Some 1950's & 60's Figures

Bob Wootton ~ 75 ~ American country guitarist (Johnny Cash, Tennessee Three)

JOHNNY CASH & THE TENNESSEE THREE ~ "I WALK THE LINE";


THE TENNESSEE THREE;


Sonny Burgess ~ 88 ~ American 1950's Rockabilly singer/guitarist for Sun Records w/hits "Red Headed Woman", "Sadie's Back In Town" & "We Wanna Boogie"

SONNY BURGESS & THE BLASTERS ~ "RED HEADED WOMAN";


SONNY BURGESS & THE BLASTERS ~ "SADIES BACK IN TOWN";


Bruce Langhorne ~ 78 ~ American folk guitarist w/ Bob Dylan ("Subterranean Homesick Blues", "Outlaw Blues") and film scorer (The Hired Hand), inspiration for "Mr. Tambourine Man"

BOB DYLAN ~ "SUBTERRANEAN HOME SICK BLUES";


Alan Henderson ~ 72 ~ Northern Irish bassist Bassist w/1960's Irish band Van Morrison & Them ("Gloria", "It's All Over Now")

THEM ~ "MYSTIC EYES" & "GLORIA";


THEM ~ "BABY PLEASE DON'T GO";


THEM ~ "HERE COMES THE NIGHT";


Glen Campbell ~ 81 ~ American Pop-Country singer ("Rhinestone Cowboy", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix") and session player w/The Monkees and Beach Boys

GLEN CAMPBELL & PHIL BAUGH ~ "GUITAR BOOGIE";


GLEN CAMPBELL & ROY CLARK ~ "GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY";


THE MONKEES ~ "SWEET YOUNG THING";


THE MONKEES ~ "VALERI";


Guy Villari ~ 75 ~ American singer with 1960's Doo wop group The Regents ("Barbara Anne")

THE REGENTS ~ "BARBARA ANN";


Sylvia Moy ~ 78 ~ Motown songwriter for Stevie Wonder ("Uptight (Everything's Alright)", "I Was Made to Love Her", "My Cherie Amour") and record producer

STEVIE WONDER ~ "UPTIGHT (EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT)";


Bill Dowdy ~ 84 ~ American jazz drummer (The Three Sounds) and w/Lester Young, Lester Young, Stanley Turrentine, Sonny Stitt, Nat Adderley, Anita O'Day, Bucky Pizzarelli

THE THREE SOUNDS ~ "NOW'S THE TIME";


Joy Byers ~ 82 ~ American 1960's pop songwriter for Elvis Presley ("It Hurts Me", "C'Mon Everybody")

ELVIS PRESLEY ~ "IT HURTS ME";


ELVIS PRESLEY ~ "C'MON EVERYBODY";


Kai Ray ~ 1950's Rockabilly Guy;

KAI RAY ~ "I WANT SOME OF THAT";


KAI RAY ~ "TRASHMAN'S BLUES";


Ammon Tharp ~ 75 ~ Drummer with 1960's surf band Bill Deal & the Rhondells

BILL DEAL & RHONDELLS ~ "I'VE BEEN TOLD";


Kayton Roberts, 83, American steel guitarist w/Hanks Snow, Marty Stuart, Ricky Skag Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Randy Travis and Alison Krauss,

HANK SNOW ~ "I'M MOVING ON";


HANK SNOW ~ "I DON'T HURT ANYMORE";

Some Figures From Early European R&R

Björn Thelin ~ 74 ~ Bassist w/Swedish 1960's Surf Band The Spotnicks

THE SPOTNICKS ~ "ROCKET MAN";


THE SPOTNICKS ~ "THUNDERNEST";


Franz Jarnach ~ 72 ~ Keyboardist for 1960's German Beat band Die Rattles

DIE RATTLES ~ "COME ON & SING";
Jerzy Kossela ~ 74 ~ Guitarist and vocalist with 1960's Polish rock bands Niebiesko-Czarni (The Blue Blacks)and Czerwone Gitary (The Red Guitars)

CZERWONE GITARY ~ "ANNA MARIA";


Sven-Erik Magnusson ~ 74 ~ Swedish musician from 1960's Pop band Sven-Ingvars

SVEN-INGVARS ~ "MIN GITARR";

Chuck Berry & Some 1950's & 60's Figures

Chuck Berry ~ 90 ~ One of the major 1950's R&R Singer/Guitarist/Songwriter ("Roll Over Beethoven", "Maybelline", "No Particular Place To Go", "Sweet Sixteen", "Tulane", "Johnny B Goode"

CHUCK BERRY ~ "JOHNNY B GOODE";


CHUCK BERRY ~ "SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN";


CHUCK BERRY ~ "MAYBELLINE";


CHUCK BERRY ~ "NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO";


Tommy Allsup ~ 86 ~ American Rockabilly & Western Swing Guitarist w.Buddy Holly, Bob Wills, Richie Valens, The Big Bopper, Roy Orbison, Willie Nelson, The Ventures

BUDDY HOLLY ~ "LOVE'S MADE A FOOL OF YOU";


