Some 70's & 80's Soul & R&B Figures

Rudolph Isley - 84 - American 1960's & 70 R&B singer w/The Isley Brothers) and songwriter ("Shout", "Twist & Shout", "Respectable", "It's Your Thing")

THE ISLEY BROS ~ "SHOUT";


THE ISLEY BROS ~ "WHO'S THAT LADY";


Sweet Charles Sherrell - 80 - American bassist w/James Brown & The JB's

JAMES BROWN & THE JB'S ~ "PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DON'T GO";


JAMES BROWN ~ "PAPA'S GOT A BAND NEW BAG" & "I FEEL GOOD";


JAMES BROWN & THE JB'S ~ "SEX MACHINE";


Floyd Newman - 91 - American saxophonist w/The Mar-Keys & the Memphis Horns (playing with Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, BB King, Aretha Frankin, Etta James, Bozz Skaggs, Lulu, Stephen Stills)

WILSON PICKETT ~ "LAND OF 1000 DANCES";


OTIS REDDING ~ "TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS" / "RESPECT";


ARETHA FRANKIN ~ "RESPECT";


ETTA JAMES ~ "SOMETHINGS GOT A HOLD OF ME";


Fuzzy Haskins - 81 - American Hall of Fame singer for Parliament-Funkadelic;

PARLIAMENT-FUNKADELIC ~ "BRING THE FUNK";


PARLIAMENT-FUNKADELIC ~ "COSMIC SLOP";


PARLIAMENT-FUNKADELIC ~ "GIVE UP THE FUNK";


Fred White - 67 - Drummer with R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire

EARTH WIND & FIRE ~ "LET'S GROOVE";


EARTH WIND & FIRE ~ "BOOGIE WONDERLAND";


EARTH WIND & FIRE ~ "SEPTEMBER";


Sheldon Reynolds - 63 - American guitarist w/R&B bands Commodores, Earth, Wind & Fire, Smokey Robinson

THE COMMODORES ~ "NIGHT SHIFT";


EARTH WIND & FIRE ~ "SUNDAY MORNING";


Bobby Eli - 77 - Guitarist with 1970's Disco group MFSB songwriter ("TSOP", "Love Won't Let Me Wait"), backing band with Teddy Pendergrast, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, the O'Jays, the Stylistics, the Spinners, Wilson Pickett, and Billy Paul

MFSB ~ "TSOP";


THE O-JAYS ~ "LOVE TRAIN";


BILLY PAUL ~ "ME & MRS JONES";


George "Funky" Brown - 74 - American drummer with Kool & the Gang and songwriter ("Ladies' Night", "Celebration", "Get Down On It")

KOOL & THE GANG ~ "LADIES NIGHT";


KOOL & THE GANG ~ "CELEBRATION";


KOOL & THE GANG ~ "GET DOWN ON IT";


Jean Knight - 80 - American singer ("Mr. Big Stuff")

JEAN KNIGHT ~ "MR BIG STUFF";


Nidra Beard - 71 - American singer w/1970's & 80's R&B band Dynasty

DYNASTY ~ "I'VE JUST BEGUN TO FIGHT";


DYNASTY ~ "I DON'T WANT TO BE A FREAK";


Linda Lewis - 72 - English R&B singer-songwriter ("Rock-a-Doodle-Doo")

LINDA LEWIS ~ "ROCK-A-DOODLE-DOO";


LINDA LEWIS ~ "THE OLD SCHOOLYARD";


Otis Redding III - 59 - American singer and guitarist of R&B group The Reddings, son of Otis Redding

THE REDDINGS ~ "IF YOU FEEL IT";


THE REDDINGS ~ "CLASS";


Keith Beaton - 72 - Singer with 70's Soul group Blue Magic

BLUE MAGIC ~ "SIDESHOW";


Gordy Harmon - 79 - American soul singer with vocal group The Whispers

THE WHISPERS ~ "AND THE BEAT GOES ON";


THE WHISPERS ~ "KEEP ON LOVING ME";


Bobby Caldwell - 71 - American 1970's & 80's Blue Eyed Soul, & Jazz singer "What You Won't Do For Love"

BOBBY CALDWELL ~ "WHAT YOU WON'T DO FOR LOVE";


Renee Geyer - 62 - Australian Soul and Jazz singer

RENEE GEYER ~ "AIN'T NO SUNSHINE";


RENEE GEYER ~ "SAY TO ME";


Lilian Day Jackson - 63 - American born singer with 1970's & 80's Dutch band Spargo

SPARGO ~ "ONE NIGHT AFFAIR";


SPARGO ~ "JUST FOR YOU";


David Jude Jolicoeur - 54 - Rapper & composer with Grammy winning 1990's Hip Hop group De La Soul ("Me Myself and I")

DE LA SOUL ~ "ME MYSELF & I";


DE LA SOUL ~ "SAY NO GO";

