Some Punk, Proto-Punk, New Wave & Alt Rock Figures

Wayne Kramer ~ 72 ~ Guitarist with Proto Punk band the MC5 ("Kick Out The Jams"), later Gangwar and solo

Dennis Machine Gun Thompson - 75 - Drummer for Detroit Proto Punk band the MC5 "Kick Out The Jams", "High School") & Destroy All Monsters

John Sinclair - 82 - MC5 Manager, poet and Jazz radio DJ

THE MC5 ~ "KICK OUT THE JAMS";


THE MC5 ~ "MOTOR CITY IS BURNING";


THE MC5 ~ "AMERICAN RUSE";


THE MC5 ~ "LOOKING AT YOU";


Ruby Lynn Reyner ~ 72 ~ Singer with 1970's New York Glam Punk band Ruby & the Rednecks, musical actress & screenwriter & Andy Warhol model

RUBY & THE REDNECKS ~ "RUBY FROM THE WRONG SIDE OF TOWN";


Damo Suzuki - 74 - Japanese singer/guitarist with 1970's German Kraut Rock band Can

CAN ~ "PAPERHOUSE"


CAN ~ "BRING ME COFFEE OR TEA";


Chris Karrer ~ 76 ~ Guitarist with German Kraut Rock band Aamon Dull II

AAMON DULL II ~ "BETWEEN THE EYES";


Pavel Zajíček - 72 - Czech poet & singer with 1970's Czech Art Rock underground band DG 307

DG307;


DG307 ~ "INDIANSKA MODLITBA";


Chris Cross - 71 - Bassist with UK New Wave bands Ultravox & Tiger Lily

ULTRAVOX ~ "CROSS FADE";


ULTRAVOX ~ "SLEEPWALK";


ULTRAVOX ~ "DANCING WITH TEARS IN MY EYES";


ULTRAVOX ~ "REAP THE WILD WIND";


ULTRAVOX ~ "VIENNA";


Kay Russell - 72 - Guitarist with UK New Wave singer Susan Fassbinder ("Twilght Cafe")

SUSAN FASSBINDER ~ "TWILIGHT CAFE";


Frank Darcel - 65 - Guitarist with 1980's French New Wave band Marquis de Sade

MARQUIS DE SADE ~ "STAIRS & HALLS" / "CANCER & DRUGS";


MARQUIS DE SADE ~ "WANDA'S LOVING BOY";


Jean-Marie Aerts - 72 - Guitarist with Belgian New Wave band TC Matic

TC MATIC ~ "LE JAVA";


TC MATIC ~ "MIDDLE CLASS & BLUE";


Shane Baldwin - 50's - Drummer for UK Hardcore & Thrash bands Vice Squad, Chaotic Dischord, Onslaught

VICE SQUAD ~ "LAST ROCKERS";


VICE SQUAD ~ "STAND STRONG STAND PROUD";


CHAOTIC DISCHORD ~ "ANARCHY IN WOOLWORTH'S";


Steve Albini - 61 - Singer/guitarist w/Chicago Post Punk/Noise bands Big Black & Shellac, later producer with Nirvana, Pixies, Bush, the Breeders, PJ Harvey, Jesus Lizard, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, the Wedding Present, Low, the Sadies, Superchunk, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Manic Street Preachers, the Stooges, Helmet, the Fleshtones, Cheap Trick, Varuca Salt, The Frames, Jawbreaker, Neurosis, Bush, Fred Schnieder

BIG BLACK ~ "BAD PENNY";


BIG BLACK ~ "FIST OF LOVE";


BIG BLACK;


Keith LeBlanc ~ 70 ~ Drummer with New York Dance Industrial bands Tackhead Sound System, Little Axe as well as ABC ("How To Be A Millionaire")

TACKHEAD SOUND SYSTEM ~ "HARD LEFT";


TACKHEAD SOUND SYSTEM ~ "TICKING TIME BOMB";


MINISTRY ~ "NWO";


MINSTRY ~ "JESUS BUILT MY HOTROD";


