Dance Macabre

Dance Macabre

Thursday 1 December 2022

Some 1970's Rockers


Chrisine McVie ~ 72 ~ UK born Singer/keyboardist with Fleetwood Mac and Chicken Shack

CHICKEN SHACK ~ "SEE SEE BABY";


CHICKEN SHACK ~ "I'D RATHER GO BLIND";


FLEETWOOD MAC ~ "RHIANNON";


FLEETWOOD MAC ~ "YOU CAN GO YOUR OWN WAY";


FLEETWOOD MAC ~ "GYPSY";


FLEETWOOD MAC ~ "TUSK";


Ken Simmons - 75 - Welsh guitarist with UK Blues Rock band Savoy Brown Band

SAVOY BROWN BAND ~ "I'M TIRED";


SAVOY BROWN ~ "TELL MAMA";


Meatloaf (Real name Marvin Lee Aday) ~ 74 ~ American 1970's Hard Rock singer ("Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad", "Paradise By The Dashboard Lights", "I Would Do Anything For Love")

MEATLOAF ~ "BAT OUT OF HELL";


MEATLOAF ~ "PARADISE BY THE DASHBOARD LIGHT";


MEATLOAF ~ "TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD";



Nik Turner - 82 - Singer/sax & woodwind player with 1970's UK Space Rock band Hawkwind

HAWKWIND ~ "SILVER MACHINE";


HAWKWIND ~ "MOTORHEAD";


HAWKWIND ~ "WATCHING THE GRASS GROW";


Rick Anderson - 75 - American rock bassist with American band The Tubes

THE TUBES ~ "WHITE PUNKS ON DOPE";


THE TUBES ~ "TALK TO YA LATER";


THE TUBES ~ "SHE'S A BEAUTY";


Ray Major ~ 70's ~ Guitarist with 1970's UK band Mott The Hoople

MOTT THE HOOPLE ~ "ALL THE YOUNG DUDES";


MOTT THE HOOPLE ~ "YOU REALLY GOT ME";


MOTT THE HOOPLE ~ "ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY";


Manny Charlton - 80 ~ Guitarist with 1970's Scottish rock band Nazareth ("The Flight Tonight", "Love Hurts)

Danny McCafferty ~ 75 ~ Nazareth singer

NAZARETH ~ "THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT";


NAZARETH ~ "HAIR OF THE DOG";


NAZARETH ~ "LOVE HURTS";


Wilco Johnson ~ 75 ~ Guitarist & vocals w/UK band Dr Feelgood and actor in "Game Of Thrones"

DR FEELGOOD ~ "ROXETTE";


DR FEELGOOD ~ "SHE DOES IT RIGHT";


DR FEELGOOD ~ "BOOM BOOM";


Robert Gordon ~ 75 ~ American Rockabilly singer from the 1970's onward ("Fire", "Only Make Believe", The Way I Walk") worked with Link Wray & Chris Spedding

ROBERT GORDON ~ "IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE";


ROBERT GORDON ~ "THE WAY I WALK";


ROBERT GORDON ~ "ROCKABILLY BOOGIE";


ROBERT GORDON ~ "FIRE";


Graeme Thomas ~ 70's Australian bassist w/1980's Rockabilly bands the Rockabilly Rebels, the Wildcats & the Straight 8's and producer at Preston Studios

THE WILDCATS ~ "ROCK BOP";


THE WILDCATS ~ "RAIN";


Harvey Jett - 73 - Guitarist with 1970's Souther Rock band Black Oak Arkansas

BLACK OAK ARKANSAS ~ "JIM DANDY";


BLACK OAK ARKANSAS ~ "HEY Y'ALL";


Barry Bailey - 73 - Guitarist w/1970's US band the Atlanta Rhythm Section

THE ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION ~ "SO INTO YOU";


THE ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION ~ "SMOKIE";


John Hartman - 72 - Drummer with The Doobie Brothers

THE DOOBIE BROTHERS ~ "WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES";


THE DOOBIE BROTHERS ~ "TAKING IT TO THE STREETS";

Wednesday 19 October 2022

Some More Punk, New Wave & Alt Figures


Dame Vivienne Westwood - 81 - British fashion designer, Punk scenester & partner of Malcom McLaren

Jordan Mooney (real name Pamela Rooke) - 66 - London model for Vivienne Westwood & Malcom McLaren & Punk scenester

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD & JORDAN MOONEY;


KEITH LEVENE ~ 65 ~ British guitarist with the Clash and Public Image Ltd

PIL ~ "PUBLIC IMAGE";


