I am still
researching the following for the date of their departure :
Al Batt - Died ???? ( Rock ) Pianist
- Was a member of The
Rhythm Rockets.
Donnie Swanlund - Died ???? ( Rock )
Steel guitarist - Was a member of The
Rhythm Rockets and The
All Nites.
Denny Hipp - Died ???? ( Rock ) Saxophone
- Was a member of The
Rhythm Rockets.
Sueanne Kitts - Died ???? ( Rock ) Keyboardist
and singer - Was a member of The
Rhythm Rockets.
Janet Story - Died ???? ( Rock ) Singer
- Was a member of The
Rhythm Rockets.
Mike Barbee (aka Buddah) - Died ????
( Rock ) Bassist - Was a member of The
Bean-Barry Delights.
Bob Eller (aka Bean) - Died ???? ( Rock
) Guitarist - Was a member of The
Bean-Barry Delights.
Robert Ayers - Died ???? - Was a member
of The Fabulous Winds.
Tom Baird - Died ???? ( Rock ) Keyboardist
- Was a member of The Classics.
Guy Arsenault - Died ???? ( Blues )
Played Harmonica - Was a member of The
Rock Bottom Blues Band.
Bill Avery - Died ???? - Drummer
- Was a member of Charlie
And The Tunas.
Mike Cox - Died ???? - Bassist - Worked
with Charlie And The Tunas.
Ken Parypa - Died ???? - Bassist and
singer - Worked with Gumbo,
The
Great Pretenders,
GNP (Gross
National Product),
The Skyboys
and Charlie And The Tunas.
Larry Armstrong - Died ???? - ( R&B
) Bassist - Was a member of The
Flames.
Gerald Diaz - Died ???? - ( R&B
) Singer - Was a member of The
Flames.
Delmar Kary - Died ???? - ( R&B
) Guitarist - Was a member of The
Flames.
Leo Ramirez - Died ???? - ( R&B
) Saxophonist - Was a member of The
Flames.
Johnny Wahlbrink - Died ???? - ( R&B
) Drummer - Was a member of The
Flames.
Willie Arkell - Died ???? ( Funk - Disco
) Played trumpet and flugelhorn - Was a member of Lowdown.
Ben Alvers - Died ???? ( Rock ) Played
guitar - Was a member of RatzTuner
who changed their name to Argus.
Pat Minnick (aka Pete the Punk) - Died
???? - Worked with The Famed Warbles.
Doug Fulcher - Died ???? ( Rock - Blues
) Bassist and singer - Was a member of Blues
Alliance and Rocky Snow.
George Weyman - Died 19?? ( Rock ) Drummer
- Was a member of Edison
Lighthouse (They did, "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)").
Pedrito Landatxe - Died 199? - Aids
( Punk ) Drummer - Was a member of Cicatriz.
Natxo Etxebarrieta - Died 199? - Aids
( Punk ) Singer - Was a member of Cicatriz.
Alejandro Kortadi - Died ???? - Car
accident ( Rock ) Was a member of Leok'k.
Oke Aminu - Died ???? ( Gospel ) Drummer
and singer - Worked with Ebenezer Obey.
Frank Bowen - Died 19?? ( Rock ) Guitarist
and bassist - Worked with The Teenbeats, Cliff Roberts & The Rockers,
The Strangers, The Lonely Ones, Earl
Royce & The Olympics, Mark Peters & The Cyclones, Howie
Casey & The Seniors, Lee
Curtis & The All Stars, The
Pathfinders and The Trends.
Lafleche Dore - Died ???? ( Folk ) Played
flugelhorn and trumpet - Was a member of La
Bottine Souriante.
Lefty - Died ???? ( Punk ) Bassist -
Was a member of Anti
Cimex.
Cutting - Died ???? ( Punk ) Bassist
- Was a member of Anti
Cimex.
Dan Shallack - Died ???? in Mill Valley
- Murdered along with his parents ( Rock ) Was a member of Sound
Hole.
Bill
Schade - Died ???? - AIDS ( Jazz ) Singer - Worked with Automatic
Pilot and The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus.
Steve
McDowell - Died ???? ( Jazz ) Played saxophone - Worked with Automatic
Pilot and The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus.
Mickey
Martin - Died ???? ( Jazz ) Singer - Worked with Automatic
Pilot and The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus.
Bobby Neil Harrelson - Died 199? ( Rock
) Bassist - Was a member of The
Rockets.
Raivo Maasik - Died ???? ( Rock ) Drummer
- Was a member of Meie.
E.G. Clawson - Died 199? - Cancer (
Rock ) Drummer - Worked with SRC.
Jim McPherson - Died 19?? ( Rock ) Singer
- Worked with The
Diga Rhythm Band (They did, "Razooli)") and The
Novato Frank Band (They did, "Grow Your Own" and "They're Playin' Rock'n'Roll
In Heaven").
Foster Orr - Died 19?? ( Rock ) Keyboardist
- Worked with The
Novato Frank Band.
K.A. Adusei - Died ???? - Was a member
of The Starlite Band.
Kwame Attah - Died ???? - Worked with
F. Micah's Band.
Kofi
Ani Johnson - Died ???? ( Afrobeat ) Singer and musician - (He did,
"Adam Nana" and "Sunkwa") - Led Kofi Ani Johnson And The Parrot Band.
Aleksandr Sokha - Died???? ( Rock )
Drummer - Was a member of Liverpool.
Pipi Christmann (Franz Christmann) -
Died ???? - (He did, "Dienstag Abend" and "Pardon") - Worked with Toni
Strobl.
Fred Harrison - Died ???? ( Jazz ) Worked
with The Saturated
Seven.
Billy Bolland - Died ???? ( Jazz ) Played
trombone - Worked with The
Saturated Seven.
Jackie Owens - Died ???? ( Jazz) Played
clarinet - Worked with The
Saturated Seven.
Fred Gilpin - Died ???? in Europe -
Car accident ( Rock ) Guitarist - Was a member of The
Nerves (They did, "Confusion" and "Presence Of Mind").
