Some 1970's Rockers

Bob Weir ~ 78 ~ Singer/guitarist with the Grateful Dead

GRATEFUL DEAD ~ "TRUCKIN"


GRATEFUL DEAD ~ "DARK STAR";


GRATEFUL DEAD ~ "TOUCH OF GREY";


John Hammond ~ 83 ~ American Blues singer & guitarist

JOHN HAMMOND ~ "DROP DOWN BLUES";


JOHN HAMMOND ~ "RIDE TIL I DIE";


Walter Martino ~ 72 ~ Drummer with Italian Prog Rock band Goblin, did soundtracks for Dario Argento

GOBLIN ~ "SUSPIRIA";


GOBLIN ~ "DEEP RED";


Mark Kennedy ~ 74 ~ Drummer with Australian 1970s Prog Rock bands Spectrum, Ayers Rock, Marcia Hines and record producer

SPECTRUM ~ "BUT THAT'S ALRIGHT";


SPECTRUM ~ "I'LL BE GONE";


Chuck Negron ~ 83 ~ American singer with 1970's band Three Dog Night

THREE DOG NIGHT ~ "JOY TO THE WORLD";


THREE DOG NIGHT ~ "MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME";


Alex Ligertwood ~ 79 ~ Scottish musician and singer w/Santana, eff Beck, Brian Auger, John Cipollina, Aerage White Band

SANTANA ~ "HOLD ON";


Dash Crofts ~ 87 ~ American singer/guitarist/composer with The Champs, Seals & Crofts

SEALS & CROFTS ~ "SUMMER BREEZE";


Terry Sullivan ~ 87 ~ Drummer with British Psychedelic band Renaissance

RENAISSANCE ~ "CAN YOU UNDERSTAND";


RENAISSANCE ~ "NORTH STAR";


Christopher North ~ 75 ~ Keyboardist with American 1970's Pop group Ambrosia

AMBROSIA - "HOLDING ON TO YESTERDAY";


Ralph Towner ~ 85 ~ American Jazz multi-instrumentalist with 1970's band Oregon

OREGON ~ "BENEATH AN EVENING SKY";


Lamonte McLemore ~ 90 ~ American singer with 1960's & 70's group The 5th Dimension ("The Age Of Aquarious")

THE FIFTH DIMENSION ~ "THE AGE OF AQUARIOUS";


Alan Osmond - 76 - American singer with The Osmonds

THE OSMONDS ~ "DOWN BY THE LAZY RIER";


THE OSMONDS ~ "ONE BAD APPLE";

Some 1960's Prog & Psyche Rockers Pass On

Edgar Frosse ~ Keyboardist and founder of German electronic pioneers Tangerine Dream. Originally playing with a Psychedelic Rock band The Ones who recorded a single in 1967, Frosse formed Tangerine Dream and recorded their first album in 1969. Over more than a dozen albums Tangerine Dream's sound utilized the new technology of Moog synthesizers to make long insturmentals which paved the way for later electronic groups such as Kraftwerk and early Industrial groups like Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire and later New Age electronic noodlers like Jean Micheal Jarre and Yani. Unlike most other electronic groups who mostly kept to the studio Tangerine Dream toured heavily throughout the 1970's and 80's recording many live albums. They also moved into soundtrack work with influencial music for "Thief" and "Sorcerer". By the 1990's most other such groups evolved into dance music but Tangerine Dream instead drifted into dull New Age albums and some ill-advised attempts at crossover appeal by adding the occasional vocalist. By then after several lineup changes Frosse was the only original member left although his son did join the group.

TANGERINE DREAM ~ "ARTEM";


TANGERINE DREAM;


Dave Ball ~ Guitarist for 1960's Prog-Rock band Procul Harum ~ 65

PROCUL HARUM ~ "WHITER SHADE OF PALE";


PROCUL HARUM ~ "A SALTY DOG";


Preston Ritter, 65, American drummer w/The Electric Prunes, later w/Beach Boys, Linda Rondstad

THE ELECTRIC PRUNES ~ "I HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAM LAST NIGHT";


THE ELECTRIC PRUNES ~ "GET ME TO THE WORLD ON TIME";


THE ELECTRIC PRUNES ~ "LONG DAY'S FLIGHT";


Micheal Brown ~ 65 ~ Keyboardist for 1960's Baroque Pop band The Left Banke ("Don't Walk Away Rene"), later in Montage, The Stories, The Beckies.

THE LEFT BANKE ~ "WALK AWAY RENEE";


Chris Squire ~ 67 ~ English bass guitarist for 1970's Prog Rock Band Yes

YES ~ "OWNER OF A LONELY HEART";


YES ~ "FLY FROM HERE";


John Trout ~ Keyboardist for U.K. Prog Rock band Renaissance

RENAISSANCE IN 1977;


John Renbourn, 70, British guitarist w/ 1960's folk-rock band Pentangle, later solo and with Stefan Grossman

PENTANGLE ~ "MAY THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN";


PENTANGLE ~ "LIGHT FLIGHT";


Jerome Cooper ~ 68 ~ Free Jazz drummer with 1960's & 70 group The Revolutionary Ensemble also, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Lester Bowie, Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor. Also played trumpet, flute and piano.

THE REVOLUTIONARY ENSEMBLE ~ "INVASION";


THE REVOLUTIONARY ENSEMBLE ~ "PSYCHE";