Some 1970's Rock & Pop Figures

Dave Cousins ~ 85 ~ Singer/guitarist with UK Folk Pop band the Strawbs

THE STRAWBS ~ "PART OF THE UNION";


THE STRAWBS ~ "LAY DOWN";


Joey Molland - 77 - Guitarist with English band Badfinger ("Without You", "Come & Get It")

BADFINGER ~ "BABY BLUE";


BADFINGER ~ "COME & GET IT";


BADFINGER ~ "WITHOUT YOU";


Mick Ralphs ~ 81 ~ Guitarist with 1970's UK bands Mott the Hoople and Bad Company

MOTT THE HOOPLE ~ "ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS";


MOTT THE HOOPLE ~ "ALL THE YOUNG DUDES";


MOTT THE HOOPLE ~ "YOU REALLY GOT ME";


BAD COMPANY ~ "ROCK & ROLL FANTASY";


BAD COMPANY ~ "FEEL LIKE MAKING LOVE";


Bobby Whitlock, 77, American singer, songwriter ("Bell Bottom Blues") and musician (Derek and the Dominos, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends)

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


DEREK & THE DOMINOS ~ "LAYLA";


David Kaff (AKA Viv Savage) - 79 - Keyboardist for 1970's bands Rare Bird and Spinal Tap

RARE BIRD ~ "BEAUTIFUL SCARLET";


RARE BIRD ~ "SYMPATHY";


Bruce Howe - 77 - Bassist with Australian 1970's Hard Rock band Fraternity (with Bon Scott)

FRATERNITY ~ "THE SHAPE I'M IN";


FRATERNITY ~ "SOMMERVILLE";


Jacques de Jongh ~ 70's ~ Bassist and rhythm guitarist with 1970's Australian Glam Rock band Hush

HUSH ~ "BONIE MARONIE";


HUSH ~ "GLAD ALL OVER";


Rick Davies ~ 82 ~ Keyboardist & singer with Supertramp
SUPERTRAMP ~ "GIE A LITTLE BIT";


SUPERTRAMP ~ "DREAMER";


SUPERTRAMP ~ "LOGICAL SONG";


Drew Zingg ~ 68 ~ American guitarist w/Steely Dan and Boz Scaggs

STEELY DAN ~ "RIKKI DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER":


STEELY DAN ~ "REELING IN THE YEARS";


BOZ SCAGGS ~ "THE LIDO SHUFFLE";


Roger McLachlan ~ 71 ~ New Zealand bass guitarist (Little River Band)

THE LITTLE RIVER BAND ~ "LONESOME LOSER";


THE LITTLE RIVER BAND ~ "REMINICSING";


Antti Tammilehto ~ 70 ~ bassist with Finnish band Eero, Jussi & The Boys

EERO, JUSSI & THE BOYS ~ "RIP IT UP";


EERO JUSSI & THE BOYS ~ "ME & BOBBY McGEE";


Billy Earheart ~ 71 ~ Keyboardist with Country Rock bands The Amazing Rhythm Aces & The Bama Band

THE AMAZING RHYTHM ACES ~ "THE END IS NOT IN SIGHT";


THE AMAZING RHYTHM ACES ~ "THIRD RATE ROMANCE";


Larry Lee ~ 78 ~ Multi-insturmenatlist and songwriter with The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

THE OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS ~ "JACKIE BLUE";


THE OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS ~ "IF YOU WANT TO GET TO HEAVEN";


Robert John - 79 - American 1970's Pop singer ("Sad Eyes", "If You Don't Want My Love")

ROBERT JOHN ~ "SAD EYES";


Wayne Osmond ~ 73 ~ Singer with the Osmonds

THE OSMONDS ~ "YOYO";


THE OSMONDS ~ "ONE BAD APPLE";

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";

Some Figures From Punk & New Wave

Pete Overend Watts ~ 69 ~ Bassist w/1970's Glam Rock band Mott the Hoople ("All The Young Dudes")

MOTT THE HOOPLE ~ "ALL THE YOUNG DUDES";


MOTT THE HOOPLE ~ "ALL THE WAY TO MEMPHIS";


Mike Kellie ~ 69 ~ British session drummer w/The Only Ones, Spooky Tooth, Joe Cocker, Traffic, George Harrison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Peter Frampton, Maurice Gibb, Johnny Thunders, Neil Innes, Chris Jagger, Sean Tyla, Jim Capaldi, Pat Travers.