Sonny Geraci ~ 69 ~ Singer with American 1960's Garage band The Outsiders ("Time Won't Let Me") and 1970's Soul group Climax ("Precious & Few")

THE OUTSIDERS ~ "TIME WON'T LET ME";


Pete Shotton ~ 75 ~ British washboardist and percussionist w/1960's Skiffle band The Quarrymen, later played with the Beatles

THE QUARRYMEN ~ "THAT'LL BE THE DAY";


THE QUARRYMEN ~ "IN SPITE OF ALL THE DANGER";


Lonnie Brooks ~ 83 ~ American blues guitarist and singer w/Chess, Mercury, recorded w/Jimmy Reed, Jr Wells

LONNIE BROOKS ~ "YOU'RE USING ME";


LONNIE BROOKS ~ "FIGUREHEAD";


THE QUARRYMEN ~ "THAT'LL BE THE DAY";


Sylvester Potts ~ 78 ~ American 1960's soul singer w/The Contours ("Do You Love Me")

THE CONTOURS ~ "DO YOU LOVE ME";


Bobby Freeman ~ 76 ~ American R&B singer and songwriter ("Do You Want to Dance")

BOBBY FREEMAN ~ "DO YOU WANNA DANCE";


BOBBY FREEMAN ~ "COME ON & SWIM";


Clem Curtis ~ 76 ~ Trinidadian-born British singer w/1970's Soul group The Foundations "Build Me Up Buttercup"

THE FOUNDATIONS ~ "BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP";


Rosie Hamlin ~ 71 ~ American singer w/early 1960's Girl Group Rosie and the Originals ("Angel Baby")

ROSIE & THE ORIGINALS ~ "ANGEL BABY";


Ben Speer ~ 86 ~ Singer with the Nashville Southern Gospel group the Speer Family from the 1920's to the 1990's

THE SPEER FAMILY ~ "I'M A CHILD OF THE KING";


THE SPEER FAMILY ~ "HEAVEN'S JUBILEE";


THE SPEER FAMILY ~ "CITY OF GOLD";


And two members of the famed 1960's session band The Wrecking Crew;
Tony Terran ~ 90 ~ American trumpeter and session musician w/The Wrecking Crew, Chet Baker, Lalo Schifrin, The Baja Marimba Band, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Bee Gees, Ray Charles, Chicago, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Bob Hope, Michael Jackson, Eartha Kitt, Peggy Lee, Madonna, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, The Tijuana Brass, Tom Waits, Nelson Riddle, Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Elmer Bernstein, Johnny Mercer

Lyle Ritz ~ 87 ~ American bassist and ukulelist w/The Wrecking Crew

"The Wrecking Crew" Biopic Trailer;

Some Metal Guys

Martin Eric Ain ~ Bassist with Swiss Thrash band Celtic Frost

CELTIC FROST ~ "INTO CRYPTS OF RAYS";


CELTIC FROST ~ "CHERRY ORCHARDS";


Elyse Steinman ~ Guitarist w/American Hard-Rock band Raging Slab, and one of the few female guitarists in an otherwise male band as opposed to all-girl bands.

RAGING SLAB ~ "ANYWHERE BUT HERE";


RAGING SLAB ~ "BENT FOR SILVER";


RAGING SLAB ~ "TAKE A HOLD":


Joey Alves ~ 63 ~ Guitarist w/American 1980's Hair Metal band Y&T

Y&T ~ "SUMMERTIME GIRLS";


Y&T ~ "LIPSTICK & LEATHER";


Keni Richards ~ 60 ~ Dummer w/American 1980's Hair Metal Band Autograph ("Turn Up The Radio")
AUTOGRAPH ~ "TURN UP THE RADIO";


Tony Lorenzo ~ 30 ~ Guitarist w/American Metal band Sons of Azrael

SONS OF AZRAEL ~ "SWEET BLASPHEMY";

SONS OF AZRAEL ~ "TRAIL OF FLESH";


Negru (Gabriel Mafa) - drummer, percussionist, dulcimer, horns, xylophonist for Romanian Black Metal Band Negură Bunget

NEGURA BUNGET ~ "Cunoasterea Tacuta";

Some Southern & Roots Rockers

John Geils ~ 71 ~ Guitarist w/The J Geils Band, Bluesy R&R Band from Massachusetts in the 1970's and 80's. Started out as a garagey blues band in 1968 and had some success in the 1970's as a respected touring band with some minor hits (mostly R&B covers like "First I Look At The Purse", "Serves You Right To Suffer" "I Do", "Land Of 1000 Dances" and "Where Did Our Love Go") but later had major hits in the 1980's with "Love Stinks", "Centerfold", "Freeze Frame" and "Angel In Blue" before suddenly breaking up in 1983-85. There were reunions in the 2000's until Geils either quit or was was kicked out of the band resulting in lawsuits.