PIL ~ "THE FLOWERS OF ROMANCE":


PIL ~ "DEATH DISCO";


PIL ~ "CAREERING";


Jet Black ~ 82 ~ Drummer with UK Punk band The Stranglers

THE STRANGLERS ~ "WALK ON BY";


THE STRANGLERS ~ "NO MORE HEROS";


THE STRANGLERS ~ "NUCLEAR DEVICE";


THE STRANGLERS ~ "DUCHESS";


THE STRANGLERS ~ "NO MERCY";


Garry Roberts - 72 - Guitarist with 1980's Irish Punk/New Wave band Irish The Boomtown Rats

THE BOOMTOWN RATS ~ "MARY OF THE FOURTH FORM";


THE BOOMTOWN RATS ~ "UP ALL NIGHT";


THE BOOMTOWN RATS ~ "I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS";


D. H. Peligro ~ 63 ~ American drummer (Dead Kennedys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Feederz, Nailbomb, Peligro)

THE DEAD KENNEDYS ~ "CALIFORNIA UBER ALLES";


THE DEAD KENNEDYS ~ "NAZI PUNKS FUCK OFF";


THE DEAD KENNEDYS ~ "RAWHIDE";


Dix Denny - 60's - Guitarist with L.A Punk band the Weirdos

THE WEIRDOS ~ "HELIUM BAR";


THE WEIRDOS ~ "A LIFE OF CRIME";


Steve "Cast Iron" Smith ~ 60's ~ Singer with UK Oi Punk Band Red Alert

RED ALERT ~ "IN BRITAIN";


Steve Roberts ~ 60's ~ Drummer for UK Punk band the UK Subs and the Exploited

THE UK SUBS ~ "WARHEAD:


THE UK SUBS ~ "LIMOLIFE";


Anton Fier - 66 - drummer for the Feelies, Pere Ubu, Golden Palominos, Lounge Lizards, Voidoids, Bob Mould, Bill Laswell, John Zorn & Laurie Anderson

THE FEELIES ~ "CRAZY RHYTHMS";


GOLDEN PALOMINOS ~ "BOY";


Terry Hall ~ 63 ~ Singer with UK Ska bands The Specials, Fun Boy Three, the Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka and Vegas

THE SPECIALS ~ "GHOST TOWN";


THE SPECIALS ~ "GANGSTERS";


THE SPECIALS ~ "RAT RACE";


FUN BOY THREE ~ "OUR LIPS ARE SEALED";


THE COLOURFIELD ~ "CASTLES IN THE AIR";



Iain Templeton ~ 60's drummer for UK bands The La's ("There She Goes") and Shack

THE LA'S ~ "THERE SHE GOES";


MARTIN DUFFY ~ 55 ~ Keyboardist with UK bands Felt, Primal Scream, The Charlatans, THe Chavs

FELT ~ "PRIMITVE PAINTERS";


FELT ~ "STAINED GLASS WINDOWS IN THE SKY";


PRIMAL SCREAM ~ "MOVING ON UP"


PRIMAL SCREAM ~ "ROCKS";


THE CHARLATANS ~ "TELLING STORIES";


Hamish Kilgour ~ 65 - Drummer with New Zealand 1980's Garage/Psyche band The Clean

THE CLEAN ~ "BEATNICK";


THE CLEAN ~ "ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN";


THE CLEAN ~ "DUNES";


Bobby Sutliff - 50's - Singer/songwriter/guitarist with Mississipi 1980's Power Pop band the Windbreakers

THE WINDBREAKERS ~ "DON'T TAKE HER OUT OF MY WORLD";


Robert Marlow ~ English Techno Pop singer/synth player w/Film Noir (with Vince Clarke) The Vandals (with Alison Moyet) and solo

ROBERT MARLOW ~ "THE FACE OF DORIAN GREY";


Maxi Jazz - 65 - English musician with Techno Dance band Faithless and songwriter ("Insomnia", "God Is a DJ")

FAITHLESS ~ "GOD IS A DJ";


Christina Moser - 70 - Singer and composer with Swiss New Wave band Krisma

KRISMA ~ "CATHODE MAMMA";


KRISMA ~ "WATER";


Jeremiah Green - 45 - Drummer with American Indie band Modest Mouse

MODEST MOUSE ~ "FLOAT ON";


MODEST MOUSE ~ "DASHBOARD";


Ryan Karazija - 40 - Singer/guitarist/composer with Icelandic Post Rock/Electronic Band Low Roar

