Neil Innes and The Rutles

Neil Innes ~ British singer and comedian with The Bonzo Dog Band, the Rutles and Monty Python

THE RUTLES ~ "I MUST BE IN LOVE";


Innes got his start in the late sixties with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, who mixed contemporary Brit Beat pop with Dada and absurdist satire which got them a cult following (especially among critics) but only one real hit with "I'm The Urban Spaceman". They also got the attention of the Beatles who invited them to join in "The Magical Mystery Tour" with the song "Death Cab For Cutie" which would also inspire the later indie band of the same name. Another song "Trouser Press" would inspire the name of a 1980's New Wave music magazine. After the Bonzos broke up Innes founded two other bands The World and GRIMMS who released a few albums with little success. By the early 70's he was collaborating with Monty Python on various musical numbers without officially joining the troupe.

THE BONZO DOG BAND ~ "I'M THE URBAN SPACEMAN";


Starting in 1975 Innes collaborated with Python member Eric Idle to form The Rutles a Beatles parody band who started out as part of a TV series and then a full length special "The Rutles; All You Need Is Cash" which would include cameos by various members of Monty Python (Micheal Palin) and Saturday Night Live (John Belushi, Dan Ackroyd, Bill Murray, Al Franken, Tom Davis), plus George Harrison, Ron Wood, Mick Jagger, Bianca Jagger and Paul Simon. Following this there would be a full album which included Beatles songs so realistic that the Beatles publishers actually sued Innes & Palin. To get out of the suit Innes had to give the not-terribly-convincing testimony that he had never actually heard the original songs. Even more comically many years later Innes would sue Oasis for plagiarizing the Rutles.

THE RUTLES ~ "GET UP & GO";


In later years Innes would do other British comedy and kids TV shows and occasional Rutles reunions.

THE RUTLES ~ "PIGGY IN THE MIDDLE";

Some Australian New Wave Figures

Martin Armiger ~ 61 ~ Guitarist with Australian New Wave band The Sports ("Who Listens To The Radio")

THE SPORTS ~ "WHO LISTENS TO THE RADIO":




Greedy Smith ~ 63 ~ Singer with 1980's Australian New Wave band Mental As Anything

MENTAL AS ANYTHING ~ "THE NIPS ARE GETTING BIGGER";


METAL AS ANYTHING ~ "IF YOU LEAVE ME CAN I COME TOO";


Stuart Fraser ~ 57 ~ Guitarist with Australian New Wave and indie bands Blackfeather, Noiseworks, John Farnham)

NOISEWORKS ~ "NO LIES";

Some Canadian Rockers

Jack Scott ~ 82 ~ Canadian/American 1950's Rockabilly and Country singer ("Goodbye Baby", "Burning Bridges", "The Way I Walk", "Little Sadie", "What In The World's Come Over You"). "The Way I Walk" later covered by Robert Gordon and The Cramps.

JACK SCOTT ~ "GOODBYE BABY";


JACK SCOTT ~ "WHAT IN THE WORLD'S COME OVER YOU";


John Dudgeon ~ Singer for 1970's Canadian band Steel River

STEEL RIVER ~ "SOUTHBOUND TRAIN";


Kelly Jay (Fordham) ~ 77 ~ Singer/Keyboardist with 1970's Canadian Rock band Crowbar ("Oh What A Feeling") and Ronnie Hawkins and King Biscuit Boy

CROWBAR ~ "FEELING GOOD" (music starts 3 min in);


Mick Tupelo ~ Singer/guitarist with BC Psychobilly band the Deadcats from the 1980's onward

THE DEADCATS;


THE DEADCATS ~ "THE MUNSTERS";


Larry Shelast ~ 50's ~ Drummer with Alberta 1980's & 90's Cowpunk band Jr Gone Wild

JR GONE WILD ~ "WHAT GOES ON";


JR GONE WILD ~ "ONE GUN TOWN";


JR GONE WILD ~ "WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU";


Ernie Vlasicks ~ 50's - Guitarist with Toronto Punk band Swamp Baby

SWAMP BABY ~ "YERSTDAY'S GONE";


Bruce Faulkner ~ Drummer for late 80's BC Garage band Bruno Gerussi's Medallion;

BRUNO GERUSSI'S MEDALLION ~ "GINGER'S ALRIGHT";



John Mann ~ 57 ~ Singer/guitarist with BC Folk Rock band Spirit Of The West from the 1980's onward.

SPIRIT OF THE WEST ~ "POLITICAL";


SPIRIT OF THE WEST ~ "AND IF VENICE IS SINKING";


SPIRIT OF THE WEST ~ "HOME FOR A REST";


Kelly Fraser ~ 26 ~ Inuktitut folk & pop singer and songwriter

KELLY FRASER ~ "DIAMONDS" (RIHANNA COVER);


Derek Mok ~ 42 ~ Toronto Folk singer

DEREK MOK ~ "THROUGH THE GLASS";


Carlin Joie Belof ~ Toronto singer/songwriter

Some Figures From The 50's & 60's

Jimmy Cavallo ~ 92 ~ American Singer & sax player with 1950's R&R and R&B group Jimmy Cavallo & the House Rockers ("Rock Rock Rock", "Rock The Joint", The Big Beat"), appeared in the Alan Freed movie "Rock, Rock, Rock".

