Some 1970's Rock Figures

Steve Farmer ~ 71 ~ Guitarist with 1960's & 70's Detroit Hard Rock Band The Amboy Dukes ("Journey To The Center Of Your Mind", "Baby Please Don't Go")

THE AMBOY DUKES ~ "FLIGHT OF THE BYRD";


THE AMBOY DUKES ~ "JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF YOUR MIND";


Paul Campbell ~ 66 ~ English guitarist with 1970's & 80's Hard Rock bands UFO, Waysted, Lone Star and Skid Row (not the 80's Hair Metal band)

Pete Way ~ 69 ~ English rock bass guitarist (UFO, Waysted, Fastway)

UFO ~ "MYSTERY TRAIN";


Brian Howe ~ 66 ~ English rock singer w/1980's Hard Rock band Bad Company and Ted Nugent

BAD COMPANY ~ "NO SMOKE WITHOUT A FIRE";


BAD COMPANY ~ "SHAKE IT UP";


Ken Hensley ~ 75 ~ English singer-songwriter/keyboardist with 1970's Hard Rock & Prog bands Uriah Heep, Blackfoot

Lee Kerslake ~ Drummer with Uriah Heep and Ozzy Osbourne

URIAH HEEP ~ "WIZARD";


URIAH HEEP ~ "LADY IN BLACK";


URIAH HEEP ~ "EASY LIVING";


Ian Mitchell ~ 62 ~ Irish guitarist with the Bay City Rollers, Rosetta Stone & solo

THE BAY CITY ROLLERS ~ "SATURDAY NIGHT";


THE BAY CITY ROLLERS ~ "SHANG A LANG";


ROSETTA STONE ~ "SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE";


John Meyer ~ Australian slide guitarist (Rose Tattoo, Chain, Swanee)

ROSE TATTOO ~ "ROCK & ROLL OUTLAW";


Peter Starkie ~ 72 ~ Australian rock guitarist (Skyhooks, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons)

JO JO ZEP & THE FALCONS ~ "THE SHAPE I'M IN";


JO JO ZEP & THE FALCONS ~ "HIT & RUN";


Steve Holland ~ 66 ~ American guitarist (Molly Hatchet, Gator Country)

MOLLY HATCHET ~ "FLIRTIN' WITH DISASTER";


Max Merritt ~ 79 ~ New Zealand and Australian rock singer with the Meteors

MAX MERRITT ~ "FANNIE MAE" & "CAN'T COME BACK";


MAX MERRITT ~ "WESTERN UNION MAN";


Martin Griffin ~ English rock drummer with 1980's UK Space Rock bands Hawkwind and the Hawklords

HAWKWIND ~ "PSI POWER";


Mike Somerville ~ 68 ~ American rock guitarist (Head East) and songwriter ("Never Been Any Reason", "Since You've Been Gone", later covered by Rainbow and Cherie & Marie Curie)

HEAD EAST ~ "SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE";


Jerry Hludzik ~ Singer/guitarist w/US bands the Bouys ("Timothy" ("Give Up Your Guns") and Dakota

THE BOUYS ~ "GIVE UP YOUR GUNS";


DAKOTA ~ "


Keith Tippett ~ 72 ~ British Jazz and Prog Rock pianist & composer with King Crimson, Centipede

KING CRIMSON ~ "BOLEARO";


Jahn Tiegan ~ 70 ~ Singer w/1970's Prog Rock band Popol Vuh

POPOL VUH ~ "QUEEN OF ALL QUEENS";


POPOL VUH ~ "MUSIC BOX";


Dan Andrei Aldea ~ 69 ~ Singer/guitarist/keyboardist with 1970's & 80's Romanian Prog/Folk rock band Sfinx and solo

DAN ANDREI ALDEA ~ "BRAD BATRAN";


SFINX ~ "DIN NOU ACASA";


SFINX ~ "TE ASTEPT MEREU";


Lyle Mays ~ 66 ~ American jazz pianist and composer with Pat Metheney, David Bowie ("This Is Not America"), Woody Herman, Joni Mitchell, Bobby McFerrin, Toots Theilmans, Betty Buckley, Earth Wind & Fire

DAVID BOWIE & PAT METHENY BAND ~ "THIS IS NOT AMERICA";


Sorrel Hays ~ 79 ~ American Avant Garde classical "tone cluster" pianist, electronic music composer and video artist

SORREL HAYS ~ "TOUCH OF TOUCH";

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";