The People Who Died ~ 2016 edition

Colonel Abrams ~ 67 ~ American R&B singer/songwriter ("Trapped")

Mose Allison ~ 89 ~ American jazz pianist, singer and songwriter ("Young Man Blues")

Ernestine Anderson, 87, American Jazz, Blues and R&B vocalist from the 1940's on, sang with Johnny Otis, Lionel Hampton, Gigi Gryce, Quincy Jones later solo

Letty Anderson ~ Toronto bassist w/Sebastian Angello

Pete Anderson ~ 70 ~ Pioneering Latvian Rockabilly singer from the 1960's on

Signe Toly Anderson ~ 74 ~ Original singer with Jefferson Airplane on their first album

Lee Andrews ~ 79 ~ American doo-wop singer w/Lee Andrews & the Hearts ("Teardrops", "Long Lonely Nights" and "Try the Impossible"), father of Roots drummer and bandleader Questlove

Rene Angelil ~ 73 ~ Manager/Husband of Celine Dion

David Antin ~ 84 ~ American poet, spoken word artist, art critic and performance artist

Gary Apollo (AKA Sperrazza) ~ Publisher of Shakin' Street Magazine

Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros ~ 87 ~ Cuban Latin Jazz trumpeter

Don Armstrong ~ Toronto DJ at the 1980's Silver Crown Club

Joe Ascione ~ 54 ~ American Jazz & Pop drummer with Cab Calloway, Donald Fagen, Della Reese, David Grisman, Al Hirt, Dr. John, Phoebe Snow, Jon Hendricks, Dick Hyman and Joey DeFrancesco

James Atkins ~ 49 ~ American rock bassist w/ Seattle Hammerbox

Dave Bailey ~ Canadian road manager, sound-man for Bob Segarini & Goddo

Victor Bailey ~ 56 ~ American Bassist w/Weather Report and Sonny Rollins, Pharaoh Sanders, Micheal Brecker, Miriam Makeba, LL Cool J, Sting, Madonna, Lady Gaga

Koyo Bala ~ 32 ~ South African singer

Devin Bachman ~ Singer w/Ohio Hard Rock band CounterFlux

Jimmy Bain ~ 68 ~ Scottish bassist w/1970's & 80's hard rock & metal bands Rainbow and Dio

David Baker ~ 83 ~ American Jazz trombonist/cellist and composer from the 1950's onward

Lenny Baker ~ 69 ~ Sax Player and singer with Danny & The Juniors ("At The Hop") and Sha-Na-Na, appeared in Grease.

Gato Barbieri ~ 83 ~ Argentine Jazz Fusion saxophonist from the 1970's on

Allan Barnes ~ 67 ~ American jazz and R&B saxophonist with 1970's R&B group The Blackbyrds ("Walking In Rhythm")

Barrelhouse Chuck ~ 68 ~ American blues pianist & singer w/Calvin Fuzz Jones, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Kim Wilson, Mud Morganfield

Hannes Bauer ~ 61 ~ German Free Jazz trumpet and trombone player w/Peter Brotzman

Peter Behrens ~ 68 ~ German drummer w/1980's New Wave band Trio

John Bellome ~ 88 ~ Owner of London, Ontario music store

John Berry ~ 52 ~ Bassist with the Beastie Boys in their original Hardcore Days

John Berry ~ American singer-songwriter and guitarist w/Indie Rock band Idaho

King Bhumibol Adulyadej ~ King of Thailand from 1946 to his death in 2016, making him at the time the world longest serving monarch (Queen Elizabeth did not take the throne until 1952). He was a huge fan of Dixieland and Big Band Jazz and played the saxophone including sitting in with visiting players like Benny Goodman, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Stan Getz, Lionel Hampton, and Benny Carter. He also composed over 40 songs (not all of them Jazz) and did some recordings. Some of his compositions have been recorded by the likes of Claude Bolling, Les Brown and Preservation Hall Jazz Band.

Bob Bissonnette ~ 35 ~ Quebec hockey player and singer

Black (real name Colin Vercombe) ~ 54 ~ British 1980's pop singer ("It's A Wonderful Life")

Merritone Blake ~ 75 ~ Jamaican music producer and sound system engineer

Paul Bley ~ 83 ~ Ottawa based Free Jazz pianist, played with Ornette Coleman, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Sonny Rollins, Charles Mingus, Chet Baker, Jimmy Giuffre, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian, Lee Konitz, Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorious, Charlie Parker

Pierre Boulez ~ 90 ~ Avant Garde Classical composer and pioneer of Electronic, Serial and Chance Music from the 1940's onward. Influential on John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Phillip Glass, Glen Branca, one of the first to play the Ondes Martenot, an early electronic keyboard instrument.

David Bowie ~ 69 ~ English singer-songwriter ("Space Oddity", "Ziggy Stardust", "Rebel Rebel", "Heroes", "Young Americans" etc, etc, icon of Glam Rock from the early 1970's onward

Jim Boyd ~ 60 ~ American singer-songwriter

Brad Rusty Bakewell ~ Singer for 1990's Toronto Glam-Metal bands Jack Damage and Runs In Yr Hoses

Leo Brennan ~ 90 ~ Irish musician and club owner, father of members of Clannad

Robbie Brennan ~ Irish drummer w/ Gary Moore's Skid Row, Phill Lynott's Grand Slam and Clannad

Bonnie Brown ~ 77 ~ American country singer w/1950's band The Browns ("The Bells")

Paul Brown ~ American Jazz bassist w/Dexter Gordon, Junior Cook, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone, Betty Carter and Anthony Braxton

Tommy Brown ~ 84 ~ American 1950's R&B singer with The Griffin Brothers

Irma Bule ~ 29 ~ Indonesian pop singer, bitten on stage by a cobra used in her act

Jon Bunch ~ 45 ~ Singer with California Post Hardcore bands Sense Field, Further Seems Forever, War Generation, Lucky Scars, Reason To Believe, and Fields Forever

Pete Burns ~ 57 ~ British singer w/1980's Techno New Wave pop band Dead Or Alive ("You Spin Me Right Round")

Prince Buster ~ 78 ~ Jamaican ska musician ("One Step Beyond", "Al Capone", "Madness")

Steve Byrd ~ 61 ~ English guitarist (Gillan, Kim Wilde)

Denis Čabrić ~ 49 ~ Bosnian bassist w/Yugoslavian rock band Regina

Nick Caldwell ~ 71 ~ American R&B singer w/The Whispers

Lecresia Campbell ~ 53 ~ American gospel singer

Lucila Campos ~ 78 ~ Peruvian singer

Rey Caney ~ 89 ~ Cuban singer/guitarist from the 1950's onward

Kyle Canter ~ 23 ~ Guitarist w/ Ohio Hard Rock band CounterFlux

Charmian Carr ~ 73 ~ American actress and singer (The Sound of Music)

Micheal Casswell ~ 52 ~ British session guitarist w/Brian May, Cozy Powell, Steve Hackett, Limahl, Joe Bonamassa, Wang Chung, Go West