JIMMY CAVALLO & HIS HOUSE ROCKERS ~ "THE BIG BEAT";


JIMMY CAVALLO & THE HOUSE ROCKERS ~ "ROCK ROCK ROCK";


Jerry Naylor ~ 80 ~ Singer with The Crickets (post Buddy Holly) and solo

THE CRICKETS ~ "MY LITTLE GIRL";


THE CRICKETS ~ "TEARDROPS FALL";


JERRY NAYLOR ~ "CITY LIGHTS";


Rudy Grayzell ~ 1950's Rockabilly and country singer on Sun and Starday Records

RUDY GRAYZELL ~ "DUCKTAIL";


RUDY GRAYZELL ~ "FBI STORY";


Jules Blattner ~ St Louis Rockabilly guitarist/singer with The Teen Tones, Chuck Berry andthe Warren Groovy All Stars

JULES BLATTNER & THE TEENTONES ~ "ROCK & ROLL BLUES";


JULES BLATTNER & THE TEENTONES ~ "NO MONEY DOWN";


JULES BLATTNER ~ "2001 A SOUL ODYSSEY";






Ginger Baker ~ 80 ~ English Hall of Fame drummer with Cream, Blind Faith, Graham Bond Organization, Ginger Baker's Air Force, Public Image Ltd

THE GRAHAM BOND ORGANIZATION ~ "HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN";


CREAM ~ "STRANGE BREW";


CREAM ~ "SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE";


BLIND FAITH ~ "UNDER MY THUMB";


PIL ~ "RISE";



George Chambers ~ 88 ~ Singer & bassist with 1960's Soul/Psychedelic band the Chambers Brothers ("Time Has Come Today")

THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS ~ "TIME HAS COME TODAY";


THE CHAMBERS BROS ~ "PEOPLE GET READY";


THE CHAMBERS BROS ~ "UPTOWN";


Yuya Uchida ~ Percussionist and producer of of 1960's Japanese Psyche band Flower Travellin' Band

THE TRAVELLIN' FLOWER BAND ~ "SATORI";


Kenny Lynch ~ 81 ~ Bahamian/British R&B 1960's singer and actor ("You Can Never Stop Me Loving You", "Crazy Crazes", "Up On The Roof")

KENNY LYNCH ~ "CRAZY CRAZES";


KENNY LYNCH ~ "MONUMENT";


Marie Laforêt ~ 80 ~ French-Swiss 1960's pop singer

MARIE LAFORET ~ "IVAN, BORIS ET MOI";


Browning Bryant ~ 62 ~ South Carolina folk/country teen singer in the early sixties

BROWNING BRYANT ~ "IT AIN'T GONNA RAIN NO MORE";


Clora Bryant ~ 92 ~ Jazz drummer with The International Sweethearts Of Rhythym and The Queens Of Swing and trumpet player with Louis Armstrong, Harry James, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald and later also a singer

INTRENATIONAL SWEETHEARTS OF RHYTHYM ~ "JUMP CHILDREN";


Eddie Duran ~ 94 ~ American Latin Jazz guitarist w/Benny Goodman, Stan Getz, Cal Tjander, Vince Guraldi and solo

CAL TJADER & STAN GETZ SEXTET ~ "MY BUDDY";

A Couple Figures From The Avant Garde

Steve Dalachinsky ~ 72 ~ American Beat & Jazz poet and writer

STEVE DALACHINSKY;


Garrett List ~ 76 ~ Italian Jazz & Avant Garde sax player and composer w/John Cage, LaMonte Young and his group Musica Elettronica Viva and film composer for Dada filmmakers Hans Richter & Fernand Leger

MUSICA ELLETTRONICA VIVA ~ "SPACECRAFT";


MUSICA ELLETTRONICA VIVA "2EME PARTIE";


Peter Westergaard ~ 88 ~ American avant garde composer of serial music

PETER WESTERGAARD ~ "SYMPHONIC MOVEMENT"

Some 1970's & 80's Hard Rock & Metal Guys

Mike Wilhelm ~ guitarist with 1960's San Francisco Garage band The Charlatans and 1970's and 80's band the Flaming Groovies

THE CHARLATANS ~ "32/20 Blues";


THE FLAMING GROOVIES ~ "SLOW DEATH";


THE FLAMING GROOVIES ~ "SHAKE SOME ACTION";


Barrie Masters ~ 68 ~ Singer with 1970's Pub Rock band Eddie & the Hot Rods
EDDIE & THE HOT RODS ~ "TEENAGE DEPRESSION";


EDDIE & THE HOT RODS ~ "DO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DO";



Eric Moore (vocals & bass) & Glen Cataline (drummer) of the Godz;

THE GODZ ~ "HE'S A FOOL";


THE GODZ ~ "CANDY'S GOING BAD" (GOLDEN EARING cover);



Larry Wallis ~ 70 ~ English guitarist with 1970's bands the Pink Fairies, Motorhead, Dr Feelgood

LARRY WALLIS ~ "I'M A POLICE CAR";


THE PINK FAIRIES;



Paul Raymond ~ guitarist/keyboardist for UFO, Savoy Brown, Chicken Shack, Danny Kirwin;

UFO ~ "CHERRY";



Bernie Torme ~ guitarist for Gillan and Ozzy;

GILLAN ~ "NEW ORLEANS";



Ted McKenna ~ drummer w/Alex Harvey and Rory Gallagher;

THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND ~ "GIDDY UP A DING DONG";



Lizzie Grey (real name; Stephen Perry) ~ 60 ~ Guitarist with Los Angeles Metal bands London (with Niki Sixx and various future members of WASP and Cinderella), Sister (with Blackie Lawless and future members of WASP) and Spiders & Snakes

LONDON ~ "DROP THE BOMB";


SISTER ~ "DON'T KNOW WHO I AM";



Tony Mills ~ 57 ~ Singer with 1980's English and Norwegian Metal bands Shy and TNT

SHY ~ "GIVE IT ALL YOU'VE GOT";


SHY ~ "BREAK DOWN THE WALLS";


TNT ~ "SEVEN SEAS";



Timi Hansen ~ Bassist for Metal bands Mercyful Fate and King Diamond

MERCYFUL FATE ~ "EGYPT";


KING DIAMOND ~ "SLEEPLESS";


Richard Brunelle ~ 55 ~ Guitarist with American Thrash bands Morbid Angel, Paths of Possession

MORBID ANGEL ~ "ENSHRINED BY GRACE";


