Dance Macabre

Dance Macabre

Monday 27 November 2023

Some More 80's Punk, Post Punk & New Wave Figures


Andy Rourke - 59 - Bassist for The Smiths "How Soon Is Now", "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want", "I Started Something"

THE SMITHS ~ "HOW SOON IS NOW";


THE SMITHS ~ "THIS CHARMING MAN";


THE SMITHS ~ "HEAVEN KNOWS I'M MISERABLE NOW";


Mars Williams - 68 - American Saxophonist w/The Waitresses, The Psychedelic Furs, Liquid Soul, Peter Brotzmann

THE WAITRESSES ~ "I KNOW WHAT BOYS LIKE";


THE WAITRESSES ~ "CHRISTMAS WRAPPING":


THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS ~ "PRETTY IN PINK";


THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS ~ "PRESIDENT GAS";


GEORDIE WALKER ~ 64 ~ Guitarist with UK Post Punk band Killing Joke ("The Wait", "Love Like Blood", "Eighties")

KILLING JOKE ~ "THE WAIT";


KILLING JOKE ~ "EIGHTIES";


KILLING JOKE ~ "A NEW DAY";


KILLING JOKE ~ "KINGS & QUEENS";


KILLING JOKE ~ "LOVE LIKE BLOOD";


Scott "Top Ten" Kempner ~ 69 ~ Guitarist for 1970's New York Punk band The Dictators and Cow Punk band the Del-Lords and the Brandos

THE DICTATORS ~ "SEARCH & DESTROY";


THE DEL-LORDS ~ "HOW CAN A POOR MAN STAND SUCH TIMES & LIVE";


THE BRANDOS ~ "GETTYSBURGH";


Mike Martt ~ 60's Guitarist with LA Cowpunk band Tex & The Horseheads and Thelonious Monster, also briefly in later versions of the Gun Club and TSOL

TEX & THE HORSEHEADS ~ "GO WEST YOUNG MAN";


TEX & THE HORSEHEADS;


THELONIOUS MONSTER ~ "BABY";


THELONIOUS MONSTER ~ "SO WHAT IF I DID";


Shane MacGowan - 65 - English-born Irish singer with the Pogues and previously Punk band the Nips

THE NIPS ~ "NOBODY TO LOVE";


THE POGUES ~ "DIRTY OLD TOWN";


THE POGUES - "FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK";


Jack Lipton ~ 60's ~ Singer with New York 80's Garage band The Penetrators

THE PENETRATORS ~ "TEENAGE LIFESTYLE";


Gregg Sutton - 74 - Guitarist & Basist with American musician Cow Punk band Lone Justice ("Shelter") and The Rollong Stones, Bob Dylan, Sass Jordan, Dave Alvin

LONE JUSTICE ~ "SHELTER";


John "Jay" Albert ~ 58 ~ Guitarist with California Goth Punk band Christian Death

CHRISTIAN DEATH ~ "ROMEO'S DISTRESS";


CHRISTIAN DEATH ~ "FIRST COMMUNION";


John Kezdy - 64 - Singer with Cleveland Punk band The Effigies

THE EFFIGIES ~ "WE'LL BE HERE TOMORROW";


THE EFFIGIES ~ "BODY BAG";


THE EFFIGIES ~ "BODY BAG" & "WE'LL BE HERE TOMORROW";


THE EFFIGIES ~ "SECURITY";


Robert Becerra - 64 - Guitarist with East LA Chicano Hardcore band the Stains

THE STAINS ~ "CANADA" & "POLITICAL SCANDAL";


THE STAINS ~ "GANG RELATED DEATH" & "PRETTY GIRLS";


Kent Stax - 62 - Drummer with DC Hardcore band Scream

SCREAM ~ "WALKING BY MYSELF";


Wednesday 21 June 2023

Some Canadian New Wave, Alt, Punk & Metal Dudes


Bob Segarini ~ 60's ~ Fixture on the original 70's Toronto New Wave scene as bandleader, producer, radio DJ and Toronto's first TV VJ

SEGARINI ~ "WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE OUT";


SEGARINI ~ "GOTTA HAVE POP";


SEGARINI ~ "WE'RE ALL JUVINILE DELINQUINTS";


