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Remembrance

R.I.P. Kim Simmonds of Savoy Brown
By G. Brown
In Blog, Remembrance
Posted January 5, 2023

R.I.P. Kim Simmonds of Savoy Brown

Kim Simmons, the leader and founder of Savoy Brown, died on December 13, 2022. The seminal blues-rock boogie band from England recorded a live album of greatest hits at Denver’s Rainbow Music [...]

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R.I.P. Jerry Lee Lewis
By G. Brown
In Blog, Remembrance
Posted October 31, 2022

R.I.P. Jerry Lee Lewis

There’s a whole lot less shakin’ goin’ on these days. Rock ’n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis—whose pounding piano, impassioned vocals and raw, uninhibited performing style captured the rebellious [...]

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R.I.P. Robert Gordon
By G. Brown
In Blog, Remembrance
Posted October 31, 2022

R.I.P. Robert Gordon

Robert Gordon, a fixture on the ’70s New York City downtown club scene who resuscitated rockabilly music, died on October 18, 2022. He was 75.

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R.I.P. Mark Lanegan
By G. Brown
In Blog, Remembrance
Posted February 24, 2022

R.I.P. Mark Lanegan

Mark Lanegan, an integral part of the grunge scene of the ’80s and ’90s, died at his home in Killarney, Ireland on February 22 at the age of 57. Lanegan first became prominent as the lead singer [...]

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R.I.P. Meat Loaf
By G. Brown
In Blog, Remembrance
Posted January 22, 2022

R.I.P. Meat Loaf

Meat Loaf—real name Marvin Lee Aday, “but nobody ever calls me that”—died on January 20, 2022. He was 74. His Bat out of Hell albums were perhaps the most grandiose, bombastic, [...]

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R.I.P. Graeme Edge of the Moody Blues
By G. Brown
In Blog, Remembrance
Posted November 27, 2021

R.I.P. Graeme Edge of the Moody Blues

Graeme Edge, drummer and co-founder of the Moody Blues, died on Novermber 11, 2021, at the age of 80. Described by frontman Justin Hayward as “one of the great characters of the music business,” [...]

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R.I.P. Commander Cody
By G. Brown
In Blog, Remembrance
Posted November 27, 2021

R.I.P. Commander Cody

Commander Cody, alias pianist and vocalist George Frayne, died September 26, 2021, at age 77, after a long battle with esophageal cancer. The crazy Commander was a fixture on the American music [...]

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R.I.P. Paddy Moloney of the Chieftains
By G. Brown
In Blog, Remembrance
Posted October 26, 2021

R.I.P. Paddy Moloney of the Chieftains

Paddy Moloney, the leprechaun-like founder and indefatigable guiding spirit of the Chieftains—the world’s most popular exponents of traditional Irish music—died October 12, 2021, at the age of [...]

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R.I.P. Lee “Scratch” Perry
By G. Brown
In Blog, Remembrance
Posted September 9, 2021

R.I.P. Lee “Scratch” Perry

Lee “Scratch” Perry, one of the most influential forces of Jamaican music, died at the age of 85 on August 29, 2021.

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R.I.P. Nanci Griffith
By G. Brown
In Blog, Remembrance
Posted August 16, 2021

R.I.P. Nanci Griffith

Nanci Griffith, a Grammy-winning singer, guitarist and songwriter, died on August 13, 2021. She was 68. Griffith emerged from the same generation of folk/country stars as Lyle Lovett and Steve [...]

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