MORBID ANGEL ~ "BLESSED ARE THE SICK";



Morten Stützer ~ 57 ~ Guitarist with Danish Thrash band Artillery

ARTILLERY ~ "LEGIONS";



Yannis Spathas ~ 68 ~ Guitarist with 1970's hard rock band Greek Socrates Drank the Conium (AKA Socrates)

SOCRATES DRANK THE CONIUM;



Mick Schauer ~ Keyboardist with 1990's American Alt Rock band Clutch

CLUTCH ~ "BURNING BEARD";

Ric Ocasek & Some More New Wave & Punk Figures

The Cars were (along with Blondie) the first American New Wave group to score hits. They were founded by Ohio natives Ric Ocasek (singer, guitarist & main songwriter) and Benjamin Orr (bass & vocals) who started out as a nameless folk duo as early as 1970 before moving to Boston after a few years where they slowly expanded to include Greg Hawkes (keys & sax) and guitarist Elliot Easton as a folk rock group Milkwood. Around 1977 they added drummer David Robinson who was already fairly well known in the Boston underground scene having drummed with Jonathan Richman's Modern Lovers, DMZ and The Pop. By this time the band was embracing the New Wave sounds of Blondie and Roxy Music and Robinson suggested a name change from Milkwood (a Dylan Thomas reference) to the more modern sounding The Cars.

THE CARS ~ "JUST WHAT I NEEDED";


The first album came out in 1978 and was an immediate smash with it's icy, spacey sound and tightly constructed songs. The entire album sounds like a greatest hits collection and fired off a series instant classics; "My Best Friend's Girl", "Just What I Needed", "Moving In Stereo", "Don't Ya Stop" keeping the album on the charts for the next two years. The next three albums carried on in the same vein with 1984's "Heartbeat City" being their last major hit album with hits in; "Hello Again", "You Might Think", "Magic" and the ballad "Drive". It also was the first time the Cars paid any real attention to videos in a collaboration with Andy Warhol to make some splashy videos that dominated MTV and Much Music for the next few years. This would be Warhol's last major project.

THE CARS ~ "LET'S GO";


By this time the Cars had long been considered as a mainstream band, albeit a likable one, and not associated with the underground scene and the next album 1987's "Door To Door" stiffed and that was basically it. The band broke up somewhat acrimoniously. Ocasek would have some minor solo success (as would Orr) but would be better known as a producer with notable alternative and underground bands like Suicide, Bad Brains, Romeo Void, Hole, Nada Surf, Bad Religion, Black 47, Guided by Voices, Weezer, Bebe Buell, No Doubt, Johnny Bravo, D Generation, Possum Dixon, Martin Rev and going full circle, Jonathan Richman.

Ben Orr died in 2000 and Ocasek shunned any band reunions saying he had no desire to perform live and was especially not interested in touring. The Cars did do a reunion tour without him in 2005-06 with Todd Rundgren on vocals which Ocasek at first gave legal permission for but then mocked, as did most fans. There would finally be a proper reunion (without Orr of course) in 2016 with a new album and tour. They were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 2018 which would be their last gig. Ric Ocasek was found dead of heart disease in his New York townhouse this September 15 aged 74.

THE CARS ~ "SHAKE IT UP";



Roy Loney ~ 72 ~ Singer/guitarist with 1970's San Francisco Proto-Punk band The Flamin' Groovies and the Phantom Movers. The Flamin Groovies were one of the handful of Proto-Punk bands cited as one of the founders of the later Punk scene. Starting in San Francisco as early as 1965 as a garage band and recorded several influential near hits like "Teenage Head", "Slow Death" and "Shake Some Action" which have been covered by many punk bands while the Hamilton band Teenage Head obviously took their name from the Groovies song. Loney later left the band and formed his own band the Phantom Movers.

THE FLAMING GROOVIES ~ "SLOW DEATH";


Kim Shattuck ~ 56 ~ American singer, songwriter and guitarist with punk bands The Muffs, The Pandoras, Pixies

THE PANDORAS ~ "STOP PRETENDING";


THE MUFFS ~ "WEIRD BOY NEXT DOOR";



Frank Stumpo ~ Singer/guitarist with 1980's NY Psyche Garage band Plan 9

PLAN 9 ~ "KEEP YOUR COOL";


PLAN 9 ~ "FRUSTRATION";



Tim Gassen ~ Singer for 1980's Garage Psych band The Marshmallow Overcoat;

THE MARSHMALLOW OVERCOAT ~ "13 GHOSTS";


THE MARSHMALLOW OVERCOAT ~ "THE MUMMY";


Hans Ingemansson ~ Organist for 1980's Swedish Garage Rockers The Creeps, not to be confused wit the various other bands with the same name.


THE CREEPS ~ "DON'T GO AWAY";



Dave Riley ~ 59 ~ Bassist for Chicago Noise Bands Big Black and Alegbra Suicide, bassist and engineer for George Clinton

BIG BLACK ~ "BAD PENNY";


BIG BLACK ~ "KEROSENE";



Gilles Bertin ~ 58 ~ Singer/bassist with 1980's French punk band Camera Silens

CAMERA SILENS ~ 58 ~ "REALITE";


CAMERA SILENS ~ "POUR LA GLORIE";


Marie Fredriksson ~ 61 ~ Swedish singer-songwriter with 1980's New Wave band Strul and 1990's pop band Roxette ("Joy Ride", "Must Have Been Love")

STRUL;


ROXETTE ~ "JOYRIDE";


ROXETTE ~ "THE LOOK";


ROXETTE ~ "MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE";



Ivan Maksimović ~ 57 ~ Guitarist with Serbian bands Metro, The No Smoking Orchestra

METRO ~ "ONA JE KAO ZVER";


NO SMOKING ORCH ~ "UNZA UNZA TIME";


