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 1970's Rockers

Colin Burgess - 72 - Australian 1970's & 80's Hard Rock drummer with Master's Apprentice, His Majesty and origial drummer with AC/DC

THE MASTER'S AAPRENTICE ~ "IT'S BECAUSE I LOVE";


John Gosling - 75 - English keyboardist for The Kinks in the 70's ("Lola")

THE KINKS ~ "LOLA";


Gary Wright - 80 - American 1970's singer-songwriter ("Dream Weaver", "Love Is Alive") and keyboardist with 1960's UK band Spooky Tooth

SPOOKY TOOTH ~ "THAT WAS ONLY YESTERDAY";


SPOOKY TOOTH ~ "WAITIN FOR THE WIND":


GARY WRIGHT ~ "DREAM WEAVER";


Randy Meisner ~ 77 - Singer/guitarist/songwriter with Ricky Nelson's Stone Canyon Band, the Eagles, Poco, the Poor, Linda Ronstadt, John Stewart and solo

THE EAGLES ~ "TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT":


POCO ~ "HEART OF THE NIGHT";


Gary Rossington - 71 - Guitarist w/1970's Southern Rock bands Lynyrd Skynyrd & the Rossington Collins Band

LYNYRD SKYNYRD ~ "SWEET HOME ALABAMA";


LYNYRD SKYNYRD ~ "FREE BIRD";


Tom Leadon - 70 - Florida guitarist with 70's bands Mudcrutch and Silver as well as Linda Ronstadt

MUDCRUTCH ~ "ON THE STREET";


SILVER ~ "WHAM BAM SHANG-A-LANG";


Tony McPhee - 79 - English guitarist & singer with 1960's band the Groundhogs and Champion Jack Dupree & John Lee Hooker

THE GROUNDHOGS ~ "CROSSCUT SAW";


TONY McPHEE;


Jim Gordon; Wrecking Crew drummer w/Harry Nilson, Derek & Dominos, Joe Cocker, Frank Zappa, Alice Cooper, Steely Dan, Byrds, Beau Brummels, Johnny Rivers, CSNY, John Lee Hooker, BB King, Stone Poney, Van Dyke Parks, George Harrison, Bread, Cher

DEREK & THE DOMINOS ~ "IT'S TOO LATE";


HARRY NILSON ~ "JUMP INTO THE FIRE";


STEELY DAN ~ "RIKI DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER";


Ralph Humphrey - 79 - American rock drummer w/Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention

FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION ~ "KING KONG";


FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION ~ "OH MY THE SKY";


FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION ~ "LET'S MAKE THE WATER TURN BLACK";


Mick Slattery - 77 - Guitarist for 1970's British Space Rock band Hawkwind

HAWKWIND ~ "SILVER MACHINE";


HAWKWIND ~ "MOTORHEAD";


HAWKWIND ~ "ASSAULT & BATTERY";


Francis Monkman - Guitarist & keyboardist with 1970's UK Prog Rock bands Curved Air and Sky, also with Renaissance, Al Stewart, 801 (w/Brian Eno & Phil Manzanaro) the Shadows and solo, later film composer ("The Long Good Friday")

CURVED AIR ~ "IT HAPPENED TODAY";


CURVED AIR ~ "BACK STREET LOVE";


SKY ~ "TOCCATA";


Philip Shulman - 85 - Sax, horn and keyboard player with 1970's Scottish Prog Rock band Gentle Giant

GENTLE GIANT ~ "FREE HAND";


GENTLE GIANT - "ADVENT OF PANURGE";


David LaFlamme - 82 - American singer and violinist with 1960's & 70's Pysche and Prog Rock band It's a Beautiful Day

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


IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY ~ "SOAPSTONE MOUNTAIN";


Ron Howden - 78 - Drummer with 1970's English Prog Rock band Nektar

NEKTAR ~ "DESOLATION VALLEY";


Charlie Dominici - 72 - Singer with American Prog Metal band Dream Theater and guitarist with 1970's Pop band Frankie & The Knockouts

FRANKIE & THE KNOCOUTS ~ "NOT ANOTHER LONELY NIGHT";


FRANKIE & THE KNOCKOUTS ~ "SWEETHEART";


Essra Mohawk - 75 - American 1970's singer and songwriter w/The Primoridals, Frank Zappa, Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper and "School House Rock"

SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS ~ "SUFFERIN' TILL SUFFERAGE";


SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS ~ "INTERJECTION";


Erkin Koray - 82 - Turkish 1960's & 70's Psyche, Prog and Folk Rock singer-songwriter & guitarist

ERKIN KORAY ~ "CEMALIM";


ERKIN KORAY & HUR-EL ~ "SEVENIER AGLARMIS";


Ricky Wolff - 78 - South African born singer with UK 1970's Pop band White Plains

WHITE PLAINS ~ "MY BABY LOVES LOVIN";


WHITE PLAINS ~ "LOVING YOU BABY";


Johnny Fean - 71 - Guitarist with Irish Celtic Rock band the Horslips

THE HORSLIPS ~ "DEARG DOOM";


THE HORSLIPS ~ "FASTER THAN THE HOUND";


THE HORSLIPS ~ "TROUBLE WITH A CAPITAL T";


Vlado Pravdić - 73 - Bosnian keyboardist with 1970's Yugoslavian band Bijelo Dugme

BIJELO DUGME ~ "BIJELO DUGME";


George Tickner - 76 - American guitarist with 60's band Fruminous Bandersnatch and later founding member of Journey in the 70's

FRUMINOUS BANDERSNATCH ~ "HEARTS TO CRY";


JOURNEY ~ "TOPAZ";


Sixto Rodriguez - 81 - American singer-songwriter AKA "Sugar Man"

SUGARMAN RODRIQUEZ ~ "SUGARMAN";


SUGARMAN RODRIQUEZ - "LIKE A ROLLING STONE";


Ron Altbach - 76 - American keyboardist & songwriter w/1970's band King Harvest, Celebration

KING HARVEST ~ "DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT";


Donnie Marsico - 68 - American singer with early 70's band The Jaggerz ("The Rapper")

THE JAGGERZ ~ "THE RAPPER";


Davis Causey - 74 - Guitarist with American 1970's band Sea Level

SEA LEVEL ~ "RAIN IN SPAIN";


SEA LEVEL ~ "GRAND LARCENY";


Cliff Fish - 73 - Bassist with 1970's UK Pop band Paper Lace ("The Night Chicago Died" & "Billy Don't Be A Hero")

PAPER LACE ~ "BILLY DON'T BE A HERO";


PAPER LACE ~ "THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED";


Kevin Parrott - British singer with 1970's Folk Pop duo Brian and Michael ("Matchstick Men & Matchstick Cats & Dogs")

BRIAN & MICHAEL ~ "MATCHSTICK MEN AND MATCHSTICK CATS & DOGS";


Robert Haimer - 69 - American musician & songwriter w/musical comedy duo Barnes & Barnes ("Fish Heads") also in Soft Rock and America in the 80's

BARNES & BARNES ~ "FISH HEADS";


Alberto Radius - 80 - Guitarist and singer-songwriter with 1970's Italian band Formula 3

FORMULA 3 ~ "LA FOLLE CORSA";