January 2-Guitarist Larry Reinhardt (Iron Butterfly, Captain Beyond)
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| Etta James |
January 8-Singer/Pianist Dave Alexander
January 14-Drummer Robbie France (UFO)
January 20-Singer Etta James
January 20-Singer Therese Hanserot (Destiny)
January 25-Guitarist Mark Reale (Ratt)
February 11-Singer Whitney Houston
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| Whitney Houston |
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| Davy Jones |
February 29-Singer Davy Jones (The Monkees)
March 3-Guitarist Ronnie Montrose (Montrose)
March 8-Blues guitarist Bugs Henderson
March 12-Drummer Michael Hossack (The Doobie Brothers)
March 14-Guitarist Eddie King
April 17- Singer/Guitarist Brian Jack (Child’s Play)
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| Levon Helm |
April 18- Radio/Television personality Dick Clark
April 19-Drummer Levon Helm (The Band)
April 19-Multi-instumentalist Greg Ham (Men At Work)
April 23-Bassist John Christopher Ethridge (Flying Burrito Brothers)
May 1-Guitarist Charles "Skip" Pitts (Isaac Hayes)
May 4-Adam Yauch (Beastie Boys)
May 13-Bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn
May 17-Singer Donna Summer
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| Donna Summer |
May 18-Drummer Peter Jones (Crowded House)
May 20-Singer Robin Gibb (Bee Gees)
May 25-Drummer Mark McConnell (Sebastian Bach, Blackfoot)
May 26-Bassist John Harrison (Hawkwind)
June 4-Singer Herb Reed (The Platters)
June 5-Singer Bobby Durango (Rock City Angels)
June 8-Guitarist Bob Welch
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| Bob Welch |
June 15-Drummer Tim Mooney (American Music Club, Sun Kil Moon)
June 19-Manager Gerry Bron (Uriah Heep, Motorhead)
June 30-Guitarist Ivan Sekyra (Abraxas)
July 16-Keyboadist Jon Lord (Deep Purple)
July 24-Singer Larry Hoppen (Orleans)
July 27-Singer/songwriter Daryl Cotton
July 27-Singer/songwriter Daryl Cotton
August 7-Guitarist Stuart Swanlund (Marshall Tucker Band)
August 12-Guitarist Gary Cox (Artful Dodger)
August 15-Bassist Bob Birch (Elton John Band)
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| Bill Tillman |
August 31- Bassis Rob Grant (Sarasin)
September 2-Guitarist Mark Abrahamian (Starship)
September 5-Songwriter Joe South
September 21-Keyboardist Benjy King (Patty Smyth, Scandal)
September 25-Singer Andy Williams
September 27-Guitarist/Keyboardist Simon Oberender (Trillium, Beyond The Bridge)
September 27-Singer R.B. Greaves ("Take A Letter, Maria")
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| Big Jim Sullivan |
October 2-Guitarist Big Jim Sullivan
October 2-Singer Marjorie Lane
October 3-Singer Kathi McDonald
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| Nick Curran |
October 6-Guitarist Nick Curran (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
October 15-Guitarist Rick Chadock (White Sister)
October 22-Singer/Guitarist Terry Allen (Elysium)
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| Bill Dees |
October 24 Songwriter Bill Dees
October 26-Guitarist Jo Gunne (Fuzzbox)
October 28-Guitarist Terry Callier
November 9-Singer Major Harris (Delfonics)
November 14-Fiddler and bones player Martin Fay (The Chieftains)
November 17-Singer Billy Scott (The Prophets)
November 20-Guitarist Michael Dunford (Renaissance)
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| Michael Dunford and Annie Haslam |
November 24-Producer/Manager Chris Stamp (The Who)
December 1-Robert J. Cavanaugh (My father-I'll miss you, Dad)
December 1-Singer Dee Harvey
December 6-Drummer Ed Cassidy (Spirit)
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| Ed Cassidy |
December 9-Singer Jenni Rivera
December 12-Sitarist Ravi Shankar
Decedmber 13-Vocalist Keith Deen
December 24-Singer Ray Collins (The Mothers Of Invention)
December 29-Guitarist Mike Auldridge (The Seldom Scene)
That's a comprehensive list, Larry. Lot of young ones.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean, Alex-
ReplyDeleteThe "old guard" musicians are getting to the age where they are going to start dying...but it's sad to see the younger ones go.
LC
Damn! I don't think I heard that Davy Jones died. That's a piece of my childhood that died right there!
ReplyDeleteAnd I was just watching an old Monkees episode about a week ago. Davy was my favorite Monkee; he didn't make me "scream" or anything, but I really liked him when I was young.
LC, nice to see your Dad included on the list. He made his own kind of music, but it had value.
Best wishes for ya in 2013.
~ D-FensDogg
'Loyal American Underground'
Stole some of my Time Machine thunder, my friend. Sadly, though, no one has a copyright on death.
ReplyDeleteStephen-
ReplyDeleteDavy was relatively young, too-just goes to show ya...
Thanks for the kind words about my dad. It was an odd holiday season without him.
Best wishes for you as well in '13-hope we can find time to connect live soon.
CW-I'd actually started compiling this list last January after Etta James passed, as it seemed like the time was right to see a lot of the "old guard" musicians go to play the Great Gig In The Sky.
Sadly, too many young ones left as well.
LC
I'm so sorry to hear about your father. What instrument did he play?
ReplyDeleteHe was not a musician by trade (my mother's family had that business covered) but he sang in his church choir for years.
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