie King, John Lee Hooker, Gregg Allman, Elvin Bishop, Lester Chambers, Albert Collins, Pappo, and Buddy Miles
Kim Jong-hyun ~ 27 ~ South Korean singer-songwriter (Shinee) and radio host
Hiroshi Kamayatsu ~ 78 ~ Guitarist w/1960's Japanese Garage Bands The Spiders and Vodka Collins
Ikutaro Kakehashi ~ 87 ~ Japanese sound engineer and founder of Ace Tone and Roland Corporations. Developed Roland Keyboards and drum machines and MIDI standard keyboards and samplers
Eli Kane - 60's - Bassist & songwriter with 1980's Greek New Wavebands Statues In Motion and the Groupies
Egil Kapstad ~ 76 ~ Norwegian jazz pianist, arranger and composer w/Chet Baker
Fumio Karashima ~ 68 ~ Japanese jazz pianist
Halvard Kausland ~ 72 ~ Norwegian jazz guitarist
Tommy Keene ~ 59 ~ Maryland 1980's Power-Pop singer/songwriter
Mark Keigan, drummer for the Oshawa Garage bands Purple Toads & El Speedo
Mike Kellie ~ 69 ~ British session drummer w/The Only Ones, Spooky Tooth, Joe Cocker, Traffic, George Harrison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Peter Frampton, Maurice Gibb, Johnny Thunders, Neil Innes, Chris Jagger, Sean Tyla, Jim Capaldi, Pat Travers.
Thandi Klaasen ~ 86 ~ South African jazz singer
Robert Knight ~ 72 ~ American R&B singer ("Everlasting Love", "Love on a Mountain Top").
Jerzy Kossela ~ 74 ~ Guitarist and vocalist with 1960's Polish rock bands Niebiesko-Czarni (The Blue Blacks)and Czerwone Gitary (The Red Guitars)
Erkki Kurenniemi ~ 75 ~ Finnish electronic musician, composer & instrument inventor
Jimmy LaFave ~ 61 ~ American folk singer, songwriter and guitarist
Steve Lang, 67 ~ Bassist w/Canadian rock band April Wine ("Flight Of The Gypsy Queen", "I Like To Rock", "Roller", "Enough Is Enough"
Nolitha Langa ~ 51 ~ South African gospel singer
Bruce Langhorne ~ 78 ~ American folk guitarist w/ Bob Dylan ("Subterranean Homesick Blues", "Outlaw Blues") and film scorer (The Hired Hand), inspiration for "Mr. Tambourine Man"
James Laurence ~ 27 ~ American musician and record producer w/Instrumental Hip-Hop band Friendzone
Katie Lee ~ 98 ~ American folk singer
Deke Leonard ~ 72 ~ Welsh rock guitarist w/1970's pup rock band Man
John Lever ~ 55 ~ Drummer w/British Post-Punk bands The Chameleons and The Sun & The Moon
Daniel Licht ~ 60 ~ American soundtrack composer (Dexter, Thinner, Dishonored)
Jaki Liebezeit ~ 78 ~ Drummer w/1970's German Prog-Rock band Can
María Martha Serra Lima ~ 72 ~ Argentine ballad and bolero singer
Earl Lindo ~ 64 ~ Jamaican reggae keyboard player w/The Wailers & Burning Spear and session work w/Studio One Records
Boris Lindqvist ~ 76 ~ Swedish 1960's rock singer
Thor Lindsay ~ 59 ~ American record producer wTim/Kerr Records w/Pere Ubu, Poison Idea, Wipers, Raincoats, Everclear, Posies, Hole, Bush Tetras, John Fahey
Son Lojos ~ 70 ~ Hungarian singer/guitarist with various bands from the 1960's to the 1990's
Tony Lorenzo ~ 30 ~ Guitarist w/American Metal band Sons of Azrael
Mundell Lowe ~ 95 ~ American jazz guitarist and composer w/Dorsey Bros. Benny Goodman, Andre Previn
Tom McClung ~ 60 ~ American jazz pianist and composer w/Archie Shepp, Yusef Lateef, and Marion Brown
Goldie McJohn ~ 72 ~ Keyboardist with 1960's Toronto bands Steppenwolf, The Sparrow & the Myna Birds
Lucho Macedo ~ 87 ~ Peruvian musician, composer and pianist
Geoff Mack ~ 94 ~ Australian country singer-songwriter ("I've Been Everywhere")
Sven-Erik Magnusson ~ 74 ~ Swedish musician from 1960's Pop band Sven-Ingvars
Kevin Mahogany ~ 59 ~ American jazz singer
Robbie Malinga ~ 47 ~ South African musician and producer
Mitch Margo ~ 70 ~ American singer w/1960's doo-wop group The Tokens ("The Lion Sleeps Tonight")
Don Markham ~ 85 ~ American saxophonist and trumpeter w/Bakersfield session band The Strangers, w/Merle Haggard
Rina Matsuno ~ 18 ~ Japanese pop singer w/J-Pop band Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku
Thara Memory ~ 68 ~ American jazz trumpeter
D. L. Menard, 85 ~ Cajun singer song/writer
Misha Mengelberg ~ 81 ~ Dutch Jazz pianist with/Eric Dolphy, Anthony Braxton, Peter Brotzman and the Mengelberg Quartet
Dik Mik ~ 72–73 ~ English keyboard player w/Hawkwind
David Milliken ~ Guitarist with 1960's Ottawa Garage band the Townsmen
Eric Miller ~ 75 ~ American Jazz & Blues record producer for Pablo Records in the 1970's, w/ Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Jimmy Smith, John Coltrane, Count Basie, Joe Pass, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie and Ray Charles.
Phil Miller ~ 68 ~ English Jazz & Prog guitarist
Scotty Miller ~ 65 ~ Drummer for 1970's American Disoc band Instant Funk
Keith Mitchell ~ Drummer w/American Indie-Pop band Mazzy Star
Warren "Pete" Moore ~ 78 ~ American Hall of Fame singer (The Miracles), songwriter ("The Tracks of My Tears", "Ain't That Peculiar", "Love Machine")
Chuck Mosley ~ 57 ~ American singer w/Faith No More ("We Care a Lot") and Bad Brains
Sylvia Moy ~ 78 ~ Motown songwriter for Stevie Wonder ("Uptight (Everything's Alright)", "I Was Made to Love Her", "My Cherie Amour") and record producer
Sunny Murray ~ 81 ~ American jazz drummer w/Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler
Chris Murrell ~ 61 ~ American jazz singer w/County Basie, Roger Humphries Big Band, Joe Aiello Trio
Melton Mustafa ~ 70 ~ American Jazz and R&B trumpeter w/Jaco Pastorius, Sam & Dave, Marvellettes, Diane Schurr
Jimmy Nalls ~ 66 ~ American rock guitarist w/1970's Southern Rock band Sea Level
Toshio Nakanishi ~ 61 ~ Japanese guitarist w/Japanese New Wave band The Plastics
Negru (Gabriel Mafa) - drummer, percussionist, dulcimer, horns, xylophonist for Romanian Black Metal Band Negură Bunget
Wilson das Neves ~ 81 ~ Brazilian percussionist and singer
Geoff Nicholls ~ 68 ~ English keyboardist (Black Sabbath, Quartz)
Clara (Cuqui) Nicola ~ 90- Cuban guitarist and musicologist
Abby Nicole ~ 25 ~ American country singer
Al Neil ~ 93 ~ Canadian Jazz pianist
Dick Noel ~ 90 ~ American big band band singer w/Ray Anthony's Orch ("Count Every Star")
Shea Norman ~ 45 ~ American gospel singer
Pericoma Okoye ~ Nigerian singer
Skapti Ólafsson ~ 89 ~ Icelandic rock and jazz musician
Laudir de Oliveira ~ 77 ~ Brazilian percussionist (Sérgio Mendes, Marcos Valle, Chicago)
Paul O'Neill ~ 61 ~ American producer, composer and songwriter w/Prog-Metal bands Savatage & Trans-Siberian Orchestra
William Onyeabor ~ 70 ~ Nigerian singer-songwriter
Borislav Oslovčan ~ 56 ~ Bassist w/Serbian punk band Pekinška Patka
Tommy Page ~ 46 ~ American 1990's singer-songwriter ("I'll Be Your Everything")
Horace Parlan ~ 86 ~ American-born Danish jazz pianist w/Charles Mingus, Archie Shepp & Sonny Stitt
Frankie Paul ~ 51 ~ Jamaican 1980's-90's Reggae-Dance Hall singer
Skipp Pearson ~ 79 ~ American Jazz sax player
Zé Pedro ~ 61 ~ Portuguese guitarist (Xutos & Pontapés).