Alexandr Vasilyev ~ Drummer with 1980's Russian New Wave bands Center and Joanna Stingray

STINGRAY;


STINGRAY ~ "DANGER";




Daniel Johnston ~ 58 ~ American 1990's underground singer-songwriter and artist

DANIEL JOHNSON ~ "TRUE LOVE WILL FIND YOU IN THE END";


DANIEL JOHNSON & THE SWELL SEASON ~ "LIFE IN VAIN";

Some Rockabilly & Roots Rock Figures

James Calvin Wilsey ~ 61 ~ Guitarist w/Chris Iaak("Wicked Game", "Baby Did A Bad Thing") and solo

CHRIS ISAAK ~ "WICKED GAME";


CHRIS ISAAK ~ "BABY DID A BAD BAD THING";


Steve Ripley ~ 69 ~ American singer/guitarist with 1990's Country Rock band The Tractors

THE TRACTORS ~ "BABY LIKES TO ROCK";


THE TRACTORS ~ "BADLY BENT";
John Kilzer ~ 62 ~ Memphis 1980's Roots Rock singer/guitarist "Red Blue Jeans";

JOHN KILZER ~ "CALIFORNIA";


JOHN KILZER ~ "RED BLUE JEANS";


Neal Casal ~ 50 ~ American folk-rock singer/songwriter/guitarist w/Ryan Adams, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Hard Working Americans, The Skiffle Players, Circles Around the Sun and solo

RYAN ADAMS & NEAL CASAL ~ "WHEN THE STARS GO BLUE";


RYAN ADAMS & NEAL CASAL ~ "LET IT RIDE";



Scotty Tecee ~ American Rockabilly drummer with Kim Lenz & Nick Curran

KIM LENZ ~ "ZOMBIE FOR YOUR LOVE";


NICK CURRAN ~ "ROCKER"



Billy Bacon ~ American 1990's Rockabilly & Honky-Tonk singer/bassist

BILLY BACON ~ "JUMP FOR JIVE";


BILLY BACON ~ "WASTED DAYS & WASTED NIGHTS";

Some Figures From 1990's Indie Scene

Shawn Smith - Singer with American Grunge bands Brad, Satchel, Pigeonhead

BRAD ~ "BUTTERCUP";


BRAD ~ "tHE DAY BRINGS";


Nicky Wonder (real name Nicky Walusko) ~ Guitarist with California Power Pop band The Wondermints and Brian Wilson;

THE WONDERMINTS ~ "SHINE ON YOU";


THE WONDERMINTS ~ "KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU" (ABBA cover);


THE WONDERMINTS ~ "XANADU" (ELO cover);



Ed Ackerson ~ 54 ~ American singer-songwriter, guitarist with 1990's Minnesota indie band (Polara, Antenna)

POLARA ~ "IS IT UP";


POLARA ~ "JET PACK BLUES";



David Berman ~ 52 ~ American poet and singer-songwriter w/the Silver Jews, Purple Mountains

THE SILVER JEWS ~ "PUNKS IN THE BEERLIGHT";


THE SILVER JEWS ~ "RANDOM RULES";



Scott Ballew ~ Drummer for 1990's Nashville Power Pop band The Shazam;

THE SHAZAM ~ "RU RECEIVING";



Tiger Merritt ~ singer/guitarist for Kentucky Pop-Psyche band Morning Teleportation;

MORNING TELEPORTATION ~ "EXPANDING ANYWAY";

Some World Beat Figures

Johnny Clegg ~ 66 ~ South African singer/songwriter and Anti-Apartheid with 1980's band Juluka ("Scatterings Of Africa")

JULUKA ~ "SCATTERINGS OF AFRICA";


JULUKA ~ "AFRICAN DECEMBER RAIN";


JULUKA ~ "IBHOLA LETHU";



Kehinde Lijadu ~ 71 ~ Singer with 1970's Nigerian pop group the Lijadu Sisters

THE LIJADU SISTERS ~ "COME ON HOME";


Pat Kelly ~ 70 ~ Jamaican Reggae & Rocksteady singer

PAT KELLY ~ "WHITER SHADE OF PALE";


PAT KELLY ~ "HOW LONG";



Glen Brown ~ 75 ~ Jamaican reggae musician and record producer w/King Tubby and Glenroy Richards

GLEN BROWN ~ "DON'T BELIEVE IN DYING";


Simaro Lutumba ~ 81 ~ Guitarist with Congolese band TPOK Jazz

TPOK JAZZ;



TPOK JAZZ;



Jimi Hope ~ 62 ~ Togolese singer/guitarist

JIMI HOPE ~ "WOMAN";


João Gilberto ~ 88 ~ Brazilian Bossa Nova singer-songwriter and guitarist from the 1950's onward

JOAO GILBERTO ~ "DESAFINADO";



Gualberto Castro ~ 84 ~ Mexican singer & actor with 1950's vocal group Los Hermanos Castro

LOS HERMANOS CASTRO;


Celso Piña - 66 - Mexican cumbia singer, composer and accordionist

CELSO PINA;


Elton Medeiros ~ 89 ~ Brazilian Bosa Nova and samba singer

ELTON MEDEIROS ~ "RECOMECAR";


Patxi Andión ~ 72 ~ Spanish-Basque folk singer/songwriter

PATXI ANDION ~ "UNA DOS TRES";

Some More Figures From The 50's & 60's

Roky Erickson ~ Singer/guitarist/songwriter with 1960's Texas Garage-Psyche band the 13th Floor Elevators;

THE 13th FLOOR ELEVATORS ~ "YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME";


THE 13th FLOOR ELEVATORS ~ "ROLLER COASTER";


ROKY ERICKSON ~ "TWO HEADED DOG";



Larry Taylor ~ 77 ~ Bassist for US 1960's band Canned Heat as well as The Monkees, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Mayall, Tom Waits, Sunnyland Slim, Albert King, Leo Kotke, John Lee Hooker, Kid Ramos, Hollywood Fats, John Hammond, Ry Cooder, Keith Levine, Charlie Musselwhite, JJ Cale, Kim Wilson.