LOW ROAR ~ "BYE BYE";
Mimi Parker - 55 - Singer & drummer w/American 2000's Alternative band Low

LOW ~ "CANADA";


LOW ~ "SHAME";


LOW ~ "CALIFORNIA";


Scott Nash - Bassist w/Australian hard rock band Asteroid B-612

ASTEROID B-612 ~ "STRAIGHT BACK TO YOU";


ASTEROID B-612 ~ "I JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT GIRLS";


Jess Barr ~ 46 ~ Guitarist with Texas Southern Rock/Cowpunk band Slobberbone

SLOBBERBONE ~ "GET GONE AGAIN";


SLOBBERBONE ~ "TO LOVE SOMEBODY";


Sarah Danger Underhill ~ 30's ~ Singer with Baltimore Punk band the Mallwalkers

MALLWALKER;


Pat Briggs ~ 50's ~ Singer with LA Glam & Shock Rock bands The Limelight, Impotant Sea Snaks & Psychotica, club owner, later actor in the Rock Musical "Rent"

PSYCHOTICA ~ "ICE PLANET HELL";


PSYCHOTICA ~ "ALL THE BROKEN SOULS";


THE IMPOTANT SEA SNAKES ~ "KANGAROOS UP THE BUTT";


Saturday 8 October 2022

Loretta Lynn & More Country & Folk Figures


Loretta Lynn - 90 - American Hall of Fame country singer-songwriter ("Coal Miner's Daughter", "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", "The Pill"), several duets with Conway Twitty, multiple Grammy winner, subject of the Oscar winning "Coal Miner's Daughter" biopic

LORETTA LYNN ~ "HAPPY BIRTHDAY";


LORETTA LYNN ~ "FIST CITY";


LORETTA LYNN ~ "HARPER VALLEY PTA";


LORETTA LYNN ~ "YOU AIN'T WOMAN ENOUGH TO TAKE MY MAN";


LORETTA LYNN & CONWAY TWITTY ~ "EASY LOVING";


LORETTA LYNN ~ "BLUE KENTUCKY GIRL";


LORETTA LYNN ~ "COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER";



Ian Tyson ~ 89 ~ Canadian Folk & Country singer/songwriter from the early 60's onward w/Ian & Sylvia & solo ("Four Strong Winds", "Great Speckled Bird")

IAN & SYLVIA ~ "OLD BLUE";


IAN & SYLVIA ~ "YOU WERE ON MY MIND";


IAN & SYLVIA ~ "CRAZY ARMS";


IAN & SYLVIA ~ "FOUR STRONG WINDS";


IAN TYSON ~ "IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND";


Jody Miller - 80 - American Pop & Country singer, Grammy winner (1966)

JODY MILLER ~ "SILVER THREADS & GOLDEN NEEDLES";


JODY MILLER ~ "QUEEN OF THE HOUSE";


JODY MILLER ~ "LET ME BE THERE";


Judith Durham - 79 - Singer with 1960's Folk Pop group The Seekers

THE SEEKERS ~ "I'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOU";


THE SEEKERS ~ "GEORGY GIRL";


THE SEEKERS ~ "A WORLD OF OUR OWN";


Noel Duggan ~ 73 ~ Irish singer & musician with Folk bands Clannad, The Duggans and Norland Wind

CLANNAD ~ "TEIR ABHAILE RIU";


CLANNAD ~ "THEME FROM HARRY'S GAME";


CLANNAD ~ "ROBIN THE HOODED MAN";


CLANNAD & BONO ~ "IN A LIFETIME";


Lucy Simon - 82 - American 1960's Folk singer w/Carly Simon as the Simon Sisters & composer (The Secret Garden) and Grammy winner

THE SIMON SISTERS ~ "WINKIN & BLINKIN & NOD";


THE SIMON SISTERS ~ "IT RAINS IN MY HEART";


Roland White ~ 83 ~ American Bluegrass mandolinist with the Kentucky Colonels, Country Gazzette, The Nashville String Band, Lester Flatt, Marty Stuart, Skip Battin, Doc Watson, Clint Black

THE KENTUCKY COLONELS ~ "ARE YOU GOING AWAY";


LESTER FLATT & ROLAND WHITE w/NASHVILLE GRASS";


Herschel Sizemore ~ 87 ~ American Bluegrass mandolin player w/The Dixie Gentlemen, Country Grass, Del McCrory, The Shenandoah Cut Ups, Rual Yarborough, Blue Ridge Mountain Boys

