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";

Steely Dan and Can

Pro-Rock gets a bad rap. And deservedly so. Most of it was laughably bloated, pompous, stoner-fart attempts to graft a middle-brow idea of high culture where it has no business being. That is on jazz-influenced hard rock. There was good reason why the not only the angry anarchists of Punk but also the reactionary revisionists of Neo-Rockabilly , Neo-Garage and Cow-Punk despised Prog-Rock so much. However not all of it was crap. Pink Floyd had some genuinely good, even great music. Then there were a few Prog-Rockers that even many punks had to agree were pretty cool. King Crimson for example, and FM. Then there were the German variety called Kraut Rock which was somehow less pretentious than the British version leading to bands like Can and Faust.

Holger Czukay, co-founder of Can with whom he played who played guitar, bass, keyboards, drums and horn, starting in 1968 died at age 79. He would alo record many solo albums and record with David Sylvian, The Edge, and PIL bassist Jah Wobble.

Jaki Liebezeit ~ 78 ~ Drummer w/1970's German Prog-Rock band Can also died earlier this year

CAN ~ "MOONSHAKE";


CAN ~ "PAPER HOUSE";


The term Prog Rock isn't usually used for American band Steely Dan, that tern normally being reserved for British and Canadian bands however it's hard to know what else to call Steely Dan with their slick Jazz influenced take on 1970's pop. Walter Becker, guitarist and bassist for Steely Dan also died this week aged 67.

STEELY DAN ~ "DO IT AGAIN";


STEELY DAN ~ "REELING IN THE YEARS";


After Steely Dan broke up in the early eighties Becker surprised some by returning to pkay with British New Wave band China Crisis.

CHINA CRISIS ~ "KING IN A CATHOLIC STYLE";


CHINA CRISIS ~ "BLACK MAN RAY";