Geneviève Castrée ~ 34 ~ Quebec singer/guitarist w/indie rock bands Woelv and Ô PAON, also comic artist

John Chilton ~ 83 ~ British Jazz Trumpeter; played with Buck Clayton, Ben Webster, Bill Coleman, Peggy Seeger, Ewan McColl, Swingin' Blue Jeans

Guy Clark ~ 74 ~ Grammy winning Country singer/songwriter, songs covered by Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett, Lyle Lovett, Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner, and Rodney Crowell, Johnny Cash, David Allan Coe, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Brad Paisley, John Denver, Alan Jackson, Rodney Crowell, The Highwaymen, and Kenny Chesney, recoded with Emmylou Harris

Joe Clay ~ 78 ~ American 1950's Rockabilly singer/guitarist did "Ducktail", "Doggone It", "16 Chicks", "Get On The Right Track" (later covered by the Polecats)

Otis Clay ~ 73 ~ American R&B, Soul and Gospel singer ("Tryin' to Live My Life Without You", "The Only Way Is Up")

Brian Cober ~ Toronto Blues singer/songwriter

Breathless Dan Coffee ~ British Rockabilly/Teddyboy promoter, collector and writer from the 1970 revival onward.

Leonard Cohen ~ 82 ~ Montreal singer/songwriter/poet/novelist from the 1960's onward "Hallelujah", "Suzanne", "First We Take Manhattan", "The Future"

Daryl Coley ~ 60 ~ American gospel singer

Ray Columbus ~ 74 ~ New Zealand 1960's rock singer (Ray Columbus & the Invaders)

Tony Conrad ~ 76 ~ New York Avant Garde composer who started out as a guitarist with 1960's Garage band The Primitives along with Lou Reed and John Cale. Was a member of Theatre of Eternal Music, nicknamed The Dream Syndicate, which included John Cale, Angus MacLise, La Monte Young, and Marian Zazeela, who pioneered the use of feedback and sustained sound drones that would influence the Velvet Underground. Later became part of the Avant Garde scene with Phillip Glass, Steve Reich, Glen Branca and Lukas Foss and composed soundtracks to art films.

Buster Cooper ~ 87 ~ American trombonist at the Apollo Club & w/Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman & Duke Ellington

Jerry Corbetta ~ 68 ~ Singer/Keyboardist w/1970's rock band Sugarloaf

Attrell Cordes ~ 46 ~ American rhythm and blues singer w/P.M. Dawn

Connie Crothers ~ 75 ~ American jazz pianist with Max Roach

Clifford Curry ~ 79 ~ American 1960's R&B singer ("She Shot a Hole in My Soul")

Jack Dakin ~ Drummer for UK Indie Band Viola Beach

Jonathan Davies ~ Drummer for Toronto Post-Punk bands The Kenetic Ideals and National Velvet

Dennis Davis ~ American drummer (David Bowie, Stevie Wonder)

Phife Dawg ~ 45 ~ American rapper with A Tribe Called Quest

Nora Dean ~ 72 ~ Jamaican Reggae and Gospel singer

Rex DeLong ~ Guitarist w/1960's Surf Band The Rumblers ("Boss")

Harald Devold ~ 51 ~ Norwegian jazz sax player

Andrew Dorff ~ 40 ~ American songwriter ("My Eyes", "Save It for a Rainy Day", "Somebody's Heartbreak")

Joe Dowell ~ 76 ~ American 1960's pop singer ("Wooden Heart")

Padraig Duggan ~ 67 ~ Singer with Irish folk band with Clannad, The Duggans

Lucille Dumont ~ 97 ~ Quebecois pop singer from the 1930's onward

Wayne Duncan ~ 72 ~ Bassist w/1970's Australian rock band Daddy Cool

Holly Dunn ~ 59 ~ American 1980's country music singer-songwriter ("Daddy's Hands", "Are You Ever Gonna Love Me", "You Really Had Me Going")

Adrian Chainsaw Eagan ~ 57 ~ Singer/Guitarist w/Toronto 1980's punk & post-punk band Brat, The Idles, Tex Chainsaw and The Delrayos

Ben Edmonds ~ 65 ~ American rock journalist and editor (Creem, 1971–1975), as talent scout for EMI discovered Mink DeVille

Keith Emerson ~ 71 ~ Keyboardist with British 1960's & 70's Prog-Rock bands The Nice and Emerson, Lake & Palmer

David Enthoven ~ 2 ~ British music manager (Robbie Williams, T. Rex, Roxy Music) and record label founder (E.G. Records)

Damião Experiença ~ 81 ~ Brazilian singer and musician

Billy Faier ~ 85 ~ American Folk banjo player from the 1940's on, record fed with John Sebastian

Brandon Farrell ~ Bassist with Virginia Thrash bands Municipal Waste, Direct Control, Government Warning and Wasted Time, owner of No Way Out Records

Joey Feek ~ 40 ~ American country singer (Joey + Rory)

Thomas Fekete ~ 27 ~ American guitarist w/Florida Indie-Rock band Surfer Blood

Irving Fields ~ 101 ~ American Lounge Jazz pianist/composer from the 1950's on played with Dinah Shore, Illona Massey

Mark Fisher ~ 57 ~ British keyboardist and producer w/ 1980's UK pop band Matt Bianco

Micky Fitz ~ 57 ~ British 1980's punk singer w/The Business ("Harry May")

Tommy Flannigan ~ Toronto bassist, sound man and club booker

Pete Fountain ~ 86 ~ New Orleans Jazz clarinetist from the 1950's onward w/Brenda Lee, Stan Kenton, Al Hirt

Shirley Bunnie Foy ~ 80 ~ 1960's and 70's American Jazz, Gospel and R&B singer w/Archie Shepp, Art Blakey, Milt Jackson, The Dell-Tones

Don Francks ~ 84 ~ Canadian jazz vocalist and actor ("La Femme Nikita", "Inspector Gadget", "I'm Not There")

Steve French ~ 56 ~ American gospel singer (Kingdom Heirs)

Glen Frey ~ 67 ~ Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist with 1970's Country Rock band The Eagles

Juan Gabriel ~ 66 ~ Top selling Mexican pop singer

Hernán Gamboa ~ 69 ~ Venezuelan singer/guitarist with Latin Folk band Serenata Guayanesa

Bruce Geduldig ~ 63 ~ Video Maker and keyboardist with San Francisco Art-Punk band Tuxedomoon

Rudy Van Gelder ~ 91 ~ Recording engineer with Jazz labels Impulse, Prestige, Savoy, CTI and Vox. Recorded John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Horace Silver and Cecil Taylor

Nadine Gelineau ~ 56 ~ Ottawa and Montreal radio DJ and promoter

Valerie Gell ~ 72 ~ UK Singer/guitarist with 1960's all-girl Mersey Beat band the Liverbirds

Keith Gemmell ~ 68 ~ British sax and flute player with 1970's British Art Rock and Prog Rock Bands Audience, Stackridge, Pasadena Roof Orchestra