THE ONLY ONES ~ "ANOTHER GIRL ANOTHER PLANET";


Deke Leonard ~ 72 ~ Welsh rock guitarist w/1970's pup rock band Man

MAN ~ "BANANAS";


Robert Dahlqvist ~ 40 ~ Swedish singer/guitarist w/The Hellacopters, Thunder Express & Dundertåget
THE HELLACOPTERS ~ "CARRY ME HOME";


THE HELLACOPTERS ~ "BY THE GRACE OF GOD";


Mike Gaborno ~ 51 ~ American singer Cadillac Tramps, Manic Hispanic

THE CADILLAC TRAMPS ~ "IT'S ALRIGHT";


Gil Ray ~ 60 ~ Drummer w/American 1980's Power Pop bands Game Theory, Loud Family and Rain Parade
GAME THEORY ~ "ERICA'S WORLD";


GAME THEORY ~ "I'VE TRIED SUBTLY";


Bobby Lloyd Hicks ~ Memphis drummer w/Untamed Youth, Dave Alvin, Jonathan Richman, Steve Forbert, NRBQ, Skeletons & Symptoms, Bobby Lloyd & Windfall Prophets

BOBBY LLOYD HICKS & SKELETONS ~ "DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR" & "YOU REALLY GOT ME";


BOBBY LLOYD HICKS & THE SKELETONS ~ "CRAZY COUNTRY";


John Lever ~ 55 ~ Drummer w/British Post-Punk bands The Chameleons and The Sun & The Moon

THE CHAMELEONS ~ "DON'T FALL";


THE CHAMELEONS ~ "MONKEYLAND";

Larry Steinbachek ~ 56 ~ English keyboardist w/ Electro-Pop band Bronski Beat

BRONSKI BEAT ~ "SMALL TOWN BOY";


BRONSKI BEAT ~ "TELL ME WHY";

Some Classic 1960's Drummers

Mitch Mitchell ~ Drummer with the Jimi Hendrix Experience. He had previously played with Georgie Fame and briefly The Pretty Things and The Who (prior to Keith Moon).
His style was energetic and complex, full of cascading snare drums and cymbals and was heavily influenced by Jazz and Surf drummers as opposed to the more straight-forward and dance-able Blues and R&B influenced drummers of the British Invasion and would influence later Jazz Fusion and Kraut-Rock drummers.
After Hendrix he played in various short lived supergroups with Jack Bruce, Keith Emerson, Jeff Beck, Billy Cox, Buddy Miles, Junior Brown and even Miles Davis

JIMI HENDRIX;


JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE ~ "HEY JOE";


Eddie Hoh (71) was a notable drummer from the 1960's and 70's. Played with Donovan, Tim Buckley, Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield, Stephen Stills, The Monkees, Charlie Musselwhite, Graham Bond, Flying Burrito Bros, Kim Fowley, Mama's & Pappas, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Herman's Hermits, Little Feat, Robert Palmer, Pointer Sisters, Boz Scaggs,

MAMAS & PAPAS ~ "CALIFORNIA DREAMIN";


THE MONKEES ~ "STAR COLLECTORS";


THE MONKEES ~ "GOIN DOWN";


SCREAMIN JAY HAWKINS ~ "I PUT A SPELL ON YOU";


Buddy Harman ~ 79 ~ Nashville session drummer w/ Elvis Presley ("Little Sister"), Johnny Cash (“Ring of Fire"), Roger Miller (“King of the Road”), Tammy Wynette (“Stand by Your Man"), Everly Bro ("Bye Bye Love"), Roy Orbison ("Pretty Woman"), Patsy Cline ("Crazy"), Brenda Lee, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Dolly Parton, Ray Price, Simon & Garfunkle, and others.

PATSY CLINE ~ "CRAZY";


ROGER MILLER ~ "KING OF THE ROAD";


ROY ORBISON ~ "PRETTY WOMAN";


TAMMY WYNETTE ~ "STAND BY YOUR MAN";


Another session drummer of the 1960's was Scottish session man Andrew "Andy" White (85) best known for replacing Ring on the Beatles' first single, "Love Me Do" b/w "P.S. I Love You") , also played with Chuck Berry, Billy Fury, Herman's Hermits and Tom Jones

THE BEATLES ~ "LOVE ME DO";


THE BEATLES ~ "PS I LOVE YOU";


Dale Griffin ~ 67 ~ Drummer for British Glam Rock group Mott The Hoople ("All The Young Dudes"

MOTT THE HOOPLE ~ "YOU REALLY GOT ME";


MOTT THE HOOPLE ~ "ALL THE YOUNG DUDES";


MOTT THE HOOPLE ~ "ROLL AWAY THE STONE";


John Garner ~ 63 ~ American rock drummer and vocalist with late 1960's & early 1970's American Proto-Stoner-Metal band Sir Lord Baltimore
SIR LORD BALTIMORE ~ "KINGDOM COME";