Alf Smith - Died ???? - Illness ( Rock
) Played organ - Was a member of The
Nerves (They did, "Wild Western Hero" and "Come See The Show (Or I'll
Drop Yer)".
Ron Scarselli - Died ???? - Illustrator,
designer and layout artist for I.R.S. - He did work on album covers for
American Girls, The Animals and R.E.M.
Dik Davis (Dick Davis) - Died ???? (
Rock ) Percussionist and keyboardist - Was a member of Fashion
(They did, "You Only Left Your Picture" and "Love Shadow").
Stain Fairrington (Stan Fairrington)
- Died 1987? in Germany ( Punk ) Bassist - Was a member of NBJ
(Nazi Bitch And The Jews) (They did, "Dead Porker").
Mark Wills - Died ???? in Germany (
Punk ) Drummer - Worked with NBJ
(Nazi Bitch And The Jews).
Malcolm Braiser - Died ???? - Motorbike
accident - Bassist - Worked with The Shame with Greg
Lake (They did, "Too Old To Go 'Way Little Girl" and "Dreams Don't
Bother Me").
Sean Jenkins -Died ???? ( Rock ) Played
drums - Worked with Love
Affair and City Lights.
Dennis Starks - Died ???? - Co-owned
The Sunset Lounge which showcased artists such as James Brown, Count Basie,
Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie
and Lionel Hampton.
John
Cali - Died ???? ( Jazz - Country ) Played banjo, guitar, mandolin
and lute - (He did, "Ja Da") - Worked with Tony Guttoso, Jimmie Rodgers,
The Tennessee Tooters, Charlie Palmieri, Willie Rodriguez and Ray Barretto
- National Four-String
Banjo Hall Of Fame Inductee.
Bob
Fuller - Died ???? ( Blues - Jazz ) Born 12-31-1898 in New York, NY,
U.S. - Saxophonist and clarinetist - Worked with Mamie Smith, Martha Copeland,
Helen Gross, Rosa Henderson, Viola McCoy, Monette Moore, Elmer Snowden,
Maggie Jones, Six Hot Babies and Louis Hooper.
Chris
Lee (Christopher Lee) - Died ???? in The Isle of Wight - Illness -
He was 44 years old - Was a manager for The
Inca Babies.
Lew Ramstead - Died ???? ( Rock ) Singer
and bassist - Was a member of The
Organization.
Sooty
Jones (Anthony Jones) - Died ???? - Meningitis? ( Rock ) Bassist -
Worked with Humble Pie (They did, "Go For The Throat" and "Lottie And the
Charcoal Queen".
Pete Charles - Died ???? ( Rock ) Drummer
- Was a member of Ram Jam
(They did, "Black Betty" and "Pretty Poison").
Uncle Ben Perry - Died ???? ( Blues
) Guitarist - Worked with Junior
Thomas.
Mercy Baby - Died ???? - Killed by his
wife ( Blues ) Singer and drummer - Worked with Willie
Willis.
Harris Nelson - Died ????- Led The Harris
Nelson Family who appeared on TV's, Hollywood Palace and a Walt Disney
production.
Bill Branch - Died ???? ( Rock ) Singer
- Was a member of Jug and Necromandus.
Ghernot Wheeler - Died ???? ( Gospel
) Pianist - Was a member of The Gospelaires.
Nathaniel Houston - Died ???? - Car
accident - Was a member of Sweetman And The Sugar Boys.
John Henry Hopkins - Died ???? ( Country
Blues ) Born 2-3-1901 in Centerville, TX, U.S. - Singer and guitarist -
Was
one of The Hopkins Brothers
(They did, " Hot Blooded Woman" and "I Want To Go Fishing") - Brother of
Lightning Hopkins.
Don
Hollinger - Died 198? ( Soul ) Born 9-7-1937 in Blakely, GA, U.S. -
Singer - (He did, "I Had A Nightmare" and "Let Him Go") - Worked with Jimmy
Outler's Sensational Six.
Harold Bernz - Died ???? ( Folk ) Musician
and activist - (He co-wrote, "Feuilles-Oh (Leaves)") - Worked with Lee
Hays - Husband of singer, Ruth Bernz and father of singer, David Bernz.
Charlie (Surname unknown) - Died 2007
in Ullapool - Accident ( Blues Rock ) Drummer - Was a member of Mojo Walks.
Dennis "Ska" Campbell - Died 19?? (
Ska ) Played saxophone - Worked with The Skatalites.
Margaret
Johnson (aka Margaret Carter) - Died???? ( Blues - Jazz ) Singer and
pianist - (She did, "Who'll Chop Your Suey (When I'm Gone)" and "When a
'Gator Holler, Folks Say It's A Sign of Rain") - Worked with Bobby
Leecan, Robert Cooksey, Sidney Bechet, Tom Morris, Clarence Williams, Louis
Armstrong, Billie Holiday and Bubber Miley.
Martha
Copeland - Died ???? ( Blues ) Singer - (She did, "Fortune Teller Blues"
and "Black Snake Blues") - Worked with The Smokey City Trio.
Doug Suggs - Died ???? - Born 12-3-1894
in St. Louis, MO, U.S. - Pianist.
Casey
Bill Weldon - Died 196? ( Blues - Jub Band ) Born 7-10-1909, Pine Bluff,
Arkansas, U.S. - Guitarist - (He did, "Turpentine Blues") - Was a member
of The Memphis Jug Band - Worked with his wife, Memphis Minnie and with
The Picaninny Jug Band, and The Brown Bombers Of Swing.
Carl Davis - Died ???? ( Jug Band )
Born 3-5-1886 in Rison, AR, U.S. - Singer and guitarist - Was a member
of The
Dallas Jamboree Jug Band (They did, "It May Be My Last Night" and "Dusting
The Frets").
John T. Benson Sr. - Died ???? ( Gospel
) Born in Edgefield, Nashville, TN, U.S. - Composer and publisher - Founder
of John T. Benson Publishing Co. - Gospel
Music Hall Of Fame Inductee.
Maggie
Jones (Faye Barnes) - The Texas Nightingale - Died ???? ( Blues
) Born circa 1900 in Hillsboro, TX, U.S. - Worked with Louis Armstrong
and Fletcher Henderson.