Some 1970's Rockers

Colin Burgess - 72 - Australian 1970's & 80's Hard Rock drummer with Master's Apprentice, His Majesty and origial drummer with AC/DC

THE MASTER'S AAPRENTICE ~ "IT'S BECAUSE I LOVE";


John Gosling - 75 - English keyboardist for The Kinks in the 70's ("Lola")

THE KINKS ~ "LOLA";


Gary Wright - 80 - American 1970's singer-songwriter ("Dream Weaver", "Love Is Alive") and keyboardist with 1960's UK band Spooky Tooth

SPOOKY TOOTH ~ "THAT WAS ONLY YESTERDAY";


SPOOKY TOOTH ~ "WAITIN FOR THE WIND":


GARY WRIGHT ~ "DREAM WEAVER";


Randy Meisner ~ 77 - Singer/guitarist/songwriter with Ricky Nelson's Stone Canyon Band, the Eagles, Poco, the Poor, Linda Ronstadt, John Stewart and solo

THE EAGLES ~ "TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT":


POCO ~ "HEART OF THE NIGHT";


Gary Rossington - 71 - Guitarist w/1970's Southern Rock bands Lynyrd Skynyrd & the Rossington Collins Band

LYNYRD SKYNYRD ~ "SWEET HOME ALABAMA";


LYNYRD SKYNYRD ~ "FREE BIRD";


Tom Leadon - 70 - Florida guitarist with 70's bands Mudcrutch and Silver as well as Linda Ronstadt

MUDCRUTCH ~ "ON THE STREET";


SILVER ~ "WHAM BAM SHANG-A-LANG";


Tony McPhee - 79 - English guitarist & singer with 1960's band the Groundhogs and Champion Jack Dupree & John Lee Hooker

THE GROUNDHOGS ~ "CROSSCUT SAW";


TONY McPHEE;


Jim Gordon; Wrecking Crew drummer w/Harry Nilson, Derek & Dominos, Joe Cocker, Frank Zappa, Alice Cooper, Steely Dan, Byrds, Beau Brummels, Johnny Rivers, CSNY, John Lee Hooker, BB King, Stone Poney, Van Dyke Parks, George Harrison, Bread, Cher

DEREK & THE DOMINOS ~ "IT'S TOO LATE";


HARRY NILSON ~ "JUMP INTO THE FIRE";


STEELY DAN ~ "RIKI DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER";


Ralph Humphrey - 79 - American rock drummer w/Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention

FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION ~ "KING KONG";


FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION ~ "OH MY THE SKY";


FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION ~ "LET'S MAKE THE WATER TURN BLACK";


Mick Slattery - 77 - Guitarist for 1970's British Space Rock band Hawkwind

HAWKWIND ~ "SILVER MACHINE";


HAWKWIND ~ "MOTORHEAD";


HAWKWIND ~ "ASSAULT & BATTERY";


Francis Monkman - Guitarist & keyboardist with 1970's UK Prog Rock bands Curved Air and Sky, also with Renaissance, Al Stewart, 801 (w/Brian Eno & Phil Manzanaro) the Shadows and solo, later film composer ("The Long Good Friday")

CURVED AIR ~ "IT HAPPENED TODAY";


CURVED AIR ~ "BACK STREET LOVE";


SKY ~ "TOCCATA";


Philip Shulman - 85 - Sax, horn and keyboard player with 1970's Scottish Prog Rock band Gentle Giant

GENTLE GIANT ~ "FREE HAND";


GENTLE GIANT - "ADVENT OF PANURGE";


David LaFlamme - 82 - American singer and violinist with 1960's & 70's Pysche and Prog Rock band It's a Beautiful Day

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY ~ "WHITE BIRD";


IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY ~ "SOAPSTONE MOUNTAIN";


Ron Howden - 78 - Drummer with 1970's English Prog Rock band Nektar

NEKTAR ~ "DESOLATION VALLEY";


Charlie Dominici - 72 - Singer with American Prog Metal band Dream Theater and guitarist with 1970's Pop band Frankie & The Knockouts

FRANKIE & THE KNOCOUTS ~ "NOT ANOTHER LONELY NIGHT";


FRANKIE & THE KNOCKOUTS ~ "SWEETHEART";


Essra Mohawk - 75 - American 1970's singer and songwriter w/The Primoridals, Frank Zappa, Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper and "School House Rock"

SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS ~ "SUFFERIN' TILL SUFFERAGE";


SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS ~ "INTERJECTION";


Erkin Koray - 82 - Turkish 1960's & 70's Psyche, Prog and Folk Rock singer-songwriter & guitarist

ERKIN KORAY ~ "CEMALIM";


ERKIN KORAY & HUR-EL ~ "SEVENIER AGLARMIS";


Ricky Wolff - 78 - South African born singer with UK 1970's Pop band White Plains

WHITE PLAINS ~ "MY BABY LOVES LOVIN";


WHITE PLAINS ~ "LOVING YOU BABY";