Craig Gill, 44, British rock drummer (Inspiral Carpets)

Mic Gillette ~ 65 ~ Trumpet & trombone player with The Tower Of Power

Paul Gordon ~ 52 ~ American guitarist w/New Radicals, The B-52's

Gogi Grant ~ 91 ~ American 1950's pop singer ("The Wayward Wind")

Mark Gray ~ 64 ~ American country singer and songwriter

Ray Griff ~ 75 ~ Canadian country music singer ("If I Let Her Come In") and songwriter ("Canadian Pacific")

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

Piotr Grudziński ~ 40 ~ Guitarist with Polish Prog rock band Riverside

Bill Guest ~ Singer w/Gladys Knight & The Pips ("I Heard It Through The Grapevine")

Peter Gutteridge ~ New Zealand singer/guitarist with New Wave bands The Clean, The Chills, Snapper, The Great Unwashed and The Puddle

Daasebre Gyamenah ~ 37 ~ Ghanaian high-life singer

Merle Haggard ~ 79 ~ American Outlaw country music singer/songwriter ("Okie from Muskogee", "The Fightin' Side of Me", "Carolyn"), Grammy winner (1984, 1998, 1999)

Bill Ham ~ 79 ~ Manager of ZZ Top

Jack Hammer ~ 90 ~ American 1950's R&R performer and songwriter ("Great Balls Of Fire", "Fujiyama Mama" (for Wanda Jackson), "Rock & Roll Cal" (for Louis Jordan) as well as solo. Joined the Platters in the 60's.

Gillian Hanna ~ 34 ~ Guitarist with The Flairs and Bif Naked


Herbert Hardesty ~ 91 ~ New Orleans Jazz and R&B trumpet and trombone player from the 1940's onward w/Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew, Lloyd Price, Shirley & Lee, Smiley Lewis, T-Bone Walker, Big Joe Turner, Little Richard, Chick Webb

Sommerville Harding ~ Toronto comedic folk singer/songwriter

Buddy Harman ~ 79 ~ Nashville drummer w/Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, George Jones, Roger Miller, Tammy Wynette, Everly Bros, Ray Price

Eddie Harsch ~ 59 ~ Canadian keyboarist & bassist w/The Black Crowes, Detroit Cobras, James Cotton, Bulldog, Magpie Salute

Jimmie Haskell, 79, American composer and arranger w/Ricky Nelson, Grass Roots and Blondie ("Autoamerican")

William Hawkins ~ 76 ~ Canadian folk singer/songwriter and poet

Leon Haywood ~ 74 ~ American funk and soul singer

Leonard Haze ~ 61 ~ American drummer with Heavy Metal band Y&T

Fred Hellerman ~ 89 ~ American folk singer w/The Weavers "Goodnight Irene", "Kisses Sweeter than Wine", "The Wreck of the John B" (aka "Sloop John B"), "Rock Island Line", "The Midnight Special", "Pay Me My Money Down", "Darling Corey" and "Wimoweh")

Dan Hicks ~ 74 ~ Americ an 1960's Folk and Country Rock singer/guitarist w/Dan Hicks and Hot Licks and drummer with Psyche band The Charlatans ("Codine")

Radim Hladík ~ 69 ~ Guitarist w/1960s Czech Prog-Rock bands The Matadors and Blue Effect

Aaron Huffman ~ 43 ~ Bassist w/Seattle Indie Rock band Harvey Danger

Long John Hunter ~ 84 ~ Texas R&B and Blues singer/guitarist from the 1950's onward

Bobby Hutcherson ~ 75 ~ American jazz vibe player from the 1960's on. Recorded with Blue Note, Landmark Atlantic and Verve Records, played with Joe Henderson, Lee Morgan, Chick Corea, McCoy Tyner, Joey Defrancesco, David Sanborn

Pete Huttlinger ~ 54 ~ American guitarist (John Denver, LeAnn Rimes)

Wayne Jackson ~ 74 ~ American Sax player w/Stax Records R&B bands The Mar-Keys, The Memphis Horns

James Jamerson Jr ~ 58 ~ American bass player with 1980's Disco band Chanson, son of Motown bassist

Sonny James ~ 87 ~ American country singer-songwriter ("Young Love")

Andy Dog Johnson ~ 57 ~ Singer with British Punk band Camera 3, later artist who designed cover art for his brother's band The The

Joan Marie Johnson ~ 72 ~ Singer w/1960's Girl Group the Dixie Cups ("Chapel Of Love", "Iko Iko")

Kacey Jones, 66, American singer-songwriter ("I'm the One Mama Warned You About")

Marshall Jones ~ Bassist with 1970's Funk band The Ohio Players

Sharon Jones ~ 60 ~ American singer (Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings)

Kitty Kallen ~ 94 ~ American 1940's Big Band singer w/Jack Teagarden & Harry James and solo pop singer ("Little Things Mean a Lot")

Candye Kane ~ 54 ~ American blues singer-songwriter and pornographic actress

Paul Kanter ~ 74 ~ Guitarist with Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship

Bap Kennedy ~ 54 ~ Irish singer/songwriter w/Energy Orchard, Steve Earle, Van Morrison, Shane MacGowan and Mark Knopfler

Brad Kent ~ Vancouver Guitarist for Punk bands DOA, Subhumans, Pointed Sticks, Victorian Pork, JP5

James King ~ 57 ~ American bluegrass musician

Tomohiko Kira ~ 56 ~ Japanese guitarist with Prog Rock band Zabadak

Carlton Kitto ~ 74 ~ Indian jazz guitarist w/Larry Coryell, Charlie Byrd

Philip Kives ~ 87 ~ Canadian founder of K-Tell Records

Sverre Kjelsberg ~ 69 ~ Bassist with 1960's Norwegian rock band The Pussycats

Bob Krasnow ~ 82 ~ American record label executive w/Blue Thumb & Elektra Records, co-founder of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Julius La Rosa ~ 86 ~ American 1950's pop singer

Greg Lake ~ 69 ~ British bassist with Prog-Rock bands King Crimson and Emerson Lake & Palmer

Werner Lämmerhirt ~ 67 ~ German folk-pop singer-songwriter and guitarist

Trần Lập ~ 42 ~ Vietnamese rock singer

Sam Leach ~ 81 ~ British concert promoter and talent agent for The Beatles

Jade Lemons ~ American singer/guitarist with Hard Rock band Injected

Chris Leonard ~ Singer/Guitarist w/UK Indie Band Viola Beach

Kelly Levasseur ~ 41 ~ Winnipeg singer/songwriter

Joe Ligon ~ 80 ~ American gospel singer with 1960's group the Mighty Clouds of Joy

Olle Ljungström ~ 54 ~ Swedish singer and guitarist

Gary Loizzo ~ 70 ~ Singer with 1960's Pop group The American Breed ("Bend Me Break Me"), later Grammy Award winning engineer with Styx

Andrew Loomis ~ Drummer with Seattle 1980's & 90's Punk band Dead Moon

Jim Lowe ~ 93 ~ American 1950's pop/country singer songwriter "The Green Door", "The Gambler's Guitar" (also covered by Rusty Draper), "Four Walls" (also covered by Jim Reeves), "Mabellene", "Blue Suede Shoes"

Tomas Lowe ~ Bassist w/UK Indie Band Viola Beach

Gary Loizzo ~ 71 ~ Singer/guitarist with 1960's Pop band the American Breed

Richard Lyons ~ 57 ~ Sound collage artist with influencial American avant garde group Negativeland

Maggie MacDonald ~ 63 ~ Scottish Gaelic folk singer solo and with folk group Cliar

Lonnie Mack ~ 74 ~ Blues, Rock and R&B guitarist and singer, known for his flying-V guitar, fat sound and use of the wammy bar.