Irene
Scruggs (aka Chocolate Brown and Dixie Nolan) - Died ???? ( Blues -
Jazz ) Born on 12-7-1901 in Mississippi, U.S. - Singer - (She did, "My
Back To The Wall" and "Good Grindin") - Worked with Little Brother Montgomery,
Albert Nicholas, King Oliver, Clarence Williams, Lonnie Johnson and Kid
Ory.
James E. Marsh (James Edward Marsh)
- Died ???? ( Gospel ) Born 5-7-1890 in Blount County, AL, U.S. - Composed
more than 400 songs including, "Happy Am I" and "Love Leads The Way"
- Gospel
Music Hall Of Fame Inductee.
Amina Muse Milano - Died ???? - Singer
- (She did, "Ladi waayey" with Ahmed Nur Jango).
Ray Elliot - Died ???? ( Rock ) Played
keyboards and saxophone - Worked with Them.
Ian Spice (aka Spike ) Died 199? ( Pop
) Born 9-18-1966 - Drummer - Was a member of Breathe
(They did, "How Can I Fall?" and "Hands To Heaven").
Mike Byrom - Died ???? ( Rock ) Musician
- Worked with The Precious Few and The Tiks.
Morrison Phuka - Died ????- Was a member
of The New Scene Band.
Warren Mercer, Sr. - Died???? ( Jazz
) Singer - Father of singer, Mabel Mercer.
Mauricio Montoya (aka Bull Metal) -
Died ???? ( Metal ) Drummer - Worked with Typhon,
Masacre, Neurosis Inc. and Agressor.
Dan Armstrong - Died ???? ( Pop ) Guitarist
- Was a member of Family Affair.
Steve Ekman - Died ???? - ( Rock ) Guitarist
- Was a member of Tank
& The Septics.
John May - Died ???? ( R&B ) Singer
- Was a member of The
Paragons (They did, "Thinking Of You" and "Hey Baby").
Al Brown - Died ???? ( R&B ) Singer
- Was a member of The
Paragons (They did, "Kneel And Pray" and "Just A Memory").
Ricky Jackson - Died ???? ( R&B
) Singer - Was a member of The
Paragons (They did, "Florence" and "Hey Little School Girl").
Donald Travis - Died ???? ( R&B
) Singer - Was a member of The
Paragons (They did, "Thinking Of You" and "Hey Little School Girl").
Pat Burns - Died ???? ( Rock ) Bassist
- Was a member of The Warmth.
Dave White (aka Lonnie Broadway) - Died
19?? ( Rock ) Drummer and singer - Was a member of The
Brougham Closet (They did, "Wishing" and "To Say Goodbye") and Crust.
Gary Carter - Died 19?? ( Rock ) Keyboardist
- Was a member of The
Brougham Closet.
Dennis Mullikin - Died 2005? ( Rock
) Singer and guitarist - Was a member of The
Quirks and The
English Music Company.
Leo Lawrence - Died ???? ( Rock ) Guitarist
- Was a member of The Quirks.
Mark Strong - Died 1971? ( Rock ) Drummer
- Was a member of Hot And
Nasty.
Tom Baird - Died ???? - Played keyboards
and sang - Was a member of The
Classics (aka CFUN Classics) and Roger
Jerome And The Casuals.
Jolly Jack Robel (John Michael Robel)
- Died ???? ( Polka ) Born 2-14-1903 in Austria - Singer, conducter, clarinetist,
bassist, violinist and harmonica player - (He did, "Beer Barrel Polka"
and "Let's Roll Out the Barrel Once Again") - Worked with The Elmore Band
with Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey - International
Polka Music Hall Of Fame Inductee.
Johnny Haas - Died ???? ( Polka ) Drummer
- Led The Johnny Haas Polka Band - International
Polka Music Hall Of Fame Inductee.
Henry Jasiewicz - Died ???? ( Polka
) Played trumpet - Led Henny And The Versa J's - Worked with The Polish
Ambassadors Orchestra, The Sunset Orchestra, The Polish Diplomats, The
Silver Moon Orchestra, The Bell Hops Orchestra and The Polish All Stars
Orchestra - International
Polka Music Hall Of Fame Inductee.
Phumzile - Died ???? - Cerebral malaria
- She worked with Yvonne Chaka Chaka.
James Newman Sr. - Died ???? ( Jazz
) He was 35 years old - Played saxophone - One time husband of Gladys Knight.
Rex Robinson - Died ???? - Car accident
on the way home from a gig ( Blues ) Singer - He had been married to singer,
Kim
Tolliver.
Lester Johnson - Died ???? ( R&B
) Singer - Worked with The
Hornets (They did, "Wedding Day" and "Jamaica Farewell") - Co-owner
of Way Out Records.
Eddie Barnes - Died ???? ( Jazz ) Led
The Eddie Barnes Trio that featured singer, Vickie Barnes - Worked with
Kalil Madi.
Rick Martin - Died ???? - Bone cancer
- Was a member of Fugitive Poetry.
Denis O'Loughlin - Died ???? - Played
saxophone and clarinet - Was a member of Dermot
O'Brien And His Clubmen.
Paddy Farrell - Died ???? - Guitarist
- Was a member of Dermot
O'Brien And His Clubmen.
Johnny Barton - Died ???? - Drummer
- Was a member of Dermot
O'Brien And His Clubmen.
Frank Kenyon - Died ???? ( Rock ) Guitarist
- Was a member of The
Vipps.
Doug Renaud - Died ???? - Car accident
( Rock ) Drummer - Was a member of The Charms (They did, "Oh Mercy" and
"Rambunctious") - Minnesota Rock & Country Hall Of Fame Inductee.
Ros
Sereysothea (Ros Sothea) - the Golden Voice of the Royal Capital
- She is thought to have died while imprisoned in a labor camp under the
Khmer Rouge regime ( Rock - Pop ) Born in Battambang Province,
Cambodia - Singer and songwriter - (She did, "Wait Ten Months" and "Hair
Cut, Hair Cut") - Worked with with Sinn Sisamouth ("Chom Chait Pesaey"
and "Have a Caramel").