ABC ~ "HOW TO BE A MILLIONAIRE";


T. M. Stevens - 72 - American bassist w/The Pretenders ("Get Close" lp), Joe Cocker, Steve Vai

THE PRETENDERS ~ "DON'T GET ME WRONG";


THE PRETENDERS ~ "MY BABY";


THE PRETENDERS ~ "HYMN TO HER";


Dexter Romweber ~ 57 ~ Singer/guitarist with North Carolina Punkabilly band the Flat Duo Jets

THE FLAT DUO JETS ~ "CRAZY HAZY KISSES";


THE FLAT DUO JETS ~ "WILD WILD LOVER";


THE FLAT DUO JETS ~ "YOU BELONG TO ME";


Mojo Nixon - 66 - American musician ("Elvis Is Everywhere", "Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child") and actor ("Super Mario Bros", "Great Balls of Fire")

MOJO NIXON ~ "DON HENLEY MUST DIE";


MOJO NIXON & SKID ROPER ~ "ELVIS IS EVERYWHERE";


MOJO NIXON & SKID ROPER ~ "DEBBIE GIBSON & MY TWO HEADED LOVECHILD";


Michael Ward - 57 - Guitarist with American Alternatie bands The Wallflowers, School of Fish

SCHOOL OF FISH ~ "3 STRANGE DAYS";


THE WALLFLOWERS ~ "LETTERS FROM THE WASTELAND";


THE WALLFLOWERS ~ "HEROS";


Carl Bevan - 51 - Drummer with 1990's Welsh Indie band (60 Ft. Dolls) and painter

60FT DOLLS ~ "STAY";


60FT DOLLS ~ "TALK TO ME";


Graeme Neysmith 50's - Guitarist with UK Showgaze band the Pale Saints

THE PALE SAINTS ~ "KINKY LOVE";


THE PALE SAINTS ~ "THROWING BACK THE APPLE";


Angela McCluskey - 64 - Scottish/American singer with Indie band the Wild Colonials

THE WILD COLONIALS ~ "GIRL";


THE WILD COLONIALS ~ "COY";


Fred Noonan - Drummer with Australian Alternative band Six Ft Hick

SIX FT HICK ~ "BEAT MYSELF";


Steve Kille - 50's - Bassist with American Indie band Dead Meadow

DEAD MEADOW ~ "WHAT NEEDS MUST BE";


DEAD MEADOW ~ "AT HER OPEN DOOR";


Michael Knott - 61 - Singer-songwriter with American Indie band Lifesavers Underground (LSU)

LIFESAVERS UNDERGROUND ~ "THE BOMB";

Some Canadian Figures

Eleanor Collins ~ 104 ~ Canadian Jazz & Gospel singer and TV host from the 1940's onward w/Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Jimmy McPartland

ELEANOR COLLINS ~ "LOOK TO THE RAINBOW";


ELEANOR COLLINS ~ "ILL WIND";


Bob Erlendson ~ 93 ~ Winnipeg Jazz pianist & composer with Lenny Breau, Shirley Eikhard

BOB ERLENDSON & LENNY BREAU;


Phil Nimmons - 100 - Canadian Jazz clarinetist & bandleader

PHIL NIMMONS ~ "SWING SOFTLY";


Les Bateman (AKA Les Bates) - 70's - Keyboadist with 1960's Saskatoon band Witness Inc and session work, later Tronto producer and sound emgineer with Drake and Blues singers Johnny Shines & Louisana Red

WITNESS INC ~ "JEZEBEL";


WITNESS INC ~ "I PUT A SPELL ON YOU";


Chuck Beal - 70's - Guitarist with 1960's Toronto Psyche band the Paupers

THE PAUPERS ~ "THINK I CARE";


THE PAUPERS ~ "MAGIC PEOPLE";


Ronnie King - 70's - Bassist with 1970's & 80's band the Stampeders "("Sweet City Woman")

THE STAMPEDERS ~ "HIT THE ROAD JACK";


THE STAMPEDERS ~ "SWEET CITY WOMAN";


THE STAMPEDERS ~ "WILD EYES";