CANNED HEAT ~ "GOING UP THE COUNTRY";


CANNED HEAT ~ "ON THE ROAD AGAIN";



Gary Duncan ~ 72 ~ American rock guitarist w/1960's bands Quicksilver Messenger Service and The Brogues

QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE ~ "WHO YOU LOVE";


QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE ~ "FRESH AIR";


QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE ~ "MONA";



Dick Rivers ~ The French Gene Vincent and singer for Les Chats Sauvages (AKA the Savage Cats);

LES CHATS SAUVAGES ~ "PAINTED FACE";


LES CHATS SAUVAGES ~ "WHAT I SAY";



Preston Epps - 88 - American percussionist ("Bongo Rock");

PRESTON EPPS ~ "BONGO ROCK";



Huelyn Duvall ~ 1950's Rockabilly singer & songwriter (Gene Vincent, Stanford Clark);

HUELYN DUVALL ~ "PUCKER PAINT";


HUELYN DUVALL ~ "HEY BRUTUS" & "GOT A LITTLE GIRL";



Dick Richards ~ 95 ~ Drummer with Bill Haley & the Comets

BILL HALEY & THE COMETS ~ "ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK";


BILL HALEY & THE COMETS ~ "SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR";


BILL HALEY & THE COMETS ~ "VIVA LE ROCK & ROLL";



Nancy Holloway ~ 86 ~ American born French based Jazz & R&B singer from the 1960's & 70's

NANCY HOLLOWAY ~ "BE BOP A LULA";


Bill Vitt ~ Drummer with 1970's San Francisco Folk Rock band the Sons Of Champlin, also Jerry Garcia, Tom Fogarty, Brewer & Shipley

THE SONS OF CHAMPLIN ~ "FREEDOM";

Some 1970's & 80's R&B and Jazz Figures

Jerry Lawson ~ 75 ~ American singer with Doo-Wop group the Persuasions from the late sixties onward

THE PERSUASIONS ~ "UP ON THE ROOF";


THE PERSUASIONS ~ "DOO WOP MEDLEY";


Art Neville - 81 - New Orleans singer-songwriter and keyboardist w/The Meters & The Neville Brothers

THE NEVILLE BROS ~ "FLY LIKE AN EAGLE";


THE NEVILLE BROS ~ "EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL";


Frankie Smith ~ 66 ~ American 1980's funk and R&B musician "Double Dutch Bus"

FRANKIE SMITH ~ "DOUBLE DUTCH BUS";



Lonnie Simmons ~ 70s ~ American record producer, founder of Total Experience Records (The Gap Band)

THE GAP BAND ~ "YOU DROPPED A BOMB ON ME"



Chuck Barksale ~ Singer with vocal group the Dells;

THE DELLS ~ "WICHITA LINEMAN";


THE DELLS ~ "OH WHAT A NIGHT";


Willie Ford ~ Singer with the Dramatics;

THE DRAMATICS ~ "IN THE RAIN";


THE DRAMATICS ~ "WHATCHA SEE IS WHAT YOUNG GET";


John Gary Williams ~ Singer with the Mad Lads;

THE MAD LADS ~ "COME CLOSER TO ME";



James Ingram ~ 66 ~ American 1980's Grammy winning R&B singer-songwriter ("Baby, Come to Me", "I Don't Have the Heart", "Yah Mo B There")


JAMES INGRAM & LINDA RONSTADT ~ "SOMEWHERE OUT THERE";



Harold Mabern ~ 83 ~ American jazz pianist and composer solo and with Roland Kirk, the Jazztet, George Coleman, Art Farmer, Jimmy Heath, Lee Morgan, Wes Montgomery, Jackie McLean, Gene Ammons, Stanley Turrentine, George Benson, Tiny Grimes

GEORGE COLEMAN OCTET w/ HAROLD MABERN ~ "WALTZING WESTWARD"


Edwin Birdsong ~ 77 ~ American 1970's & 80's funk keyboardist

EDWIN BIRDSONG ~ "NIGHT OF THE FULL MOON";



Joseph Jarman ~ 81 ~ American Jazz sax and clarinetist with the Art Ensemble of Chicago;

THE ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO & CECIL TAYLOR;



Jack Sheldon; Jazz trumpeter w/Stan Kenton, Art Pepper and Gerry Mulligan and the voice of the "Schoolhouse Rocks" toons "I'm Just A Bill" and "Conjunction Junction"

SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS ~ "I'M JUST A BILL";


SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS ~ "CONJUNCTION FUNCTION";


Davey Williams - 66 - American avant-garde Jazz guitarist (Curlew) and music critic

CURLEW ~ "ST CROIX";



Irv Williams ~ 100 ~ American Big Band Jazz sax and clarinet player w/Ella Fitzgerald, Fletcher Henderson, Mary Lou Williams, Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Hodges and as band leader from the 1940's onward

IRV WILLIAMS;


Vic Vogel ~ 84 ~ Hungarian born Montreal Jazz pianist, composer and conductor from the 1960's onward also recorded with Prog-Fusion band Offenbach

OFFENBACH & VIC VOGEL ~ "GEORGIA ON MY MIND";

Some 1970's & 80's Rock & Roll Figures

Dr John (AKA Mac Rebannack, The Night Tripper) ~ New Orleans singer/pianist/songwriter from the 1960's onward;

DR JOHN ~ "IKO IKO";


DR JOHN ~ "SUCH A NIGHT";



Danny Kustow - UK Guitarist with the Tom Robinson Band;

TOM ROBINSON BAND ~ "2-4-6-8 MOTORWAY";


TOM ROBINSON ~ "WAR BABY";