Danny Bridge - Died ???? - Led Danny
Bridge And The Tunesmen.
Oleg Szepetiuk - Died 199? - Car accident
- Guitarist - Worked with Devjatka.
Clem Quinn - Died ???? ( Pop ) Guitarist
- (He did a version of Buck Owen's, "Buck's Polka") - Was a member of The
Miami Showband.
Charlie MacKenzie - Died ???? - Car
accident - Manager - Worked with The Unattached.
Chris Stafford - Died ???? - Accidental
poisoning ( Rock ) Guitarist - Member of All Or Nothing.
Richard Randall - Died ???? - Cancer
( Rock ) Bassist - Was a member of Baby's
Arm and Classic
Ruins.
Richard Benedict - Died ???? - Singer
and musician - Worked the orchestra at the Beverly Hills Supper Club with
his brother, pianist, saxophonist and clarinetist, Gardner Benedict.
Saturnino "Saty" Guzman - Died ????
- Car accident ( Rock ) Was a member of Los Sinners.
Wilbur Consonery - Died ???? - Saxophonist
- Worked with Glenn Brady.
Tommy Bullock - Died ???? - ( R&B
) Singer - Was a member of The Fiestas (They did, "So Fine" and "Broken
Heart").
Eddie Morris - Died ???? - ( R&B
) Singer - Was a member of The Fiestas (They did, "So Fine" and "Broken
Heart").
Sam Ingalls - Died ???? - ( R&B
) Singer - Was a member of The Fiestas (They did, "So Fine" and "Broken
Heart").
Abubakar Kamara - Died ???? ( Reggae
- Calypso ) He was 26 years old - Drummer - Worked with Rueben Koroma.
Toto Damario - Died 200? ( Tango ) Bandoneonist.
Gene Moyer - Died 198? ( Big Band )
Played trombone and sang - Was a member of The Three Bachelors
Maciek Rudy - Died 197? ( Rock ) Guitarist
- Was a member of Deadlock who changed their name to The Artists.
Bill Freese - Died ???? ( Big Band )
Was a member of The Freese
Brothers Big Band.
George Freese - Died ???? ( Big Band
) Was a member of The Freese
Brothers Big Band.
Dave Longmore (David Longmore) - Died
11-13-1986 - Played guitar - Worked with The
Missing Links and The Torquays.
Marv Martin - Died ???? - Cancer ( Country
) Worked with Carl Chapman.
Benny Cook - Died ???? ( Rock ) Guitarist
- Was a member of The
Pastels (They did, "Cause I Love You" and "Don't Ya Know").
Bobby Dee (Robert Ressman) - Died ????
( Rock ) Led Bobby Dee And The Crestliners and was a member of The
Pastels.
Denny Kretsinger - Died 198? - Illness
( Rock ) Guitarist and singer - Was a member of Road
and The Revolvers.
Bob Groves - Died 198? - ( Rock ) Drummer
and singer - Was a member of Road
and The Jury.
Jim Havens - Died 198? - Illness ( Rock
) He was 41 years old - Drummer - Was a member of The
Telstars, The
Patriots and The
Ashbury District.
Art Stevens - Died 19?? ( Rock )
Bassist and singer - Was a member of
The
Telstars.
Tony Guerrero - Died 19?? - Guitarist
- Was a member of The Foggy Mountain Band.
JoJo (aka Jo Jigidy) - Died 19?? - (
Rap ) Was a member of Bored Stiff.
DJ Cae - Died19?? ( Rap ) Worked with
Ray Luv.
Mau - Died 19?? ( Rap ) Worked with
DJ Quick.
Burt Bansen - Died ???? - Singer - Was
a member of The
Bush.
Frank Daniel - Died 19?? ( Rock ) Guitarist
- Was a member of The
High Numbers.
Greg Reece - Died 19?? ( Rock ) Bassist
- Was a member of The
Pressure Points.
Julio Le Batard - Died ???? ( Jazz )
Played trumpet - Was a member of Le Batard Brothers Orchestra.
Gonzalo Le Batard - Died ???? ( Jazz
) Trumpet player - Was a member of Le Batard Brothers Orchestra.
German Le Batard - Died ???? ( Jazz
) Played saxophone and piano - Was a member of Le Batard Brothers Orchestra.
Gonzalo Le Batard - Died ???? ( Jazz
) Played saxophone - Was a member of Le Batard Brothers Orchestra.
Don Shephard - Died ???? in Pasadena,
Calif., U.S. ( Rock ) Bassist - Worked with The Bossmen.
Richie Vale (aka Dick Vale) (Richard
Blair) - Died ???? (Co-wrote, "Blue Lights") - Was a member of The Three
Vales - Worked with The Bossmen.
Johnny Caputo - Died ???? ( Rock ) Drummer.
Dale Diaz - Died ???? ( Rock ) Musician.
Blank Frank - Died ???? - O.D. or house
fire ( Punk Rock ) Was a member of Rock
Bottom & The Spys (They did,"Rich Girl" and "Death Trap"), The
Plugz, and Deep Six.
Joel Martines - Died ???? ( Punk Rock
) Was a drummer for Rock
Bottom & The Spys (They did,"Rich Girl" and "Death Trap").
Johnny Bonds - Died ???? - ( Bluegrass
) Played standup bass - Was a member of The Good 'Ole Boys.
Richard Simon - Died ???? ( Doo Wop
) Singer - Worked with The
Willows (They did, "Church Bells May Ring")
Sal D'Angelo - Died ???? ( Rock ) Drummer
- Was a member of Ivory Tower and The Ivory Tower Project.
Mike Castlehorn - Died ???? - Car accident
( Rock ) Drummer - Was a member of St. James, a group that would later
become Starcastle.
Lou LaVella - Died ???? ( Swing ) Led
the Lou LaVella Quartet - Worked
with his brother, clarinetist John "Riggy" LaVella.
Dave 'Wiggy' Trott - Died 198? - Cancer
( Rock ) Bassist - Was a member of The Couriers.