Ken Tobias - 79 - Canadian singer/songwriter/producer from the 1970's onward solo and with American R&B band the Bells

KEN TOBIAS ~ "DREAM #2";


Lucien Francœur - 76 - Quebec poet & singer w/1970's Rock band Aut'Chose

AUT'CHOSE ~ "NANCY BEAUDIN";


John Naslan - 70's - Toronto horn player with 1970's Jazz Rock band Lighthuse and later sound engineer

LIGHTHOUSE ~ "ONE FINE MORNING";


Rocket Norton ~ 73 ~ Drummer with Canadian 1970's bands Prism and Seeds Of Time

PRISM ~ "SPACESHIP SUPERSTAR";


PRISM ~ "ARMAGEDDON";


Russell Wilson - 60's - Juno Award winning Bassist with Hamilton, Ontario Rock band Junkhouse and with Billy Bob Thorton on the soundtrack for the film "Slingblade"

JUNKHOUSE ~ "OUT OF MY HEAD";


JUNKHOUSE ~ "PRAYING FOR THE RAIN";


Bill Crook - Bassist with Canadian bands Spiritbox, Living With Lions

LIVING WITH LIONS ~ "LATER IS BETTER";


SPIRITBOX ~ "JADED";


Nell Smith - 17 - Vancouver singer songwriter w/the Flaming Lips and solo

NELL SMITH & THE FLAMING LIPS ~ "RED RIGHT HAND";


NELL SMITH & THE FLAMING LIPS ~ "INTO MY ARMS";


John Lapsley - 50's - Bassist with 1990's Canadian Techno Pop band Mystery Romance

MYSTERY ROMANCE ~ "VANITY ROW";


Jaimz Asmundson - 50's - Member of Winnipeg Techno duo Ghost Twin

GHOST TWIN ~ "PLASTIC HEART";


GHOST TWIN ~ "PET CEREMONY":


Robert Scott - 48 - Toronto Jazz pianist with Michael Buble, Jeff Healey, Jamz Bee, Alex Pangman & Tara Hazelton and solo

ROBERT SCOTT - "BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY/BLUE RONDO A'LA TURK";


Jim Heinman - 80 - Canadian Jazz and R&B sax player

JIM HEINMAN~ "STRESS";


Mike Billard - 60 - Newfoundland Jazz drummer w/Jeff Johnston Trio

JEFF JOHNSON TRIO ~ "BYE BYE BLACKBIRD";


Peter Styles - 70's - Toronto singer with 1970's & 80's C&W band Cliff Carroll & the Hitchikers and Jazz band the Uptown Swing Band

PETER STYLES ~ "IS THERE LIFE AFTER LAST CALL";


Don Zueff ~ 60's ~ Canadian fiddle player with BLuegrass band the D-Rangers

THE D-RANGERS ~ "STONY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN";


THE D-RANGERS ~ "RUNAWAY";


Serge Laprade - 83 - French Canadian 1960's Pop singer and radio broadcaster

SERGE LAPRADE ~ "CAPRI C'EST FINI";


SERGE LAPRADE ~ "COLA COLA Y A DE'LA JOIE";


Jean-Pierre Ferland - 89 - Quebecois 1960's & 70's Chanson singer-songwriter

JEAN-PIERRE FERLAND ~ "JE REVIENS CHEZ NOUS";


Ray St Germain - 83 - Canadian singer, author and television host

RAY ST GERMAIN ~ "THE METIS";


RAY ST GERMAIN ~ "DYNAMITE WOMAN";


Philippe McKenzie - Innu Canadian singer and poet

PHILLIPPE MCKENZIE ~ "MINIAKUSS";

Some Folk & Country Figures

Kris Kristofferson - 88 - American Grammy winning singer-songwriter ("Me and Bobby McGee", "Help Me Make It Through the Night", "Sunday Morning Coming Down") and actor

KRIS KRISTOFFERSON & JOHNNY CASH ~ "SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN";


KRIS KRISTOFFERSON & RITA COOLIDGE ~ "HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT";


