Another year under the shadow of the pandemic, another year away from rock concerts. I still have my tickets for gigs and festivals that were supposed to take place in the spring & summer of 2020 - they have been postponed for 2021, and then again for 2022. You get the impression that time stands still, but that's not quite true: this year, time has robbed us of some of our favorite musicians. Everyone is waiting for politicians and scientists to give the green light for performing in front of a public again. The Rolling Stones and ZZ Top have big tours ahead of them, but Charlie Watts and Dusty Hill will not be there. So let's make the most of the time we still have with our favorite artists, and take some time to mentally say goodbye to those that fell.
Thank you for the music,
Charlie Watts (drummer, The Rolling Stones)
Lee "Scratch" Perry (reggae, dub pioneer)
Phil Spector (producer, creator of "The Wall Of Sound")
John Lawton (singer, Uriah Heep/Lucifer's Friend)
Vic Briggs (guitarist, Eric Burdon And The Animals)
Hilton Valentine (The Animals)
Dusty Hill (bassist, ZZ Top)
Sylvain Sylvain (New York Dolls)
Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)
Mary Wilson (The Supremes)
Chick Corea (jazz pianist)
Nanci Griffith (country singer)
Ron Bushy (drummer, Iron Butterfly)
Gerry Marsden (Gerry & the Pacemakers)
Mike Mitchell (singer/guitarist, The Kingsmen)
Tim Bogert (bassist, Vanilla Fudge/Cactus)
Jon Mark (Mark-Almond, John Mayall)
Michael Nesmith (singer, The Monkees)
Gary "Chicken" Hirst (Drummer, Country Joe and the Fish)
Don Everly (singer, The Everly Brothers)
Gil Bridges (singer/saxophonist, Rare Earth)
Anita Lane (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
Sean Kilkenny (Dog Eat Dog/Mucky Pup guitarist)
Dee Pop (Bush Tetras drummer)
Hank von Helvete (singer, Turbonegro)
Bill Tsamis (guitarist, Warlord)
Susan Anyway (singer, The Magnetic Fields)
Franco Battiato (Italian singer-songwriter)
John Miles (singer, guitarist)
János Kóbor (singer, Hungarian prog rockers Omega)
Robbie Shakespeare (bassist, Sly and Robbie)
Lew Lewis (vocals/harmonica, Eddie and the Hot Rods)
Mick Bolton (Mott the Hoople, Dexys Midnight Runners)
David Donato (singer, has played with Black Sabbath, White Tiger)
John 'Hutch' Hutchinson (jazz guitarist, David Bowie collaborator)
Alan Cartwright (bassist, Procol Harum)
Chris Barber (British jazz pioneer)
Françoise Cactus (Stereo Total)
Prince Markie Dee (The Fat Boys)
Eric Wagner (singer, Trouble)
Al Collins (Jason & The Scorchers)
Chuck E Weiss (singer/songwriter)
Bob James (singer, Montrose)
Ralph Tavares (singer, R&B band Tavares)
Bunny Wailer ([Bob Marley &] The Wailers)
Keith Allison (bassist, Paul Rever & The Raiders)
Gene Taylor (pianist, Fabulous Thunderbirds/Blasters)
Michael Fonfara (Electric Flag/Lou Reed keyboardist)
Stefan Cush (vocalist/guitarist, Men They Couldn't Hang)
Mark Keds (singer, Senseless Things/ The Wildhearts)
Anne Feeney (singer-songwriter/activist)
Philip Margo (singer, The Tokens)
Alan Cartwright (bassist, Procol Harum)
James MacGaw (guitarist, Magma)
B.B. Dickerson (bassist,War)
Pat Rizzo (Sly & The Family Stone/War)
Tony Pola (drummer, Beasts of Bourbon)
Phil Chen (bassist, Butts Band)
Neal Ford (singer, Neal Ford & The Fanatics)
Thomas 'Mensi' Mensforth (singer, Angelic Upstarts)
Ralph Schuckett (keyboardist [Todd Rundgren's'] Utopia)
Les Emmerson (singer/guitarist, Five Man Electrical Band)
Brett Bradshaw (drummer, Faster Pussycat)
LG Petrov (singer, Entombed A.D.)