Jake Soboa - Died ???? ( Afro Beat )
Was a member of Osibisa.
Several members of Walter Barnes And
His Orchestra were killed in a fire at The Rhythm Night Club which killed
203 people on 4-23-1940 -
James Edwards - Died ???? ( Doo Wop
) Singer - Was a member of The Schoolboys (They did, "Please Say You Want
Me").
James McKay - Died ???? ( Doo Wop )
Singer - Was a member of The Schoolboys (They did, "Please Say You Want
Me").
Renaldo Gamble - Died ???? ( Doo Wop
) Singer - Was a member of The Schoolboys (They did, "Please Say You Want
Me").
Henry Burke - Died ???? ( Rock ) Was
a member of Skunk
Junction (They did, "Henry's Space Song" and "Music Maker").
Rod Rat - Died ???? - Suicide ( Rock
) Drummer - Was a member Of The Rats.
Professor Sam Akpabot - Died ???? (
Afrobeat ) Band leader - Worked with Oludare Holloway.
Tim Bosworth - Died ???? ( Rock ) Bassist
- Was a member of The
Hitchhikers.
Jeff Belcher - Died ???? - Pancreatic
cancer ( Rock ) Drummer - Was a member of The
Remnants.
Stan Bell - Died ???? ( Rock ) Played
steel guitar - Was a member of Home
Cooking.
Sam Barron - Died ???? ( Rock ) Guitarist
and singer - Was a member of The
Drive and Headliner.
Jim Bjornstad - Died ???? ( Bassist
) - Worked with Tony Vance & The
Two Pound Matchbox.
Dave Aston - Died ???? ( Rock ) Singer
and guitarist - Was a member of The
Coachmen.
Norm Langcaster - Died ???? ( Rock )
Singer and guitarist - Was a member of
The
Coachmen.
Allen Anderson - Died ???? ( Rock )
Drummer - Was a member of Cold
Wind.
Steiner Fugelstad - Died ???? ( Rock
) Bassist - Was a member of The
Lost Children (They did, "Of Leaves" and "My Reasons For Living").
George Brox - Died - 19?? - Cancer (
Rock ) Singer and guitarist - Was a member of Travis
Pike's Tea Party (They did, "If I Didn't Love You Girl" and "The Likes
Of You").
Glen Ashby - Died ???? ( Rock ) Guitarist
- Was a member of Mineral
Water (They did, "Free And Easy").
George Ojijo - Died 19?? ( Benga ) Was
a member of The Continental Revolution Band.
Opiyo Emma - Died ???? ( Benga ) Musician.
Ouma Omore - Died ???? ( Benga ) Musician.
Prince Jully - Died ???? ( Benga ) Was
a member of The Jolly Boys and Les Kilimambogo Band.
Agwatah - Died ???? ( Benga ) Musician.
Tabu Nkotela Kiombwe - Died ???? in
Mombasa, Kenya - While in police custody ( Benga ) Musician.
Awino Lawi - Died ???? ( Benga ) Musician.
Opiyo Emma (or Opiyo Emmah) - Died ????
( Benga ) Musician.
Ndugu Rabbi - Died ???? ( Benga ) Musician.
Bobby Mason - Died ???? ( Big Band )
Singer - Was a member of Mason-Dixon
And The Line.
Normam Woodlief -
Died ???? ( Bluegrass ) Born 1900 - Guitarist - Was a member
of The North Carolina Ramblers (They did,"Don't Let Your Deal Go Down"
and "White House Blues").
Frank Farrell - Died ???? ( Rock )
Played bass and keyboards - Worked with Leo Sayer and Supertramp.
Pim Neijendorf - Died ???? ( Rock )
Bassist - Was a member of Danny Angel & The Crescents (They did,"Bumba
Buma" and "Blue Tears").
Gerrit Verwey - Died ???? ( Rock )
Bassist - Was a member of The Rockin' Swallows (They did,"El Cumbanchero"
and "Serenade De Tosselli").
Freek Rietveld - Died ???? ( Manager
) He managed The Rockin' Swallows.
Jim Neiman - Died ???? ( Rock ) Bassist
- Was a member of Bethlehem
Asylum (They did,"Child Of The Mountain" and "Talkin' 'Bout Love").
Pete Baston - Died ???? ( Jug Band Blues
) Played guitar and harmonica - Was a member of The
Ginger Jug Band.
Bill McKenzie - Died 200? - ( Rock )
Singer and guitarist - Was a member of The Raiders.
David Mohr (William David Mohr) Died
???? ( Rock ) Keyboardist and songwriter - Was a member of Ruby Wheeler
and half the duo "William David" with Bill Sheppard.
Bill Waldrup - Died ???? ( Rock ) Guitarist
- Was a member of The Pacers.
Billy Chambers (Billy Joe Chambers)
- Died ???? ( Rock ) Singer and guitarist - Was a member of The Dynamics
(They did,"Baby Elephant Walk" and "Baby, What You Want Me To Do?").
Randy Green - Died ???? ( Rock ) Played
piano - Was a member of The Legends and The Dynamics.
Ray Lee - Died ???? ( Rock ) Drummer
- Was a member of The Dynamics and The Starfires.
Ric Furnari - Died ???? ( Rock ) Drummer
and saxophonist - Was a member of The Infernos and The Elegants.
Ronnie Carter - Died ???? ( Rock ) Bassist
- Was a member of The Infernos.
Robert Taylor - Died ???? ( Rock ) Guitarist
- Was a member of The Spades.
Little Joe Lindsay - Died ???? ( Jazz
) Born 9-7-1899 in New Orleans, LA, U.S. - Drummer - Worked with
Louis Armstrong - Brother of trombonist Johnny Lindsay and violinist Herb
Lindsay.
Sean Purcell - Died ???? - Brain tumour
( Punk - Glam ) Singer - He was a member of Raped
(They did,"Moving Target" and "Escalator Hater") who later changed their
name to Cuddly Toys (They did,"Madman").
Johnny 19 - Died ???? - AIDS ( Punk
Rock ) Played saxophone - Was a member of
The
Mad.