David Gavan Baxter ~ 60's ~ Toronto guitarist with 80's New Wave bands The Sharks & Sherry Kean and Country Rock bands Lori Yates & Hey Stella, David Wilcox & The Teddy Bears, Alanis Morrissette, Suzi Vinick, Justin Routledge, Corin Raymond, Tressa Levasseur, Bob Snider & Heather Morgan

THE SHARKS ~ "GET OFF THE RADIO";


SHERRY KEAN ~ "I WANT YOU BACK";


Al Crook ~ 60's - Bassist with 1980's Montreal New Wave band Sid Serious & The Pseuds and sound engineer & guitar tech

SID SERIOUS & THE PSEUDS ~ "I LIVE FOR TV";


Mark Goodwin - 50's - London, Ontario singer/guitarist w/1980's New Wave bands Second Thoughts, Conning Tower, Objects Of Desire, Map Turtle & the Magic Binmen

SECOND THOUGHTS ~ "DANCING UP A STORM";


Al Miller - 50's - Guitarist with Toronto bands Bunchofuckingoofs (BFG), Living Proof, Madhouse, Fingerbanger

MADHOUSE ~ "WRITING ON BENZEDRINE";


LIVING PROOF ~ "DON'T LET ME";


THE BUNCHOFUCKINGOOFS ~ "TOTAL BREAKDOWN";


Carl Van Helm - 60ish - Drummer for Montreal 80's Punk band the American Devices

THE AMERICAN DEVICES ~ "SOMEONE WE ONCE KNEW":


THE AMERICAN DEVICES ~ "THE NEW YOU";


THE AMERICAN DEVICES ~ "GORY STORY";


Sandy Matusik ~ 50's - Bassist with Vancouver Psychobilly bands The Bates Motel and Big John Bates & the Voodoo Dolls

THE BATES MOTEL ~ "A FOUND GOD";


Valeria Fellini - 50's - Drummer with Vancouver Girl Punk band Cub and the Transvestimentals, Gaze, and the Black Market Babies

CUB ~ "GO FISH";


CUB ~ "MY CHINCHILLA";


CUB ~ "NEW YORK";


Dave Alcock - 50's - Drummer with Calgary Punk bands Chixdiggit and Falconhawk

CHIXDIGGIT ~ "CHUPACABRAS";


CHIXXDIGGIT ~ "SPANISH FEVER";


Ken Wall ~ 50's ~ Guitarist with 1980's Calgary Hardcore/Thrash bands Beyond Possession and Joker

BEYOND POSSESSION ~ "THE TELL TALE HEART";


BEYOND POSSESSION ~ "SKATER'S LIFE";


Metal John Portier - 56 - Guitarist w/Ottawa Metal bands Peace Colony and Enforcer

PEACE COLONY ~ "IMMUNE":


Joel Lamontagne - 48 - Singer/guitarist for Montreal Metal bands Insanity and Demence

DEMENCE ~ "MARIE-PUTES";


Ange Morris - 40's - Singer with Victoria BC Hardcore Punk band Lesbian Fist Magnet (LFM)

LESBIAN FIST MAGNET ~ "CROSS MY HEART";


LESBIAN FIST MAGNET ~ "ACE OF SPADES";


Care Failure (Real name Caroline Kawa) ~ 40's ~ Toronto singer with Hard Rock bands the Bloddy Mannequins, Die Mannequin and the Big Dirty Band

DIE MANNEQUIN ~ "DO OR DIE";


DIE MANNEQUIN ~ "CANDIDE";


THE BIG DIRTY BAND ~ "I FOUGHT THE LAW";


Andrei Sin - 40 - Guitarist with Toronto Hard Rock bands CJ Sleaze and Psycho Mad Sally

CJ SLEAZE ~ "BACKDOOR TEASE";


PSYCHO MAD SALLY ~ "WORLD FITS MY KITCHEN";


Jacob Palahnuk - 40's - Bassist with Toronto Indie band Young Empires

YOUNG EMPIRES ~ "WHITE DOVES";


YOUNG EMPIRES ~ "THE EARTH PLATES ARE SHIFTING";


Sammantha Weinstein - 28 - Singer/guitarist with Toronto Garage band the Killer Virgins and actress ("Carrie", "Jesus Henry Christ")

THE KILLER VIRGINS ~ "BANANA";


THE KILLER VIRGINS ~ "BARRACUDA";