Johnny Fean - 71 - Guitarist with Irish Celtic Rock band the Horslips

THE HORSLIPS ~ "DEARG DOOM";


THE HORSLIPS ~ "FASTER THAN THE HOUND";


THE HORSLIPS ~ "TROUBLE WITH A CAPITAL T";


Vlado Pravdić - 73 - Bosnian keyboardist with 1970's Yugoslavian band Bijelo Dugme

BIJELO DUGME ~ "BIJELO DUGME";


George Tickner - 76 - American guitarist with 60's band Fruminous Bandersnatch and later founding member of Journey in the 70's

FRUMINOUS BANDERSNATCH ~ "HEARTS TO CRY";


JOURNEY ~ "TOPAZ";


Sixto Rodriguez - 81 - American singer-songwriter AKA "Sugar Man"

SUGARMAN RODRIQUEZ ~ "SUGARMAN";


SUGARMAN RODRIQUEZ - "LIKE A ROLLING STONE";


Ron Altbach - 76 - American keyboardist & songwriter w/1970's band King Harvest, Celebration

KING HARVEST ~ "DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT";


Donnie Marsico - 68 - American singer with early 70's band The Jaggerz ("The Rapper")

THE JAGGERZ ~ "THE RAPPER";


Davis Causey - 74 - Guitarist with American 1970's band Sea Level

SEA LEVEL ~ "RAIN IN SPAIN";


SEA LEVEL ~ "GRAND LARCENY";


Cliff Fish - 73 - Bassist with 1970's UK Pop band Paper Lace ("The Night Chicago Died" & "Billy Don't Be A Hero")

PAPER LACE ~ "BILLY DON'T BE A HERO";


PAPER LACE ~ "THE NIGHT CHICAGO DIED";


Kevin Parrott - British singer with 1970's Folk Pop duo Brian and Michael ("Matchstick Men & Matchstick Cats & Dogs")

BRIAN & MICHAEL ~ "MATCHSTICK MEN AND MATCHSTICK CATS & DOGS";


Robert Haimer - 69 - American musician & songwriter w/musical comedy duo Barnes & Barnes ("Fish Heads") also in Soft Rock and America in the 80's

BARNES & BARNES ~ "FISH HEADS";


Alberto Radius - 80 - Guitarist and singer-songwriter with 1970's Italian band Formula 3

FORMULA 3 ~ "LA FOLLE CORSA";

Some Jazz Figures

Tony Bennett ~ 96 ~ Iconic Jazz and Pop crooner from the 1950's onward

TONY BENNETT ~ "I LET MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO";


TONY BENNETT ~ "DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE";


TONY BENNETT ~ "THE LADY'S IN LOVE WITH YOU";


Astrud Gilberto - 83 - Grammy winning Brazilian Samba and Bossa Nova singer ("The Girl from Ipanema")

ASTRUD GILBERTO & STAN GETZ ~ "GIRL FROM IPANEMA";


ASTRUD GILBERTO ~ "CORCOVADO";


João Donato - 88 - Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist

JOAO DONATO ~ "FLOR DE MARACUJA";


Leny Andrade - 80 - Brazilian Latin Jazz singer and musician

LENY ANDRADE ~ "A NIGHT IN TUNISIA";


Wally Fawkes ~ 98 ~ Canadian Born British Trad Jazz clarinettist w/Humphry Littleton in the 1940's to the 60's and later cartoonist

HUMPHREY LITTLETON BAND;


HUMPHREY LITTLETON BAND ~ "BAD PENNY BLUES";


Tony Coe - 88 - English Jazz clarinet and flute player and bandleader with Humphry Lyttleton, Georgie Fame, Sarah Vaughan, Cleo Laine, Kenny Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie, Clarke Terry, Peter Brotzman, Tubby Hayes, the Hollies

GEORGIE FAME & THE BLUE FLAMES ~ "YEH YEH";


GEORGIE FAME & THE BLUE FLAMES ~ "THE BALLAD OF BONNIE & CLYDE";


GEORGIA FAME & THE BLUE FLAMES ~ "GET AWAY";


TONY COE TRIO;


Kidd Jordan - 87 - New Orleans Jazz and R&B saxophonist & bandleader solo and w/Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, R.E.M., Archie Shepp, Ornette Coleman, Ellis Marsalis, Cannonball Adderley, Cecil Taylor, Larry Williams, Professor Longhair, The World Saxophone Quartet

LARRY WILLIAMS ~ "BONIE MARONIE";


THE WORLD SAXOPHONE QUARTET ~ "FOXY LADY";


Ahmad Jamal ~ 92 ~ American Jazz pianist from the 1950's onward ("Poinciana")

AHMAD JAMAL ~ "DARN THE DREAM";


AHMAD JAMAL ~ "AHMAD'S BLUES";


AHMAD JAMAL ~ "EXTENSIONS";