David Id - Died ???? - Drug induced
AIDS ( Punk Rock ) Was a member of The
Mad.
Hisashi Ikeda - Died ???? in NYC - Jumped
out an apartment window ( Punk Rock ) Played bass - Was a member of
Chainsaw and The Mad.
Peter
DeAngelis - Died ???? ( Producer - Manager - Songwriter ) (He co-wrote
with Robert Marcucci, "Too Young to Love" and "Shivers") Co-founder of
Chancellor Records - He worked with Frankie Avalon, Fabian and Al Martino.
Bill Tyus - Died 199? ( Jazz ) Drummer
- Worked with Fred Ford and Robert Honeymoon Garner.
Herb Caro - Died ???? - Overdose ( Jazz
) He was 22 years old - Played clarinet and saxophone - Worked with Charles
Mingus.
Thomas Morris (aka Brother Pierre) -
Died ???? ( Jazz ) Born 1898 - Played cornet - Was the leader of The Hot
Babies and The Past Jazz Masters - Worked with Clarence Williams and
Charlie Johnson - Uncle of pianist Marlowe Morris.
Bryce Parker - Died ???? ( Producer
) He was the founder of the E.S.R. recording studio - He produced The Vomit
Pigs.
Danny Haber - Died ???? ( Rock ) Guitarist
for Lynx, later renamed The Missing
Links and Long Island Sounds with Gene Simmons.
Dan ? - Died 2000 - Murdered (
Punk ) Singer - Was a member of Detox.
Dave Dowd - Died ???? ( Surf Rock )
Bassist for The New Dimensions.
Pam Potter - Died ???? - Car crash (
Pop ) Played organ - Was a member of Cellophane (They did,"Fire" and "Mind
Patterns").
Richy Seslowe - Died 198? - Overdose
( Rock ) Guitarist - Was a member of The Third Bardo (They did,"Five Years
Ahead Of My Time" and "I Can't Understand Your Problem").
David Wiley - Died 1986? ( Rock ) Singer
and keyboardist - Was a member of Int'l Language, Human Hands and The Consumers.
Frank Gummersal - Died ???? ( Rock )
Was a member of Timbercreek
(They did,"Pass The Bottle" and "Higher Ground").
Brian Barmby - Died ???? ( Rock ) Bassist
- Was a member of The Marauders (They did,"Since I Met You" and "Goin'
Down") He was forced to turn down an offer to play with The Beach Boys.
Joe Francis Gonzales - Died ???? - Liver
cancer ( Blues Rock ) Bassist and singer - Was a member of The Outlaw Blues
Band (They did, "Two Tranes Running" and "Lost In The Blues").
Pete Kearney - Died ???? ( Rock - Folk
) Singer and guitarist - Was a member of The
Fugs (They did, "Kill for Peace" and "My Baby Done Left Me").
Maxim Katkov - Died ???? - Suicide (
Song Writer ) (He wrote,"Occasional Love") Worked with Russian pop star
Marina Khlebnikova.
Daniel "Ace" Allison - Died ???? - Cancer
( Rock ) Drummer - Was a member of The Oxpetals (They did, "Prune Growing
In June" and "Down From The Mountains").
Chuck Slater - 198? - Suicide ( Gospel
Rock ) Drummer - Was a member of Ocean
(They did, "Put Your Hand In The Hand" and "I've Got A Dream").
Wayne Gallio - Died ???? - Car crash
in a snow storm ( Rock ) Guitarist - Worked with Hooterville Trolley.
Larry Leyba (Larry Leyva?) - Died -
???? ( Rock ) Singer - Worked with Hooterville Trolley (They did, "Silver
Bird").
Doug Borthwick - Died ???? - Motorcycle
crash ( Rock ) Drummer - He was a member of Hooterville Trolley (They did,
"No Silver Bird" and "The Warmth Of Love").
Rick Frank (aka Reek Havoc) - Died 199?
( Rock ) Born 2-12-1942 - Drummer - Member of Elephants
Memory (They did,"Old Man Willow" and "Jungle Gym At The Zoo") The
band later backed up John Lennon and Yoko Ono ("New York City" and "Cold
Turkey").
John Mitchell - Died ? ( Rock - Jazz
) Percussionist and keyboardist - Worked with National Health (They did,"Tenemos
Roads" and "Elephants").
Jimmy Doris - Died ???? - Hit by a bus
( Rock ) Guitarist and songwriter - Was a member of The
Stoics - Worked with Lulu.
John Rapp - Died ???? - Drug overdose
( Rock ) Was a member of Gospel Oak (They did,"O.K. Sam" and "Go Talk To
Rachel").
Jim Mealey (aka Danny Brooks) - Died
197? ( Rock ) Was a bassist for The Brooktones (They did,"No, No, No")
who later became The Dovells
.
Harold Potier Jr. - Died ???? ( Blues
) Drummer - Worked with B.B. King and Bobby "Blue" Bland - Son of cornet
player Harold Potier Sr. and musician Mercedes Fontenette Potier.
Rodney Jackson - Died 197? ( R&B
) Was a singer for The
Crickets (They did,"You're Mine" and "Milk And Gin").
Leon "Larry" Harrison - Died 19?? (
Doo-Wop - R&B ) Was a member of The
Four Buddies (They did,"I Will Wait" and "What's The Matter With Me").
Bert Palmer - Died 19?? ( Doo-Wop -
R&B ) Was a member of The
Four Buddies (They did,"I Will Wait" and "What's The Matter With Me").
Tommy Smith - Died 19?? ( Doo-Wop -
R&B ) Was a member of The
Four Buddies (They did,"I Will Wait" and "What's The Matter With Me").
Robert O'Neal - Died 19?? ( R&B
) Was a tenor singer for The
Four Vagabonds (They did,"It Can't Be Wrong").
Billy Emery - Died 19?? ( Doo-Wop -
R&B ) Was a member of The Nutmegs.
James "Coco" Tyson - Died 19?? ( Doo-Wop
- R&B ) Was a member of The Nutmegs.
Charlie Williams - Died 19?? ( Doo-Wop
- R&B ) Was a member of The
Turbans.