David Peel ~ 74 ~ American Folk-Punk singer from the 1970's onward
Skipp Pearson ~ 79 ~ American jazz musician
Dave Pell ~ 92 ~ American Big Band Jazz saxophonist w/Bob Crpsby, Tony Pastor, Pepper Adams, Benny Carter, Mel Lewis, Red Mitchell, Art Pepper, John Williams, Shorty Rogers, Pete Rugolo, Benny Goodman, and Gene Krupa. Also producer w/ Gerry Lewis & The Playboys
Tom Petty ~ 66 ~ American R&R singer from the 1970's onward with the Heartbreakers & Traveling Wilburys w/classic hits "Refugee", "American Girl", "I Need To Know", "The Waiting", "Don't Come Around Here No More"
Ray Phiri ~ 70 ~ South African jazz singer and guitarist, lung cancer
Willie Pickens ~ 86 ~ American jazz pianist (w/Eddie Harris, Elvin Jones)
Kim Plainfield, 63, American jazz drummer
Freddie Pompeii ~ Philadelphiaborn Guitarist for Toronto 1970's Punk bands The Viletones and The Secrets
Derek Poindexter ~ 52 ~ Cleavland bassist w/The Waynes
Robert Popwell ~ 70 ~ American bass guitarist (The Young Rascals, The Crusaders)
Sylvester Potts ~ 78 ~ American 1960's soul singer w/The Contours ("Do You Love Me")
Harry Prime ~ 97 ~ American big band singer w/Tommy Dorsey, Ralph Flanagan, Randy Brooks, Jack Fina
Prodigy ~ 42 ~ American rapper w/Mobb Deep
Michael Prophet ~ 60 ~ Jamaican reggae singer
Skip Prokob - Toronto drummer with 1960's Garage-Psyche band The Paupers and 1970's Prog Rock band Lighthouse, later a DJ at CFMY and other stations.
Scott Putesky ~ 49 ~ American guitarist w/Marilyn Manson
Elkin Ramírez ~ 54 ~ Colombian singer-songwriter w/Prog-Rock band Kraken
Joseph Rascoff ~ 71 ~ American rock and roll business and tour manager (The Rolling Stones, U2, Paul Simon)
Gil Ray ~ 60 ~ Drummer w/American 1980's Power Pop bands Game Theory, Loud Family and Rain Parade
Kai Ray ~ 1950's Rockabilly Guy
Larry Ray ~ 63 ~ American rock guitarist with Psyche=Rock band Outrageous Cherry
Della Reese ~ 86 ~ 1950's & 60's R&B singer and actress
George Reiff ~ 56 ~ Austin bassist w/Joe King Carrsco, Charlie Sexton, Joe Walsh
C'el Revuelta ~ Bassist with Los Angeles Hardcore band Black Flag
Belton Richard ~ 77 ~ American singer and Cajun accordionist
Denis Richard ~ 55 ~ Canadian Acadian singer and songwriter
Keni Richards ~ 60 ~ Dummer w/American 1980's Hair Metal Band Autograph ("Turn Up The Radio")
Suzanne Richter ~ Guitarist w/1990's Hamilton all-girl garage band the Girl Bombz
Lyle Ritz ~ 87 ~ American bassist and ukulelist w/The Wrecking Crew
Kayton Roberts, 83, American steel guitarist w/Hanks Snow, Marty Stuart, Ricky Skag Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Randy Travis and Alison Krauss,
Stan Robinson ~ 80 ~ British jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist w/Maynard Ferguson
Maggie Roche ~ 65 ~ American singer-songwriter w/1970's & 80's Folk band The Roches
Mickey Roker ~ 84 ~ American jazz drummer w/Modern Jazz Quartet, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Duke Pearson, Tommy Flanagan, Ella Fitzgerald, Zoot Sims, Horace Silver, Junior Mance, Sarah Vaughan, Milt Jackson, Herbie Hancock, Phil Woods, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Bucky Pizzarelli, Stanley Turrentine, Hank Jones
Jerry Ross, 84, American producer and songwriter ("I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" for Diana Ross & The Supremes),founder of Heritage and Colossus Records
Dave Rosser ~ 50 ~ Guitarist w/American Indie band The Afghan Whigs
Rudy Rotta, 66, Italian blues guitarist and singer
Gilbert Rouget ~ 101, French ethnomusicologist
Roswell Rudd ~ 82 ~ American jazz trombonist
Winston Samuels ~ 73 ~ Singer w/1960's Jamaican ska vocal group The Aces who had a hit Desmond Dekker's "The Israelites"
Johnny Sandlin ~ 72 ~ American record producer (The Allman Brothers Band)
Tony Särkkä ~ 45 ~ Multi-instrumentalist w/Swedish Black Metal bands Abruptum & Ophthalamia
Saxa ~ 87 ~ Jamaican-born saxophonist with British 1980's Ska band The English Beat (AKA The Beat)
Janet Seidel, 62, Australian cabaret singer, jazz vocalist, pianist
Mark Selby ~ 56 ~ American session guitarist w/Kenny Rogers, Johnny Reid, Keni Thomas, Jimmy Hall, Wynonna Judd and Kenny Wayne Sheppard
Jessy Serrata ~ 63 ~ American Tejano musician
Charles "Bobo" Shaw ~ 69 ~ American jazz drummerw/Lester Bowie & Cecil Taylor
Iain Shedden, 60, Scottish-Australian musician w/ 1970's pun band The Saints
Sam Shepard ~ 73 ~ New York playwrite and collaborator with Patti Smith, also drummer for psyche folk band The Holy Modal Rounders
Kenny Shields ~ 69 ~ Singer w/Canadian 1970's & 80's rock band Streetheart ("Under My Thumb", "Hollywood", "One More Time", "What Kind Of Love Is This")
Pete Shotton ~ 75 ~ British washboardist and percussionist w/1960's Skiffle band The Quarrymen, later palyed with the Beatles
Joni Sledge ~ 60 ~ American singer w/1970's R&B/Disco group Sister Sledge ("We Are Family")
Keely Smith ~ 89 ~ American singer ("That Old Black Magic", "I've Got You Under My Skin") and wife of Louis Prima