THE DIXIE GENTLEMEN ~ "WHAT CAN I SAY";


Don Edwards - 86 - American cowboy singer

DON EDWARDS ~ "CATTLE CALL";


Anita Kerr - 94 - American Pop & Country singer, pianist, arranger in the 1960's w/The Anita Kerr Singers, The Little Dippers, Rod McCuen, Dale Evans, Eddy Arnold, Burl Ives, Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow, Brenda Lee, Perry Como, Pat Boone, Rosemary Clooney, Bobby Vinton, Roy Orbison, Willie Nelson, Floyd Cramer, Al Hirt, Ann-Margret, Chet Atkins, Bobby Bare and Jim Reeves. Two time Gramy winner

THE ANITA KERR SINGERS ~ "HELLO WILLIAM";


THE LITTLE DIPPERS ~ "FOREVER";


Lenny Lipton - 82 - American poet and lyricist ("Puff, the Magic Dragon" by Peter Paul & Mary and filmmaker

PETER, PAUL & MARY ~ "PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON";


Jeff Cook - 73 - Guitarist/fiddle player with award winning 1980's & 90's C&W/Country Rock band Alabama

ALABAMA ~ "MOUNTAIN MUSIC";


ALABAMA ~ "MY HOME'S IN ALABAMA";


ALABAMA ~ "DIXIELAND DELIGHT";


Patrick Haggerty - 78 - American country singer-songwriter (Lavender Country)

LAVENDER COUNTRY ~ "CRYIN COCKSUCKER BLUES";


LAVENDER COUNTRY ~ "I CAN'T SHAKE THE STRANGER OUT OF YOU";


Jake Flint - 37 - American Red Dirt country singer-songwriter

JAKE FLINT ~ "HALLELUJAH";

Saturday 3 September 2022

More Canadian Punk & Metal Dudes

Gord Lewis ~ 65 ~ Guitarist wit iconic Hamilton Punk band Teenage Head

TEENAGE HEAD ~ "DISGUSTEEN";


TEENAGE HEAD ~ "TEENAGE BEER DRINKING APRTY";


TEENAGE HEAD ~ "LET'S SHAKE";


TEENAGE HEAD ~ "PICTURE MY FACE";


Steve Biggs ~ 60's Drummer with 1980's Garage bands Parts Found In Sea and Rex Chainbelt and photographer

REX CHAIN BELT ~ "FIGHTER PLANE";


REX CHAIN BELT ~ "ROCKA ROLLA";


PARTS FOUND IN SEA ~ "THE FORREST";


Reid MacMaster ~ 23 ~ Singer/guitarist with Toronto Indie band the Fade Awaays

THE FADE AWAAYS ~ "SUPER";


THE FADE AWAAYS ~ "SHE DON'T KNOW WHY";


THE FADE AWAAYS ~ "MEDITATION MEDICATION";


Steve Bennett ~ 40's ~ Drummer with Montreal Thrash punk bands Inepsy, Wisigoth, Disagree

INEPSY ~ "TIME BOMB";


INEPSY ~ "THE DEALER";

INEPSY ~ "BORN FOR THE ROAD";


Thomas Keating (AKA Tommy Gunn) ~ 60 ~ Guitarist with Kitchener Ontario Metal bands Atomic Tomb, Raw Dog, Shock Army and Voodoo Dollies

ATOMIC TOMB ~ "PLANET DOOM";


ATOMIC TOMB ~ "GREAT SATAN AMERICA";


Bob Shaw ~ 32 - Singer with Oshawa Canadian Crust Core bands Existential Dissipation, Brain Spams, Cuff and To Decay

EXISTENTIAL DISSIPATION;


Mike Unger - 50's - Bassist with Toronto Metal bands Elvis Manson & Brass Knuckle Therapy

BRASS KNUCKLE THERAPY - "CONSPIRACY";

Tuesday 23 August 2022

More Rockers From The 50's & 60's


Jerry Lee Lewis ~ 87 ~ Classic 1950's R&R and C&W singer/pianist ("Great Balls Of Fire", "Breathless", "Whole Lot Of Shakin Going On", "High School Confidential")

JERRY LEE LEWIS ~ "WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN";


JERRY LEE LEWIS ~ "GREAT BALLS OF FIRE":


JERRY LEE LEWIS ~ "SHE EVEN WOKE ME UP TO SAY GOODBYE";


JERRY LEE LEWIS ~ "CRAZY ARMS";


