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Thursday, 13 May 2021
A Few 1970's & 80's Rock & Pop Figures
Dusty Hill ~ 71 ~ Bassist with Texas rock band ZZ Top and The Moving Sidewalks from the 1960's onward ("Tush", "Sharp Dressed Man", "Legs", "Gimmie All You Lovin")
ZZ TOP ~ "GIMMIE ALL YOU LOVIN";
ZZ TOP ~ "SHARP DRESSED MAN";
ZZ TOP ~ "LEGS";
ZZ TOP ~ "SLEEPING BAG";
Rickie Lee Reynolds - 72 - Guitarist with 1970's & 80's Southern Rock band Black Oak Arkansas
BLACK OAK ARKANSAS ~ "BLACK OAK ARKANSAS";
John Rossall ~ 75 ~ UK sax, trumpet & trombone player and bandleader for Gary Glitter ("Rock & Roll", "Do You Wanna Touch Me")
GARY GLITTER ~ "ROCK & ROLL pt1";
GARY GLITTER ~ "DO YOU WANNA TOUCH ME";
Leo van de Ketterij - 70 - Guitarist with 1970's Dutch band Shocking Blue "Hooked On A Feeling"
SHOCKING BLUE ~ "VENUS";
SHOCKING BLUE ~ "NEVER MARRY A RAILROAD MAN";
SHOCKING BLUE ~ "SEND ME A POSTCARD";
Gil Bridges - 80 - Sax player with 1960's & 70's American band Rare Earth ("Get Ready", "I Just Want To Celebrate")
RARE EARTH ~ "I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE";
RARE EARTH ~ "GET READY";
Robby Steinhardt ~ 71 ~ Singer/violinist w/US Prog Rock band Kansas ("Carry On My Wayward Sun", "Dust In The Wind")
KANSAS ~ "DUST IN THE WIND";
KANSAS ~ "CARRY ON MY WAYWARD SON";
Les McKeown ~ 65 ~ Singer with 1970's Scottish pop band the Bay City Rollers ("Saturday Night")
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS ~ "SATURDAY NIGHT";
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS ~ "BYE BYE BABY";
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS ~ "I ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOU";
Florian Pilkington-Miksa - 70 - Drummer w/English 1970's Prog Rock band Curved Air
CURVED AIR ~ "IT HAPPENED TODAY";
CURVED AIR ~ "BACKSTREET LOVE";
CURVED AIR ~ "PHANTASMAGORIA";
John Lawton ~ 74 ~ Singer/guitarist with UK Prog Rock band Uriah Heep 1976-79 and Lucifer's Friend
LUCIFER'S FRIEND ~ "RIDE THE SKY";
URIAH HEEP ~ "FREE ME";
URIAH HEEP ~ "WISEMAN";
John Goodsall - 68 - American-British rock guitarist (Atomic Rooster, Brand X)
ATOMIC ROOSTER ~ "DEVIL'S ANSWER";
ATOMIC ROOSTER ~ "BREAKTHROUGH";
ATOMIC ROOSTER ~ "BLACK SNAKE";
ATOMIC ROOSTER ~ "TOMORROW NIGHT";
BRAND X ~ "AND SO TO F";
James MacGaw - Guitarist with 1970's French Prog Rock band Magma
MAGMA;
MAGMA;
MAGMA ~ "DE FUTURA";
MAGMA;
Pavel Pelc - 71 - Bass guitarist and vocalist w/1970's Czech Prog Rock band Progres 2
PROGRES 2 ~ "PLANETA HIERONYMA BOSCHE";
Rick Laird - 80 - Irish jazz fusion bassist (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Rasaan Rolnd irk, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Buddy Rich, Anita O'Day, Yousef Letif, Brian Auger and the Trinity)
MAHVISHNU ORCHESTRA ~ "MEETING OF THE SPIRITS" / "YOU KNOW YOU KNOW";
Jim Pembroke ~ 75 ~ English-born singer with Finnish 1970's Prog Rock band Wigwam
WIGWAM ~ "BLESS YOUR LUCKY STARS";
WIGWAM ~ "GRASS FOR BLADES";
Miroslav Žbirka ~ 69 ~ Singer with 1970's & 80's Slovak band Modus
MODUS;
MODUS ~ "ZAHADNA";
Gregg Philbin - 75 - Bassist with American 1980's band REO Speedwagon ("Keep On Loving You", "Can't Fight This Feeling", "Take It On The Run")
REO SPEEDWAGON ~ "KEEP ON LOVING YOU";
REO SPEEDWAGON ~ "TAKE IT ON THE RUN";
REO SPEEDWAGON ~ "I CAN'T THIS FEELING";
Jim Steinman ~ 73 ~ American musician, composer and producer w/Meatloaf, Cher, Bonnie Tyler, The Sisters Of Mercy, ("Total Eclipse of the Heart", "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)", "It's All Coming Back to Me Now").
MEATLOAF ~ "PARADISE BY THE DASHBOARD LIGHT";
MEATLOAF ~ "TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD";
BONNIE TYLER ~ "TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART";
THE SISTERS OF MERCY ~ "THIS CORROSION";
Sean Higgins - 68 - Musician w/1970's & 80's Australian bands The Flatheads and Australian Crawl and songwriter ("Downhearted", "Things Don't Seem")
THE AUSTRALIAN CRAWL ~ "OH NO NOT YOU";
Lindsay Tebbutt - Drummer and songwriter with Australian Rock band The Choirboys
THE QUIREBOYS ~ "FIREWORKS";
THE QUIREBOYS ~ "STRUGGLETOWN";
Robin Le Mesurier - 68 - British guitarist from the 60's onward with The Reign, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, Johnny Hallyday, Air Supply, The Farm Dogs, Limey & Lion,The Wombles
ROD STEWART "YOUNG TURKS";
Nick Kamen ~ 59 ~ English model, singer ("Each Time You Break My Heart")
NICK KAMEN ~ "I PROMISED MYSELF";
NICK KAMEN ~ "NOBODY ELSE";
Fritz McIntyre - 62 - British keyboardist with British 1980's Pop group Simply Red
SIMPLY RED ~ "HOLDIING BACK THE YEARS";
SIMPLY RED ~ "STARS";
Michael Stanley - 72 - American 1980's Cleveland rock singer/guitarist w/The Michael Stanley Band ("He Can't Love You", "Heartland Rock")
MICHAEL STANLEY BAND ~ "MY TOWN";
MICHAEL STANLEY BAND ~ "HE CAN'T LOVE YOU";
David Lewis ~ Keyboardist with 70's & 80's Pop group Ambrosia ("The Biggest Part Of Me")
AMBROSIA ~ "THE BIGGEST PART OF ME";
Labels:
Atomic Rooster,
Bay City Rollers,
Black Oak Arkansas,
Curved Air,
Kansas,
Lucifer's,
Magma,
Meatloaf,
Michael Stanley,
Rare Earth,
REO Speedwagon,
Shocking Blue,
Simply Red,
Uriah Heep,
ZZ Top
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