Stephen Starr ~ 50's ~ Bassist with Toronto Garage bands the Screamagers and the Trollblazers

THE SCEAMAGERS ~ "DAY OF THE CENTIPEDES";


THE SCREAMAGERS ~ "ZOMBIE ZOO";


THE TROLLBLAZERS ~ "I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW";


Matt Cormier - 40's - Drummer with Hamilton Punk/Rap/Metal band Warsawpack

WARSAWPACK ~ "ATTENTION TO DEFECIT";


Nick Anthony - 52 - Bassist with Nova Scotia Metal band Hogstooth

HOGTOOTH ~ "PEACE IS LONG GONE";


HOGTOOTH ~ "PLAGUING THE FREE";


Cayle Charlton - 36 - Singer with Calgary Metal bands DayOne, Social Arsonist, and Archelaos

DAYONE ~ "PISSING ON THE PODIUM";

Saturday 6 May 2023

Some 90's Alternative, Punk And Indie Rockers


Sinead O'Connor ~ 56 ~ Irish singer ("Nothing Compares To You", "Mandinka", "Troy")

SINEAD O'CONNOR ~ "MANDINKA";


SINEAD O'CONNOR ~ "PUT YOUR HANDS ON ME";


SINEAD O'CONNOR ~ "TROY";


SINEAD O'CONNOR ~ "NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU";


Pete Garner - 61 - Bassist with British band The Stone Rose ("I Wanna Be Adored", "FOOLS GOLD")

THE STONE ROSES ~ "FOOLS GOLD":


THE STONE ROSES ~ "I WANNA BE ADORED";


Angelo Bruschini - 62 - English guitarist (The Blue Aeroplanes, Massive Attack)

THE BLUE AIRPLANES ~ "JACKET HANGS"


THE BLUE AIRPLANES ~ "AND STONES";


MASSIVE ATTACK ~ "ANGEL"


Teresa Taylor - 60 - Drummer for Texas Post Punk band the Butthole Surfers

THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS ~ "TO PARTER";


THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS - "CHERUB";


THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS ~ "HURDY GURDY MAN";


Gary Young ~ 70 - Drummer with American Indie band Pavement

PAVEMENT ~ "SUMMER GIRL";


PAVEMENT ~ "TRIGGER CUT";


Blackie Onassis (real name; Johnny Rowan) ~ 57 ~ Drummer with Chicago band Urge Overkill ("Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon", "Havana Woman")

URGE OVERKILL ~ "GIRL YOU'LL BE WOMAN SOON";


URGE OVERKILL ~ "HAVANA WOMAN";


URGE OVERKILL ~ "CRACK BABIES";


Ron Peno - 68 - Singer-songwriter with Australian 1990's band Died Pretty

DIED PRETTY - "DC";


DIED PRETTY ~ "SWEETHEART";


Steve Harwell - 56 - Singer with 1990's American band Smash Mouth ("Walking On The Sun" & "All Star") and Rap Rockers FOS

SMASH MOUTH ~ "WALKING ON THE SUN";


SMASH MOUTH ~ "I'M A BELIEVER";


SMASH MOUTH ~ "ALL STAR";


Steve Mackey - 56 - Bassist with 1990's English Brit Pop band Pulp and record producer (M.I.A, Florence + the Machine, The Long Blondes and Arcade Fire).

PULP ~ "COMMON PEOPLE";


PULP ~ "DISCO 2000";


PULP ~ "BABIES";


Christy Dignam - 63 - Singer with Irish band Aslan

ASLAN ~ "LOVING ME LATELY";


ASLAN ~ "THIS IS";


Brad Houser - 62 - Bass, Sax and Clarinet player with Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

EDIE BRICKELL & NEW BOHEMIANS ~ "WHAT I AM";


Vivian Trimble - 59 - American keyboardist w/Luscious Jackson, Dusty Trails, the Kostars

LUCIOUS JACKSON ~ "I'VE BEEN YOUNG";


LUCIOUS JACKSON ~ "UNDER YOUR SKIN";


LUCIOUS JACKSON ~ "CITY SONG";


Van Conner ~ 55 ~ Bassist with 1990's Seattle Grunge bands The Screaming Trees and later Solomon Grundy, Dinosaur Jr, Gardner, Valis & Musk Ox

THE SCREAMING TREES ~ "I NEARLY LOST YOU";