Toby Smith ~ 46 ~ British keyboardist for British Pop band Jamiroquai
Mick Softley ~ 77 ~ British folk singer, songwriter and guitarist with Donovan
Lajos Som ~ 70 ~ Hungarian bassist in various rock bands from the 1960's - 80's
Rosalie Sorrels ~ 83 ~ American folk singer
Ben Speer ~ 86 ~ Singer with the Nashville Southern Gospel group the Speer Family from the 1920's to the 1990's
Marc Spitz ~ 47 ~ American music writer (We Got the Neutron Bomb, Bowie: A Biography) and music journalist for Spin Magazine
Kevin Stanton ~ 61 ~ Guitarist w/ New Zealand 1980's New Wave Band Mi-Sex
Larry Steinbachek ~ 56 ~ English keyboardist w/ Electro-Pop band Bronski Beat
Elyse Steinman ~ Guitarist w/American Hard-Rock band Raging Slab, and one of the few female guitarists in an otherwise male band
Rick Stevens ~ 77 ~ American R&B singer w/Tower of Power
Chuck Stewart ~ 89 ~ American jazz photographer
Corneliu Stroe ~ 67 ~ Romanian jazz drummer and percussionist
Clyde Stubblefield ~ 73 ~ American R&B drummer w/James Brown
Cherry Taketani ~ 52 ~ Brazilian singer and guitarist
Grady Tate, 85, American jazz drummer and singer (Schoolhouse Rock!) also played with Jimmy Smith, Astrud Gilberto, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Quincy Jones, Stan Getz, Wes Montgomery, Simon & Garfunkle, Tonight Show Band
Bobby Taylor ~ 83 ~ Singer w/1960's Canadian R&B group Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers
Tony Terran ~ 90 ~ American trumpeter and session musician w/The Wrecking Crew, Chet Baker, Lalo Schifrin, The Baja Marimba Band, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Bee Gees, Ray Charles, Chicago, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Bob Hope, Michael Jackson, Eartha Kitt, Peggy Lee, Madonna, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, The Tijuana Brass, Tom Waits, Nelson Riddle, Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Elmer Bernstein, Johnny Mercer
Ammon Tharp ~ 75 ~ Drummer with 1960's surf band Bill Deal & the Rhondells
Björn Thelin ~ 74 ~ Bassist w/Swedish 1960's Surf Band The Spotnicks
Banner Thomas ~ 63 ~ Bassist with 1970's Southern Rock Band Molly Hatchet
Mel Tillis ~ 85 ~ American Hall of Fame country music singer-songwriter ("I Ain't Never", "Coca-Cola Cowboy")
Gert Timmerman ~ 82 ~ Dutch big band singer
Butch Trucks ~ 69 ~ American drummer w/The Allman Brothers Band
Avo Uvezian ~ 91 ~ Armenian-American jazz pianist
Dave Valentin ~ 64 ~ American jazz flautist
Maurice Vander ~ 87 ~ French jazz pianist and composer
Hans Vermeulen ~ 70 ~ Dutch singer from the 1970's & 80's(Sandy Coast, Anita Meyer, Stars on 45)
Daniel Viglietti ~ 78 ~ Uruguayan folk singer, guitarist, composer and political activist
Guy Villari ~ 75 ~ American singer with 1960's Doo wop group The Regents ("Barbara Anne")
Kid Vinil ~ 62 ~ Brazilian singer and record producer
Bea Wain ~ 100 ~ American Big Band singer from the 1940's & 50's w/Artie Shaw, Larry Clinton & Fred Waring
Billy Joe Walker Jr ~ 65 ~ American guitarist, record producer and songwriter ("I Wanna Dance with You", "That's Why I Fell in Love with You", "B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love")
Robert Bilbo Walker ~ 80 ~ American blues musician
Leon Ware ~ 77 ~ American singer,songwriter and producer w/Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Maxwell, Minnie Riperton and Marvin Gaye,
Pete Overend Watts ~ 69 ~ Bassist w/1970's Glam Rock band Mott the Hoople ("All The Young Dudes")
Leo Welch ~ 85 ~ American blues musician
John Wetton ~ 67 ~ Bassist/vocalist w/King Crimson & Asia ("The Heat Of The Moment" & "Only Time Will Tell")
Keith Wilder ~ 65 ~ Singer with American funk and disco group Heatwave
Don Williams ~ 78 ~ American 1970's Country-Western singer/songwriter (“Tulsa Time,” “Good Ol’ Boys Like Me,” and “It Must Be Love")
Norro Wilson ~ 79 ~ American Grammy winning country music songwriter ("A Very Special Love Song", "The Most Beautiful Girl" (covered by Charlie Rich, Bobby Vinton, Rita Coolidge, Andy Williams) and producer
Riem de Wolff, 74, Dutch-Indonesian singer w/ 1960's pop group The Blue Diamonds
Graham Wood ~ 45 ~ Australian jazz pianist
Bob Wootton ~ 75 ~ American country guitarist (Johnny Cash, Tennessee Three)
Steve Wright ~ Bassist guitarist w/1980's American pop band The Greg Kihn Band
Robert Yancy, 39, American drummer (Natalie Cole),
Paapa Yankson, 73, Ghanaian highlife singer/songwriter
Malcolm Young ~ 64 ~ Scottish-born Australian Hall of Fame guitarist and songwriter with AC/DC
David Zablidowsky ~ 37 ~ American bassist w/Adrenaline Mob, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Jeff Scott Soto
Raúl García Zárate ~ 85 ~ Peruvian guitarist
Jessi Zazu ~ 28 ~ Singer with Nashville band Those Darlins
Z'EV ~ 66 ~ American Industrial percussionist and poet.
Paul Abler ~ 59 ~ American Jazz guitarist
Muhal Richard Abrams ~ 87 ~ American Jazz pianist w/Dexter Gordon, Max Roach, Ruth Brown and Woody Shaw.