Les McCann - 88 - American Jazz pianist and band leader solo and with Teddy Edwards, Richard Groove Holmes, Stanley Turrentine. Lou Rawls, Bill Evans, Herbie Mann

LES MCCANN & EDDIE HARRIS ~ "COMPARED TO WHAT";


LES MCCANN & EDDIE HARRIS ~ "COLD DUCK TIME";


Wayne Shorter - 89 - American Jazz saxophonist (Miles Davis Quintet, Weather Report, The Jazz Messengers), 12-time Grammy winner

MILES DAVIS QUINTET ~ "ROUND MIDNIGHT";


THE JAZZ MESSENGERS ~ "I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS";


WEATHER REPORT;


Peter Brotzmann ~ 82 ~ German Free Jazz sax player

PETER BROTZMANN;


PETER BROTZMANN ~ "IMPROVISATION";


Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky ~ 89 ~ German Free Jazz sax, calrinet & flute player from the 1950's onward

ERNST-LUDWIG PETROWSKY ~ "BLUES FUR CARMEL";


Micheal Pilz - 78 - German jazz clarinetist

MICHAEL PILZ;


Carla Bley - 87 - American jazz composer (Escalator over the Hill) and pianist & organist (Jazz Composer's Orchestra)

CARKA BLEY ~ "LAWNS";


CARLA BLEY ~ "ESCALATOR OVER THE HILL";


Max Morath - 96 - American ragtime pianist, television presenter and author

MAX MORATH ~ "RAGTIME MEDLEY";


Karl Hans Berger - 88 - German Jazz pianist, vibes player and bandleader w/Don Cherry, Bill Laswell, Anthony Braxton, Carla Bley, Leo Konitz, Slide Hampton, Charles Mingus, John McLaughlan, Jeff Buckley, Nenah Cherry, Sly & Robbie, Better Than Ezra and the Swans

KARL BERGER ~ "VIBES SOLO";


Bernt Rosengren - 85 - Swedish jazz tenor saxophonist w/Lester Bowie, Don Cherry and solo

DON CHERRY ~ "ETERNAL RHYTHM";


Butch Miles - 78 - Jazz drummer with the Count Basie Orchestra, Dave Brubeck, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr, Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Tony Bennett, Dick Hyman, Peter Appleyard, Ray Charles, Rosemary Clooney, Helen Humes, Alberta Hunter, Bucky & John Pizzarelli, Gerry Mulligan, Wild Bill Davis, Wild Bill Davidson

COUNT BASIE ORCH ~ "WHIRLY BIRD";


WALT LEVINSKY BAND & BUTCH MILES ~ "WIND MACHINE";


Richard Davis ~ 93 ~ American Jazz bassist with Eric Dolphy, Thad Lewis, Evin JOnes, Sarah Vaughan, Frank Sinatra, Cal Tjader, Mel Lewis, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson and Ahmad Jamal also Van Morrison and Bruce Springsteen

RICHARD DAVIS ~ "SOLO";


Charles Gayle - 84 - American Jazz saxophonist and pianist solo and w/Cecil Taylor & Rasheid Ali,

CHARLES GAYLE ~ "SOLO";


Jack Wilkins - 78 - American Jazz guitarist and bandleader with Charles Mingus, Buddy Rich, Chet Baker, Eral Fatha Hines, Morganna King, Astrud Gilberto, Sammy Kaye, Les Elgart, Larry Elgart, Kenny Barron, Sonny Fortune, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy McGriff, Zoot Sims, Sonny Stitt, Jack DeJohnette, Phil Woods, and the Brecker Brothers

JACK WILKINS ~ "NO MORE BLUES";


Jerry Dodgion - 90 - American jazz saxophonist and flautist w/Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Randy Brecker, Donald Byrd, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, Wes Montgomery, Thad Jone/Mel Lewis Big Band

THAD LEWIS/MEL JONES BIG BAND ~ "THANK YOU";


Dino Piana - 93 - Italian Jazz trombonist w/Chet Baker, Charlie Mingus, Kai Winding, Kenny Clarke, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis

DINO PIANA & KAI WINDING ~ "DUO BONES";


Robin Lumley - 74 - British keyboardist with Jazz fusion band Brand X

BRAND X ~ "AND SO TO F";


BRAND X ~ "BORN UGLY";


Willie Ruff - 92 - American Jazz French horn and bass player with the Mitchell-Ruff Duo, Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Quincy Jones, Milt Jackson, Jimmy Smith, Lalo Schifren, Sonny Stitt, Leonard Cohen

WILLIE RUFF;


Tony Oxley - 85 - English Free Jazz drummer w/Cecil Taylor, Anthony Braxton, Peter Brotzman, Bill Evans, Georgie Fame, Jon Luc Ponty, John McLaughlan, Ronnie Scott, Vangelis, co-founder of Incus Records.