Norris "Bunky" Mack - Died 19?? ( Doo-Wop
- R&B ) Was a member of The
Swallows (They did,"It Ain't The Meat" and "Roll, Roll, Pretty Baby").
Earl Hurley - Died 19?? ( Doo-Wop -
R&B ) Was a member of The
Swallows (They did,"My Baby" and "Good Time Girls").
Clifford Holland - Died 19?? ( Doo-Wop
- R&B ) Was a member of The Four Knights (They did,"Just In CaseYou
Change Your Mind" and "Walkin' With My Shadow").
Bill Moore - Died 197? - Fell
while painting a skyscraper in New York ( Doo-Wop - R&B ) Was a tenor
singer for The Spiders (They did,"I Didn't Want To Do It" and "You're The
One").
Roland Bradley - Died 19?? ( R&B
) Was a member of Otis
Williams And The Charms (They did,"Heaven Only Knows" and "Hearts Of
Stone").
Joe Penn - Died 19?? ( R&B ) Was
a member of Otis
Williams And The Charms (They did,"Heaven Only Knows" and "Hearts Of
Stone").
Matt "Snooby" Williams - Died 19?? (
R&B ) Was a member of Otis
Williams And The Charms (They did,"I'd Like To Thank You Mr. DJ" and
"Pardon Me").
George Jones Jr. - Died ???? ( Rock
N Roll ) Born 10-5-1936 in Youngstown, OH, U.S. - Was the lead singer of
The Edsels (They did,"Rama Lama Ding Dong").
Lee Reynolds - Died ???? - Cancer (
R&B ) Was a member of The Fireflies (They did "You Were Mine" and "I
Can't Say Goodbye").
Vinnie Rodgers - Died ???? - Heart attack
( R&B ) He was 22 years old - Was a member of The Fireflies (They did
"You Were Mine" and "I Can't Say Goodbye").
Jack LaForge - Died ???? ( Jazz ) Born
8-8-1924 in New York, U.S. - Pianist (Charted with,"Goldfinger").
<>Len Beadle
- Died ???? - Heart failure ( Rock - Pop ) He was 67 years old - He was
a member of The Raindrops - Co-wrote songs with Gene Pitney and Adam Faith
- Worked at CBS Songs, where he signed Jeff Wayne and Billy Joel.
Dr James Whiting
- Died ???? - Cancer ( Songwriter - Music Publisher ) He was 79 years old.
Jack Gill - Died ???? -
Natural causes ( Music Publishing Executive ) He was 60 years old - Worked
for The ATV music publishing company - He was responsible for acquiring
The Beatles catalogue Northern Songs.
Stella Blatt -
Died ???? - Heart attack ( Music Publisher - Record Co. Exec ) She was
73 years old - Worked for RCA and BMG.
Morris Wecht -
Died ???? - Heart failure ( Pop - Rock ) He was 66 years old (He wrote,"It's
Gonna Take A Miracle" and "If I Should Lose You") Worked with Tori Amos.
Steve Woodard
- Died ???? - Heart failure ( Songwriter ) He was 52 years old (He wrote,"Let
Me Love You Tonight" and "Friends").
Bob McKenzie -
Died ???? - Heart attack ( Record Exec ) He was 62 years old - Music publisher
and record producer.
Michael Roberts
- Died ???? - Cancer ( Executive ) He was 58 years old - Copyright manager
for MCA, Essex Music, Francis Day & Hunter, ATV Music and Warner
Chappell Music.
Bill Downer - Died ????
- Heart failure ( Record Exec ) He was 86 years old - He was head
of Decca's music publishing division.
George Hilder - Died 19?? - Australian
promoter.
Rashawn Kippy Dee - Murdered ( Rap
) Member of Rock Steady Crew.
Mike ? - Died 1983? - 1984? - ( Punk
) Drummer - Was a member of NJF (Negro Jazz Funeral).
Inigo Ayestaran - Died ???? ( Rock )
Was a member of Los
Ilegales.
DJ Dr. Rock - Died 1998? ( Hip Hop
- R&B ) Was a member of Dr. Rock And The M.C.s and Force
M.D.'s (Musical Diversity) (They did, "Tender Love" and "Love Is A
House").
Visitors
to The Club have told me about the following artists but I have been unable
to find dates of their demise or verify that they have passed away . If
you know where I can get any info about them, please point the way. Thanks!
Arturo "Aler" Covarrubias - Died ????
( Rock ) Singer and guitarist - Worked with Los
Sleepers and Los Sparks.
Gambol Rodgers - Died ???? in Florida,
U.S. - Drowned while saving a tourist ( Folk )
Michael Martin (aka Narley Dude) - Died
???? ( Rock ) Guitarist - Worked with Black
Oak Arkansas.
Andrej Szmarinow - Died 2-1-2007? -
Heart attack ( Metal ) Worked with Korrozia Metalla, Mafia and E.S.T.
Paku Paakkanen - Died 1994? ( Metal
) Drummer - Worked with Havana
Black.
Rigo Toran (Correct name?) - Died 3-27-2005?
- Singer - Born 3-29-1946.
Jose Antonio Fernandez de la Lora -
Died ???? ( Rock ) Bassist - Worked with Los Honjas.
Name unknown - Died 199? - The lead
singer for the Long Island based rock band Siddhartha.
Tan Sri R. Parmlee - Died 5-29-1973?
- Singer and actor - Born 3 -22-1929.
Mikhail Moisejkin - Died 8-18-2004?
- Singer - Worked with Makondo.
Two members (Names unknown) of the Soviet
rock group Index - Died 12-3-1989 in a fire at their workplace.
Nikolaj Zarubin - Died 11-11-2006? in
St. Petersburg - Heart attack - Born 11-?-1951 in Czernigow - Singer
and musician - Worked with Za.
Nikita Lyzlov - Died 19?? - Was a member
of Sankt-Peterburg.
Vladimir Yaskhin - Died 1995? ( Folk
Rock ) Keyboardist - Was a member of Pesnyary.
Miyaki - Died 2000? ( Rock ) Guitarist
- Worked with Sampaguita.