Jason Mackenroth ~ 47 ~ Drummer with the Rollins Band

Gayle McCormick ~ 67 ~ Singer with 1960's American Pop band Smith ("Baby It's You")

Hugh McDonald ~ 62 ~ Australian singer/guitarist w/folk rock band Redgum

Fred McFarlane ~ American 1990's pop songwriter/Producer ("Show Me Love", "Don't Wanna Go Home")

Jordon McKenzie ~ Singer/Multi-Instrumentalist w/Montreal Folk-Pop group Elfin Saddle

Sean McKeough ~ 41 ~ Co-Founder of Punk and Metal summer tour Riot-Fest

Ursula Mamlok ~ 93 ~ German avant garde composer

David Mancuso ~ 72 ~ American DJ and founder of The Loft

Mandoza ~ 38 ~ South African kwaito musician

George Mantalis ~ 81 ~ American pop singer w/ 1950's Doo Wop group group The Four Coins "Shangri La", "Try Your Luck", "I Want A Little Girl"

Marlane Marder ~ Guitarist with Swiss 1980's All-Girl Punk bands LiliPUT later known as Kleenex

Micki Marlo ~ 88 ~ American 1950's pop singer and model

George Martin ~ 90 ~ Known as "The Fifth Beatle" Martin was record producer for them on all their recordings. Martin had been known for recording comedy acts including Peter Cook & Dudley Moore and Skiffle bands like The Vipers. He would also worked with a number of other bands like Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, Shane Fenton & The Fentones, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Cila Black and the young Gary Glitter in his pre-glam years. Martin would later work with America, Ultravox, Jeff Beck, Cheap Trick, UFO, Elton John, Neil Sedaka and Celine Dion.

Ricci Martin ~ 62 ~ American pop singer, recorded with Brian Wilson, son of Dean Martin

Carlo Mastrangelo ~ 77 ~ American Doo-Wop singer w/ Dion & The Belmonts

Ireng Maulana ~ 71 ~ Indonesian jazz guitarist

Henry McCullough ~ 72 ~ Northern Irish guitarist w/Spooky Tooth, Wings, The Grease Band

Getatchew Mekurya ~ 81 ~ Ethiopian jazz saxophonist

Gilberto Mendes ~ 93 ~ Brazilian Avant Garde composer

Louis Meyers ~ 60 ~ American festival organizer, co-founder of South by Southwest, director of Folk Alliance International

George Michael ~ 53 ~ British singer/songwriter w/Wham! ("Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go") and solo ("Careless Whisper", "Last Christmas", "Faith", "I Want Your Sex") (real name; Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou)

Earl Miller ~ Guitarist w/Ohio Hard Rock band CounterFlux

Billy Miller ~ Singer w/1980's & 90's Garage Punk band The A-Bones and co-founder of Norton Records

Lawrence Minors ~ 73 ~ Bermudian calypso bassist

Chips Moman ~ 79 ~ Memphis based record producer and songwriter for Stax Records and elsewhere, worked with Elvis Presley ("In The Ghetto" "Suspicious Minds"), Bobby Womack, Carla Thomas, the Box Tops ("The Letter"), Aretha Franklin ("Respect", "Do Right Woman"), Dusty Springfield ("Dusty In Memphis"), BJ Thomas, Waylon Jennings "Luchenbach Texas"), Willie Nelson ("Always On My Mind"), Gary Stewart, Tammy Wynette, Ronnie Milsap, Petula Clark and The Highwaymen, a country supergroup w/ Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson

Micheal Montano ~ 46 ~ Bassist w/San Francisco Hardcore/Crust band Filth

Scotty Moore ~ 84 ~ Guitarist on Elvis Presley's 1950's Sun Records hits

Shelly Moore ~ 84 ~ British born American Big Band Jazz singer from the 1950's & 60's w/Vic Lewis, Ramsey Lewis, Ray McKinney and Plas Johnson, recorded on Argo Records

Mariano Mores ~ 98 ~ Argentine tango composer and pianist

John Morthland ~ 68 ~ American rock journalist and editor with "Rolling Stone" & "Creem"

Alphonse Mouzon ~ 68 ~ American jazz drummer w/Weather Report, Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana, Patrick Moraz, Betty Davis, Jaco Pastorius, Chubby Checker, Robert Plant and solo bandleader on Blue Note Records, later started his own Tenacious Records

Janusz Muniak ~ 74 ~ Polish jazz saxophonist from the 1970's on

Ras Munya ~ 55 ~ Zimbabwean reggae bassist

Johnny "Lips" Murphy ~ 72 ~ Irish trumpeter and actor ("The Commitments")

Frank Murray ~ 66 ~ Irish band manager w/Thin Lizzy, The Pogues

Asami Nagakiya ~ 30 ~ Japanese calypso steel pan player

Emilio Navaira ~ 53 ~ American country and Tejano singer ("Life Is Good")

Andy Thunderclap Newman ~ 73 ~ British singer of one-hit-wonder "Something In The Air" (1969) written & produced by Pete Townsend

Josefin Nilsson ~ 46 ~ Swedish pop singer

Marni Nixon ~ 86 ~ American Pop singer on Broadway and in Hollywood musicals including "The King and I", "West Side Story" and "My Fair Lady"

Nomoreloss ~ Nigerian pop singer and songwriter

Fredrik Norén ~ 75 ~ Swedish jazz drummer w/Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon and many Scandinavian jazzmen from the 1960's on

Leif Nylén ~ 77 ~ Drummer with 1970's Swedish Prog Rock band Blå Tåget

Hod O'Brien ~ American 1960's & 70's Jazz pianist w/Chet Baker, Archie Shepp, Zoot Simms

Fergus O'Farrell ~ Irish singer/songwriter with 1990's band Interference, wrote songs in Oscar winning movie and musical "Once"

Pauline Oliveros ~ 84 ~ Pioneering American avant garde electronic composer and accordionist

Buck Ormsby ~ 75 ~ Bassist with 1960's Seattle Garage Punks The Fabulous Wailers ("Louie Louie" & "Out Of Our Tree")