Richard Adam ~ 86 ~ Czech Swing singer
Martin Eric Ain ~ Bassist with Swiss Thrash band Celtic Frost
Geri Allen ~ 60 ~ American Jazz pianist and composer w/Ornette Coleman, Charley Haden, Paul Motian
Tommy Allsup ~ 86 ~ American Rockabilly & Western Swing Guitarist w.Buddy Holly, Bob Wills, Richie Valens, The Big Bopper, Roy Orbison, Willie Nelson, The Ventures
Joey Alves ~ 63 ~ Guitarist w/American 1980's Metal band Y&T
Auriel Andrew - 69 - Australian country singer
Svend Asmussen ~ 100 ~ Danish Swing jazz violinist played w/Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Stephane Grappelli, Ray Nance, Fats Waller, Josephine Baker, Jon-Luc Ponty, Stuff Smith
David Axelrod, 83, American Jazz and R&B drummer, arranger, composer and producer w/Lou Rawls, Cannonball Adderly, later wrote & produced two Orchestral Rock albums for the Electric Prunes ("Mass in F Minor" and "Release of an Oath")
Meir Banai ~ 55 ~ Israeli folk-pop singer
Mika Bat ~ 40's ~ Singer/guitarist with Japanese Garage Punk bands Thee Bat and the Leather Girls
Mahi Beamer ~ 88 ~ Hawaiian pop singer
Jimmy Beaumont ~ 76 ~ American singer (w/1950's Doo-Wop group The Skyliners ("Since I Don't Have You")
Walter Becker ~ 67 ~ Guitarist & bassist wlth 1970's American Jazz rock band Steely Dan ("Reeling In The Years""Rikki Don't Lose That Number") and 1980's band China Crisis ("Black Man Ray", "King In Catholic Style")
Melissa Bell ~ 53 ~ English singer w/1990's R&R group Soul II Soul
Chester Bennington ~ 41 ~ Singer with American 1990's Nu-Metal Band Linkin Park
Magnus Bergdahl ~ 67 ~ Guitarist w/1960's Swedish Pop band Thorleifs
Cees Bergman ~ 65 ~ Singer with 1970's Dutch glam band Catapult
Ilene Berns ~ 73 ~ American record executive at Bang Records
Chuck Berry ~ 90 ~ Major 1950's R&R Singer/Guitarist/Songwriter ("Roll Over Beethoven", "Maybelline", "No Particular Place To Go", "Sweet Sixteen", "Tulane"
John Blackwell ~ Drummer for Prince and Patti Labelle
Theo Bophela ~ 86 ~ South African jazz musician
Arthur Blythe ~ 76 ~ American Jazz alto saxophonist and composer, w/Gil Evans, Lester Bowie, Jack DeJohnette and McCoy Tyner
Bob Bonnell ~ 73 ~ Singer/harpist with 1970's Toronto rock band Manchild
Patrick Bourgeois - 54 ~ 1980's & 90's singer/guitarist/bassist with Quebec New Wave band Les B.B.
Charles Bradley ~ 68 ~ American R&B singer from the 1970's on, best known for his comeback cover versions of Neil Young's "Heart Of Gold' and Black Sabbath's "Changes"
Loalwa Braz ~ 63 ~ Brazilian singer-songwriter ("Lambada")
Bonnie Briggs ~ Percussionist with Toronto Folk-Punk band Jughead
Clive Brooks ~ 67 ~ British drummer (Egg, The Groundhogs, Pink Floyd)
Lonnie Brooks ~ 83 ~ American blues guitarist and singer w/Chess, Mercury, recorded w/Jimmy Reed, Jr Wells
Wim Brussen ~ 74 ~ Dutch Big Band band leader
Segun Bucknor ~ 71 ~ Nigerian folk and pop singer/guitarist/pianist with Segun Bucknor & the Assembly
Paul Buckmaster ~ 71 ~ English Grammy winning arranger (Elton John, The Rolling Stones) and composer
Sonny Burgess ~ 88 ~ American 1950's Rockabilly singer/guitarist for Sun Records w/hits "Red Headed Woman", "Sadie's Back In Town" & "We Wanna Boogie"
Johnny Burke ~ 77 ~ Canadian Country singer
Ronnie Butler ~ 80 ~ Bahamian singer and entertainer
Joy Byers ~ 82 ~ American 1960's pop songwriter for Elvis Presley ("It Hurts Me", "C'Mon Everybody")
Eamonn Campbell ~ 70 ~ Singer/Guitarist with Irish folk group The Dubliners
Glen Campbell ~ 81 ~ American Pop-Country singer ("Rhinestone Cowboy", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix") and session player w/The Monkees, Beach Boys & Champs
Bruno Canfora ~ 92 ~ Italian jazz composer, conductor and music arranger
Gary De Carlo ~ 75 ~ American singer (Steam) and songwriter ("Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye")
Ralph Carney ~ 61 ~ American saxophonist (Tin Huey, Tom Waits)
Howard Carroll ~ 92 ~ American guitarist with 1950's & 60's Gospel group The Dixie Hummingbirds
David Casper ~ Toronto DJ
David Cassidy ~ 67 ~ Singer with The Partridge Family
Roland Cazimero ~ 66 ~ guitarist w/Hawaiian pop band The Brothers Cazimero
Sheila Raye Charles ~ 53 ~ American singer-songwriter
Sir Christus ~ 39 ~ Guitarist w/Finnish Glam Rock Band Negative
Steve Clark ~ 53 ~ Guitarist w/Toronto indie rock band Vibralux
Wayne Cochran ~ 78 ~ American soul singer and songwriter ("Last Kiss")
John Coates Jr ~ 79 ~ American jazz pianist
Tony Cohen ~ 60 ~ Australian record producer for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Boys Next Door, Hunters & Collectors, The Cruel Sea
Phil Cohran ~ 90 ~ American jazz trumpeter w/Sun Ra, Jay McShann, Earth, Wind & Fire
Manno Charlemagne ~ 69 ~ Haitian singer-songwriter, guitarist and politician, Mayor of Port-au-Prince (1995–1999)
Elisabeth Chojnacka ~ 77 ~ Polish harpsichordist w/The Xenakis Ensemble
Fred Cole ~ 69 ~ American singer and musician w/Garage Punk bands The Lollipop Shoppe & Dead Moon
Eric Cook, British heavy metal band manager (Venom) and record label executive, co-founder of Demolition Records
Jimmy Copley ~ 63 ~ English drummer (Jeff Beck, Graham Parker, Tears for Fears)
Kenny Cordray, 62, American guitarist and songwriter w/ZZ Top, Wayne Cochrane, Jaco Pastoriouos, Jerry Lee Lewis
Ramón Cordero ~ 76 ~ Dominican bachata singer
Robert De Cormier ~ 95 ~ American composer and conductor (The Belafonte Folk Singers)
Chris Cornell ~ 52 ~ Singer with Seattle Grunge Stars Soundgarden as well as Temple Of The Dog and Audioslave
Larry Coryell ~ 73 ~ American Jazz-Fusion guitarist from the 1960's onward w/Gary Burton, Alphonse Mouzon, John McLaughlin, Randy Brecker, Herbie Mann, Charles Mingus, Joey DeFrancesco
James Cotton ~ 81 ~ American Blues singer/harpist from the 1950's onward on Sun, Chess, Verve, Buddha, Alligator, Justin Time Records w/Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Otis Spann, Janis Joplin, Ben Harper
John Critchinson ~ 82 ~ English jazz pianist w/Chet Baker, Johnny Griffen, Joe Henderson
Terry Cryer ~ 82 ~ British jazz and blues photographer
Clem Curtis ~ 76 ~ Trinidadian-born British singer w/1970's Soul group The Foundations "Build Me Up Buttercup"
Leo Cuypers ~ 69 ~ Dutch jazz pianist and composer
Holger Czukay ~ 79 ~ Multi- instrumentalist with 1970's Kraut Rock band Can, later recorded with David Sylvian, Jah Wobble and The Edge
Robert Dahlqvist ~ 40 ~ Swedish singer/guitarist w/The Hellacopters, Thunder Express & Dundertåget
Warrel Dane ~ 56 ~ Singer with American Metal bands Sanctuary & Nevermore
CeDell Davis ~ 90 ~ American blues guitarist
Ronnie Davis ~ 66 ~ Jamaican reggae singer
Alvin DeGuzman ~ guitarist with American alternative band The Icarus Line
Irio De Paula ~ 78 ~ Brazilian guitarist and composer
Magín Díaz ~ 94 ~ Colombian folk singer and songwriter, Latin Grammy winner
Johnny Dick ~ 73 ~ Australian drummer (John Paul Young, Fanny Adams, Wild Cherries)
Pat DiNizio ~ 62 ~ American singer and musician w/Power-Pop band The Smithereens
Richard Dobson ~ 75 ~ American country singer-songwriter
Fats Domino ~ 89 ~ American Hall of Fame pianist and singer-songwriter from the 1950's ("Blueberry Hill", "Ain't That a Shame", "I'm Walkin'")
Frank Dostal ~ 71 ~ German 1970's pop music producer and songwriter w/Baccara, Nana Mouskouri, "The Smurf Song"
Jimmy Dotson ~ 83 ~ American Blues session drummer, guitarist, bassist, pianist, harmonica player w/Rufus Thomas, Buddy Guy, Issac Hayes, Albert King, Slim Harpo, Ivory Joe Hunter and Lightnin' Slim
Bill Dowdy ~ 84 ~ American jazz drummer (The Three Sounds) and w/Lester Young, Lester Young, Stanley Turrentine, Sonny Stitt, Nat Adderley, Anita O'Day, Bucky Pizzarelli
Gord Downie ~ 53 ~ Canadian singer/songwriter w/The Tragically Hip ("Courage", "New Orleans Is Sinking", "Music At Work")
Errol Dyers ~ 65 ~ South African jazz guitarist and composer,
Tom Edwards ~ 41 ~ Guitarist w/Adam Ant, Aztec Camera, Edwyn Collins,Fields Of The Nephilim
Larry Elgart ~ 95 ~ American Big Band sax player and band leader from the 1950's & 60's, brother of bandleader Les Elgart. Played with Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman and Red Novaro, hits with "Bandstand Swing" (also the theme for "American Bandstand", had a comeback hit in 1982 with "Hooked On Swing"
Eric Eycke ~ 62 ~ Former Singer with American thrash band Corrosion of Conformity (circa 1984)
Roy Fisher ~ 86 ~ British poet and jazz pianist
Pat Fitzpatrick ~ 60 ~ Keyboardist w/Irish Rock Band Aslan
Edi Fitzroy ~ 62 ~ Jamaican reggae singer
Bonnie Flower ~ 63 ~ American 1960's folk singer w/Wndy & Bonnie
Jim Forrester ~ 43 ~ Bass guitarist w/American Metal band Sixty Watt Shaman
Bobby Freeman ~ 76 ~ American R&B singer and songwriter ("Do You Want to Dance")
Dominic Frontiere ~ 86 ~ American composer (The Outer Limits, Hang 'Em High)
Guitar Gable ~ 79 ~ American blues musician
Mike Gaborno ~ 51 ~ American singer Cadillac Tramps, Manic Hispanic
Vin Garbutt ~ 69 ~ British folk singer
Kevin Garcia ~ 41 ~ Bassist w/American Indie band Grandaddy
Phil Garland ~ 75 ~ New Zealand folk singer
Tibério Gaspar ~ 73 ~ Brazilian musician and composer
John Geils ~ 71 ~ Guitarist w/The J Geils Band ("Love Stinks", "Centerfold", "Freeze Frame", "Angel In Blue"
Tony Gentry ~ 50 ~ American Country music singer with Montgomery Gentry
Sonny Geraci ~ 69 ~ Singer with American 1960's Garage band The Outsiders ("Time Won't Let Me") and 1970's Soul group Climax ("Precious & Few")
Pentti Glan ~ 71 ~ Finnish-Canadian drummer (Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Mandala, Klaatu)
Cuba Gooding Sr ~ 72 ~ American soul singer with 1970's Soul group The Main Ingredient and father of actor Cba Gooding jr
Terry Graves - Singer/guitarist with Toronto 70's & 80's band Headframe
Buddy Greco ~ 90 ~ American 1950's Big Band Pop singer
Horacio Guarany ~ 91 ~ Argentine folk singer
Aldo Guibovich ~ 64 ~ Peruvian singer w/1970s Pop band Los Pasteles Verdes
Alonso Guillen ~ 25 ~ Mexican born Texas radio DJ, killed during Hurricane Harvey rescue mission
Claude Hall ~ 83 ~ American journalist and writer for Billboard Magazine, coined the term "Easy Listening"
Johnny Hallyday ~ 74 ~ French rock singer ("Requiem pour un fou", "Marie", "Tous ensemble")
Rosie Hamlin ~ 71 ~ American singer w/early 1960's Girl Group Rosie and the Originals ("Angel Baby")
Chad Hanks ~ 46 ~ Bassist w/American Metal band American Head Charge
Norihiko Hashida ~ 72 ~ Japanese folk singer-songwriter w/The Folk Crusaders
Zach Harrison ~ 25 ~ Bassist w/Toronto band The Innocent Guns
Grant Hart ~ 56 ~ Drummer/Singer/Songwriter w/classic 1980's Minnesota band Husker Du ("Don't Wanna Know If Yo Are Lonely", "Turn On The News", "Eight Miles High"
Sib Hashian ~ 67 ~ American drummer w/1970's & 80 AOR band Boston and Sammy Hagar
Skip Haynes ~ 71 ~ American musician and songwriter, w/Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah "Lake Shore Drive"
Alan Henderson ~ 72 ~ Northern Irish bassist Bassist w/1960's Irish band Them ("Gloria", "It's All Over Now")
Jon Hendricks ~ 96 ~ American jazz singer and songwriter (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross)
Karl Hendricks ~ 46 ~ Pittsburgh singer, songwriter and guitarist w/1990's alternative band (Karl Hendricks Trio),
Nat Hentoff ~ 91 ~ American Jazz historian and critic
Bobby Lloyd Hicks ~ Memphis drummer w/Untamed Youth, Dave Alvin, Jonathan Richman, Steve Forbert, NRBQ, Skeletons & Symptoms, Bobby Lloyd & Windfall Prophets
Buck Hill ~ 90 ~ American jazz saxophonist w'Charlie Byrd, Shirley Scott, Shirley Horn
Masaaki Hirao ~ 70 ~ Japanese 1950's & 60's Rockabilly Guy
Dave Hlubek ~ 66 ~ American guitarist and songwriter w/Southern Rock-Metal band Molly Hatchet
Robbie Hoddinott ~ 62 ~ Guitarist w/1970's San Francisco rock band Kingfish
Simon Holmes ~ 54 ~ Singer/guitarist w/Australian 1980's Indie-Pop band The Hummingbirds
Allan Holdsworth ~ 70 ~ British guitarist and composer w/Prog-Rock Band Bruford, U.K., Soft Machine
Mike Hudson ~ 61 ~ American singer/guitarist with 1970's Ohio Punk band The Pagans and the Murder Junkies, producer for The Dark
Myles Hunter ~ Singer with Toronto 1980's bands Refugee, Micheal Fury and the Hunter-Green Project
Richie Ingui ~ 70 ~ Singer with 1970's American soul group Soul Survivors, ("Expressway Of Love")
Fresh Kid Ice ~ 53 ~ American rapper w/2 Live Crew
Alan Jabbour ~ 74 ~ American old-time fiddler and folklorist
Franz Jarnach ~ 72 ~ Keyboardist for 1960's German Beat band The Rattles
Evan Johns ~ 60 ~ Guitarist w/American 1980's Roots/Rockabilly band The LeRoi Brothers
Michael Johnson ~ 72 ~ American country singer/songwriter ("Bluer Than Blue", "Give Me Wings", "The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder"),
Brenda Jones ~ 62 ~ American R&B singer w/The Jones Girls from the 1970's
Casey Jones ~ 77 ~ American blues drummer w/ Earl Hooker, Muddy Waters. Lou Rawls, Otis Rush, Muddy Waters and Johnny Winter
Hedley Jones ~ 99 ~ Jamaican Sak & Reggae guitarist, producer and sound engineer
Melvin "Deacon" Jones ~ 73 ~ Chicago based blues and R&B keyboard player from the 1960's onward w/Baby Huey & Babysitters (w/Johnny Ross & Jimmy Ramey) and Curtis Mayfield, Freddie King, John Lee Hooker, Gregg Allman, Elvin Bishop, Lester Chambers, Albert Collins, Pappo, and Buddy Miles
Kim Jong-hyun ~ 27 ~ South Korean singer-songwriter (Shinee) and radio host
Hiroshi Kamayatsu ~ 78 ~ Guitarist w/1960's Japanese Garage Bands The Spiders and Vodka Collins
Ikutaro Kakehashi ~ 87 ~ Japanese sound engineer and founder of Ace Tone and Roland Corporations. Developed Roland Keyboards and drum machines and MIDI standard keyboards and samplers
Eli Kane - 60's - Bassist & songwriter with 1980's Greek New Wavebands Statues In Motion and the Groupies
Egil Kapstad ~ 76 ~ Norwegian jazz pianist, arranger and composer w/Chet Baker
Fumio Karashima ~ 68 ~ Japanese jazz pianist
Halvard Kausland ~ 72 ~ Norwegian jazz guitarist
Tommy Keene ~ 59 ~ Maryland 1980's Power-Pop singer/songwriter
Mark Keigan, drummer for the Oshawa Garage bands Purple Toads & El Speedo
Mike Kellie ~ 69 ~ British session drummer w/The Only Ones, Spooky Tooth, Joe Cocker, Traffic, George Harrison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Peter Frampton, Maurice Gibb, Johnny Thunders, Neil Innes, Chris Jagger, Sean Tyla, Jim Capaldi, Pat Travers.
Thandi Klaasen ~ 86 ~ South African jazz singer
Robert Knight ~ 72 ~ American R&B singer ("Everlasting Love", "Love on a Mountain Top").
Jerzy Kossela ~ 74 ~ Guitarist and vocalist with 1960's Polish rock bands Niebiesko-Czarni (The Blue Blacks)and Czerwone Gitary (The Red Guitars)
Erkki Kurenniemi ~ 75 ~ Finnish electronic musician, composer & instrument inventor
Jimmy LaFave ~ 61 ~ American folk singer, songwriter and guitarist
Steve Lang, 67 ~ Bassist w/Canadian rock band April Wine ("Flight Of The Gypsy Queen", "I Like To Rock", "Roller", "Enough Is Enough"
Nolitha Langa ~ 51 ~ South African gospel singer
Bruce Langhorne ~ 78 ~ American folk guitarist w/ Bob Dylan ("Subterranean Homesick Blues", "Outlaw Blues") and film scorer (The Hired Hand), inspiration for "Mr. Tambourine Man"
James Laurence ~ 27 ~ American musician and record producer w/Instrumental Hip-Hop band Friendzone
Katie Lee ~ 98 ~ American folk singer
Deke Leonard ~ 72 ~ Welsh rock guitarist w/1970's pup rock band Man
John Lever ~ 55 ~ Drummer w/British Post-Punk bands The Chameleons and The Sun & The Moon
Daniel Licht ~ 60 ~ American soundtrack composer (Dexter, Thinner, Dishonored)
Jaki Liebezeit ~ 78 ~ Drummer w/1970's German Prog-Rock band Can
María Martha Serra Lima ~ 72 ~ Argentine ballad and bolero singer
Earl Lindo ~ 64 ~ Jamaican reggae keyboard player w/The Wailers & Burning Spear and session work w/Studio One Records
Boris Lindqvist ~ 76 ~ Swedish 1960's rock singer
Thor Lindsay ~ 59 ~ American record producer wTim/Kerr Records w/Pere Ubu, Poison Idea, Wipers, Raincoats, Everclear, Posies, Hole, Bush Tetras, John Fahey
Son Lojos ~ 70 ~ Hungarian singer/guitarist with various bands from the 1960's to the 1990's
Tony Lorenzo ~ 30 ~ Guitarist w/American Metal band Sons of Azrael
Mundell Lowe ~ 95 ~ American jazz guitarist and composer w/Dorsey Bros. Benny Goodman, Andre Previn
Tom McClung ~ 60 ~ American jazz pianist and composer w/Archie Shepp, Yusef Lateef, and Marion Brown
Goldie McJohn ~ 72 ~ Keyboardist with 1960's Toronto bands Steppenwolf, The Sparrow & the Myna Birds
Lucho Macedo ~ 87 ~ Peruvian musician, composer and pianist
Geoff Mack ~ 94 ~ Australian country singer-songwriter ("I've Been Everywhere")
Sven-Erik Magnusson ~ 74 ~ Swedish musician from 1960's Pop band Sven-Ingvars
Kevin Mahogany ~ 59 ~ American jazz singer
Robbie Malinga ~ 47 ~ South African musician and producer
Mitch Margo ~ 70 ~ American singer w/1960's doo-wop group The Tokens ("The Lion Sleeps Tonight")
Don Markham ~ 85 ~ American saxophonist and trumpeter w/Bakersfield session band The Strangers, w/Merle Haggard
Rina Matsuno ~ 18 ~ Japanese pop singer w/J-Pop band Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku
Thara Memory ~ 68 ~ American jazz trumpeter
D. L. Menard, 85 ~ Cajun singer song/writer
Misha Mengelberg ~ 81 ~ Dutch Jazz pianist with/Eric Dolphy, Anthony Braxton, Peter Brotzman and the Mengelberg Quartet
Dik Mik ~ 72–73 ~ English keyboard player w/Hawkwind
David Milliken ~ Guitarist with 1960's Ottawa Garage band the Townsmen
Eric Miller ~ 75 ~ American Jazz & Blues record producer for Pablo Records in the 1970's, w/ Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Jimmy Smith, John Coltrane, Count Basie, Joe Pass, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie and Ray Charles.