Ian Gibbons; keyboardist with The Kinks (in the 80's), Dr Feelgood, Suzi Quatro, Ian Hunter, Kursal Flyers, the Sweet, Nashville Teens, Chris Farlowe;

THE KINKS ~ "COME DANCING";


THE KINKS ~ "DESTROYER";



Leo DeCastro ~ singer with 1970's Australian Pub Rock band King Harvest;

KING HARVEST ~ "WICHITA LINEMAN";



Malcolm "Molly" Duncan ~ 74 ~ Scottish saxophonist with 1970's R&B band the Average White Band ("Play That Funky Music")

THE AVERAGE WHITE BAND ~ "CUT THE CAKE";


THE AVERAGE WHITE BAND ~ "PICK UP THE PIECES";



Steve Cash ~ 73 ~ American singer-songwriter, author and harmonica player with Southern Rock band The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

THE OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS ~ "IF YOU WANT GET TO HEAVEN";



Larry Junstrom ~ 70 ~ American bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special)

38 Special ~ "CAUGHT UP IN YOU";


38 SPECIAL ~ "IF I'D BEEN THE ONE";



Eddie Money ~ 70 ~ 1970's & 80's American Rock & Pop singer ("Baby Hold On To Me", "Two Tickets To Paradise", "Think I'm In Love")

EDDIE MONEY ~ "BABY HOLD ON TO ME";


EDDIE MONEY ~ "THINK I'M IN LOVE";



JR Cobb ~ Guitarist with the 1970's Southern-Pop bands Atlanta Rhythm Section and Classics IV;

ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION ~ "SPOOKY";


Iain Sutherland ~ 71 ~ Scottish singer/guitarist/keyboardist (The Sutherland Brothers) and songwriter ("(I Don't Want to Love You But) You Got Me Anyway", "Arms of Mary")

SUTHERLAND BROS ~ "ARMS OF MARY";

Some More Figures Of Punk & New Wave

Ranking Roger ~ Singer with UK Ska groups The English Beat & General Public;

THE ENGLISH BEAT ~ "TEARS OF A CLOWN";


THE ENGLISH BEAT ~ "MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM";


GENERAL PUBLIC ~ "TENDERNESS";



Boon Gould, guitar and sax player with 80's British Jazz/Funk band Level 42 ("Something About You");

LEVEL 42 ~ "SOMETHING ABOUT YOU";


Jeff Walls ~ Guitarist with 1980's Cowpunk band Guadalcanal Diary;

GUADALCANAL DIARY ~ "WATUSI RODEO";


GUADALCANAL DIARY ~ "GHOST ON THE HIGHWAY";



Damien Lovelock ~ 65 ~ Singer with Australian Indie band The Celibate Rifles

THE CELIBATE RIFLES ~ "JOHNNY";


THE CELIBATE RIFLES ~ "O SALVATION";


Sarah Springfield ~ Singer for 1980's NYC Punk band the Erasers

THE ERASERS ~ "JUMPED BY THE CRAMPS";



Mikey Dees ~ Singer/guitarist with Olympia Washington Punk band Fitz Of Depression;

FITZ OF DEPRESSION;



Michiro Endo - 68 - Singer with 1980's Japanese Punk band The Stalin

THE STALIN ~ "AUTOPSY ROOM";


THE STALIN ~ "KAIBOUSHITSU";


THE STALIN;



Omar Higgins ~ Singer/bassist with Memphis Punk bands Negro Terror & Downfall Of Humanity and Reggae bands Soul Enforcers & Chinese Connection Dub Embassy;

NEGRO TERROR ~ "VOICE OF MEMPHIS";



Alex Brown ~ Guitarist with US Hardcore bands Project X, Gorilla Biscuits and Side By Side;

PROJECT X ~ "STRAIGHT EDGE REVENGE";


Bruce Corbitt; singer with 1980's Texas thrash bands Rigor Mortis and Warbeast;

RIGOR MORTIS ~ DEMO 86;



Francesca Sundsten ~ 59 ~ Painter and bassist w/1980's Seattle Art-Punk Noise band The Beakers, married to King Crimson drummer Bill Rieflin;

THE BEAKERS ~ "FUNKYTOWN";

Some More Figures From The 50's & 60's

Dick Dale ~ King Of The Surf Guitar ("Misirlou");

DICK DALE ~ "MISIRLOU";


DICK DALE ~ "BONY MARONY";



SCOTT WALKER ~ 1960's American/UK Singer/songwriter with the Walker Brothers and solo in the 70's

THE WALKER BROS ~ "MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF";


THE WALKER BROS ~ "THE SUN AIN'T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE";


THE WALKER BROTHERS ~ "LAND OF 1000 DANCES";



Randy Nauert - 74 - Bassist with 1960's American Surf band The Bel-Airs ("Mr Moto", "Squad Car") & The Challengers

THE BEL-AIRS ~ "SQUAD CAR";


THE BEL-AIRS ~ "MR MOTO";


THE CHALLENGERS ~ "SATISFACTION";


THE CHALLENGERS ~ "THE LITTLE BIRD";



Al Hazan ~ 84 ~ American pianist with instrumental rock group B. Bumble and the Stingers;

B BUMBLE & THE STINGERS ~ "BUMBLE BOOGIE";

Andre Williams ~ Detroit R&B singer/songwriter from the 1950's & 60's and again in from the 1990's onward ("Shake A Tail Feather", "Jailbait", "Bacon Fat");

ANDRE WILLIAMS ~ "JAILBAIT";


ANDRE WILLIAMS ~ "CADILLAC JACK";


ANDRE WILLIAMS & JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION ~ "BLACK GODFATHER";


Dave White ~ Co-founder and songwriter for Danny & The Juniors, also backup singer Joe Terry;

DANNY & THE JUNIORS ~ "ROCK & ROLL IS HERE TO STAY";


DANNY & THE JUNIORS ~ "AT THE HOP";



