Some 70's and 80's Pop & Rock Figures

Dickie Betts ~ 80 ~ Bassisst for 1970's American Southern Rock band the Allman Brothers

Johnny Neel - 70 - Keyboard, harmonica player and songwriter with The Allman Brothers Band and Dickie Betts Band. Also session player w/The Allman Brothers, Gov't Mule, Michael McDonald. Todd Snider, David Allan Coe, Robert Gordon, Chris LeDoux, Suzy Bogguss, Joe Diffie

THE ALLMAN BROS ~ "WHIPPING POST";


THE ALLMAN BROS ~ "RAMBLIN MAN":


JD Souther - 78 - Texas Country Rock singer/songwriter w/the Eagles ("New Kid In Town" "Heartache Tonight"), Linda Rondstadt, James Taylor and solo

JD SOUTHER ~ "YOU'RE ONLY LONELY";


JD SOUTHER & JAMES TAYLOR ~ "HER TOWN TOO";


Freddie Salem - 70 - Guitarist with 1970's American Country Rock band the Outlaws

THE OUTLAWS ~ "THERE GOES ANOTHER LOVE SONG";


THE OUTLAWS ~ "GHOST RIDERS";


Mike Pinera - 76 - American guitarist with 1970's band Blues Image and Iron Butterfly

BLUES IMAGE ~ "RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE";


Screamin' Scott Simon - 75 - American pianist and singer with Sha Na Na

SHA NA NA ~ "DUKE OF EARL";


SHA NA NA ~ "RUNAROUND SUE";


Dennis Bryon ~ Drummer with the Bee Gees in the 1970's

THE BEE GEES ~ "STAYING ALIVE";


Eric Carmen - 74 - American singer/songwriter with 1970's & 80's bands the Raspberries and solo ("Go All the Way", "All by Myself")

THE RASPBERRIES ~ "GO ALL THE WAY";


THE RASPBERRIES ~ "I WANNA BE WITH YOU";


ERIC CARMEN ~ "ALL BY MYSELF";


Tom Fowler - 73 - American bassist and violinist w/The Mothers of Invention, It's A Beautiful Day, Air Pocket, Jon Luc Ponty, Ray Charles, Steve Hackett

FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION ~ "APPROXIMATE";


FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION ~ "STINK FOOT";


IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY ~ "WHITE BIRD";


Peter Sinfield - 80 - English guitarist, keyboardis & lyricist with 1970's UK Prog Rock band King Crimson

KING CRIMSON ~ "21st CENTURY SCHIDZOID MAN";


Steve Harley - 73 - Singer with 1970's UK band Cockney Rebel

COCKNEY REBEL ~ "MR SOFT";


COCKNEY REBEL ~ "MAKE ME SMILE";


Colin Gibb - 70 - Singer/guitarist with UK 1970's Pop band Black Lace

BLACK LACE ~ "SUPERMAN";


Martin Lee - 77 - Singer/songwriter with 1970's UK Pop band Brotherhood of Man ("United We Stand", "Sae Your Kisses For Me")

THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN ~ "UNITED WE STAND";


THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN ~ "SAVE YOUR KISSES FOR ME";


Dick Allix - 78 - Drummer with British 70's Pop band Vanity Fare

VANITY FARE ~ "EARLY IN THE MORNING";


VANITY FARE ~ "HITCHING A RIDE";


Joe Egan - 77 - Singer/songwriter with 1970's Scottish Pop band Stealers Wheel ("Stuck in the Middle with You", "Star")

STEALER'S WHEEL ~ "STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU";


STEALER'S WHEEL ~ "I GET BY";


STEALER'S WHEEL ~ "STAR";


Gerry Conway - 76 - English drummer and percussionist w/Jethro Tull, Fairport Convention, Cat Stevens

JETHRO TULL ~ "BROADSWORD";


Richard Tandy - 76 - Keyboardist with English bands the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), the Move & the Uglies

ELO ~ "EVIL WOMAN";


ELO ~ "DON'T BRING ME DOWN";


ELO ~ "ROCK & ROLL IS KING";


Greg Kihn - 75 - American 1980's singer/sogwriter w/The Greg Kihn Band ("Jeopardy", "The Breakup Song") and radio DJ on KFOX

THE GREG KIHN BAND ~ "THE BREAKUP SONG";


THE GREG KIHN BAND ~ "JEOPARDY";


Ulf Dageby - 80 - Singer/guitarist and songwriter with 1970's Swedish Prog & Art Rock band Nationalteatern

NATIONALTEATERN ~ "SPEEDY GONZALES";


NATIONALTEATERN ~ "BANGAN TRALAR";


Max Werner - 70 - Singer and drummer with 1970's Dutch Prog Rock band Kayak

KAYAK ~ "RUTHLESS QUEEN";


KAYAK ~ "STARLIGHT DANCER";


Ľubomír Stankovský - 72 - Drummer w/1960's & 70's Slovak Jazz Pop rock band Modus

MODUS ~ "ZAHADNA";


Betty Veldpaus - 72 - Singer with Dutch 70's Pop band Pussycat

PUSSYCAT ~ "MY BROKEN SOUVINEERS";


PUSSYCAT ~ "MISSISSIPPI";

Some Southern & Roots Rockers

John Geils ~ 71 ~ Guitarist w/The J Geils Band, Bluesy R&R Band from Massachusetts in the 1970's and 80's. Started out as a garagey blues band in 1968 and had some success in the 1970's as a respected touring band with some minor hits (mostly R&B covers like "First I Look At The Purse", "Serves You Right To Suffer" "I Do", "Land Of 1000 Dances" and "Where Did Our Love Go") but later had major hits in the 1980's with "Love Stinks", "Centerfold", "Freeze Frame" and "Angel In Blue" before suddenly breaking up in 1983-85. There were reunions in the 2000's until Geils either quit or was was kicked out of the band resulting in lawsuits.

J GEILS BAND ~ "LOVE STINKS";


J GEILS BAND ~ "CENTERFOLD";


J GEILS BAND ~ "FREEZE FRAME";


J GEILS BAND ~ "ANGEL IN BLUE";


Evan Johns ~ 60 ~ Guitarist w/American 1980's Roots/Rockabilly band The LeRoi Brothers

LEROI BROS ~ "TREAT HER RIGHT";


LEROI BROTHERS ~ "PRETTY LITTLE LIARS";


Butch Trucks ~ 69 ~ American drummer w/The Allman Brothers Band

ALLMAN BROS BAND ~ "WHIPPING POST";


ALLMAN BROS BAND ~ "RAMBLIN MAN";


Dave Hlubek ~ 66 ~ Guitarist and Banner Thomas ~ 63 ~ Bassist with 1970's Southern Rock Band Molly Hatchet

MOLLY HATCHET ~ "DREAMS I'LL NEVER SEE";


MOLLY HATCHET ~ "FALL OF THE PEACEMAKER";


Robbie Hoddinott ~ 62 ~ Guitarist w/1970's San Francisco rock band Kingfish

KINGFISH ~ "HYPNOTIZE";


KINGFISH ~ "JUKE BOOGIE WOOGIE";


Don Williams ~ 78 ~ Texas Country-Western singer songwriter (“Tulsa Time,” “Good Ol’ Boys Like Me,” and “It Must Be Love", "I Recall A Gypsy Woman".

DON WILLIAMS ~ "TULSA TIME";


DON WILLIAMS ~ "SING ME BACK HOME";