Jerry Allison - 82 - American Hall of Fame drummer w/Buddy Holly & The Crickets and songwriter ("That'll Be the Day", "Peggy Sue") later with Eddie Cochran, the Everly Brothers, Lee Dresser, Waylon Jennings, Cnway Twitty, Bobby Vee, Johnny Burnette

BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS ~ "THAT'LL BE THE DAY";


BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS ~ "PEGGY SUE";


BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS ~ "OH BOY";


THE CRICKETS ~ "MY LITTLE GIRL";


THE CRICKETS ~ "TEARDROPS FALL LIKE RAIN";


Sonny West - 85 - American songwriter/singer/guitarist ("Oh, Boy!", "Rave On", "Rockahula Baby"), member of Elvis Presley's band

SONNY WEST ~ "RAVE ON";


Charlie Gracie ~ American 1950's Rockabilly singer

CHARLIE GRACIE ~ "COOL BABY";


CHARLIE GRACIE ~ "BUTTERFLY";


Roddy Jackson ~ 79 ~ California Rockabilly dinger, sax & piano player

RODDY JACKSON ~ "I'VE GOT MY SIGHTS SET SOMEONE NEW";


Dan Seals ~ 79 ~ Singer/songwriter with 1970's Soft Rock duo Seals & Croft ("Summer Breeze"), previously sax player with The Champs ("Tequila"), Eddie Cochran, Glen Campbell, Dean Beard

THE CHAMPS ~ "TEQUILA";


THE CHAMPS ~ "TOO MUCH TEQUILA";


Brian Cassar - 86 - British 1960's singer and guitarist w/Cass and the Cassanovas, Casey Jones and the Engineers

CASEY JONES & THE ENGINEERS ~ "COME ON & DANCE";


CASEY JONES & THE ENGINEERS ~ "DON'T HA HA";


Dino Danelli - 78 - Drummer with 1960's US band The Rascals

THE RASCALS ~ "GOOD LOVIN";


THE RASCALS ~ "GROOVIN";


Jim Sohns ~ 75 ~ Singer with 1960's Chicago Garage band The Shadows Of Knight ("Gloria", "Shake", "Gonna Make You Mine", "Someone like Me")

THE SHADOWS OF KNIGHT ~ "GLORIA";


THE SHADOWS OF KNIGHT ~ "SHAKE";


THE SHADOWS OF KNIGHT ~ "IT'S A LONG TIME COMING";


Danny Kalb ~ 80 ~ Guitarist with 1960's New York Blues Rock band the Blues Project and later with Steffan Grossman and various solo accoustic projects

THE BLUES PROJECT ~ "STEVE'S SONG";


THE BLUES PROJECT ~ "WAKE ME SHAKE ME";


Jim Schwall ~ 79 ~ Singer/guitarist for the 1960's Chicago Blues band and ochestral band the Siegel-Schwall Band

THE SIEGEL-SCHWALL BLUES BAND ~ "CORINA";


THE SIEGEL-SCHWALL BLUES BAND ~ "HUSH HUSH";


Svenne Hedlund - 77 - Singer with 1960's Swedish bands (Hep Stars, Idolerna, Svenne and Lotta)

THE HEP STARS ~ "BRAND NEW CADILLAC";


THE HEP STARS ~ "NO RESPONSE";


THE HEP STARS ~ "DON'T";


Yitzhak Klepter - 72 - Singer-songwriter and guitarist with Israeli 1960's & 70's bands The Churchills & Kaveret

THE CHURCHILLS ~ "TOO MUCH IN LOVE TO HEAR";


Sandy Edmunds ~ 74 ~ New Zealand/Australian 1960's Pop singer

SANDY EDMUNDS ~ "YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON";


SANDY EDMUNDS ~ "SUNNY";


SANDY EDMUNDS & CLIMAX ~ "FRESH GARBAGE";


Jim Stewart - 92 - American Hall of Fame record producer, co-founder of Stax Records, home of classic 60's R&B; Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Eddie Floyd, Booker & the MG's, Rufus & Carla Thomas, William Bell, Albert King, Johnny Taylor, Gus Cannon

OTIS REDDING ~ "TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS";


SAM & DAVE ~ "SOUL MAN";


EDDIE FLOYD ~ "KNOCK ON WOOD";


BOOKER & THE MG's ~ "GREEN ONIONS";


RUFUS THOMAS ~ "WALKING THE DOG";


ALBERT KING ~ "OH PRETTY WOMAN";


GUS CANNON ~ "GOING ROUND THE MOUNTAIN";