TONY OXLEY;


Michel Saradaby - 88 - French Jazz pianist

MICHEL SARADABY ~ "BONUS";


George Winston - 73 - American Grammy winning Jazz and New Age pianist

GEORGE WINSTON ~ "SKATING";


Carole Sloane ~ 85 ~ American Jazz singer & critic with Downbeat

CAROLE SLOANE ~ "LOVER COME BACK TO ME";


CAROLE SLOANE ~ "NEVER NEVER LAND" & "MY SHIP":


Dom Minasi - 80 - American jazz guitarist, composer and music producer

DOM MIANSI;


Bosse Broberg - 85 - Swedish jazz trumpeter and composer

BOSSE BROBERG & PETER ERICSON ~ "FUNERAL MARCH":


Peter Horton - 82 - Austrian Jazz Pop guitarist, composer and singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1967)

PETER HORTON


Marcel Zanini - 99 - Turkish-born French Jazz and Pop singer and clarinetist, music critic and Artistic Director of the Barclay Label

MARCEL ZANINI ~ "TU VEUX OU TU VEUX PAS";


Lázaro Valdés - 83 - Cuban Latin Jazz and Son pianist

LAZARITO VALDES & BANBOLEO ~ "NO HACE FALTA";

Some Metal Heads

Bernie Marsden - 72 - English rock guitarist and songwriter with American 80's Hair Metal band Whitesnake ("Fool for Your Loving", "Here I Go Again")

WHITESNAKE ~ "HERE I GO AGAIN";


WHITESNAKE ~ "STILL OF THE NIGHT";


John Regan - 71 - Bass guitarist w/American Metal band Frehley's Comet

FREHLEY'S COMET ~ "INTO THE NIGHT";


FREHLEY'S COMET ~ "DO YA";


Steve Riley ~ 67 ~ Drummer with Los Angeles Hair Metal bands LA Guns, WASP, Keel, Steppenwolf

KEEL ~ "THE RIGHT TO ROCK";


LA GUNS ~ "SEX ACTION";


LA GUNS ~ "RIP & TEAR";


LA GUNS ~ "KISS MY LOVE GOODBYE";


WASP ~ "WILD CHILD";


Ken Erb ~ 63 - Guitarist with American Metal band Shok Paris

sHOK PARIS ~ "THE HEAT AND THE FIRE";


Charlie Dominici - 72 - Singer with American Prog Metal band Dream Theater and guitarist with 1970's Pop band Frankie & The Knockouts

DREAM THEATRE ~ "TO LIVE FOREVER";


Mark Adams - 64 - Bassist with American Metal band Saint Vitus

SAINT VITUS ~ "ST VITUS";


ST VITUS ~ "FEAR";


Lee Rauch - 58 - Original drummer with Americian Thrash bands Megadeth & Dark Angel

MEGADETH ~ "LOVED TO DEATH";


DARK ANGEL ~ "GONNA BURN";


Kirk Arrington - 61 - Drummer w/American Metal band Metal Church

METAL CHURCH ~ "WATCH THE CHILDREN PLAY";


METAL CHURCH ~ "BADLANDS";


Michael Kupper - 65 - German Heavy Metal guitarist with 1980's band Running Wild

Majik Moti ~ 65 ~ Guitarist for American Metal band Running Wild

RUNNING WILD ~ "CONQUISTADORS";


RUNNING WILD ~ "DIABOLIC FORCE";


Helge Engelke - 61 - Guitarist with German Hard Rock band Fair Warning

FAIR WARNING ~ "BURNING HEART";


FAIR WARNING ~ "HEART ON THE RUN";


Sakevi (real name Shigehisa Yokoyama) - 50's - Singer with 1980's Japanese Hardcore Thrash band G.I.S.M

GISM ~ "DOCUMENT ONE":


GISM ~ "ENDLESS BLOCKADES FOR THE PUSSYFOOTER";


GISM ~ "FIRE";


Heath - 55 - Bassist with Japanese Prog Metal band X Japan

X JAPAN ~ "ENDLESS RAIN";


Arno Veimer - 50 - Guitarist & composer w/1990's Estonian Hard Rock band Terminaator

TERMINAATOR ~ "TORM";


TERMINAATOR ~ "JUULIKUU LUMI";


Sebastian Marino - 57 - American guitarist with Metal bands Overkill & Anvil

OVERKILL ~ "ELIMINATION";


OVERKILL ~ "LONG TIME DYING";


Jim Auten - 50's - Drummer with Michigan Thrash band Genocide

GENOCIDE ~ "VIOLENT DEATH";


Michael Gibbons Jr - 50's - Guitarist with American 1980's & 90's Thrash band Leeway

LEEWAY ~ "KINGPIN";


LEEWAY ~ "ENFORCER";


Tess Mulligan - 50's - Singer with UK Metal band White Vice

WHITE VICE ~ "SCARED ARMAGEDDON";


Tim Aymar - 59 - Singer with American 1990's Heavy Metal bands Pharaoh and Control Denied

PHARAOH ~ "KEEP IT TRUE";


