Some Folk and Country Figures

Frankie Miller ~ 95 ~ Texas County Western singer from the 1950's & 60's

FRANKIE MILLER ~ "FAMILY MAN";


Don Adams ~ 85 ~ American Country bassist with the Adams Bros backing George Jones, Merle Haggard, Tammy Wynette, Ray Price, Marty Robbins and Johnny Paycheck

THE ADAMS BROS ~ "MY FAVORITE GIRL" & "HOLD IT";


Dolly Parton ~ 80 ~ Tennessee Country Western singer

DOLLY PARTON ~ "JOLENE";


DOLLY PARTON ~ "I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU";


DOLLY PARTON & TAMMMY WYNETTE ~ "STAND BY YOUR MAN";


David Allan Coe ~ 86 ~ American country singer ("You Never Even Called Me By My Name", "The Ride") and songwriter ("Take This Job and Shove It")

DAVID ALLAN COE ~ "DEATH ROW";


DAVID ALLAN COE ~ "LIVING ON THE RUN";


Wayne Moss - 88 - American session guitarist (Area Code 615, Barefoot Jerry) and songwriter

AREA 615 ~ "KATY HILL";


Terry Cox - 89 - Drummer with British Folk Rock bands Pentangle, The Humblebums

PENTANGLE ~ "TRAVELLING SONG";


PENTANGLE ~ "NO LOVE IS SORROW";


Dolores Keane - 72 - Singer with Irish Folk band De Dannan

DE DANNAN ~ "HEY JUDE";


DE DANNAN ~ "LET IT BE";


Marie Brennan ~ 73 ~ Singer with Irish Folk Pop band Clannad

CLANNAD ~ "ROBIN THE HOODED MAN";


CLANNAD ~ "THEME FROM HARRY'S GAME";


CLANNAD & BONO ~ "IN A LIFETIME";


Blake Emmons - 81 - Canadian Country singer and television host

BLAKE EMMONS ~ "YOU'RE MY WOMAN";


Paul Geremia - 81 - American Folk Blues guitarist

PAUL GEREMIA ~ "RISING RIVER BLUES";


Ronnie Bowman ~ 64 ~ American Bluegrass singer/guitarist (Lonesome River Band)

LONESOME RIVER BAND ~ "LONG GONE";

Some Country and Folk Musicians

Betsy Gay ~ 96 ~ American actress and Country singer with Spade Cooley and Spike Jones

SPADE COOLEY & BETSY GAY ~ "YOU CLOBBERED ME";


Marilyn Tuttle ~ 99 ~ 1950's Country singer w/Wesley Tuttle

WESLEY & MARILYN TUTTLE ~ "HEY GOOD LOOKING";


WESLEY & MARILYN TUTTLE ~ "NEVER";



Melba Montgomery - 86 - American 1960's & 70's Country singer ("No Charge", "Don't Let the Good Times Fool You", "Angel of the Morning")

MELBA MONTGOMERY ~ "HAPPY YOU, LONELY ME" & "I'M NO LONGER IN YOUR HEART";


MELBA MONTGOMERY & GEORGE JONES ~ "WE MUST HAVE BEEN OUT OF OUR MINDS";


MELBA MONTGOMERY ~ "BREAK MY MIND";



Jeannie Seely ~ 85 ~ American Country singer

JEANNIE SEELY ~ "DON'T TOUCH ME";


Wizz Jones - 86 - English Folk guitarist and singer-songwriter

WIZZ JONES ~ "HARD TIMES IN NEW QUAY";


Peter Yarrow - 86 - American 1960's Folk singer w/Peter, Paul and Mary and songwriter

PETER, PAUL & MARY ~ "IF I HAD A HAMMER";


PETER, PAUL & MARY ~ "BLOWING IN THE WIND";


PETER, PAUL & MARY ~ "PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON";



Tom Lehrer ~ 97 ~ American Folk comedian singer-songwriter ("The Elements", "The Old Dope Peddler", "The Vatican Rag")

TOM LEHRER ~ "THE VATICAN RAG";


TOM LEHRER ~ "POISONING PIGEOS IN THE PARK";


Eddie Adcock ~ 86 ~ Bluegrass banjo player w/The Country Gentlemen

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN ~ "MATTERHORN" & "FOX ON THE RUN";


THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN ~ "DARK AS A DUNGEON";


John Wesley Ryles ~ 74 ~ American country music singer/songwriter ("Kay")

JOHN WESLEY RYLES ~ "KAY";


Johnny Rodriguez ~ 73 ~ American country singer ("You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me)", "Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)")

JOHNNY RODRIQUEZ ~ "RIDIN MY THUMB TO MEXICO";


JOHNNY RODRIQUEZ ~ "DEPORTEE";


Helen Cornelius - 83 - American Country singer-songwriter with Jim Ed Brown

HELEN CORNELIUS & JIM ED BROWN ~ "I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO MARRY YOU";


Lulu Roman - 78 - Country & Gospel singer and comedian on 'Hee Haw'

LULU ROMAN ~ "HALLELUJAH WHEELS";


Squire Parsons ~ 77 ~ American Southern gospel singer-songwriter with the Kinsmen Quartet and solo

SQUIRE PARSONS ~ "I SING BECUASE";


Michael Hurley - 83 - American 1960's Folk singer-songwriter ("Have Moicy")

MICHAEL HURLEY ~ "I'M WORRIED I'M WORRIED";


Tony Saletan - 94 - American Folk singer ("Michael Row the Boat Ashore" & "Kumbaya").

TONY SALETAN;


Tracy Schwartz ~ 84 ~ American Folk & Country singer, guitarist and fiddle player with duo Ginny Hawker

GINNY HAWKER & TRACY SCHWARTZ ~ "DON'T NEGLECT THE ROSE";


Gabe Hirshfeld ~ 40 ~ Boston Bluegrass banjo player

GABE HIRSHFELD ~ "RUNAROUND";


Danny Thompson ~ 86 ~ English bassist w/Pentangle, Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated

PENTANGLE ~ "LET NO MAN STEAL YOUR THYME";


PENTANGLE ~ "LIGHT FIGHT";


PENTANGLE ~ "PEOPLE ON THE HIGHWAY";


Jill Sobule ~ 66 ~ American Folk Pop singer-songwriter ("I Kissed a Girl", "Supermodel")

JILL SOBULE ~ "I KISSED A GIRL";


JILL SOBULE ~ "SUPERMODEL";

Some more early Rock and Roll figures pass on

Some Rockers;

Sean Bonniwell ~ Singer/keyboards w/1960's garage punk group The Music Machine. Did the classic "Talk Talk" ~ 71

The Music Machine ~ "Talk talk";



Gene Kurtz ~ 1960's Bassist/songwriter with Roy Head on "Treat her right" ~ 69

Roy Head & The Traits ~ "Treat her right";



Kim Brown ~ Singer/guitarist for 1960's English/Finnish garage bands The Renegades and The Cadillacs ~ 61

The Renegades ~ "Brand new Cadillac";



Lee Pockriss ~ Songwriter from the 1950's to the 1970's. With Paul Vance he co-wrote Perry Como's "Catch a Falling Star", Brian Hyland's "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini", The Cuff Links' "Tracy" and Shelley Fabares' "Johnny Angel". Later wrote for movies and Sesame Street

Shelley Fabares ~ "Johnny Angel";






Bob Brunning ~ English Rock and Blues bassist w/ John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac, Savoy Brown ~ 68

Keef Hartley ~ British drummer for The Keef Hartley band who played Woodstock, also played in The Artwoods and Rory Storm & The Hurricanes ~ 67

Some early R&B figures;

Hubert Sumlin ~ blues Guitarist on many of Howlin Wolf's 1950's hits on Chess Records ~ 80

Howlin Wolf w/Hubert Sumlin & Willie Dixon~ "Smokestack Lightning";



Jimmy Norman ~ American R&B singer/songwriter/producer. Worked with Irma Thomas, Jimi Hendrix, The Coasters, Bob Marley. Co-wrote "Time is on my side" ~ 74

Jimmy Norman ~ "Here comes the night";



Freddie Ferrara ~ 1950's Doo Wop singer w/The Del-Satins, The Brooklyn Bridge

The Del Satins ~ "Remember";