THE SCREAMING TREES ~ "All I KNOW";


THE SCREAMING TREES ~ "BED OF ROSES";


Tom Davies - 48 - British-American bassist with US Stoner Rock band Nebula

NEBULA ~ "CARPE DEM";


NEBULA ~ "MAN'S BEST FRIEND";


Rob Laakso - 44 - American guitarist with Indie bands Kurt Vile, the Swirlies, the Violators

KURT VILE ~ "PRETTY PIMPIN";


KURT VILE ~ "LIKE EXPLODING STONES";

Hans Kish - 50's - Bassist with Chicago Rockabilly band Hi-Fi & The Roadrunners

HI-FI & THE ROADBURNERS ~ "FEAR CITY";


HI-FI & THE ROADBURNERS ~ "WHAT THE HELL";
HI-FI & THE ROADBURNERS ~ "GET UP & GO";


Rick Froberg - 55 - Singer/guitarist with US Post Grunge bands Drive Like Jehu and The Hot Snakes, also album cover artist for Rocket From The Crypt
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DRIVE LIKE JEHU ~ "CARESS";


THE HOT SNAKES ~ "WHY DON'T IT SINK IN";


Bob Urh - 50's - Singer/guitarist w/NYC Gargage Psyche band the Ultra 5 and Bob Urh & the Bare Bones

THE ULTRA 5 ~ "BE";


THE ULTRA 5 ~ "GET OUT MY LIFE WOMAN";


BOB URH & THE BARE BONES ~ "CARNIVAL SONG";


Paul Janovitz ~ 54 ~ Singer/guitarist with 1990's Boston Grunge band Cold Water Flat and photographer

COLD WATER FLAT ~ "MAGNETIC NORTH POLE";


COLD WATER FLAT ~ "VIRUS ROAD";


Robb Clark - Singer for Seatle Grunge band Zipgun

ZIPGUN ~ "COOL IN THE CELL";


ZIPGUN ~ "TOGETHER DUMB";


Otis Barthoulameu - 71 - Singer/guitarist with American Punk bands Fluf, Olivelawn and record producer

OLIVELAWN ~ "HATE";


Ryan Krieger - 50's - Drummer with New York Hardcore bands the Cro Mags & Harley's War

THE CRO MAGS ~ "WE GOTTA KNOW";


THE CRO MAGS ~ "THE PATH OF PERFECTION";


Anthony Meo - 50's - Original drummer with New York Hardcore band Biohazard

BIOHAZARD ~ "PANIC ATTACK";


Canisso - 57 - Bassist with Brazilian Punk band Os Raimundos

OS RAIMUNDOS ~ "MULHER DE FASES";


OS RAIMUNDOS ~ "QUERO VER O OCO";


Akira Tsuneoka - 51 - Drummer with Japanese Punk band Hi-Standard

HI-STANDARD ~ "FIGHTING FISTS ANGRY SOULS";


HI-STANDARD ~ "STAY GOLD";


Jae Apple ~ Singer with New York Punk band A.P.P.L.E

A.P.P.L.E ~ "RAPE OUR MOTHER";


A.P.P.L.E ~ "PEACE IS POSSIBLE";


Fred Hammersland ~ 50's ~ Singer & bassist with 1990's Norwegain bands Pogo Pops, Popium & the Doomsville Boys

THE POGO POPS ~ "CRASH";


Luca Bergia - 54 - Drummer with Italian Noise Rock band Marlene Kuntz

MARLENE KUNTZ & PATTI SMITH ~ "IMPRESSIONI DI SEPTEMBRE";


MARLENE KUNTZ ~ "LA FUGA";


Dan Lardner - 30's - Singer/guitarist with American indie band QTY

QTY ~ "RODEO";


QTY ~ "DRESS/UNDRESS";


Steve Sostak - 49 - Singer & sax player with Chicago Math Rock band Sweep The Leg Johnny

SWEEP THE LEG JOHNNY ~ "BLOODLINES";


Klee Benally - 48 - Guiatarist/singer with Navajo American Punk band Blackfire

BLACKFIRE ~ "OVERWHELMING";


Belle Star - 40's - London UK club DJ and drummer with Goth band MGT

MGT ~ "ALL THE BROKEN THINGS";


Tommi Stumpff - 65 - German EBM musician

TOMMI STUMPFF ~ "MASSAKER";