Lamont Dozier - 81 - R&B Songwriter/producer for Motown Records w/Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops, The Isley Brothers, later Alison Moyet, Phill Collins, Debbie Gibson, Peabo Bryson, Joss Stone. In the early sixties singer w/ The Romeos, The Voice Masters, Ty Hunter and The Voice Masters:

LAMONT DOZIER ~ "FISH AIN'T BITING";


MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS ~ "HEAT WAVE";


THE SUPREMES ~ "WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO";


William "Prez" Tyus - 80's - American Doo-Wop singwriter ("I'm So Young" & "Every Day Of The Week" for the Students, later covered by the Ronettes & Beach Boys)

THE STUDENTS ~ "EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK";


Mable John - 91 - American R&B singer ("Your Good Thing (Is About to End)")

MABLE JOHN ~ "YOUR GOOD THING IS ABOUT TO COME TO AN END";


Art Laboe ~ 97 ~ Los Angeles radio DJ, record producer (Sandy Nelson "Teen Beat", Preston Epps "Bongo Rock") record label owner of Original Sounds, show promoter from the 1940's to the 60's

SANDY NELSON ~ "TEEN BEAT";


PRESTON EPPS ~ "BONGO ROCK";


Bertha Barbee-McNeal - 82 - American singer with 1960's R&B vocal group The Velvelettes

THE VELVELETTES ~ "MEDLEY";


THE VELVELETTES ~ "BATMAN";


J. J. Barnes - 79 - American Motown R&B singer

JJ BARNES ~ "OUR LOVE IS IN THE POCKET";


Jim Post ~ 82 ~ American Folk Rock singer (Friend & Lover) and songwriter ("Reach Out of the Darkness")

FRIEND & LOVER ~ "REACH OUT OF THE DARKNESS":


Lasse Lönndahl - 94 - Swedish 1960's Pop singer and actor

LASSE LONNDAHL ~ "EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY SOMETIMES";

Wednesday 1 June 2022

Some Jazz Guys


Louise Tobin ~ 104 ~ American 1930's & 40's Big Band singer w/Benny Goodman, Ben Pollack, Harry James, married to Harry James

LOUISE TOBIN ~ "JUT ONE OF THOSE THINGS" & "JUNE COMES AROUND EVERY YEAR";


Joyce Bryant ~ 95 ~ American Jazz and Cabaret singer and dancer, AKA the Bronze Blonde Bombshell

JOYCE BRYANT ~ "LOVE FOR SALE";


JOYCE BRYANT ~ "NOT TOO YOUNG AT ALL";


Gene Cipriano - 94 - American Jazz, Big Band and Pop sax and woodwindist with Los Angeles seeion group The Wrecking Crew (for The Beach Boys, Monkees, Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Rosemary Clooney, Stan Kenton, Tony Bennett, Frank Zappa, and Lady Gaga) and with Henri Mancini, Andre Previn, Neal Hefti, Lalo Schifrin, Marvin Hamlisch, Tex Beneke, Lee Konitz, Gerry Mulligan, Thelonius Monk and Claude Thornhill. Played on soundtracks for "Peter Gunn", "Mission Impossible", "Batman", "The Flintstones", "M*A*S*H*", "Star Trek", "The Simpsons", "American Dad" "West Side Story", "Some Like It Hot" and "The Thomas Crown Affair"

HENRI MANCINI ~ "PETER GUNN";


LALO SCHIFLIN ~ "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE";


NEAL HEFTI ~ "BATMAN";



Gabe Balthazar ~ 92 ~ American Jazz sax player w/Stan Kenton

STAN KENTON ~ "TAMPICO";


STAN KENTON ~ "MALAGUENA";


Harry Sheppard ~ 94 ~ American Jazz vibes player w/Roy Eldridge, Red Allen, Cozy Cole, Georgie Auld, Clark Terry, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Ben Webster, Barbra Streisand, Doc Severinsen, Coleman Hawkins, JC Higginbottom, Sonny Greer

THE ART FORD JAZZ PARTY;


THE ART FORD JAZZ PARTY ~ "MEAN TO ME" & "SYMPHONY SID";


Ramsey Lewis ~ 87 ~ US Jazz pianist ("The In Crowd", "A Hard Days Night" )

RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO ~ "THE IN CROWD" & " HANG ON SLOOPY";


RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO ~ "SUMMER BREEZE";


Pharoah Sanders ~ 81 ~ American Jazz saxophonist & composer ("The Master Plan")