Ahuva Ozeri ~ 68 ~ Israeli folk singer

Rick Parfit ~ 68 ~ British singer/guitarist w 1960's & 70's band Status Quo ("Pictures Of Matchstick Men", "Rockin All Over The World") and Bandaid ("We Are The World")

Billy Paul ~ 81 ~ 1970's R&B singer ("Me and Mrs. Jones"), part of The Philadelphia Sound

Gary S. Paxton ~ 77 ~ American record producer ("Monster Mash", "Alley Oop") and singer-songwriter (Skip & Flip, The Hollywood Argyles)

Kira Payne ~ 50 ~ Toronto Jazz saxophonist w/Bobby Herriot Orchestra, Jim Galloway Orch

Larry Payton ~ American bassist with R&B 1960's & 70's bands Brass Construction and Dynamic Soul

Trisco Pearson ~ American R&B singer w/1980's R&B group Force MD's

Betsy Pecanins ~ 62 ~ American-born Mexican singer, songwriter and record producer

Mike Pedicin ~ 98 ~ American Big Band Jazz bandleader from the 1940's on, had a hit with "Shake A Hand"

Cauby Peixoto ~ 85 ~ Brazilian Latin Jazz singer from the 1950's onward

Jean Jacques Perry ~ 87 ~ French 1960's Electronic Pop Moog player/composer w/Perry & Kingsley and Mr Ondioline

Erik Petersen ~ 38 ~ American punk rock musician (Mischief Brew)

Zarkus Poussa ~ 40 ~ Finnish drummer w/Jazz/Funk band RinneRadio

Aurelian Preda ~ 46 ~ Romanian folk singer

Prince ~ 57 ~ (Full name Prince Rogers Nelson) Iconic American singer/guitarist/composer/producer ("Purple Rain", "Little Red Corvette") and actor ("Purple Rain").

Roland Prince ~ 69 ~ Antiguan jazz guitarist

Tavin Pumarejo ~ 84 ~ Puerto Rican actor, comedian and jíbaro singer

Curly Putman ~ 85 ~ Nashville songwriter ("Green, Green Grass of Home", "He Stopped Loving Her Today")

Harry Rabinowitz ~ 100 ~ British music composer (Reilly, Ace of Spies) and conductor (Chariots of Fire, Cats)

Brian Rading ~ 69 ~ Canadian bassist w/ 1970's pop band Five Man Electrical Band ("Signs") and 1960's band The Staccatos

Doug Raney ~ 59 ~ American jazz guitarist from the 1970's on

Gordon Ranney ~ 53 ~ Milwaukee rock bassist w/Prog Rock bands The Gomers and Zombeatles

Esma Redžepova ~ 73 ~ Macedonian Romani folk singer

River Reeves ~ Guitarist w/UK Indie Band Viola Beach

Tyler Rex - 20's - Singer/bassist with Toronto Hardcore band the Antics

George Reznik ~ 86 ~ Canadian jazz pianist

Mack Rice ~ 82 ~ American R&B songwriter "Mustang Sally", "Respect Yourself"

Jimmy Riley ~ 61 ~ Jamaican Reggae singer and Producer

Matt Roberts ~ 38 ~ American rock guitarist w/ 3 Doors Down

Teddy Rooney ~ 66 ~ Bassist w/Los Angeles 1960's Psychedelic Garage Band American The Yellow Payges

Diz Russell, 83, American singer w/1950's & 60's Doo-Wop groups The Regals and The Orioles ("It's Too Soon To Know", "Baby Please Don't Go", "It's Gonna Be A Lonely Christmas")

Leon Russell ~ 74 ~ American Singer/songwriter/pianist from the 1960's onward. Wrote "Delta Lady", "A Song For You". Recorded w/The Beach Boys, Ike & Tina Turner, Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Ventures, Gram Parsons, Byrds, Willie Nelson, Ray Charles, Elton John, Bobby Boris Pickett, Glen Campbell, Gary Lewis & Playboys, Delaney & Bonnie

Rusty ~ Singer with 1990's Toronto Hard Rock band Jack Damage

Karel Růžička ~ 76 ~ Czech jazz pianist

Peter "Sab" Sabourin ~ 70's ~ Canadian rock singer/guitarist from the 1970's onward

Adam Sagan ~ 35 ~ Drummer wAmerican/Canadian Prog-Metal bands Circle II Circle, Into Eternity

Horacio Salgán ~ 100 ~ Argentine tango pianist/composer

Jit Samaroo ~ 65 ~ Trinidadian Steelpan musician and arranger

Scabs ~ 41 ~ American horror punk drummer w/Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13

Heiko Schrepel ~ 39 ~ Bassist w/California Punk bands The US Bombs, Screw 32, One Man Army, The Revolts

Dorothy Schwartz ~ 89 ~ American singer w/ 1950's Pop vocal group The Chordettes ("Mr Sandman" & "Lollipop")

Jock Scot ~ 64 ~ Scottish poet and folk singer

Ross Shapiro ~ Singer/guitarist with 1990's Athens Georgia indie band The Glands

Jean Shepard ~ 82 ~ American Country singer from the 1950's to the 70's ("A Dear John Letter", "Slippin' Away", "Second Fiddle To An Old Guitar", "Beautiful Lies")

Micheal Sheppard ~ 59 ~ Los Angeles Punk and Industrial concert promoter and owner of Iridescence and Transparency Record labels

Shug ~ Singer with Scottish punk band The Snipes

Red Simpson ~ 81 ~ Arizona Honky Tonk singer/songwriter from the 1960's onward known for his trucking songs ("Roll Truck Roll", "Sam's Place")

Frank Sinatra Jr ~ 72 ~ American Pop singer

Amy van Singel ~ 67 ~ American music journalist and blues historians (Living Blues)

Ray Mary Singleton ~ 79 ~ Motown songwriter/producer w/Apollo, Rockwell ("Somebody's Watching Me")

Derek Smith ~ 85 ~ British jazz pianist w/Cleo Laine, Benny Goodman, Doc Severinsen, Burt Bacharach/Dionne Warwick and Steve Lawrence/Eydie Gorme, Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy DeFranco, Milt Hinton, and Clark Terry. Played on soundtracks Woody Allen’s "Hannah and Her Sisters", "Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) Martin Scorsese's "The Age of Innocence"

Louis Smith ~ 85 ~ American jazz trumpeter w/Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Thad Jones, Billy Mitchell, Sonny Stitt, Count Basie, Cannonball Adderley, Percy Heath, Philly Joe Jones, Lou Donaldson, Donald Byrd, Kenny Dorham, Zoot Sims, Tommy Flanagan, Art Taylor

Paul Smoker ~ 71 ~ American Jazz trumpeter w/Anthony Braxton and solo

Danny Smythe ~ 67 ~ Drummer with 1960's Memphis Blue Eyed Soul band The Box Tops ("The Letter", "Soul Deep")

Gilli Smyth ~ 83 ~ Singer with 1960's Psychedelic Rock band Gong

Tamás Somló ~ 68 ~ Hungarian guitarist and singer with prog-rock bands Omega, Locomotiv GT