Kent Harris ~ 1950's R&B singer, songwriter & band leader (under various names);

BOOGALOO & HIS GALLANT CREW ~ "TALK ABOUT A PARTY";



Margaret Lewis ~ 79 ~ American Rockabilly singer-songwriter ("The Girl Most Likely", "Reconsider Me")

MARGARET LEWIS ~ "SHAKE A LEG";


MARGARET LEWIS ~ "YOU OUGHT TO SEE MY BABY";


MARGARET LEWIS ~ "DUST MY BLUES";



Dave Bartholomew - 100 - American Hall of Fame sax player, bandleader and songwriter with Fats Domino, ("Ain't That a Shame", "I'm Walkin'"), Smiley Lewis ("I Hear You Walking"), Lloyd Price ("Lawdy Miss Clawdy")

FATS DOMINO ~ "AIN'T THAT A SHAME";


FATS DOMINO ~ "I'M WALKING";



Thommy Gustafsson ~ 71 ~ Keyboardist with 1960's Swedish band Sven-Ingvars;

SVEN-INGVARS ~ "Börja Om Från Början":



SVEN-INGVARS ~ "MIN GUITARR";



John Cohen ~ 75 ~ Singer/guitarist/banjo player with 1960's American Folk group the New Lost City Ramblers and producer for banjo player Roscoe Holcomb. Also documentary film maker of the folk, beatnik and abstract art scenes.

NEW LOST CITY RAMBLERS ~ "MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW";


Bob Wilber ~ 91 ~ American Traditional Jazz clarinet and sax player from the 1940's onward w/the Wildcats, Muggsy Spanier, Baby Dodds, Danny Barker, Bud Freeman, Pee Wee Russell, George Wettling, Jimmy McPartland, Wild Bill Davison, James P. Johnson, Bobby Hackett, Benny Goodman, Sidney Bechet, Jack Teagarden and Eddie Condon.

BOB WILBER & THE WILDCATS ~ "WILLIE THE WEEPER";

Some Canadian Artists

Zippy Pinhead ~ Drummer with West Coast Punk bands DOA, Randy Rampage and the Dils;

DOA ~ "WORLD WAR 3";


DOA ~ "WAR";


THE DILS ~ "CLASS WAR";



Brian Doherty ~ Guitarist with Canadian/American 1990's Alt Rock band Big Wreck;

BIG WRECK ~ "ALBATROSS";



Marie Starlet Levigne ~ Singer/guitarist for Montreal Punks the Horny Bitches;

THE HORNY BITCHES ~ "THE TRIPLE";



Graham Powers ~ Singer for 1960's Montreal Garage band MG & The Escorts ("I JUST CAN'T GO ON")

MG & THE ESCORTS ~ "I JUST CAN'T GO ON";


MG & THE ESCORTS ~ "A SOMEDAY FOOL";



Charlie Earle ~ Peterborough R&B singer

CHARLIE EARLE ~ "I'D RATHER GO BLIND";



Phil Western - 47 - Canadian electronic musician (Download, PlatEAU)

DOWNLOAD ~ "GLASS BLOWER";



David Sinclair ~ guitarist w/1980's BC band Straight Lines, KD Lang & Sarah McLaughlan;

STRAIGHT LINES ~ "LETTING GO";


KD LANG ~ "I'M DOWN TO MY LAST CIGARETTE";



Frank McKay ~ singer w/1960's Nova Scotia Garage band The Lincolns;

THE LINCOLNS;



Don Tramaine ~ Nova Scotia 1950's Country singer and later CBC host

DON TREMAINE & MARG OSBURNE ~ "FADED LOVE & WINTER ROSES";


Monique Leyrac ~ 91 ~ French Canadian pop singer and actress "Mon Pays")

MONIQUE LEYRAC ~ "MON PAYS";


MONIQUE LEYRAC ~ "SI LES BATEAU"


Doug Watts ~ Guitarist with 1980's Guelph Folk Rock bands Celtic Blue and Alun Pigguns

CELTIC BLUE ~ "THIS IS IT";



Memphis Deville ~ 72 ~ Vancouver guitarist

MEMPHIS DEVILLE;



Carl MacKenzie ~ Traditional Cape Breton fiddler;

CARL MACKENZIE;


Dallas Harms ~ 84 ~ Canadian 1970's & 80's country singer/songwriter

DALLAS HARMS ~ "THE BALLAD OF JOHN WAYNE";

Some Country, Country Rock & Folk Artists

Earl Thomas Conley ~ 67 ~ Nashville Country singer/songwriter solo and with Emmylou Harris, Randy Scruggs, ("The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", "Holding Her and Loving You");

EARL THOMAS CONLEY ~ "THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN";


EARL THOMAS CONLEY ~ "HOLDING HER & LOVING YOU";



Jim Glaser ~ Singer/guitarist with 1970's Country group The Glasers;

THE GLASERS ~ "MANSION ON A HILL";


THE GLASERS ~ "MEDLEY";



Russell Smith ~ 70 ~ Singer-songwriter with American 1970's Country Rock band the Amazing Rhythm Aces

THE AMAZING RHYTHM ACES ~ "THE END IS NOT IN SIGHT";




Tom Goodkind ~ Singer/guitarist with 1980's New York New Folk group the Washington Squares;

THE WASHINGTON SQUARES ~ "EVERYBODY KNOWS";


THE WASHINGTON SQUARES ~ "WHAT SIDE ARE YOU ON";



Jeff Austin ~ 45 ~ Mandolinist with Yonder Mountain String Band

YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND ~ "SON OF A PREACHER MAN";


YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND ~ "DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT";


Kylie Rae Harris ~ 30 ~ Texas country singer

KYLIE RAE HARRIS ~ "TWENTY YEARS FROM NOW";


Justin Carter ~ Nashville Country singer

JUSTIN CARTER ~ "PERFECT";