CONTROL DENIED ~ "BREAKING THE BROKEN";


Ricardo Iorio - 61 - Argentine heavy metal singer and bassist (Almafuerte, Hermética, V8)

ALMAFUERTE ~ "A VOS AMIGO";


Wayne Swinny - 59 - Guitarist with American 90's Nu Metal band Saliva

SALIVA ~ "YOUR DISEASE";


SALIVA ~ "REST IN PIECES";


Josua Madsen - 45 - Drummer with Danish Thrash Metal band Artillery

ARTILLERY ~ "TURN UP THE RAGE";


TJ DeBlois ~ 38 ~ Drummer with American Metal band A Life Once Lost

A LIFE ONCE LOST ~ "VULTURE";


Cayle Sain - 31 - Drummer with American Metal band Twitching Tongues

THE TWITCHING TONGUES ~ "HARAKIRI";


Brad Thomson - 40's - Guitarist for Tennessee Mathcore band The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza

THE TONY DANZA TAPDANCE EXTRAVAGANZA ~ "CAROL 14 WASSMON 7";


Eric Alan Livingston - 38 - Multi-instrumentalist with Art Rock/Black Metal band Mamaleek

MAMALEEK ~ "WARF RATS IN THE MOONLIGHT";

Some 1950's & 60's R&B & Soul Singers

Huey Piano Smith - 89 - American R&B pianist & songwriter ("Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu", "Don'tcha Just Know It")

HUEY PIANO SMITH ~ "DON'TCHA JUST KNOW IT";


Charlie Thomas ~ 85 ~ Singer with 1950's & 60's R&B vocal group the Drifters ("There Goes My Baby", "Sweets For My Sweet";

THE DRIFTERS ~ "SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES";


THE DRIFTERS ~ "THERE GOES MY BABY";


Barrett Strong - 81 - American singer with Motown ("Money (That's What I Want)") and songwriter ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine", "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone")

BARRETT STRONG ~ "MONEY";


Lillian Walker ~ 78 ~ Singer with 1960's R&B vocal group the Exciters

THE EXCITERS ~ "TELL HIM";


THE EXCITERS ~ "HE'S GOT THE POWER";


Tina Turner - 83 - American Hall of Fame singer ("River Deep – Mountain High", "Proud Mary", "What's Love Got to Do with It") and actress (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome), eight-time Grammy winner

IKE & TINA TURNER ~ "RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH";


IKE & TINA TURNER ~ "PROUD MARY";


TINA TURNER ~ "PRIVATE DANCER";


Katherine Anderson - 79 - Singer with Motown Girl Group the Marvellettes ("Plaese Mr Postman", "Beachwood 4-5789", "Don't Mess With Bill")

THE MARVELETTES ~ "MEDLEY";


THE MARVELETTES ~ "PLEASE MR POSTMAN";


THE MARVELETTES ~ "DON'T MESS WITH BILL";


Chuck Jackson - 85 - American 1960's R&B singer ("Any Day Now", "I Keep Forgettin'", "Tell Him I'm Not Home")

CHUCK JACKSON ~ "ANY DAY NOW";


CHUCK JACKSON ~ "LONELY LONELY MAN AM I";


Toussaint McCall - 89 - American 1960's R&B singer & organist ("Nothing Takes The Place Of You")

TOUSSAINT McCALL ~ "NOTHING TAKES THE PLACE OF YOU";


Floyd Newman - 91 - American saxophonist w/The Mar-Keys (including Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, BB King, Aretha Frankin, Etta James, Bozz Skaggs, Lulu, Stephen Stills) & The Memphis Horns

ETTA JAMES ~ "TELL MAMA";


OTIS REDDING ~ "MY GIRL" / "RESPECT";


WILSON PICKETT ~ "LAND OF 1000 DANCES";

Some Canadian Figures

Gordon Lightfoot - 84 - Canadian singer-songwriter ("Sundown", "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", "If You Could Read My Mind") from the 60's onward

GORDON LIGHTFOOT ~ "EARLY MORNING RAIN";


GORDON LIGHTFOOT ~ "WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD";


GORDON LIGHTFOOT ~ "SUNDOWN";


GORDON LIGHTFOOT ~ "IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND";


Robbie Robertson - 80 - Canadian guitarist & singer with Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks and The Band

RONNIE HAWKINS & THE HAWKS ~ "WHO DO YOU LOVE";


THE BAND ~ "THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN";


THE BAND ~ "THE WEIGHT";


ROBBIE ROBERTSON ~ "SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LAZY RIVER";


Chad Allen ~ 80 ~ Singer, keyboardist & guitarist with Winnipeg bands Chad Allen & the Expressions, The Guess Who, Chad Allen & The Reflections, Brave Belt

CHAD ALLEN & THE EXPRESSIONS ~ "TOSSIN & TURNIN";


CHAD ALLEN & THE EXPRESSIONS ~ "SHAKIN'ALL OVER";