DJ Spank Spank ~ American electronic musician (Phuture)

John Stabb ~ 54 ~ Singer w/1980's Washington DC Hardcore band Government Issue, one of the early bands on Discord Records, Later with Brace and spoken word artist

Ralph Stanley ~ 89 ~ Virginia born banjo player and singer with The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys from the 1940's onward "Man Of Constant Sorrow", "Pretty Polly" (covered by The Byrds & The Sadies), "Little Glass Of Wine" (also covered by The Sadies) and "O'Death"

Kay Starr ~ 94 ~ American pop and jazz singer from the 1940's & 1950's ("Rock & Roll Waltz", "It's A Good Day", "Wheel Of Fortune")

Louis Stewart ~ 72 ~ Irish jazz guitarist w/George Shearing

Robert Stigwood ~ 81 ~ Australian band manager (Bee Gees, Cream, John Leyton) and sometime partner with producer Joe Meek

Chris Stone ~ 81 ~ American Music Executive, Founder of the Record Plant studio

Martin Stone ~ 69 ~ British 1960's & 70's guitarist w/The Action, Savoy Brown Blues Band, Mighty Baby, Snakefinger, Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers, Pink Fairies, the The 101ers, Wreckless Eric, Marianne Faithful. Vi Subversa ~ 80 ~ British musician with Anarchist Punk band Poison Girls from 1976 to the 1990's

Dave Swarbrick ~ 75 ~ British fiddler singer-songwriter w/Fairport Convention

Lord Tanamo ~ 82 ~ Jamaican/Toronto Ska singer and percussionist with the Skatalites and solo from the 1960's onward

Craig Tarry ~ Manager w/UK Indie Band Viola Beach

B. E. Taylor ~ 65 ~ American singer/guitarist with 1980's pop group BE Taylor Group

Betty Loo Taylor ~ 87 ~ American jazz pianist

Jody Taylor ~ 43 ~ Vocalist with Vancouver 1990's Hardcore bands Strain and Kersey

Mike Taylor ~ Vocalist with British 1970's & 80's Metal band Quartz

Jerome Teasley ~ 67 ~ American R&B and R&R drummer w/Motown Records, also played with Junior Walker and the All Stars,[Al Green, Jimi Hendrix, Wilson Pickett, Tina Turner, Bill Carr and Jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt

Joe Temperley ~ 86 ~ Scottish Jazz saxophonist w/Duke Ellington, Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Joe Henderson, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orch and Clark Terry. Played on soundtracks for "Cotton Club", "Biloxi Blues", "Brighton Beach Memoirs", "When Harry Met Sally", and "Tune In Tomorrow"

Rod Temperton ~ 66 ~ English keyboardist with 1970's R&B band (Heatwave) and songwriter w/Micheal Jackson ("Rock with You", "Give Me the Night", "Thriller")

Toots Thielemans ~ 94 ~ Belgian jazz guitarist, whistler and harmonica player ("Midnight Cowboy Theme")

Lenny Thomas ~ Drummer for Philadelphia Punk band Sorry & The Sinatras

Charlie Thompson ~ 98 ~ American Jazz pianist from the 1940's onwards w/Coleman Hawkins/Howard McGhee, Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, Miles Davis, Lucky Millinder, Illinois Jacquet, Buck Clayton

Big John Thomas ~ 63 ~ Guitarist w/Welsh Hard Rock band Budgie

Shane Tommlinson ~ 33 ~ Gospel and Soul singer killed in Orlando night club shootings

Royal Torrence ~ 82 ~ American soul music singer (Little Royal and The Swingmasters), step-brother of James Brown

Pete Traynor ~ Toronto bassist and inventor who played bass in the 1960's w/Ronnie Hawkins, Johnny Rhythm and the Suedes (w/Robbie Robertson), Roy Hawkley and the Dynaflows and the Fabulous Fables. Later invented the Traynor Amp and founded Yorkville Sound company. Marcus Turner ~ 59 ~ New Zealand folk singer and television host

L. C. Ulmer ~ 87 ~ American blues singer/guitarist from the 1950's onward

Chayito Valdez ~ 71 ~ Mexican-born American folk singer and actress

Vanity ~ 57 ~ Canadian 1980's R&B singer Prince and Vanity 6

Naná Vasconcelos ~ 71 ~ Brazilian jazz percussionist and vocalist, eight-time Grammy Award winner

Bobby Vee ~ 73 ~ 1950's American pop singer ("Take Good Care Of My Baby" & "The Night Has 1000 Eyes")

Alan Vega ~ Singer with New York 1970's art-punk band Suicide and solo

La Velle ~ 72 ~ American jazz and gospel singer

Tony Vincent (AKA Tony Torcher) ~ Drummer w/Toronto 1970's punk bands The Ugly, The Viletones & Screaming Sam

Freddie Wadling ~ 64 ~ Swedish pop and punk singer, guitarist and pianist from the 1970's onward

Bob Walsh ~ 68 ~ Canadian blues singer and guitarist

Conor Walsh ~ Irish indie rock pianist

Rob Wasserman ~ 64 ~ American musician (David Grisman Quintet, Elvis Costello, Bruce Cockburn, Elvis Costello, Ani di Franco, Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Rickie Lee Jones, Van Morrison, Aaron Neville, Lou Reed, Pete Seeger, Jules Shear, Studs Terkel, Bob Weir, Brian Wilson, Chris Whitley, Neil Young, Laurie Anderson, Oingo Boingo

Bunny Walters ~ 63 ~ New Zealand 1970's pop singer ("Brandy")

Häns’che Weiss ~ 65 ~ German jazz guitarist and composer

Bobby Wellins ~ 80 ~ Scottish Jazz saxophonist from the 1950's onward

Papa Wemba ~ 66 ~ Congolese Rumba singer

Maurice White ~ 74 ~ Singer/Percussionist with 1970's & 80's R&B band Earth Wind & Fire

Maxine Willan ~ Toronto Jazz pianist

Kim Williams ~ 68 ~ Nashville country songwriter w/Randy Travis, Joe Diffie, Reba McIntire, Garth Brooks

Cluade Williamson ~ 89 ~ American Jazz pianist w/ Teddy Edwards, Red Norvo, Charlie Barnet, June Christy, Max Roach, Art Pepper, Chet Baker

Ruby Wilson ~ 68 ~ American blues, soul and gospel singer

Mentor Williams ~ 70 ~ American songwriter and producer ("Drift Away", "When We Make Love")

Justin Winters ~ Bassist with New Jersey early 2000's Speedcore/Thrash band Acid Bum Trio

James Woolley ~ 49 ~ American keyboardist (Nine Inch Nails, 2wo)

Bernie Worrell ~ 72 ~ American R&B & Funk keyboardist w/George Clinton's Parliament Funkadelic, Bootsy Collins' Rubber Band later with Talking Heads,Sly & Robbie, Jack Bruce, Bill Laswell, Fela Kuti