KRIS KRISTOFFERSON & RITA COOLIDGE ~ "ME & BOBBY MCGEE";


Billy Sherrill ~ 78 ~ Nashville C&W producer with George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Barbara Mandrell, Sandy Posey, Shelby Lynne, Marty Robbins, Ray Charles, Johnny Paycheck, Tanya Tucker, Johnny Cash, Janie Fricke, Ray Conniff, Bobby Vinton, Bob Luman, Johnny Duncan, Jim and Jesse, Andy Williams, Cliff Richard, Mickey Gilley, David Allan Coe, Elvis Costello ("Almost Blue"), Grand Funk Railroad ("Phoenix")

Pete Wade - 89 - American country music guitarist with Ray Price ("Crazy Arms"), George Jones ("He Stopped Loving Here Today"), Loetta Lynn ("Fist City"), Faron Young, Bobby Bare,

RAY PRICE ~ "CRAZY ARMS";


LORRETTA LYNN ~ "FIST CITY";


GEORGE JONES ~ "HE STOPPED LOVING HER TODAY";


Tommy Cash - 84 - American country musician ("Six White Horses"), younger brother to Johnny Cash

TOMMY CASH ~ "SIX WHITE HORSES";


JOHNNY & TOMMY CASH ~ "SILVER HAIRED FATHER OF MINE";


Alex Hassilev - 91 - Singer & banjo player with 1960's American The Limeliters and actor

THE LIMELITERS ~ "LONESOME TRAVELLER";


THE LIMELITERS ~ "TRAVELING SONG";


John Koerner - 86 - Singer/guitarist with 1960's American Folk Blues group Koerner, Ray & Glover

JOHN KOERNER & WILLIE MURPHY ~ "RED PALACE";


Roni Stoneman - 85 - American Bluegrass Banjo player & singer with the Stoneman Family & The Stoneman Sisters, regular on "Hee Haw"

THE STONEMAN FAMILY ~ "FIVE LITTLE JOHNSON GIRLS":


THE STONEMAN FAMILY ~ "GOING UP ON CRIPPLE CREEK";


RONI STONEMAN & JIMMY CAPP ~ "DUELING BANJOS";


Margo Smith - 84 - American Country singer ("Still A Woman")

MARGO SMITH ~ "IT ONLY HURTS FOR A LITTLE WHILE";


MARGO SMITH ~ "THERE I SAID IT";


MARGO SMITH ~ "TENNESEE YODEL";


Bobby Hicks - 91 - North Carolina Bluegrass fiddler with Bill Monroe, Porter Wagoner, Ricky Skaggs & Jesse McReynolds, Grand Ole Opry member

BILL MONROE ~ "UNCLE PEN";


THE BLUEGRASS ALBUM BAND ~ "CHEYENNE";


Frank Wakefield - 89 - American Bluegrass mandolin player w/The Greenbriar Boys, Ralph Stanley, Don Reno, Jerry Garcia, New Riders Of The Purple Sage

FRANK WAKEFIELD ~ "THE CONVICT & THE CHILD";


FRANK WAKEFIELD ~ "ARKANSAS TRAVELLER";


Cliff Waldron - 83 - West Virginia Blugrass singer/guitarist

CLIFF WALDRON & NEW LEAVRS OF GRASS ~ "FOUR STRONG WINDS";


Happy Truam - 86 - New York 1960's Folk singer

HAPPY & ARTIE TRAUM ~ "JACKHAMMER BLUES";


HAPPY & ARTIE TRAUM ~ "THE HUNGRY DOGS";


Joe Bonsall - 76 - Singer with The Oak Ridge Boys from 1973 onward ("Elvira")

THE OAK RIDGE BOYS ~ "ELVIRA";


THE OAKRIDGE BOYS ~ "TRYING TO LOVE TWO WOMEN";


THE OAKRIDGE BOYS ~ "YOU'RE THE ONE";


Billy Edd Wheeler - 91 - American singer and songwriter ("Jackson" , "It's Midnight", "Coward of the County")