CHAD ALLEN & THE EXPRESSIONS ~ "I JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE HEART";



Jimmy Ayoub - 70 - Canadian Hard Rock drummer with Mahogony Rush, Ted Nugent, Myles Goodwin

MAHOGANY RUSH ~ "JOHNNY B GOODE";


MAHOGANY RUSH ~ "ALL ALONG THE WATCH TOWER";


MOHOGANY RUSH ~ "I'M A KING BEE";


Myles Goodwin - 75 - Canadian singer, guitarist & composer with 1970's & 80's Classic Rock band April Wine ("I Like To Rock", "Sign Of The Gypsy Queen", "Roller", "Enough Is Enough")

APRIL WINE ~ "I LIKE TO ROCK";


APRIL WINE ~ "ROLLER";


APRIL WINE ~ "SIGN OF THE GYPSY";


APRIL WINE ~ "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH";



Peter Moore - 68 - Toronto Producer & Engineer for the Cowboy Junkies, Jr Gone Wild, Swamp Baby, Hardcore Logo, Sadies, The Band, Ian Tyson, Neil Young, Doughboys, Killjoys, Rough Trade, Silos, Lunachicks, S.C.O.T.S, Garth Hudson, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Oscar Peterson, Diana Krall, Neko Case, Bruce Cockburn, Murray McLauchlan, Holly Cole, Bob Wiseman, Finger Eleven, Sloan, Kensington Hillbillies, Parkdale Rebels, John Borra, Parts Found In Sea, Wild Strawberries, Corndogs, Rheostatics, Bourbon Tablernacle Choir, Martha & Muffins, Wild T & The Spirit, Jughead, An April March, Maria Muldair, Saddletramps, Great Speckled Bird, Bobby Charles, Punchbuggy, Cottage Industry, Busted Flush, and more

THE COWBOY JUNKIES ~ "SWEET JANE";


THE COWBOY JUNKIES ~ "MISGUIDED ANGEL";


THE RAZORBACKS ~ "SATURDAY NIGHT";


THE WILD STRAWBERRIES ~ "I DON'T WANNA THINK ABOUT IT";


JR GONE WILD ~ "WHAT'S GOING ON";


ROUGH TRADE ~ "HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL";


SWAMP BABY ~ "TEXACO BABY";


HARDCORE LOGO ~ "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE";


Stan Klees - 70's - 1960's producer of Little Caesar & the Consuls, the British Modbeats, Rock Show of the Yeomen, Jack London & the Sparrows, the Big Town Boys, Shirley Matthews

JACK LONDON & THE SPARROWS ~ "IF YOU DON"T WANT MY LOVE";


THE BIG TOWN BOYS ~ "TELL ME NOW";


THE BRITISH MODBEATS ~ "LSD";


Chick Roberts ~ 70's ~ Drummer, guitarist, harmonica player & singer with early sixties Toronto Folk Rock bands the Dirty Shames, The Blues Collar Band, the Lowdown Ways and solo

THE DIRTY SHAMES ~ "BLOWN YOUR MIND";


THE DIRTY SHAMES ~ "JUG BAND MUSIC";


Bobbi Lee Justice (Real name Dan Roach) - 76 - Singer with 1960's Toronto band Bobbi Lee Justice & the Sceptres and the Mynah Birds

BOBBI LEE & THE SCEPTERS ~ "TELL ME ABOUT IT";


THE MYNAH BIRDS ~ "GOING DOWN";


Sebastien Angelo - 70's Toronto keyboard player with 60's band the Lords Of London ("Ice Cream & Cornflakes") and later Spuff, in the 70's Country rosk band Patches & Cowpunk band S.C.A.B and solo under the name Sebastian Country

THE LORDS OF LONDON ~ "CORNFLAKES & ICECREAM";


THE LORDS OF LONDON ~ "TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE";


Robbie Bachman - 69 - Canadian hard rock drummer with Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) and Brave Belt

Tim Bachman - 71 - Canadian guitarist with Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO)

BTO ~ "TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS";


BTO ~ "YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET";


BTO ~ "LET IT RIDE";


BTO ~ "ROLL ON DOWN THE HIGHWAY";


BTO ~ "LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER ONE";


Terry Juric - 70's - Bassist with 1970's Toronto band Moxy

MOXY ~ "THROUGH THE STORM";


MOXY ~ "SAIL ON";


Jamie Larson - 60's - Bassist with 1970's Toronto band Hellfield and the Mustangs

HELLFIELD ~ "YOU GOT TO ADMIT";


Floyd Sneed - 80 - Canadian drummer with 70's American band Three Dog Night ("Joy To The World", "Mama Told Me Not To Come")

THREE DOG NIGHT ~ "JOY TO THE WORLD";


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


Martin Stevens - 69 - Canadian 1970's Disco singer ("Love Is in the Air")

MARTIN STEVENS ~ "LOVE IS IN THE AIR";