Brian McBride - 53 - Musician with American Ambient bands Stars of the Lid, Bell Gardens

STARS OF THE LID;


Sean Martin - 26 - Singer/guitarist with English Indie band The Night Café

NIGHT CAFE ~ "FINDERS KEEPERS";


James Casey - 40 - Saxophonist with American Jam Band the Trey Anastasio Band (TAB)

THE TREY ANASTASIO BAND ~ "EVERYTHING'S ALL RIGHT";


Aérea Negrot - 43 - Venezuelan performer, singer and electronic musician

AEREA NERGROT ~ "TODELOO";



Friday 28 April 2023

Some More 50's & 60's Rockers


Dickie "Be-Bop" Harrell - 82 - Rockabilly drummer with Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps ("Be-Bop-A-Lula")

GENE VINCENT & THE BLUE CAPS ~ "BE-BOP-A-LULA";


GENE VINCENT & THE BLUE CAPS ~ "LOTTA LOVIN";


GENE VINCENT ~ "DANCE TO THE BOP";


Connie Guybo Smith ~ 84 ~ Rockabilly bassist with Eddie Cochran ("Summertime Blues", "Someting Else", "C'Mon Everybody") and Glen Glenn ("Everybody's Moving")

EDDIE COCHRAN ~ "20 FLIGHT ROCK";


EDDIE COCHRAN ~ "SUMMERTIME BLUES";


EDDIE COCHRAN ~ "C'MON EVERYBODY";


EDDIE COCHRAN ~ "SOMETHING ELSE";


GLEN GLENN ~ "EVERYBODY'S MOVIN";



Jack Earls ~ 89 ~ Tennessee Rockabilly singer with Sun Records ("Slow Down", "Let's Bop")

JACK EARLS ~ "LET'S BOP";


Johnny Powers ~ 83 ~ Detroit 1950's Rockabilly singer, with Sun Records

JOHNNY POWERS ~ "LONG BLONDE HAIR";



Billy The Kid Emerson ~ 97 ~ 1950's Rock & Roll singer with Sun Records ("Red Hot")

BILY THE KID EMERSON - "RED HOT";


Bill Rice - 84 - American Rockabilly and Country music singer and songwriter

BILL RICE ~ "RED HAIR & GREEN EYES";


Wee Willie Harris - 90 - UK 1950's Rock & Roll singeer, pianist & bassist

WEE WILLIE HARRIS ~ "WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN";


WEE WILLIE HARRIS ~ "I GO APE";


Larry Chance - 82 - Singer with American Doo Wop group The Earls ("Remember Then")

THE EARLS ~ "REMEMBER THEN";


Bob Feldman - 83 - American songwriter w/The Angels ("My Boyfriend's Back"), Strangeloves", "I Want Candy" & "Nightime") and record producer w/The McCoys ("Hang On Sloopy", "Caralin"), Link Wray, Dion, The Belmonts, The Merseys

THE ANGELS ~ "MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK";


THE STRANGELOVES ~ "I WANT CANDY";


THE McCOYS ~ "HANG ON SLOOPY";


Mike Maxfield - 79 - English songwriter and guitarist with 1960's band The Dakotas ("The Cruel Sea") and Billy J Kramer

THE DAKOTAS ~ "THE CRUEL SEA";


BILLY J KRAMER & THE DAKOTAS ~ "FROM A WINDOW";


BILLY J KRAMER & THE DAKOTAS ~ "LITTLE CHILDREN";


Ritchie Routledge - 73 - Singer and guitarist w/British band The Cryin' Shames ("Sugar & Spice")

THE CRYAN SHAMES ~ "SUGAR & SPICE";


Les McGuire - 84 - Keyboardist with 1960's UK band Gerry & The Pacemakers ("Ferry Cross The Mersey", "I Like It", "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying", "You'll Never Walk Alone")

GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS ~ "I LIKE IT";


GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS ~ "FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY"


GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS ~ "DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING":


Royston Ellis - 82 - English writer and Beat poet, often backed by the Shadows and the Beatles

ROYSTON ELLIS & THE SHADOWS;


Jon Povey - 80 - British keyboarist with the Pretty Things, Bern Elliott and the Fenmen

THE PRETTY THINGS ~ "ROADRUNNER";


THE PRETTY THINGS ~ "MIDNIGHT TO SIX MAN";