PHAROAH SANDERS;


PHAROAH SANDERS ~ "THE CREATOR HAS A MASTER PLAN":


Jean-Louis Chautemps ~ 90 ~ French Jazz sax player w/Chet Baker, Claude Bolling, Sidney Bechet, Django Reinhardt, Zoot Sims, Lester Young, Albert Ayler, Roy Eldridge, Lester Bowie, Lee Konitz

MARTIAL SOLAL & JEAN-LOUIS CHAUTEMPS ~ "WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES";


CHET BAKER 1961;


Allen Blairman ~ 81 ~ American Free Jazz drummer w/Albert Ayler

ALBERT AYLER ~ "SUMMERTIME";



Creed Taylor - 93 - American jazz trumpeter and record producer w/Charles Mingus, Bill Evans, Oscar Pettiford, Kai Winding, Stan Getz, Wes Montgomery, Jimmy Smith, founder of Impulse! Records and CTI Records.

CREED TAYLOR ORCH ~ "THE NERVOUS BEAT";


Warren Bernhardt ~ 83 ~ American Jazz & Rock pianist (Steely Dan, Steps Ahead, Art Farmer, Gerry Mulligan)

MIKE MAINIERI & WARREN BERNHARDT ~ "FLYING COLORS";


Gerd Dudek - 84 - German Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist & bandleader w/Jean Luc Pinty, Don Cherry, Lee Kontiz, Peter Brotzman, the Global Unity Orch

WOLFGANG DRUNER, GERD DUDEK & JEAN LUC PONTY ~ "DKETCH UP & DOWNER";


GLOBAL UNITY ORCH ~ "DRUNKEN IN THE MORNING";


Joey DeFrancesco ~ 51 ~ American Jazz organist

JOEY DEFRANCESCO ~ "MISTY";


JOEY DEFRANCESCO ~ "FLY ME TO THE MOON";


Charnett Moffett - 54 - American Jazz bassist and bandleader solo and w/Ornette Colemen, Brantford Marsalis, Coutney Pine, McCoy Tyner, Anita Baker, Pharaoh Sanders, Sonny Sharrock, Stanley Jordan

STANLEY JORDAN ~ "AUTUMN LEAVES";


Abdul Wadud - 75 - American Jazz cellist

ABDUL WADUD ENSEMBLE;


ABDUL WADUD & JAMES NEWTON;


Grachan Moncur III - 85 - American Jazz trombonist w/The 360 Degrees Music Experience, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Jackie McLean, Lee Morgan, Archie Shepp, Cassandra Wilson

GRACHAN MONCUR & THE 360 DEGREES MUSIC EXPERIENCE;


Jaimie Branch - 39 - American jazz trumpeter and composer

JAIMIE BRANCH ~ "THEME 101";


Emil Mangelsdorf ~ 96 ~ German Jazz sax & clarinet player from the 1950's onward

KLAUS DOLDINGER & EMIL MANGELSDORF ~ "THAT BLUSEY SOUND";


Rolf Kühn - 92 - German jazz clarinetist and bandleader solo and with Tommy Dorsey, Eartha Kitt, Oscar Pettiford, Buddy DeFranco

ROLF KUHN ~ "EXACTLY LIKE YOU";


Fred Van Hoven - 84 - Belgian Free Jazz pianist w/Peter Brotzman and solo

FRED VAN HOVEN ~ "FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE";



Nils Lindberg ~ 88 ~ Swedish Jazz pianist & composer

NILS LINDBERG & LARS GULLIN ~ "SYNPHONY NO.1";


Václav Týfa - 79 - Czech Big Band trumpeter

ORCHESTR LADISLAVA STAIDLA ~ "SABRE DANCE";


Micheal Henderson ~ 72 ~ American Jazz & R&B bassist & vocalist with Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder and the Dramatics

MILES DAVIS ~ "RIGHT OFF" & "FUNK";


Rino Vernizzi ~ 75 ~ Italian Jazz & Classical bassoonist

RINO VERNIZZI QUARTET ~ "THRIVING FROM A RIFF";


RINO VERNIZZI QUARTET ~ "YELLOW SUBMARINE";

Tuesday 24 May 2022

Some More Punk, New Wave & Alt Figures


Ricky Gardiner ~ 73 ~ Scottish guitarist w/Iggy Pop ("The Passenger", "Lust For Life"), David Bowie ("Low") and Beggar's Banquet

IGGY POP ~ "THE PASSENGER";


IGGY POP ~ "LUST FOR LIFE";


