R.I.P. 2020

Another year, another unfortunate list of deaths in rock'n'roll. This being the year of the pandemic, many of these are COVID-19 related. I think I speak for everyone when I say I can't wait to turn the page on this accursed year. But not before taking a minute to bid farewell to those who have given us the gift of music and who have departed our world sometime in 2020.

Thanks for the Music,

Little Richard (rock'n'roll pioneer)

Peter Green (guitarist, Fleetwood Mac founder)

Pete Way (bassist), Paul Chapman (guitarist) (UFO)

Eddie Van Halen (guitarist), Mat Stone (bassist) (Van Halen) 

Ken Hensley (keyboardist), Lee Kerslake (drummer) (Uriah Heep)

Toots Hibbert (reggae singer), Hux Brown (guitarist) (Toots & the Maytals)

Martin Birch (producer of Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple etc)

Steve Martin Caro (singer), Tom Finn (bass) (The Left Banke)

Judy Dyble (singer, Fairport Convention/Trader Horne)

Adam Schlesinger (Singer, Fountains of Wayne)

Dave Greenfield (Keyboardist, The Stranglers)

David Roback (Rain Parade, Mazzy Star)

Leslie West (Singer/guitarist, Mountain)

Andy Gill (guitarist, Gang of Four )

John Prine (folk singer/songwriter)

Florian Schneider (Kraftwerk)

Trini Lopez (folk singer)

Bill Withers (soul singer)

Neil Peart (drummer, Rush)

Ivan Král (Patti Smith Group)

Phil May (singer, Pretty Things)

Kenny Rogers (pop/country singer)

Charlie Daniels (country singer, fiddler)

Emitt Rhodes (singer/songwriter)

Jerry Slick (The Great Society)

Betty Wright (soul singer)

Moon Martin (singer)

Jorge Santana (latin rock guitarist)

Mory Kanté (African singer)

Manu Dibango (jazz/funk saxophonist)

Spencer Davis (guitarist, Spencer Davis Group)

Gordon Haskell (The Fleur de Lys, King Crimson)

Chris Darrow (Kaleidoscope, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)

Charlie Baty (guitarist, Little Charlie & the Nightcats)

Neil Landon (singer, The Ivy League/Fat Mattress)

Walter Lure (guitarist, The Heartbreakers)

Steve Weber (The Holy Modal Rounders)

Christophe (French singer)

Juliette Gréco (French singer)

Johnny Nash (Jamaican singer)

Brian Locking (The Shadows)

Sweet Pea Atkinson (Was (Not Was))

Brian Howe (singer, Bad Company)

Steve Priest (bassist, The Sweet)

Bruce Williamson (The Temptations)

Ronald Bell (Kool & the Gang)

Tommy DeVito (The Four Seasons)

Joe Payne (bassist, Divine Heresy)

Marty Grebb (Keyboardist, The Buckinghams)

Reed Mullin (drummer, Corrosion Of Conformity)

Bo Winberg, Bob Lander (members of The Spotnicks)

Simeon Coxe (electronic music pioneer, Silver Apples)

Bonnie Pointer (soul singer, The Pointer Sisters)

Lyle Mays (pianist, Pat Metheny Group)

Joseph Shabalala (Ladysmith Black Mambazo)

Paul English (drummer, Willie Nelson's band)

Justin Townes Earle (singer/songwriter) 

Jan Savage (guitarist, The Seeds)

Bob Nave (The Lemon Pipers)

Jacob Thiele  (The Faint)

Keith Tippett (jazz/prog pianist)

Henry Gray (Blues pianist)

Mike Somerville (Head East)

Simon Posthuma (The Fool)

Barbara Martin (The Supremes)

Keith Olsen (The Music Machine)

Phil Phillips (R&B singer)

Jason Rainey (Sacred Reich)

Bob Andy (reggae singer)

Alan Merrill (Arrows)

Bunny Lee (reggae producer)

Hutch Davie (songwriter and arranger)

Steve Farmer (guitarist, The Amboy Dukes)

Bill Rieflin (drummer, King Crimson/R.E.M)

Patrick Gibson (The Gibson Brothers, disco band)

Matthew Seligman (The Soft Boys, Thompson Twins)

Dieter Horns (bassist, Lucifer's Friend)

Al Rex (bassist, Bill Haley & His Comets)

Paul Matters (briefly AC/DC drummer)

Bones Hillman (bassist, Midnight Oil)

Hamilton Bohannon (disco singer)

Jerry Jeff Walker (country singer)

Ian Whitcomb (singer)

Chad Stuart (Chad & Jeremy)

Millie Small (Jamaican singer)

Joey Image (drummer, Misfits)

Vera Lynn (yes, the W.W.II singer)

Viola Smith (pre-W.W.II jazz drummer)

Pete Carr (Muscle Shoals studio bassist)

Tim Smith (Cardiacs, The Sea Nymphs)

Steve Holland (Molly Hatchet)

Tony Costanza (Machine Head)

Clay Anthony (bassist, Junkyard)

Frankie Banali (drummer, Quiet Riot, W.A.S.P.)

Jack Sherman (orig. Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist)

Alto Reed (sax, Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band)

Wayne Fontana (Singer, The Mindbenders)

Mark Wirtz (rock producer,A Teenage Opera)

Bobby Comstock (rockabilly singer)

Per "Pelle" Alsing (drummer, Roxette)

Martin Griffin (Hawkwind)

Robert Parker (R&B singer)

Scott Taylor (Then Jerico)

Bobby Lewis (R&B singer)

Gerry McGhee (Brighton Rock)

Ian Mitchell (Bay City Rollers)

Tommy Hancock (country singer)

Lorraine Chandler (soul singer)

Jose Padilla (Ibiza DJ)

Roy Head (rock'n'roll singer)

Dave Munden (The Tremeloes)

Tony Lewis (singer, The Outfield)

Eric Pacheco (Babylon A.D.)

Jason Slater (Third Eye Blind)

Charley Pride (country singer)