Bunny Lee - Died 19?? - Fell from a
window ( Hip-Hop ) Member of The Rock Steady Crew.
Marcus Doubleday - Died 5-1-2004? -
Trumpeter - Worked with The Dynamics, Buddy Miles, Janis Joplin and Electric
Flag.
John Lee - Died ???? in Enfield north
London - Played trombone - Worked with The Roy Young Band.
Reno Bassi - Died 196? - Heroin overdose
- Bassist - Worked with Stark
Naked And The Car Thieves.
Smokey Adams - Died 2001? - Internal
bleeding ( Jazz ) Singer - Member of Demon Fuzz.
Roy Rhoden - Died 2003? - Lymphoma (
Jazz ) Keyboardist - Member of Demon Fuzz.
Bob Knickerbocker - ? ( Rock ) Bass
player - Was a member of Final
Solution.
Eloe Omoe (Leroy Taylor?) - Died 1990?
( Jazz ) Played bass clarinet - Worked with Sun Ra.
Samuel Jones - Died 9-? 1999 - 2000?
( R&B ) Singer was a member of The Veltones (They did, "Someday" and
"Fool In Love") and The Canes (They did, "I'll Never Give Her Up (My Friend)"
and "Why Should I Suffer With The Blues").
Ray Mills - Died in 1971? ( Rock ) Born
1942 - Drummer - Worked with Jimmy Justice and The
Alan Price Set.
Bob Morris - Died 12-3-1981? ( Rock
) Born 3-2-1930 - Bass guitarist and songwriter - He was a member of The
Champs (They did, "Jumping Bean") - Worked with Jimmy
Seals.
Stud Cole (Patrick Tirone) - Died????
( Rockabilly ) Singer - (He did, "Burn Baby Burn" and "The Witch").
Hank Majewski - Died 1969? ( Pop )
Born 1922? - Rhythm guitarist - Was a member of The 4 Lovers with Frankie
Valli (They did,"You're The Apple Of My Eye").
Ron Shankleton - Died ???? ( Rock )
Singer and guitarist - Was a member of The The Avengers who changed their
name to Haymarket Riot (They did,"Leaving" and "Sunny Day Song").
Lonnie Shaw - Died 1990? ( Blues )
Saxophonist - Worked with John Coltrane and King Kolax - Was married to
jazz singer Evelyn Simms.
Sandy Scott - Died 1-10-2002? - Stroke
( Actor - Dancer - Manager ) Was a member of a management team that
worked for The New Christy Minstrels and Jose Feliciano.
Robbie Laudewig - Died 1988? ( Rock
) Bassist - Was a member of The Vandells who changed their name to The
Dovers (They did, "She's Not Just Anybody" and "She's Gone").
Istvan Drosztmann - Died 1986 ? ( Rock
) Guitarist - Was a member of the Hungarian group 100 Rock Celcius.
Sergei Komarov - Died 11-14-1990 ? Murdered
? ( Rock ) Drummer - Was a member of the Russian group Chyornyi Obelisk.
Lubos Brzobahaty - Died 8-12-1987 ?
( Rock ) Was a member of the Czechoslovakian group Makyoty.
Alexei Polyakov - Died 4-30-1993 ? Also
a club owner - Was murdered by patrons who couldn't buy tickets ?
( Punk ) Bassist - Was a member of Mongol Shuudan.
Sergei Timofeev - Died 7-6-1993 ? -
Heart attack ( Rock ) Was a member of Peking Row-Row.
Yuri Tyurin - Died 7-30-1993 ? ( Rock
) Drummer - Was a member of Chorny Obelisk (They did,"Stena").
Ira Myava - Died 7-31-1993 ? - Overdose
? ( Punk )
Valeri Obodzinski - Died 4-26-1995 ?
- Illness ( Pop ) Russian singer.
Olesja Troyanskaja - Died 1995 ? ( Punk
) Singer - She was a member of Smeschenie.
Mike Stubbs - 199? - Illness ( Rock
) Was a member of Home.
Eugene Nazarov - ? ( Punk ) Was a member
of Hmeli-suneli.
Alasdair Claire - 197? - Suicide? (
Rock)
Vladimir Yanshin - ? ( Rock ) Was a
member of Pesnjary.
IDon Vinil - Died 1983? - Heroin overdose?
( Punk ) Singer - Was a member of The Offs.
Steve Bland - 198? ( Rock ) Keyboardist
for New Days Ahead.
Lee Wilkinson - 1996? ( Rock ) Bassist
for Mantra.
Robert Mushkabarjan - Died? ( Pop )
Singer for Russian pop group Vesjolye Rebjata.
Manfred Schmidt - Died 2-11-1979?- Was
a member of the German band Ikarus.
Monte Owens (Monteith Owens) - ????
( Doo-Wop ) Guitarist and singer - Was a member of The
Mello-Moods (They did, "Where Are You" and "I Couldn't Sleep A Wink
Last Night") and
The
Solitaires (They did,"Blue Valentine" and "Wonder Why").
Quentin Eubanks - Died 19?? ( Doo-Wop
- R&B ) Was a bassist for The Diablos (They did, "The Wind" and "The
Way You Dog Me Round").
Cliff Barton - Drugs? - Played bass
guitar - Worked with Alexis Korner, Cyril Davis, The Hoochie Coochie Men
and Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames.
Glenn Hughes - Drugs? - Played baritone
sax for Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames.
Earl Lewis (not The Channels' Earl Lewis)
- The original lead singer for The Flamingos (never recorded with the group)
and a singer for The Five Echoes.
Ramases
(aka Michael Raphael and Barrington Frost) - Died 199? - Suicide?
( Rock ) Born in Sheffield, England.
Ski - ( Rap ) Member of The Dismasters
MC Hood - ( Rap )
Beasley - ( Rap )
Stanley Platzer - Born 1931 - Member
of The Music Factory.
Jeffery Bar - Studio musician
Pumpkin
(Eroll Bedward) - Died ???? ( Rap ) Multi-instrument arranger and drummer
- Member of Pumpkin And The All Stars and Pumpkin & Friends - Worked
with Spoonie Gee ("Love Rap").
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