DAVID BOWIE ~ "WARSZWA";


Andy Fletcher - 60 - Keyboardist with English Techno band Depeche Mode ("People Are People", "Personal Jesus", "Master & Servant")

DEPECHE MODE ~ "PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE";


DEPECHE MODE ~ "PERSONAL JESUS";


DEPECHE MODE ~ "MASTER & SERVANT";


DEPECHE MODE ~ "JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH";


Paul Ryder ~ 58 ~ Bassist for UK 90's band Happy Mondays

HAPPY MONDAYS ~ "KINKY AFRO";


HAPPY MONDAYS ~ "STEP UP";


HAPPY MONDAYS ~ "LOOSE FIT";


Julee Cruise ~ 65 ~ American singer on "Twin Peaks" ("Falling")

JULEE CRUISE ~ "FALLING";


JULEE CRUISE ~ "ROCKIN BACK INSIDE YOUR HEART";


Owen Moran - 62 - Bassist with 1980's UK New Wave band Cook Da Books

COOK DA BOOKS ~ "LIVING JUST ENOUGH FOR THE CITY";


COOK DA BOOKS ~ "I WOULDN'T WANT TO KNOCK IT";



Cathal Coughlan - 61 - Irish singer/keyboardist with Microdisney & Fatima Mansions

MICRODISNEY ~ "TOWN TO TOWN";


MICRODISNEY ~ "SINGER'S HAMPSTEAD HOME";


FATIMA MANSIONS ~ "ONLY LOSERS TAKE THE BUS";


FATIMA MANSHIONS ~ "SHOUT CEAUCESCU";



Arno Hintjens - 72 - Singer with Blegian New Wave Bands Tjens-Coulter and TC Matic

TC MATIC ~ "LE JAVA";


TC MATIC ~ "MIDDLE CLASS & BLUE";


Jackson Del Rey (real name Phill Drucker) ~ 60's ~ Guitarist with 1980's & 90's Post Industrial Surf bands Africa Corps, Savage Republic, 17 Pygmies and The Sun Kings

SAVAGE REPUBLIC ~ "SO IT IS WRITTEN";


SAVAGE REPUBLIC ~ "TABULA RASA";


SAVAGE REPUBLIC ~ "JAMAHIRIYA";


SAVAGE REPUBLIC ~ "TRUDGE";


Raymond Raposa ~ 41 ~ Singer-songwriter with American Psyche Folk band the Castanets

THE CASTANETS ~ "TELL THEM MEMPHIS";


Dave Mirabella - Singer/guitarist with Boston band The Rationales

THE RATIONALES ~ "THIS MORNING";


Steve "Human" Pfauter ~ 58 ~ Bassist with 1980's Califoria Punk bands The Vandals, Detox, graphic artist w/TSOL & Dead Kennedys

THE VANDALS ~ "PAT BROWN";


THE VANDALS ~ "IT'S A FACT";


DETOX;


Howie Pyro ~ 61 ~ NY Bassist with Punk bands The Blessed, D-Generation, Danzig, Joey Ramone, Genesis P Orridge and DJ

THE BLESSED ~ "DEEP FRENZY";


JOEY RAMONE ~ "WAHT A WONDERFUL WORLD";


D GENERATION ~ "SHE STANDS THERE";


D GENERATION ~ "NO WAY OUT";


DANZIG ~ "KISS THE SKULL"



Bob Heathcote - 58 - Bassist for LA Thrash Punk band Suicidal Tendencies ("How Can I Laugh Tomorrow")

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES ~ "HOW CAN I LAUGH TOMORROW";


SUICIDAL TENDENCIES ~ "TRIP AT THE BRAIN";


Taylor Hawkins ~ 50 ~ Drummer with the Foo Fighters, Allanis Morrisette, Sass Jordan, The Birds Of Satan

THE FOO FIGHTERS ~ "MONKEY WRENCH"


THE FOO FIGHTERS ~ "WAITING ON A WAR";


THE FOO FIGHTERS ~ "THIS IS A CALL";


Kyle Maite - 37 - Guitarist with Ohio Pop Punk band Hit the Lights

HIT THE LIGHTS ~ "DROP THE GIRL";


Daniel Snow (AKA Bug Phace) ~ Singer/Guitarist for California 90's Punk Bands Chemical People, Bill The Welder and Irish Folk Punk band the Villagers

CHEMICAL PEOPLE ~ "NEW FOOD";


BILL THE WELDER;


BILL THE WELDER;