Marv Tarplin ~ American guitarist and songwriter with Motown R&B group The Miracles. Although Tarplin stayed in the background, Robinson referred to him as his "secret weapon". He also worked on Smokey Robinson's solo records as well as Marvin Gaye and the Supremes ~ 70

The Miracles ~ "The tracks of my tears";



J. Blackfoot ~ Souls singer from late 1960's to 1980's w/The Bar Kays, The Soul Children and solo ~ 65

Wardell Quezergue ~ New Orleans 1950's & 60's R&B songwriter/producer w/ hits with Professor Longhair, “Iko Iko” by the Dixie Cups, “Barefootin’ ” by Robert Parker, “Groove Me” by King Floyd, “Mr. Big Stuff” by Jean Knight. ~ 81

Dixie Cups ~ "Iko Iko";



Sylvia Robinson ~ American 1950's R&B singer with Mikey Baker in Mickey & Sylvia. Later a record producer and record company co-founder of Sugar Hill Records ~ 75

Mickey and Sylvia ~ "No good lover";



George "Mojo" Buford ~ Blues harmonica player with Muddy Waters ~ 81

Muddy Waters & Mojo Buford ~ "Got my Mojo workin";



Jessy Dixon ~ American gospel singer ~ 73

Leonard Dillon ~ Singer with 1960's and 70's Jamaican ska and rocksteady group The Ethiopians ~ 68

The Ethiopians ~ "Train to Skaville";



Barry Llewellyn ~ Jamaican musician, founding member of The Heptones ~ 63

Some folk and country figures;

Country Johnny Mathis ~ Not be confused with the pop singer, this Mathis was a country singer songwriter from the early 1950's to the 1960's recording for a number of labels as well as writing hit songs for Johnny Paycheck, Web Pierce and George Jones. ~ 77

Liz Anderson ~ 1950's Country singer and mother of singer Lynn Anderson ~ 81

Johnnie Wright ~ Country singer from the 1950's and 60's as part of Johnny And Jack with Jack Anglin until Anglin's death in a car accident in 1963. It was a benefit for Anglin's widow that Patsy Cline was returning from when her plane crashed killing her as well as Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins. Wright married Kitty Wells and was a songwriter with hits into the 1970's including "Seasons in the sun. ~ 97

Johnny & Jack ~ "I get so lonely" (w/ Ray Price and an intro by Roy Acuff);



Paul Yandell ~ Country guitarist with Chet Atkins, played w/Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Dolly Parton, Steve Wariner, Hank Thompson, Perry Como, Roger Whitaker, Kitty Wells, The Louvin Bros, Les Paul, Woody Herman, The Everly Bros. and Mary Chapin Carpenter ~ 76

Bob Burnett ~ American musician with 1960's folk group The Highwaymen ~ 71

Herbert "Bert" Jansch ~ Scottish folk rock guitarist both solo and with UK group Pentangle from 1968 to 1972 and then continuing on as a solo artist. He also played Banjo, Dulcimer, Concertina and Recorder. His guitar work is highly influential on British guitarists from Jimmy Page to Niel Young, Donovan, Nick Drake and later Johnny Marr. ~ 67

Pentangle ~ "Traveling song" & "Let no man steal your thyme";



Some jazzbos;

Sam Rivers ~ Bebop and Free Jazz sax, clarinet and flute player solo and w/Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Tony Williams, Anthony Braxton ~ 86

Al Vega ~ Boston based Jazz pianist w/Dizzy Gillespie, Betty Carter, Lester Young, Stan Getz, Billy Holiday ~ 90

Billy Bang ~ Violinist with Sun Ra 63

Sun Ra Arkrestra in Egypt;



Paul Motian ~ Jazz drummer w/Bill Evans, also played with Paul Bley, Keith Jarrett, Lennie Tristano, Warne Marsh, Joe Castro, Carla Bley, Charlie Haden, Don Cherry, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, Lee Konitz and even Arlo Guthrie (Motian performed briefly with Guthrie in 1968-69, and performed with the singer at Woodstock) ~ 80

Bob Brookmeyer ~ American jazz valve trombonist w/Gerry Mulligan ~ 81

Dan Terry ~ American Big Band trumpet player, w/Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan & Yma Sumac. Also played on soundtracks for "The Hustler" and "The Manchurian Candidate" ~ 87