Rick Wright ~ 57 ~ American country music guitarist w/Connie Smith

Glenn Yarbrough, ~ 86 ~ American folk singer ("Baby the Rain Must Fall", "It's Gonna Be Fine", "San Francisco Bay Blues")

Steve Young ~ 73 ~ Georgia Singer-Songwriter of the 1960's & 70's Outlaw Country movement, wrote "Seven Bridges Road" (later covered by The Eagles, Joan Baez and Dolly Parton) and songs by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Hank Williams Jr

Steven Young ~ British musician w/1980's Dance-Pop band Colourbox and MARRS as songwriter had a hit ("Pump Up the Volume") with MARRS

Mick Zane ~ 57 ~ Guitarist w/American 1980's metal band Malice

Jimmie Van Zant ~ 59 ~ American rock musician w/Lynnard Skynnard

Allan Zavod ~ 71 ~ Australian Jazz pianist, composer & conductor w/Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, George Benson, Eric Clapton, Jean-Luc Ponty and Frank Zappa

Sven Zetterberg ~ 64 ~ Swedish blues musician

Pete Zorn ~ 65 ~ American multi-insturmentalist musician (Steeleye Span, Richard Thompson, Driver, The Albion Band)

A Couple Of Figure From The Avant Garde

Pierre Boulez ~ 90 ~ Avant Garde Classical composer and pioneer of Electronic, Serial and Chance Music from the 1940's onward. Influential on John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Phillip Glass, Glen Branca, one of the first to play the Ondes Martenot, an early electronic keyboard instrument.

PIERRE BOULEZ ~ "STRUCTURES 1 & 2";


PIERRE BOULEZ ~ "EQUIVALENCES";


ONDES MARTENOT DEMO;



Paul Bley ~ 83 ~ Ottawa based Free Jazz pianist, played with Ornette Coleman, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Sonny Rollins, Charles Mingus, Chet Baker, Jimmy Giuffre, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian, Lee Konitz, Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorious, Charlie Parker

PAUL BLEY & CHARLIE PARKER;


PAUL BLEY & ORNETTE COLEMAN;


Tony Conrad ~ 76 ~ New York Avant Garde composer who started out as a guitarist with 1960's Garage band The Primitives along with Lou Reed and John Cale. Was a member of Theatre of Eternal Music, nicknamed The Dream Syndicate, which included John Cale, Angus MacLise, La Monte Young, and Marian Zazeela, who pioneered the use of feedback and sustained sound drones that would influence the Velvet Underground. Later became part of the Avant Garde scene with Phillip Glass, Steve Reich, Glen Branca and Lukas Foss and composed soundtracks to art films.

THE PRIMITIVES ~ "THE OSTRICH";


THEATRE OF ETERNAL MUSIC ~ "B FLAT DORIAN BLUES";


THEATRE OF ETERNAL MUSIC ~ "THE FIRE IS A MIRROR";

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";

Victims Of The Paris Attacks

One of the targets of the Nov.13 Paris attacks was a concert at Le Bataclan Theatre featuring American band The Eagles Of Death Metal (w Josh Homme of The Queens Of The Stone Age) and Austrian rock group White Miles. Members of both groups escaped injury but 87 concert goers were killed, including at least one crew member. Among those music related killed were;
Nick Alexander ~ 36 ~ Eagles Of Death Metal crew member
Thomas Ayad ~ music executive w/Mercury Records
Guillaume B. Decherf ~ 43 ~ music critic and journalist w/"Les Inrockuptibles"
Alban Denuit ~ 32 ~ visual artist
Marie Mosser ~ 24 ~ Indie Music Promoter
Kheireddine Sahbi ~ 29 ~ Classical Violinist
Fabian Stech ~ 51 ~ German Art critic
Luis Felipe Zschoche Valle ~ 33 ~ Chile born guitarist w/ Captain Americano

THE EAGLES OF DEATH METAL ~ "I Want You So Bad";


CAPTAIN AMERICANO ~ "LAST TIME";

Some Punk & Grunge Figures

Lemmy Kilmister ~ The legendary frontman and bassist for Motorhead from the mid 1970's onward died of cancer four days after his 70th birthday (Dec.24) and just two days after he learned his cancer was terminal. He had previously announced that he had cancer earlier this year and did a farewell tour although some shows had to be cancelled. Motorhead's drummer Phil Taylor had died two months earlier.
Motorhead were known as one of the loudest and fastest bands of the punk era and were one of the godfathers of Thrash and Speed Metal although Lemmy always insisted that Motorhead were a straight forward Rock and Roll band and that he was a fan of the Beatles, Stones, Who and Eddie Cochran. Lemmy started out in the 1960's as a roadie and in bands like The Rockin' Vickers, Sam Opal, Hawkwind and Bastard before forming Motorhead in 1976.
Besides Motorhead Lemmy also recorded with Robert Calvert, Ozzy Osbourne, The Damned, Ice T, Girlschool, Wendy O Williams, Ugly Kid Joe, Jetboy as well as his own Rockabilly band Headcat since 2006.
Phil Taylor (AKA Filthy Animal) ~ 61 ~ Drummer for Motorhead in their classic early lineup. Later drummed sporadically for various abortive projects in between Motorhead reunions.

MOTORHEAD ~ "KILLED BY DEATH";


MOTORHEAD ~ "ACE OF SPADES";


MOTORHEAD ~ "WE ARE THE ROADCREW";


MOTORHEAD & GIRLSCHOOL ~ "PLEASE DON'T TOUCH";


Billy Borgioli ~ Guitarist with 1970's & 80's Boston punk bands The Real Kids, a cult fave of the Ramones/Flamin Groovies school of Garage/Pop/Punk. Later formed The Primitive Souls.

THE REAL KIDS ~ "OUTTA PLACE";


THE REAL KIDS ~ "MY BABY'S BOOK";

PRIMITIVE SOULS ~ "LITTLE SISTER";


Tony Van Frater ~ 51 ~ Guitarist w/ British Punk band Red Alert from the 1980's on

RED ALERT ~ "RAZORS IN THE NIGHT";


Scott Weiland ~ 48 ~ American singer with 1990's Grunge chart toppers Stone Temple Pilots, later with supergroup Velvet Revolver and later The Wondergirls

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS ~ "VASOLINE";


STONE TEMPLE PILOTS ~ "CREEP";


VELVET REVOLVER ~ "SLITHER";


Brandon Carlisle ~ 37 ~ American punk rock drummer w/Teenage Bottlerocket, previously with The Homeless Wonders

TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKETS ~ "SKATE OR DIE";


TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET ~ "HAUNTED HOUSE";


TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET ~ "DEAD SATURDAY";


Dickie Hammond ~ 50 ~ Guitarist with 1990's British punk bands Dr. Bison and Leatherface.