THE PRETTY THINGS ~ "COME SEE ME";


THE PRETTY THINGS ~ "ROSALYN";


Denny Laine - 79 - English guitarist w/The Moody Blues and Paul McCartney & Wings and songwriter ("Mull of Kintyre")

THE MOODY BLUES ~ "I HAVEN'T REALLY THE TIME";


THE MOODY BLUES ~ "GO NOW";


WINGS ~ "JET";


WINGS ~ "LIVE & LET DIE";


Brian Godding - 78 - Welsh guitarist with 1960's Psyche bands Blossom Toes, Centipede

BLOSSOM TOES ~ "YOU";


BLOSSOM TOES;


BLOSSOM TOES ~ "POST CARD";


Stu James - 77 - Singer w/British band The Mojos and music executive

THE MOJOS ~ "EVERYTHINGS ALRIGHT";


THE MOJOS ~ "NOBODY BUT ME";


Luc Smets - 76 - Singer, composer and keyboardist w/1960's Belgian band The Pebbles

THE PEBBLES ~ "YOU BETTER BELIVE IT";


Pete Brown - 82 - Beat English poet, singer w/Piblokoto & Battered Ornaments, lyricist w/Cream ("I Feel Free", "Sunshine of Your Love", "White Room")

PETE BROWN & PIBLOKOTO ~ "GOLDEN COUNTRY KINGDOM";


Raymond Froggatt - 81 - 1960's English singer/songwriter ("Callow-la-vita", "Big Ship", "Rachel")

RAYMOND FROGGATT ~ "CALLOW LA VIDA";


Rita Lee - 75 - Singer with 1960's Brazilian Psyche band Os Mutantes

OS MUTANTES ~ "BAT MACUMBA";


OS MUTANTES ~ "PANIS ET CIRCENES";


OS MUTANTES ~ "MISTERIOSAS ROSAS BRANCAS";


Julio Anderson ~ 74 ~ Bassist with Chilean 1960's Psyche band Los Jaivas

LOS JAIVAS ~ "MIRA NINITA";


LOS JAIVAS ~ "LA PONDEROSA MUERTA";


Cynthia Weil - 82 - Grammy winning American Hall of Fame songwriter w/the Brill Building w/the Righteous Bros ("You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin"), The Animals ("We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place"), Paul Revere & The Raiders ("Kicks"), The Drifters ("On Broadway"),the Crystals ("Uptown"), Max Frost ("Shapes Of Things To Come")

MAX FROST & THE TROOPERS ~ "THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME";


THE ANIMALS ~ "WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE":


PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS ~ "KICKS";


THE RIGHTEOUS BROS ~ "YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING";


THE DRIFTERS ~ "ON BROADWAY";


THE CRYSTALS ~ "UPTOWN";


Tommy Talton - 74 - American guitarist with 1960's bands We the People, Cowboy also later with Gregg Allman, Paul Butterfield, the Allman Brothers Band, Bonnie Bramlett, Clarence Carter, Corky Laing, Billy Joe Shaver, Dickey Betts, Kitty Wells, Martin Mull, Johnny Rivers

WE THE PEOPLE ~ "MY BROTHER THE MAN";


Terry Kirkman - 83 - American singer and woodwind player & composer with 1960's California Pop band The Association ("Cherish", "Everything That Touches You", "Never My Love")

THE ASSOCIATION ~ "TIME FOR LIVING";


THE ASSOCIATION ~ "ALONG COMES MARY";


THE ASSOCIATION ~ "NEVER MY LOVE";


Ray Hildebrand - 82 - American 1950's Pop singer w/Paul & Paula ("Hey Paula", "Young Lovers")

PAUL & PAULA ~ "HEY PAULA";


PAUL & PAULA ~ "FLIPPED OUT OVER YOU";


April Stevens - 93 - American Grammy winning 1950's & 60's Pop singer with Nino Tempo ("Deep Purple", "Whispering", "Lover Man")

APRIL STEVENS ~ "LOVER MAN";


APRIL STEVENS & NINO TEMPO ~ "DEEP PURPLE" & "WHIPERING";


CHARLIE RICH & APRIL STEVENS ~ "MOHAIR SAM" / "NO HAIR SAM";


Conny Van Dyke - 78 - American singer with Motown Records and actress (Hell's Angels '69, W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings, Framed)

