RIP: Chris Squire
Chris Squire, the long-standing bass player for prog-rock band Yes has passed away at the age of 67. Squire formed the influential band with vocalist Jon Anderson in 1968. Amid the multiple personnal changes the band went through over the years, Squire was the only one to remain a constant member. He appeared with Yes […]
RIP: Ornette Coleman
Jazz great Ornette Colemnan has passed away at the age of 85. His contribution to music was immeaasurable. For more information, read this obituary from The New York Times. Click here to listen to Ornette Coleman’s recording of Lonely Woman from the 1959 album The Shape Of Jazz To Come:
RIP: B. B. King
Another musical King has died. Two weeks ago it was Ben E. King, now B.B. King has passed away at the age of 89. King had been touring relentlessly until late last year. He had been unwell for several weeks has died in his sleep in Las Vegas. Click here to read more about BB […]
RIP: Ben E King
Ben E King, one of pop music’s finest vocalists and songwriters, has passed away at the age of 76. In addition to singing lead for The Drifters on hits like There Goes My Baby and Save The Last Dance For Me, King also recorded solo hits Spanish Harlem and Stand By Me working with Leiber […]
RIP: Percy Sledge
Soul man Percy Sledge has passed away at the age of 74. Percy’s best-known recording was his 1966 hit When A Man Loves A Woman. But Percy was much more than a one-hit wonder. He recorded a slew of under-appreciated deep-soul classics over the intervening years. Check out his 1969 single, True Love Travels On […]
RIP: Michael Brown of The Left Banke
Michael Brown, songwriter and keyboard player for 1960’s baroque-pop band The Left Banke has passed away at the age of 65. Brown’s tenure with the band was short, creative and combative but it yeided two of the most perfectly formed pop songs of the 1960s, Walk Away Renee and Pretty Ballerina, both penned by Brown. […]
RIP: Kim Fowley
KIm Fowley has passed away at the age of 75. Kim, who has been involved in music as a songwriter, artist , producer, label head and just about anything else, was a true rock & roll original. Kim began producing records in the late 1950s. His first big hit was Alley Oop by The Hollywood […]
RIP: Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker has died at the age of 70. The singer passed away due to lung cancer. Hailing from Sheffield, England, the gravelly-voice vocalist was one of the highlights of 1969’s Woodstock Music Festival thanks to his bluesy version of The Beatles’ With A Little Help From My Friends. His Mad Dogs And Englishmen tour […]
RIP Ian McLagan
Another veteran rocker has passed away. Former Faces keyboard player Ian McLagan has died in Austin, Texas after suffering a stroke. The 69-year-old began his musical career with The Small Faces in the mid-1960s and played on hits Itchycoo Park and Tin Soldier and then went on to The Faces with Rod Stewart. Recently, McLagan […]
RIP: Bobby Keys
We are sad to learn of the death of rock & roll sax man Bobby Keys. Keys, who was 70 years old, was best known for his work with The Rolling Stones. He had been their sax player on and off since 1969. But his career extended way beyond Brown Sugar. He played on hundreds […]
RIP: Jack Bruce
Jack Bruce, bass player, vocalist and songwriter for Cream, has died at the age of 71. Bruce was considered one of the most musically adventurous bass players in rock. After the demise of Cream, Jack bruce went on to release over a dozen solo albums and work with Frank Zappa, John McLaughlin, Robin Trower, Ringo […]
R.I.P Paul Revere (Of Paul Revere & The Raiders)
Paul Revere, leader of 1960’s rockers Paul Revere & The Raiders has passed away at the age of 76. Despite the fact that they were teenage pinups and featured heavily on Dick Clark’s TV series Where The Action Is, The Raiders were one of the hardest rocking bands of the era. With pony-tailed vocalist Mark […]
R.I.P Paul Revere (Of Paul Revere & The Raiders)
Paul Revere, leader of 1960’s rockers Paul Revere & The Raiders has passed away at the age of 76. Despite the fact that they were teenage pinups and featured heavily on Dick Clark’s TV series Where The Action Is, The Raiders were one of the hardest rocking bands of the era. With pony-tailed vocalist Mark […]
RIP – Jesse Winchester
Folk singer Jesse Winchester has died at the age of 69. In addition to his songs, Winchester became known for his strong anti-war stance when, in 1967, the American moved to Canada, rather than fight in the Viet Nam war. Read more about Jesse Winchester here. Watch Jesse Winchester perform Sham-A-Ling-Ding-Dong on Elvis Costello’s Spectacle […]
RIP Scott Asheton
It seems Stooges drummer Scott Asheton has passed away. Here is a Facebook post from Iggy: IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM IGGY: My dear friend Scott Asheton passed away last night. Scott was a great artist, I have never heard anyone play the drums with more meaning than Scott Asheton. He was like my brother. He and […]
R.I.P. Bob Casale of Devo
Devo’s Bob Casale has passed away at age 61. The band was formed by his older brother Gerald Casale along with Mark Mothersbaugh in the early 1970s while students at Kent State University in Ohio. Bob Casale was a member of the band during their most popular era and played on hits such as Whip […]
R.I.P. Pete Seeger
Folk singer Pete Seeger has passed away at the age of 94. The singer-songwriter and political activist was a friend of Woody Guthrie, a member of The Weavers and the writer of songs such as Where Have All The Flowers Gone, If I Had A Hammer and Turn, Turn, Turn. Click here for more details […]
R.I.P. Phil Everly
Phil Everly, one half of the pioneering duo The Everly Brothers has passed away at the age of 74. Together with his older brother Don, Phil created harmonies that inspired The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel and hosts of others. Just this past year two Everly Brothers tribute albums were released, one featuring the unlikely duo […]
R.I.P. Lou Reed
Lou Reed has passed away at the age of 71. One of the most influential artists in rock & roll history, Lou Reed founded The Velvet Underground with John Cale in 1965 and then launched his solo career in 1971. His songs…Heroin, Perfect Day, Walk On The Wild Side, Pale Blue Eyes, Rock And Roll, […]
R.I.P. Allen Lanier of Blue Oyster Cult
Allen Lanier, a founding member of Blue Oyster Cult, has died at the age of 67 from lung disease. BOC were one of the great hard rock acts of the 1970s with songs like Godzilla, Burnin’ For You, Cities On Flame With Rock & Roll and, of course, (Don’t Fear) The Reaper. Click here to […]