BILLY EDD WHEELER ~ "RED WING BLACKBIRD";


BILLY EDD WHEELER ~ "COMING OF THE ROADS";


Mike Brewer - 80 - American 1970's Folk Rock musician & songwriter w/Brewer & Shipley ("One Toke Over the Line")

BREWER & SHIPLEY ~ "ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE";


Jo-El Sonnier - 77 - Louisianna Cajun singer-songwriter and accordionist

JO-EL SONNIER ~ "SCENE OF THE CRIME";


JO-El SONNIER ~ "TEAR STAINED LETTER";


JO-EL SONNIER ~ "IF YOUR HEART SHOULD EVER ROLL THIS WAY AGAIN";


Kinky Friedman - 79 - Texas Country singer/songwriter, author and activist

KINKY FRIEDMAN ~ "ASSHOLE FROM EL PASO";


KINKY FRIEDMAN ~ "THEY AIN'T MAKING JEWS LIKE JESUS ANY MORE";


KINKY FRIEDMAN ~ "RIDE EM JEWBOY";


David Soul - 80 - American actor ("Starsky & Hutch") and 1970's Country Pop singer

DAVID SOUL ~ "DON'T GIVE UP ON US";


Dave Loggins - 76 - American Country Pop singer and songwriter ("Please Come to Boston", "Nobody Loves I Like You Do")

DAVE LOGGINS ~ "PLEASE COME TO BOSTON";


DAVE LOGGINS & ANNE MURRAY ~ "NOBODY LOVES ME LIKE YOU DO";


Toni Price - 63 - Austin Rexas Country singer

TONI PRICE ~ "I DOUBT IF IT DOES TO YOU";


TONI PRICE ~ "LIKE THE SUN";


Toby Keith - 62 - American country singer ("Should've Been a Cowboy", "How Do You Like Me Now?!", "Red Solo Cup") and songwriter

TOBY KEITH ~ "HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW";


TOBY KEITH ~ "AS GOOD AS I ONCE WAS";


TOBY KEITH ~ "SHOULD HAVE BEEN A COWBOY";


Buzz Cason - 84 - American C&W singer and songwriter ("Everlasting Love")

BUZZ CASON ~ "EVERLASTING LOVE":


Audie Blaylock - 61 - American Bluegrass singer and guitarist & madndolinist w/Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys, Red Allen, Harley Allen, Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, Lynn Morris and solo

RHONDA VINCENT & AUDIE BLAYLOCK ~ "ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE BLUES";


AUDIE BLAYLOCK & REDLINE ~ "CRY CRY DARLIN";


David Davis - 63 - American Bluegrass singer & mandolin player

DAVID DAVIS & WARRIOR RIVER BOYS ~ "MILWAUKEE BLUES";


Jim Mills - 57 - American Bluegrass banjo player with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Rocky Scaggs and solo

JIM MILLS & DOYLE LAWSON ~ "TENNESSEE BANJO MAN";


Heather Wood - 79 - Singer with English Folk group The Young Tradition

THE YOUNG TRADITION ~ "NIGHT RIDE";


Malcolm Holcombe - 68 - American Folk/Country singer-songwriter

MALCOLM HOLCOMBE ~ "BLACK BITTER MOON";


Wayland Holyfield - 82 - American Country songwriter ("Arkansas (You Run Deep in Me)", "Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer", "You're My Best Friend", "Could I Have This Dance")

WAYLAND HOLYFIELD ~ "TIL THE RIERS RUN DRY";


Jason Clark - Singer with Atlanta Country Gospel group the Nelons

Kelly Nelon Clark - Singer with Atlanta Country Gospel group the Nelons

Amber Nelon Kistler - Singer with Atlanta Country Gospel group the Nelons

THE NELONS ~ "HEAR THE VOICE OF MY BELOVED";


Charlie Lennon - 85 - Irish traditional fiddler and songwriter

CHARLIE & BEN LENNON & SEAMUS QUINN;


Gunnar Stubseid - 76 - Norwegian Folk fiddler

GUNNAR STUBSEID ~ "GRAVBAKKJEN";