CONNY VAN DYKE ~ "THE WORDS WON'T COME";


Jane Birkin - 76 - English-French model, actress & singer ("Je t'aime... moi non plus")

JANE BIRKIN & SERGE GAINSBOROUGH ~ "JE T'AIME";


Vince Hill - 89 - English 1960's Pop singer ("Edelweiss", "Take Me To Your Heart Again")

VINCE HILL ~ "EDELWEISS";
VINCE HILL ~ "HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT";


George Maharis - 94 - American actor (Route 66, Exodus) and singer ("Teach Me Tonight")

GEORGE MAHARIS ~ "TEACH ME TONIGHT";


Wednesday 26 April 2023

Some Worldbeat Figures


Harry Belafonte - 96 - Jamaican-American Calypso singer ("The Banana Boat Song", "Jump in the Line"), actor and Civil Rights activist from the 1950's onward

HARRY BELAFONTE ~ "THE BANANA BOAT SONG";


HARRY BELAFONTE ~ "JAMAICAN FAREWELL";


HARRY BELAFONTE & ODETTA ~ "A HOLE IN THE BUCKET";


HARRY BELAFONTE ~ "LA BAMBA";


Lester Sterling - 87 - Jamaican Ska saxophonist w/The Skatalites, Byron Lee and the Dragonaires

THE SKATALITES ~ "THE GUNS OF NAVARONE";


BYRON LEE & THE DRAGONAIRES ~ "JAMAICAN SKA";


Lord Creator - 87 - Trinidadian-born Jamaican singer-songwriter ("Kingston Town")

LORD CREATOR ~ "KINGSTON TOWN";


Junior English - 71 - Jamaican reggae singer

JUNIOR ENGLISH ~ "THE WAY WE WERE";


Peter Austin - 78 - Singer w/Jamaican Reggae & Rocksteady bands The Clarendonians and the Soul Lads

THE CLARENDONIANS ~ "SUNSHINE";


THE CLARENDONIANS ~ "DARLING FOREVER";


THE SOUL LADS ~ "FUNNY";


Michael Cooper - 71 - Keyboardist with Jamaican Reggae bands Inner Circle & Third World

THIRD WORLD ~ "NOW THAT WE FOUND LOVE";


THIRD WORLD ~ "JAH JAH CHILDREN MOVING UP";


Bernie Pitters - 70's - Jamaican born Toronto Reggae keyboardist and producer with Toots & The Maytals, Leroy Sibbles, Ishan Band, Sly & Robbie, Human Rights & Bruce Cockburn

TOOTS & THE MAYTALS ~ "SWEET & DANDY";


Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah - 65 - Jamaican/English Dub Poet, singer, author and actor

BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH ~ "TALKING TURKEY";


Denyse Plummer - 69 - Trinidadian Calypso singer

DENYSE PLUMMER ~ "NAH LEAVING";


Teté Caturla - 85 - Singer with Cuban vocal group Cuarteto d'Aida from the 1950's & 60's

CUARTETO D'AIDA - "CACHITA";


Germano Mathias - 88 - Brazilian samba singer

GERMANO MATHIAS:


GERMANO MATHIAS;


Juca Chaves - 84 - Brazilian singer and comedian

JUCA CHAVES ~ "BRASIL JÁ VAI À GUERRA";


Tito Fernández - 80 - Chilean singer-songwriter

TITO FERNANDEZ ~ "CANTOR DEL CAMINOS";


Dora María - 89 - Mexican folk singer

DORA MARIA ~ "SI TU TAMBIEN TE VAS";


DORA MARIA ~ "TABASCA";


Carlos Camacho - 73 - Singer with 1960's Puerto Rican vocal group Los Hispanos

LOS HISPANOS - "ADONAY";


Ismaïla Touré - 73 - Singer & musician with Senegalese band Touré Kunda (Talking Heads, Carlos Santana)

TOURE KUNDA ~ "EMMA";


TOURE KUNDA ~ "TOURE KUNDA";


Rigo Star - 68 - Congolese soukous guitarist and composer

RIGO STAR ~ "HMMAGE";


Mama Diabaté - 63 - Guinean singer and musician

MAMA DIABATE;


Stella Chiweshe - 76 - Zimbabwean singer and mbira player

STELLA CHIWESHE ~ "RWAVASEKURU";