MARTIN STEVENS ~ "J'AIME LA MUSIQUE";


Denis LePage - 74 - Canadian musician & songwriter with Disco band Lime ("Your Love")

LIME ~ "YOUR LOVE";


Georgie Fab (real name Robert George Johnson) ~ 70 ~ Hamilton Ontario singer/pianist/guitarist w/Buxton Castle, Rob & The Rockets and solo, songwriter/producer w/Lighthouse, King Biscuit Boy, the Poison Arrows, Sylvain Sylvain, Kim Mitchell

BRUXTON CASTLE ~ "SHORTY McKENNA";


BUXTON CASTLE ~ "RED RED THE ROCKING HORSE";


Bruce Guthro - 61 - Cape Breton Folk Rock singer solo and with Scottish band Runrig

RUNRIG ~ "RHYTHM OF MY HEART";


RUNRIG ~ "THE GREATEST FLAME";


RUNRIG ~ "LOCH LOMAND";


Greg Cannon ~ 60's ~ Hamilton Ontario drummer with the Florida Razors and David Bradstreet

THE FLORIDA RAZORS ~ "BREAK DOWN YOUR DOOR";


David Gavan Baxter ~ 60's ~ Toronto guitarist with 80's New Wave bands The Sharks & Sherry Kean and Country Rock bands Lori Yates & Hey Stella, David Wilcox & The Teddy Bears, Alanis Morrissette, Suzi Vinick, Justin Routledge, Corin Raymond, Tressa Levasseur, Bob Snider & Heather Morgan

DAVID WILCOX;


LORI YATES "MAKE A LIAR OUT OF ME";


Joe Toole ~ 60's ~ Guitarist with 1980's & 00's Toronto bands the Phantoms and the Razorbacks and Ottawa Rockabilly/Honky Tonk bands the Lucky Ron Show and the Bearcats

THE PHANTOMS ~ "TARGET";


THE PHANTOMS ~ "ONE WAY STREET";


Dave Curry - 60's - Guitarist with St Catherines, Ont Blues/Rock bands Willie Mojo & Bluesafire and the Mighty Ducks Blues Band

THE MIGHTY DICKS BLUES BAND ~ "HAMMERED & NAILED";


Dylan Matthews - 50's ~ Guitarist with Hamilton Classic Rock bands Dr Tongue & Hammer Of The Gods

DR TONGUE ~ "ALLY MAY";


Mendleson Joe ~ 70's ~ (Real name Joe Mendleson) Toronto singer guitarist with 1960's & 70's Blues Rock band McKenna-Mendleson Mainline and solo in the 80's

McKENNA-MENDLESON MAINLINE ~ "OUR HOME & NATIVE LAND";


MENDLESON JOE ~ "I THINK I'M LOSING MY MARBLES";


Guido Basso ~ 85 ~ Toronto Jazz trumpet player and band leader with Rob McConnell, Anne Murray, Sophie Milman, Holly Cole, Mel Torme, Peter Appleyard and solo

GUIDO BASSO ~ "IT'S NOT UNUSUAL";


GUIDO BASSO & AL HIRT (w/JOHNNY CASH) ~ "TRUMPET DUEL"


Michael Snow ~ 94 ~ Toronto Jazz pianist with the Canadian Creative Music Collective and solo, artist & experimental filmmaker

MICHAEL SNOW ~ "SNOW VARIATIONS ON DARN IT";


Chris Daniels ~ 70's - UK born Toronto Dixieland Jazz bassist w/the Climax Jazz Band, the New Orleans Connection All-Stars, the Don Valley Stompers, the Happy Pals, the Excelsior Jazz Band

THE CLIMAX JAZZ BAND ~ "THE FAVORITE"


THE CLIMAX JAZZ BAND ~ "JUST A CLOSER WALK";


Edward Koplola ~ 60's - Toronto guitarist with 1970's & 80's Blues band Breathless and 2000's Jazz bands the BTB's and the Niagara Rhythm section

THE BTB's ~ "SONG FOR MY FATHER";


Michael Arthurs - 60 - Toronto Jazz and R&B Sax player

MICHAEL ARTHURS QUARTET;


Mark LaForme - 70's - Hamilton guitarist w/Blues & Country Rock band Next, Stompin Tom Connors and solo

MARK LAFORME BAND ~ "CHAIN OF FOOLS';


MARK LAFORME BAND ~ "IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE";


Richard Laviolette - 41 - Ontario Folk singer with various bands

RICHARD LAVILETTE ~ "COUTRY PARADE FUNERAL SONG";


Marc Roy ~ 39 ~ Toronto and Peterborough Bluegrass singer/guitarist solo and with Crazy Strings

MARC ROY & WILL MEDOWS ~ "GOLD RUSH";


Brian Burke - 50's - Jazz Sax player with Windsor Honky-Tonk & Rockbilly bands the Silvertones and the Squares

BRIAN BURKE ~ "DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER";