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";

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";