John Starling ~ 79 ~ Guitarist and founding member with Bluegrass band The Seldom Scene;

THE SELDOM SCENE ~ "WAIT A MINUTE";



Anne Grete Preus ~ 62 ~ Singer with 1980's Norwegian Folk Rock bands Veslefrikk and Can Can;

VESLEFRIKK ~ "LOTTE";


VESLEFRIKK ~ "VI MENER I DAG";


Bill Spence ~ American 1970's Folk dulcimer player;

BILL SPENCE ~ "TIMES ARE GETTING HARD";



Danny Doyle - 79 - Irish folk singer ("The Rare Ould Times");

DANNY DOYLE ~ "THE HIGHWAYMEN";



Paddy Fahey - 102 - Irish fiddler and songwriter

PADDY FAHEY;


Arty McGlynn ~ 71 ~ Guitarist with Irish folk group Patrick Street

PATRICK STREET;

Some Classic Session Musicians

Hal Blaine; Wrecking Crew drummer w/The Byrds (first single only), Beach Boys, Monkees, Crystals, Marketts, Ronettes, Routers, Jan & Dean and a rogues gallery of others;

THE RONETTES ~ "BE MY BABY";



THE CRYSTALS ~ "DA DOO RON RON";


JAN & DEAN ~ "LITTLE OLD LADY FROM PASADENA";


JAN & DEAN ~ "SIDEWALK SURFIN";



Reggie Young Memphis session guitarist w/Elvis Presley ("Suspicious Minds"), Dusty Springfield ("Preacher Man"), Willie Nelson, JJ Cale ("Cocaine"), and The Boxtops ("The Letter");

ELVIS PRESLEY ~ "SUSPICIOUS MINDS";


DUSTY SPRINGFIELD ~ "SON OF A PREACHERMAN";


THE BOXTOPS ~ "THE LETTER";



Harold Bradley; Nashville session guitarist & bassist and f one of architects (along with brother Owen) of the early 60's Nashville Sound, played with Patsy, Elvis, Roy Orbison. Willie Nelson, Floyd Cramer, Skeeter Davis

PATSY CLINE ~ "WALKING AFTER MIDNIGHT";


PATSY CLINE ~ "CRAZY";


PATSY CLINE ~ "IMAGINE THAT";


Andre Previn ~ French Jazz, Classical and film pianist & composer;

ANDRE PREVIN;


Donnie Frits ~ 76 ~ Session Keyboardist/drummer & songwriter with Kris Kristofferson, Billy Sherill and the Muscle Shoals studios as well as solo

DONNIE FRITTS;

Some Figures From The Toronto Scene

Frankie Busseri of 1950's Toronto pop vocal group the Four Lads, the first Toronto group to score international hits ("Standing On The Corner", "No Not Much", "Moments To Remember", "Istanbul");

THE FOUR LADS ~ "STANDING ON THE CORNER";


THE FOUR LADS & FRANKIE LAINE;



Fred Keeler ~ Guitarist with 1960's Toronto band David Clayton Thomas & the Shays

DAVID CLAYTON THOMAS & THE SHAYS ~ "WALK THAT WALK";



Jackie Shane ~ 1960's Toronto R&B singer;

JACKIE SHANE ~ "WALKING THE DOG";



Joanne Brooks ~ 1970's R&B singer and later singer in New Wave band Rough Trade;

ROUGH TRADE ~ "BIRDS OF A FEATHER";


ROUGH TRADE ~ "BUTCH";



Ted Treibner ~ Guitarist for 1980's & 90's Garage Punk band UIC and Cowpunk band Postively Stompin.

UIC ~ "STRANGE SIN";


Johnny Lovesin ~ Rock & Roll singer/guitarist and a fixture on the Toronto scene from the late 70's onward including opening for the Ramones first Toronto gig;

JOHNNIE LOVESIN ~ "WORKING GIRL";


JOHNNIE LOVESIN ~ "BAD TALK";



Downtown Kenny Brown ~ 72 ~ Blues Rock singer/guitarist from the 1960's onward with the Pervaders, Mild & Bitter and the Crackerjack Blues Band

KENNY BROWN & THE CRACKERJACK BLUES BAND ~ "LINDA LU";


Leon Redbone ~ 69 ~ Ragtime Folk Rocker from the 1970's and an influence on Tom Waits;

LEON REDBONE ~ "DIDDY WAH DIDDY";


LEON REDBONE ~ "SHINE ON HARVEST MOON";



Joe Hall ~ Artsy Folk-Rock and Comedy singer songwriter and another fixture on the Toronto club scene from the 1970's & 80's

JOE HALL & THE CONTINENTAL DRIFT ~ "SWEET GYPSY NOSE";


JOE HALL & THE CONTINENTAL DRIFT ~ "LOS HABLOS TELEPHONOS";



Ed Bickert ~ Jazz guitarist from the 1960's onward;

ED BICKERT ~ "JUMPIN' THE BLUES";



Mose Scarlett ~ Folk & Blues singer from the 1970's onward;

MOSE SCARLETT ~ "SWEET GEORGIA BROWN";



Herb Dale - Toronto Country singer/songwriter;

HERB DALE ~ "JUST LIKE GOOD OLD WILLIE NELSON";



Justin Haynes ~ Toronto guitarist & mandolinist;

JUSTIN HAYNES;



Ted Rusk ~ Toronto singer/songwriter with Roots Rockers The Great Canadian Swampstompers

THE GREAT CANADIAN SWAMPBUSTERS ~ "TRAINTIME";



Brian LaHaie ~ Drummer for Toronto folk band the Donefors & Cindy Doire;

THE DONEFORS ~ "IN A CORNFIELD";


Dave Bookman ~ Radio DJ from the 80's onward on CIUT, CFNY and INDIE 88m club booker and supporter of indie music, also singer in 80's for indie band The Bookmen;

VIDEO TRIBUTE FOR DAVE BOOKMAN;