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";

RIPs to Micheal Davis of the MC5 and some other classic rockers

Michael Davis ~ Bassist for the classic late 1960's proto-punk band The MC, later joined with Ex Stooge Ron Asheton in The New Order (not the other one). There is literally not a punk, garage or grunge band alive or dead that has not been influenced by the MC5. Nuff said ~ 68

THE MC5 ~ "KICK OUT THE JAMS";



THE MC5 ~ "MOTOR CITY'S BURNING"; <



Levon Helm; Drummer with The Band and The Hawks from the 1950's on. Starting off as a backing band for Ronnie Hawkins on Roulette Records before Hawkins moved to Toronto. Helm later moved to Canada as well and rejoined Hawkins new all-Canadian group renamed The Band as they went on to play with Bob Dylan on his classic folk-rock records, still later the Band would go on to a solo career in the late 1960's and 70's with several classic albums. After the Band broke up Helm would continue with a solo career as well as acting, including a role as the father in "Coal Miner's Daughter". He had been battling cancer for years and died at age 72.

THE BAND ~ "I SHALL BE RELEASED";



Buggs Henderson, guitarist with the Nuggets era Texas garage band Mouse and Traps, best know for their blatant Dylan rip off "A public execution" as well as the excellent "Maid of Sugar Maid of spice" died of cancer last week at 68. He stared out with an R&B group called the Sensors and in later years recorded as a solo blues guy.

MOUSE ANT THE TRAPS ~ "MAID OF SUGAR MAID OF SPICE;




Freddie Milano ~ Singer with Dion and The Belmonts, one of the greatest white Doo Wop groups with hits lke "Runaround Sue", "Lovers who wander", "A teenager in love" ~ 72

DION & THE BELMONTS ~ "RUNAROUND SUE";




JERRY "BOOGIE" MCCLAIN ~ "TWIST 62";





Donald Duck Dunn; Bassist with Booker T & The MG's, the classic house band for virtually all the classic Soul and R&B hits put out by Stax Records in the 1960's. Hits by the likes of Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, William Bell, Eddie Floyd, Albert King, as well as several instrumental hits by the MG's themselves. Later worked with Wilson Pickett, Muddy Waters, Freddie King, Neil Young, Joe Walsh and Jerry Lee Lewis. Still later he played on Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks "Stop dragging my heart around". Appeared in the "Blues Brothers" movie as himself backing up the Brothers as well as Cab Calloway.

Booker T & The MG's ~ "Green Onions";


Herb Reed ~ Singer with 1950's Doo Wop group The Platters ~ 83

The Platters ~ "The Great Pretender" & "Only You";



Lloyd Brevett ~ Jamaican double bassist (The Skatalites) ~ 80

Chris Ethridge ~ Bassist with Gram Parson's International Submarine Band and The Flying Burrito Brothers. Also played with The Byrds and Emmylou Harris ~

The Flying Burrito Brothers ~ "Older Guys";


Robin Gibb ~ Singer with the Bee Gees, best remembered for their disco hits but originally known for a series of lush 1960's pop hits such as "To love somebody", "I started a joke" ~ 62 The Bee Gees ~ "I started a joke";




Vince Lovegrove ~ Co-lead singer (with Bon Scott) in 1960's Australian group The Valentines. The group broke up after a drugs bust and Lovegrove went on to be a producer and manager while Scott would later join AC/DC ~ 65

THE VALENTINES ~ "BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP";




Richie Teeter ~ Drummer with late 1970's New York punk band The Dictators, later with 1980's hair band shockers Twisted Sister ~ 61


THE DICTATORS ~ "SEARCH AND DESTROY";



TWISTED SISTER ~ "WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT";


Ronnie Montrose with 1970's hard rock band Montrose along with singer Sammy Hagar before Sammy went solo became a total twat. Ronnie later went solo ~ 66


MONTROSE ~ "BAD MOTOR SCOOTER";





Mike Hossack, one of many drummers of the 1970's stadium rockers Doobie Brothers most of whom were not brothers and none of whom were named "Doobie" ~ 65


THE DOOBIE BROTHERS ~ "CHINA GROVE";