LEATHERFACE ~ "DO THE RIGHT THING";

Allen Toussaint & Some Other 1950's & 1960's Figures

Allen Toussaint (77) was an iconic figure of the New Orleans R&B and R&R scene from the early 1960's to the 1970's. A pianist, singer, producer and arranger he wrote songs like;

"Ruler of My Heart", recorded by Irma Thomas and later by Otis Redding under the title "Pain in My Heart", and by The Rolling Stones on their second album.
In 1964, "A Certain Girl" (originally by Ernie K-Doe) was the B-side of the first single release by The Yardbirds; the song was released again in 1980 by Warren Zevon.
A two-sided 1962 hit by Benny Spellman comprised "Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)," later covered by The O'Jays, Ringo Starr, and Alex Chilton.
"Fortune Teller", which was covered by many 1960s rock groups including Benny Spellman, The Rolling Stones, The Nashville Teens, The Who, The Hollies, The Throb, and ex-Searchers founder member Tony Jackson later by Robert Plant & Alison Krause and The Chains.
"Working On A Coalmine" by Lee Dorsey, later covered by Devo (no, really)
"Southern Nights" covered by Glen Campbell
"Get Out of My Life, Woman" covered by Paul Butterfield, Albert King, Solomon Burke, The Doors, Mountain, Big Joe Williams, Jimi Hendrix, Iron Butterfly, Lee Dorsey, Fugitives, Jerry Garcia, Mad Lads
"Java" by Al Hirt
He played and produced with artist like Dr. John, The Meters, Irma Thomas, John Mayall, The Band, Lee Dorsey, Bonnie Raitt, Paul McCartney, Patti LaBelle, Elvis Costello, Earl King,

LEE DORSEY ~ "WORKING IN A COAL MINE":


BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND ~ "GET OUT OF MY LIFE WOMAN";


ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSE ~ "FORTUNE TELLER":


PF Sloan ~ Songwriter, singer, guitarist and producer from the 1960's on. Wrote or co-wrote; "The T.A.M.I. Theme Song", "Eve Of Destruction" (covered by Barry McGuire and later DOA), "Take Me For What I'm Worth" (the Searchers), "Secret Agent Man" (Johnny Rivers and later Agent Orange), "That's Cool, That's Trash" (The Kingsmen).

JOHNNY RIVERS ~ "SECRET AGENT MAN":


BARRY MCGUIRE ~ "EVE OF DESTRUCTION";


As session musician played with Surf bands like Jan & Dean (he actually sang lead on "Little Old Lady From Pasadena") and The Fabulous Baggies, later member of famous session L.A. session group the Wrecking Crew who played on hits by The Byrds ("Mr Tambourine Man"), Mama's & Papa's ("California Dreaming"), The Monkees, Glen Campbell, Grass Roots ("Live For Today"), Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, Nancy Sinatra, Sonny & Cher and many, many more.

THE GRASS ROOTS ~ "LET'S LIVE FOR TODAY";


MAMAS & PAPAS ~ "CALIFORNIA DREAMING";


Stevie Wright ~ 68 ~ English-born Australian singer w/ The Easybeats ("Friday On My Mind" & "Sorry") alter solo and w/Flash & The Pan

THE EASYBEATS ~ "SORRY";


THE EASYBEATS ~ "FRIDAY ON MY MIND";


THE EASYBEATS ~ "GOOD TIMES";


Arthur Brooks ~ 82 ~ Singer w/1950's & 60's Doo Wop & R&B group The Impressions ("People Get Ready", "For Your Precious Love")

THE IMPRESSIONS ~ "IT'S ALL RIGHT":


Cynthia Robinson ~ Trumpet player 1960 Funksters w/Sly & The Family Stone

SLY & THE FAMILY STONE ~ "DANCE TO THE MUSIC":


SLY & THE FAMILY STONE ~ "TAKE YOU HIGHER";


Ronnie Bright ~ 77 ~ American R&B bass singer w/The Cadillacs, The Coasters, The Valentines, and Johnny Cymbal ("Mr Bassman").

THE COASTERS ~ "SEARCHING";


THE COASTERS ~ "CHARLIE BROWN";


William Guest ~ 74 ~ American R&B singer w/Gladys Knight & the Pips

GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS ~ "I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE";


Joe Houston ~ 89 ~ American jazz and R&B saxophonist from the 1950's on with Big Joe Turner, Amos Wilburn. King Kolax and with his own Joe Houston & The Rockers

BIG JOE TURNER ~ "SHAKE RATTLE & ROLL";


BIG JOE TURNER ~ "FLIP FLOP & FLY"


AMOS WILBURN ~ "DOWN THE ROAD APIECE";


AMOS WILBURN ~ "BAD BAD WHISKEY";


Sam Dockery, 86, American jazz pianist w/Art Blakey, Clifford Brown and Betty Carter

CLIFFORD BROWN ~ "OH LADY BE GOOD";


ART BLAKEY & JAZZ MESSENGERS ~ "A NIGHT IN TUNISIA";

A Few Canadian Punk Figures

Howard Rix ~ Singer with Vancouver 1980's punk band The Scramblers as well as Rocabilly bands The Stingin’ Hornets, and G.I. Blues

THE SCRAMBLERS ~ "SHED MY SKIN" & "RIDIN THE 8 BALL";


THE SCRAMBLERS ~ "IN THE NIGHTTIME";


THE STINGIN' HORNETS ~ "SWEET LOVE ON MY MIND";


Brad Kent ~ Vancouver Guitarist for Punk bands DOA, Subhumans, Pointed Sticks, Victorian Pork, JP5

THE POINTED STICKS ~ "I'M NUMB";


THE POINTED STICKS ~ "LIES";


Michele Tafts; Drummer for 1990's and 2000's Hamilton All-Girl Garage band The Girl Bombs. They recorded a couple singles and opened for The Cynics, Fleshtones and Midways in Toronto.

THE GIRL BOMBS ~ "FRUSTRATED";


Mikal C (real name Micheal Clarke) ~ Drummer for 1980's Toronto Post-Punk bands The Rent Boys Inc. and Vital Sines

VITAL SINES ~ "COLLAGE";


VITAL SINES ~ "NEW HEROS";


RENT BOYS INC ~ "BEAUTY IS ABOVE THE LAW";


Brian Miller ~ 60 ~ Guitarist with 1970's and early 80's Toronto Prog-Rock band Zon, dies of cancer. Zon were formed in 1977 as a Prog-Rock counterpart to the far more stripped down Punk revolution. They recorded two albums with the 1978 debut, "Astral Projector" being nominated for a Juno award for Most Promising New Groupa and opened for Styx and Foreigner at CNE Stadium. Zon broke up around 1980 after bad reviews and a notorious concert opening for Alice Cooper at CNE when Alice refused to go on and Zon volunteered to play a second gig after announcing his cancellation. Miller later worked as tech at local guitar store the 12th Fret.
ZON ~ "BACK DOWN TO EARTH";


ZON ~ "ASTRAL PROJECTOR" (full album);


NEWS FOOTAGE OF THE 1980 ALICE COOPER RIOT;




Dean Kelly ~ Bassist for 1980's Toronto Punk band Bodybag (no recordings or videos)