J GEILS BAND ~ "LOVE STINKS";


J GEILS BAND ~ "CENTERFOLD";


J GEILS BAND ~ "FREEZE FRAME";


J GEILS BAND ~ "ANGEL IN BLUE";


Evan Johns ~ 60 ~ Guitarist w/American 1980's Roots/Rockabilly band The LeRoi Brothers

LEROI BROS ~ "TREAT HER RIGHT";


LEROI BROTHERS ~ "PRETTY LITTLE LIARS";


Butch Trucks ~ 69 ~ American drummer w/The Allman Brothers Band

ALLMAN BROS BAND ~ "WHIPPING POST";


ALLMAN BROS BAND ~ "RAMBLIN MAN";


Dave Hlubek ~ 66 ~ Guitarist and Banner Thomas ~ 63 ~ Bassist with 1970's Southern Rock Band Molly Hatchet

MOLLY HATCHET ~ "DREAMS I'LL NEVER SEE";


MOLLY HATCHET ~ "FALL OF THE PEACEMAKER";


Robbie Hoddinott ~ 62 ~ Guitarist w/1970's San Francisco rock band Kingfish

KINGFISH ~ "HYPNOTIZE";


KINGFISH ~ "JUKE BOOGIE WOOGIE";


Don Williams ~ 78 ~ Texas Country-Western singer songwriter (“Tulsa Time,” “Good Ol’ Boys Like Me,” and “It Must Be Love", "I Recall A Gypsy Woman".

DON WILLIAMS ~ "TULSA TIME";


DON WILLIAMS ~ "SING ME BACK HOME";

Some Japanese Musicians

Masaaki Hirao ~ 70 ~ Japanese 1950's & 60's Rockabilly Guy

MASAAKI HIRAO ~ "ONE WAY TICKET";


MASAAKI HIRAO;


MASAAKI HIROA ~ "DOWNTOWN HIT MAN";


Hiroshi Kamayatsu ~ 78 ~ Guitarist w/1960's Japanese Garage Bands The Spiders and Vodka Collins. The Spiders were one of the best of the mid-1960's Japanese "Group Sounds" genre which was their version of fuzzed out Garage Punk.

THE SPIDERS ~ "MELA MELA";


THE SPIDERS ~ "BOOM BOOM";


THE SPIDERS ~ "GIMMIE SOME LOVIN";


Toshio Nakanishi ~ 61 ~ Japanese guitarist w/Japanese New Wave band The Plastics
THE PLASTICS ~ "TOP SECRET MAN";


THE PLASTICS ~ "COPY";


THE PLASTICS ~ "PEACE";


Mika Bat ~ 40's ~ Singer/guitarist with Japanese Garage Punk bands Thee Bat and the Leather Girls

THEE BAT;


Fumio Karashima ~ 68 ~ Japanese jazz pianist
FUMIO KARASHIMA & TOOTS THEILEMANS ~ "EVENING IN PARIS";

Some Figures From Punk & New Wave

Pete Overend Watts ~ 69 ~ Bassist w/1970's Glam Rock band Mott the Hoople ("All The Young Dudes")

MOTT THE HOOPLE ~ "ALL THE YOUNG DUDES";


MOTT THE HOOPLE ~ "ALL THE WAY TO MEMPHIS";


Mike Kellie ~ 69 ~ British session drummer w/The Only Ones, Spooky Tooth, Joe Cocker, Traffic, George Harrison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Peter Frampton, Maurice Gibb, Johnny Thunders, Neil Innes, Chris Jagger, Sean Tyla, Jim Capaldi, Pat Travers.

THE ONLY ONES ~ "ANOTHER GIRL ANOTHER PLANET";


Deke Leonard ~ 72 ~ Welsh rock guitarist w/1970's pup rock band Man

MAN ~ "BANANAS";


Robert Dahlqvist ~ 40 ~ Swedish singer/guitarist w/The Hellacopters, Thunder Express & Dundertåget
THE HELLACOPTERS ~ "CARRY ME HOME";


THE HELLACOPTERS ~ "BY THE GRACE OF GOD";


Mike Gaborno ~ 51 ~ American singer Cadillac Tramps, Manic Hispanic

THE CADILLAC TRAMPS ~ "IT'S ALRIGHT";


Gil Ray ~ 60 ~ Drummer w/American 1980's Power Pop bands Game Theory, Loud Family and Rain Parade
GAME THEORY ~ "ERICA'S WORLD";


GAME THEORY ~ "I'VE TRIED SUBTLY";


Bobby Lloyd Hicks ~ Memphis drummer w/Untamed Youth, Dave Alvin, Jonathan Richman, Steve Forbert, NRBQ, Skeletons & Symptoms, Bobby Lloyd & Windfall Prophets

BOBBY LLOYD HICKS & SKELETONS ~ "DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR" & "YOU REALLY GOT ME";


BOBBY LLOYD HICKS & THE SKELETONS ~ "CRAZY COUNTRY";


John Lever ~ 55 ~ Drummer w/British Post-Punk bands The Chameleons and The Sun & The Moon

THE CHAMELEONS ~ "DON'T FALL";


THE CHAMELEONS ~ "MONKEYLAND";

Larry Steinbachek ~ 56 ~ English keyboardist w/ Electro-Pop band Bronski Beat

BRONSKI BEAT ~ "SMALL TOWN BOY";


BRONSKI BEAT ~ "TELL ME WHY";