Sunday 23 April 2023

Some Country & Folk Singers


Calvin Newton ~ 93 ~ Singer with 1950's American White Gospel groups the Blackwood Brothers, the Sons Of Song and the original Oakridge Boys

THE BLACKWOODS BROS ~ "SWING DOWN";


THE BLACKWOOD BROS ~ "THAT OLD COUNTRY CHURCH";


THE SONS OF SONG ~ "THE OLD GOSPEL SHIP";


THE OAK RIDGE BOYS ~ "WELCOME HOME MY CHILD";


Tommy Smothers - 86 - American Folk singer/guitarist & comedian with the Smothers Brothers

THE SMOTHERS BROS ~ "


THE SMOTHERS BROS ~ "BOIL THAT CABBAGE DOWN";


Alan Arkin - 89 - American actor and singer with 1960's Folk group the Tarriers

THE TARRIERS ~ "BANANA BOAT SONG";


THE TARRIERS ~ "RAW HIDE";


Bobby Osborne - 91 - Bluegrass mandolinist & singer

THE OSBORNE BROS ~ "WORRIED MAN BLUES";


THE OSBORNE BROS ~ "ROCKY TOP";


THE OSBORNE BROS ~ "RUBY";


Jesse McReynolds - 93 - American Bluegrass mandolinist and singer w/Jim & Jesse

JIM & JESSE ~ "TRUCK DRIVING MAN";


JIM & JESSE ~ "I WONDER WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT";


JIM & JESSE ~ "OLD SLEW FOOT";


Ray Pillow - 85 - American Country singer/songwriter with Jean Shepard

RAY PILLOW & JEAN SHEPARD ~ "MR DO-IT-YOURSELF";


Buck Trent - 85 - South Carolina banjo player and inventer of the electric banjo, "Hee Haw" performer

BUCK TRENT ~ "BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS";


BUCK TRENT & ROY CLARK ~ "DUELING BANJOS";


Mervin Shiner - 102 - American country singer ("Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me", "Peter Cottontail)

MERVIN SHINER ~ "BIG SHOT";


Jimmy Buffett - 76 - American singer-songwriter ("Margaritaville", "Cheeseburger in Paradise")

JIMMY BUFFETT ~ "MARGARITAVILLE";


JIMMY BUFFETT ~ "CHEESBURGERS IN PARADISE";


Joy McKean - 93 - Australian Country singer ("The Lights On The Hill")

JOY McKEAN ~ "THE LIGHTS ON THE HILL";


JOY McKEAN ~ "WIND UP THE GRAMOPHONE";


Slim Newton - 90 - Australian country music singer-songwriter (The Redback on the Toilet Seat)

SLIM NEWTON ~ "REDBACK ON THE TOILET SEAT";


Stan Hitchcock ~ 84 ~ American Country singer and radio host

STAN HITCHCOCK ~ "IT'S OVER";


Sean Keane ~ 76 ~ Guitarist with Irish Folk band the Cheiftains

THE CHIEFTAINS ~ "LONG BLACK VEIL";


THE CHIEFTAINS;


Shoji Tabuchi - 79 - Japanese-American C&W fiddler

SHOJI TABUCHI ~ "ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL";


Mike Henderson - 70 - American Country and Bluegrass singer-songwriter ("Broken Halos", "Starting Over") with The SteelDrivers

THE STEELDRIVERS;


Terry Baucom - 71 - American Bluegrass singer and banjo player (Boone Creek, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Russell Moore & 3rd Tyme Out, the Dukes Of Drive, Carolina)

RUSSELL MOORE & 3RD TIME OUT ~ "LOST BLUE YODEL";


CAROLINA ~ "I CALL YOUR NAME";


TERRY BAUCUM'S DUKES OF DRIVE ~ "HELLO BLUES";


Keith Gattis - 52 - American country music artist, songwriter and producer

KEITH GATTIS ~ "LITTLE DROPS OF MY HEART";


Jackson Rohm - 51 - American Country singer-songwriter

JACKSON ROHM ~ "FURLOUGH";


George Haggarty - 81 - Kentucky Mountain Dulcimer player, luthier and festival organizer

GEORGE HAGGARTY ~ "DULCIMER DAZE";


Dennis Waldrup ~ 72 ~ Florida Mountain Dulcimer player and promoter

DENNIS WALDROP;