Some Blues & R&B Figures

Bill Withers ~ 81 ~ American 1970's R&B singer-songwriter ("Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Lovely Day", "Just The Two Of Us")

BILL WITHERS ~ "LEAN ON ME";


BILL WITHERS ~ "AIN'T NO SUNSHINE";


BILL WITHERS ~ "JUST THE TWO OF US";


BILL WITHERS ~ "LOVELY DAY";


Johnny Nash - 80 - American singer-songwriter ("I Can See Clearly Now")

JOHNNY NASH ~ "I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW";


Ronald Bell ~ 68 ~ American saxophonist (Kool & the Gang) and songwriter ("Ladies' Night", "Celebration")

KOOL & THE GANG ~ "CELEBRATE";


KOOL & THE GANG ~ "GET DOWN ON IT";


Betty Wright ~ 66 ~ American soul and R&B singer ("Clean Up Woman")

BETTY WRIGHT ~ "CLEAN UP WOMAN";


BETTY WRIGHT ~ "SHOORAH SHOORAH";


Pamela Hutchinson ~ 61 ~ American singer w/Gospel/Soul/Dosco group The Emotions ("The Best Of My Love");

THE EMOTIONS ~ "THE BEST OF MY LOVE";


Edna Wright ~ 76 ~ American singer with 1970's R&B group Honey Cone

THE HONEY CONE ~ "ONE MONKEY DON'T STOP NO SHOW";


Bonnie Pointer ~ 69 ~ Singer with 1970's & 80's R&B vocal group the Pointer Sisters (original line-up) and solo

THE POINTER SISTERS ~ "YES WE CAN CAN";


J. Marvin Brown ~ 66 ~ American 1970's soul singer w/The Softones

THE SOFTONES ~ :CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE";


Lucky Peterson ~ 55 ~ American Blues sing/guitarist/pianist starting as a child star in the 1970's

LUCKY PETERSON ~ "OUR FUTURE";


LUCKY PETERSON ~ "EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES";


Harold Beane ~ 73 ~ American Funk & Soul guitarist (Isaac Hayes, Funkadelic)

ISSAC HAYES ~ "SHAFT";


PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC ~ "MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION";


PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC ~ "DO THAT STUFF";


Robert Parker ~ 89 ~ American 1960's R&B singer ("Barefootin'")

ROBERT PARKER ~ "BAREFOOTIN'";


ROBERT PARKER ~ "LET'S GO BABY (WHERE THE ACTION IS)";


Willie Wright ~ 80 ~ American R&R singer

WILLIE WRIGHT ~ "AIN'T NO SUNSHINE";


Roy C Hammond ~ 81 ~ American R&B singer from the 1960's & 70's ("Shotgun Wedding","Impeach The President")

ROY C & THE HONEYDRIPPERS:

Big George Brock ~ 87 ~ Mississippi Blues singer/harmonica player, club owner and boxer from the 1950's onward w/Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Albert King, Memphis Minnie, Ike & Tina Turner

BIG GEORGE BROCK ~ "BIG BOSS MAN";


BIG GEORGE BROCK ~ "GOT MY MOJO WORKING";


Charlie Baty ~ 67 ~ Blues guitarist with Little Charlie & The Nightcats from the 1970's-2000's also with Anson Funderberg, Duke Robillard, Kid Ramos, Kim Wilson

LITTLE CHARLIE & THE NIGHTCATS ~ "THE BOOTY SONG (I LOVE TO WATCH YOU WALK AWAY)";


LITTLE CHARLIE & THE NIGHTCATS ~ "DUMP THAT CHUMP";


LITTLE CHARLIE & THE NIGHTCATS ~ "I'LL TAKE YOU BACK";


LITTLE CHARLIE & THE NIGHTCATS ~ "NIGHTCAT BOOGIE";