Phil Miller ~ 68 ~ English Jazz & Prog guitarist
Scotty Miller ~ 65 ~ Drummer for 1970's American Disoc band Instant Funk
Keith Mitchell ~ Drummer w/American Indie-Pop band Mazzy Star
Warren "Pete" Moore ~ 78 ~ American Hall of Fame singer (The Miracles), songwriter ("The Tracks of My Tears", "Ain't That Peculiar", "Love Machine")
Chuck Mosley ~ 57 ~ American singer w/Faith No More ("We Care a Lot") and Bad Brains
Sylvia Moy ~ 78 ~ Motown songwriter for Stevie Wonder ("Uptight (Everything's Alright)", "I Was Made to Love Her", "My Cherie Amour") and record producer
Sunny Murray ~ 81 ~ American jazz drummer w/Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler
Chris Murrell ~ 61 ~ American jazz singer w/County Basie, Roger Humphries Big Band, Joe Aiello Trio
Melton Mustafa ~ 70 ~ American Jazz and R&B trumpeter w/Jaco Pastorius, Sam & Dave, Marvellettes, Diane Schurr
Jimmy Nalls ~ 66 ~ American rock guitarist w/1970's Southern Rock band Sea Level
Toshio Nakanishi ~ 61 ~ Japanese guitarist w/Japanese New Wave band The Plastics
Negru (Gabriel Mafa) - drummer, percussionist, dulcimer, horns, xylophonist for Romanian Black Metal Band Negură Bunget
Wilson das Neves ~ 81 ~ Brazilian percussionist and singer
Geoff Nicholls ~ 68 ~ English keyboardist (Black Sabbath, Quartz)
Clara (Cuqui) Nicola ~ 90- Cuban guitarist and musicologist
Abby Nicole ~ 25 ~ American country singer
Al Neil ~ 93 ~ Canadian Jazz pianist
Dick Noel ~ 90 ~ American big band band singer w/Ray Anthony's Orch ("Count Every Star")
Shea Norman ~ 45 ~ American gospel singer
Pericoma Okoye ~ Nigerian singer
Skapti Ólafsson ~ 89 ~ Icelandic rock and jazz musician
Laudir de Oliveira ~ 77 ~ Brazilian percussionist (Sérgio Mendes, Marcos Valle, Chicago)
Paul O'Neill ~ 61 ~ American producer, composer and songwriter w/Prog-Metal bands Savatage & Trans-Siberian Orchestra
William Onyeabor ~ 70 ~ Nigerian singer-songwriter
Borislav Oslovčan ~ 56 ~ Bassist w/Serbian punk band Pekinška Patka
Tommy Page ~ 46 ~ American 1990's singer-songwriter ("I'll Be Your Everything")
Horace Parlan ~ 86 ~ American-born Danish jazz pianist w/Charles Mingus, Archie Shepp & Sonny Stitt
Frankie Paul ~ 51 ~ Jamaican 1980's-90's Reggae-Dance Hall singer
Skipp Pearson ~ 79 ~ American Jazz sax player
Zé Pedro ~ 61 ~ Portuguese guitarist (Xutos & Pontapés).
David Peel ~ 74 ~ American Folk-Punk singer from the 1970's onward
Skipp Pearson ~ 79 ~ American jazz musician
Dave Pell ~ 92 ~ American Big Band Jazz saxophonist w/Bob Crpsby, Tony Pastor, Pepper Adams, Benny Carter, Mel Lewis, Red Mitchell, Art Pepper, John Williams, Shorty Rogers, Pete Rugolo, Benny Goodman, and Gene Krupa. Also producer w/ Gerry Lewis & The Playboys
Tom Petty ~ 66 ~ American R&R singer from the 1970's onward with the Heartbreakers & Traveling Wilburys w/classic hits "Refugee", "American Girl", "I Need To Know", "The Waiting", "Don't Come Around Here No More"
Ray Phiri ~ 70 ~ South African jazz singer and guitarist, lung cancer
Willie Pickens ~ 86 ~ American jazz pianist (w/Eddie Harris, Elvin Jones)
Kim Plainfield, 63, American jazz drummer
Freddie Pompeii ~ Philadelphiaborn Guitarist for Toronto 1970's Punk bands The Viletones and The Secrets
Derek Poindexter ~ 52 ~ Cleavland bassist w/The Waynes
Robert Popwell ~ 70 ~ American bass guitarist (The Young Rascals, The Crusaders)
Sylvester Potts ~ 78 ~ American 1960's soul singer w/The Contours ("Do You Love Me")
Harry Prime ~ 97 ~ American big band singer w/Tommy Dorsey, Ralph Flanagan, Randy Brooks, Jack Fina
Prodigy ~ 42 ~ American rapper w/Mobb Deep
Michael Prophet ~ 60 ~ Jamaican reggae singer
Skip Prokob - Toronto drummer with 1960's Garage-Psyche band The Paupers and 1970's Prog Rock band Lighthouse, later a DJ at CFMY and other stations.
Scott Putesky ~ 49 ~ American guitarist w/Marilyn Manson
Elkin Ramírez ~ 54 ~ Colombian singer-songwriter w/Prog-Rock band Kraken
Joseph Rascoff ~ 71 ~ American rock and roll business and tour manager (The Rolling Stones, U2, Paul Simon)
Gil Ray ~ 60 ~ Drummer w/American 1980's Power Pop bands Game Theory, Loud Family and Rain Parade
Kai Ray ~ 1950's Rockabilly Guy
Larry Ray ~ 63 ~ American rock guitarist with Psyche=Rock band Outrageous Cherry
Della Reese ~ 86 ~ 1950's & 60's R&B singer and actress
George Reiff ~ 56 ~ Austin bassist w/Joe King Carrsco, Charlie Sexton, Joe Walsh
C'el Revuelta ~ Bassist with Los Angeles Hardcore band Black Flag
Belton Richard ~ 77 ~ American singer and Cajun accordionist
Denis Richard ~ 55 ~ Canadian Acadian singer and songwriter
Keni Richards ~ 60 ~ Dummer w/American 1980's Hair Metal Band Autograph ("Turn Up The Radio")
Suzanne Richter ~ Guitarist w/1990's Hamilton all-girl garage band the Girl Bombz
Lyle Ritz ~ 87 ~ American bassist and ukulelist w/The Wrecking Crew
Kayton Roberts, 83, American steel guitarist w/Hanks Snow, Marty Stuart, Ricky Skag Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Randy Travis and Alison Krauss,
Stan Robinson ~ 80 ~ British jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist w/Maynard Ferguson
Maggie Roche ~ 65 ~ American singer-songwriter w/1970's & 80's Folk band The Roches
Mickey Roker ~ 84 ~ American jazz drummer w/Modern Jazz Quartet, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Duke Pearson, Tommy Flanagan, Ella Fitzgerald, Zoot Sims, Horace Silver, Junior Mance, Sarah Vaughan, Milt Jackson, Herbie Hancock, Phil Woods, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Bucky Pizzarelli, Stanley Turrentine, Hank Jones
Jerry Ross, 84, American producer and songwriter ("I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" for Diana Ross & The Supremes),founder of Heritage and Colossus Records
Dave Rosser ~ 50 ~ Guitarist w/American Indie band The Afghan Whigs
Rudy Rotta, 66, Italian blues guitarist and singer
Gilbert Rouget ~ 101, French ethnomusicologist
Roswell Rudd ~ 82 ~ American jazz trombonist
Winston Samuels ~ 73 ~ Singer w/1960's Jamaican ska vocal group The Aces who had a hit Desmond Dekker's "The Israelites"
Johnny Sandlin ~ 72 ~ American record producer (The Allman Brothers Band)
Tony Särkkä ~ 45 ~ Multi-instrumentalist w/Swedish Black Metal bands Abruptum & Ophthalamia
Saxa ~ 87 ~ Jamaican-born saxophonist with British 1980's Ska band The English Beat (AKA The Beat)
Janet Seidel, 62, Australian cabaret singer, jazz vocalist, pianist
Mark Selby ~ 56 ~ American session guitarist w/Kenny Rogers, Johnny Reid, Keni Thomas, Jimmy Hall, Wynonna Judd and Kenny Wayne Sheppard
Jessy Serrata ~ 63 ~ American Tejano musician
Charles "Bobo" Shaw ~ 69 ~ American jazz drummerw/Lester Bowie & Cecil Taylor
Iain Shedden, 60, Scottish-Australian musician w/ 1970's pun band The Saints
Sam Shepard ~ 73 ~ New York playwrite and collaborator with Patti Smith, also drummer for psyche folk band The Holy Modal Rounders
Kenny Shields ~ 69 ~ Singer w/Canadian 1970's & 80's rock band Streetheart ("Under My Thumb", "Hollywood", "One More Time", "What Kind Of Love Is This")
Pete Shotton ~ 75 ~ British washboardist and percussionist w/1960's Skiffle band The Quarrymen, later palyed with the Beatles
Joni Sledge ~ 60 ~ American singer w/1970's R&B/Disco group Sister Sledge ("We Are Family")
Keely Smith ~ 89 ~ American singer ("That Old Black Magic", "I've Got You Under My Skin") and wife of Louis Prima
Toby Smith ~ 46 ~ British keyboardist for British Pop band Jamiroquai
Mick Softley ~ 77 ~ British folk singer, songwriter and guitarist with Donovan
Lajos Som ~ 70 ~ Hungarian bassist in various rock bands from the 1960's - 80's
Rosalie Sorrels ~ 83 ~ American folk singer
Ben Speer ~ 86 ~ Singer with the Nashville Southern Gospel group the Speer Family from the 1920's to the 1990's
Marc Spitz ~ 47 ~ American music writer (We Got the Neutron Bomb, Bowie: A Biography) and music journalist for Spin Magazine
Kevin Stanton ~ 61 ~ Guitarist w/ New Zealand 1980's New Wave Band Mi-Sex
Larry Steinbachek ~ 56 ~ English keyboardist w/ Electro-Pop band Bronski Beat
Elyse Steinman ~ Guitarist w/American Hard-Rock band Raging Slab, and one of the few female guitarists in an otherwise male band
Rick Stevens ~ 77 ~ American R&B singer w/Tower of Power
Chuck Stewart ~ 89 ~ American jazz photographer
Corneliu Stroe ~ 67 ~ Romanian jazz drummer and percussionist
Clyde Stubblefield ~ 73 ~ American R&B drummer w/James Brown
Cherry Taketani ~ 52 ~ Brazilian singer and guitarist
Grady Tate, 85, American jazz drummer and singer (Schoolhouse Rock!) also played with Jimmy Smith, Astrud Gilberto, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Quincy Jones, Stan Getz, Wes Montgomery, Simon & Garfunkle, Tonight Show Band
Bobby Taylor ~ 83 ~ Singer w/1960's Canadian R&B group Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers
Tony Terran ~ 90 ~ American trumpeter and session musician w/The Wrecking Crew, Chet Baker, Lalo Schifrin, The Baja Marimba Band, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Bee Gees, Ray Charles, Chicago, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Bob Hope, Michael Jackson, Eartha Kitt, Peggy Lee, Madonna, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, The Tijuana Brass, Tom Waits, Nelson Riddle, Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Elmer Bernstein, Johnny Mercer
Ammon Tharp ~ 75 ~ Drummer with 1960's surf band Bill Deal & the Rhondells
Björn Thelin ~ 74 ~ Bassist w/Swedish 1960's Surf Band The Spotnicks
Banner Thomas ~ 63 ~ Bassist with 1970's Southern Rock Band Molly Hatchet
Mel Tillis ~ 85 ~ American Hall of Fame country music singer-songwriter ("I Ain't Never", "Coca-Cola Cowboy")
Gert Timmerman ~ 82 ~ Dutch big band singer
Butch Trucks ~ 69 ~ American drummer w/The Allman Brothers Band
Avo Uvezian ~ 91 ~ Armenian-American jazz pianist
Dave Valentin ~ 64 ~ American jazz flautist
Maurice Vander ~ 87 ~ French jazz pianist and composer
Hans Vermeulen ~ 70 ~ Dutch singer from the 1970's & 80's(Sandy Coast, Anita Meyer, Stars on 45)
Daniel Viglietti ~ 78 ~ Uruguayan folk singer, guitarist, composer and political activist
Guy Villari ~ 75 ~ American singer with 1960's Doo wop group The Regents ("Barbara Anne")
Kid Vinil ~ 62 ~ Brazilian singer and record producer
Bea Wain ~ 100 ~ American Big Band singer from the 1940's & 50's w/Artie Shaw, Larry Clinton & Fred Waring
Billy Joe Walker Jr ~ 65 ~ American guitarist, record producer and songwriter ("I Wanna Dance with You", "That's Why I Fell in Love with You", "B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love")
Robert Bilbo Walker ~ 80 ~ American blues musician
Leon Ware ~ 77 ~ American singer,songwriter and producer w/Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Maxwell, Minnie Riperton and Marvin Gaye,
Pete Overend Watts ~ 69 ~ Bassist w/1970's Glam Rock band Mott the Hoople ("All The Young Dudes")
Leo Welch ~ 85 ~ American blues musician
John Wetton ~ 67 ~ Bassist/vocalist w/King Crimson & Asia ("The Heat Of The Moment" & "Only Time Will Tell")
Keith Wilder ~ 65 ~ Singer with American funk and disco group Heatwave
Don Williams ~ 78 ~ American 1970's Country-Western singer/songwriter (“Tulsa Time,” “Good Ol’ Boys Like Me,” and “It Must Be Love")
Norro Wilson ~ 79 ~ American Grammy winning country music songwriter ("A Very Special Love Song", "The Most Beautiful Girl" (covered by Charlie Rich, Bobby Vinton, Rita Coolidge, Andy Williams) and producer
Riem de Wolff, 74, Dutch-Indonesian singer w/ 1960's pop group The Blue Diamonds
Graham Wood ~ 45 ~ Australian jazz pianist
Bob Wootton ~ 75 ~ American country guitarist (Johnny Cash, Tennessee Three)
Steve Wright ~ Bassist guitarist w/1980's American pop band The Greg Kihn Band
Robert Yancy, 39, American drummer (Natalie Cole),
Paapa Yankson, 73, Ghanaian highlife singer/songwriter
Malcolm Young ~ 64 ~ Scottish-born Australian Hall of Fame guitarist and songwriter with AC/DC
David Zablidowsky ~ 37 ~ American bassist w/Adrenaline Mob, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Jeff Scott Soto
Raúl García Zárate ~ 85 ~ Peruvian guitarist
Jessi Zazu ~ 28 ~ Singer with Nashville band Those Darlins
Z'EV ~ 66 ~ American Industrial percussionist and poet.
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