Graeme Edge (drummer, The Moody Blues)
Bob Petric (Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments)
Paul Cotton (guitarist/singer, Poco)
Rusty Young (guitarist, Poco)
Barby Kelly (The Kelly Family)
DMX (rapper)
Steve Bronski (singer, Bronski Beat)
Sophie Xeon (DJ, electro-pop musician)
Double K (People Under the Stairs)
Paul Oscher (Muddy Waters' harmonica player )
Lars Ratz (bassist, Metallium)
Jim Steinman (producer, songwriter)
Les McKeown (singer, Bay City Rollers)
Joe Long (bassist, The Four Seasons)
Denny Freeman (blues guitarist)
Paul Couter (guitarist, TC Matic)
Michael Chapman (folk singer/guitarist)
John Hinch (drummer, Judas Priest/Bakerloo)
Lloyd Price (singer, R&B pioneer)
Dr. Lonnie Smith (jazz organist)
Everett Morton (drummer, The Beat)
Nick Kamen (singer)
Louis Clark (keyboardist, ELO/Ozzy Osbourne)
Alix Dobkin (folk singer, songwriter)
Florian Pilkington-Miksa (drummer, Curved Air)
John Davis (the [real] voice of Milli Vanilli)
B. J. Thomas (60's hit singer)
Phil Johnstone (musician, Robert Plant collaborator)
Lil Loaded (rapper)
Don Hill (Saxophonist, The Treniers)
Ellen McIlwaine (singer,songwriter)
Johnny Solinger (singer, Skid Row [post-'99])
Jon Hassell (jazz trumpet player)
Sanford Clark (country/rockabilly singer)
Rick Laird (jazz bassist, Mahavishnu Orchestra)
Raffaella Carrà (Italian pop diva)
Jeff LaBar (guitarist, Cinderella)
Gary Corbett (Keyboardist, Cinderella/Kiss)
Robby Steinhardt (violinist, Kansas)
Joey Jordison (drummer, Slipknot)
Mike Howe (singer, Metal Church)
Johnny Ventura (Dominican singer/bandleader)
Pervis Staples (The Staple Singers)
Roger Hawkins (session drummer, Muscle Shoals studio)
Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas (saxophonist, Kool & the Gang)
Joey Ambrose (saxophonist, Bill Haley & His Comets)
Brian Travers (saxophonist, UB40)
Eric Wagner (singer, Trouble/The Skull/Probot)
Timo Kaltio (bassist, Hanoi Rocks)
Rickie Lee Reynolds (guitarist, Black Oak Arkansas)
Sarah Harding (Girls Aloud)
María Mendiola (singer, Baccara)
Ron Leejack (guitarist, Cactus)
Sarah Dash (singer, LaBelle)
Julz Sale (lead singer, Delta 5)
Tom Stevens (bassist, Long Ryders)
Richard H. Kirk (Cabaret Voltaire)
Pee Wee Ellis (saxophonist, James Brown Band)
Alan Lancaster (bassist, Status Quo)
Richie Albright (drummer, Waylon Jenkins)
George Frayne (pianist/singer AKA "Commander Cody")
Barry Ryan (60's pop singer)
Greg Gilbert (singer, Delays)
Grady Gaines (R&B saxophonist)
Pat Fish (The Jazz Butcher)
Andrea Meyer (Cradle of Filth)
Richard H Kirk (Cabaret Voltaire)
Fritz McIntyre (keyboards, Simply Red)
Ron Tutt (drummer for Neil Diamond, Elvis Presley)
Mike Finnigan (keyboards, Hendrix/CS&N)
John Drake (singer, The Amboy Dukes)
Don Maddox (contry singer/fiddler)
Tom T Hall (country singer)
Einár (Swedish rapper)
Deon Estus (bassist, Wham!)
Jay Black (singer, Jay and the Americans)
Willie Cobbs (blues singer)
Randy Parton (country singer)
Tony Markellis (bassist, Trey Anastasio Band)
Will Mecum (guitarist, Karma to Burn)
Wondress (singer, Mantronix)
Alvin "Seeco" Patterson (percussionist, Wailers)
Ronnie Wilson (The Gap Band)
Terence "Astro" Wilson (Percussion/trumpet/vocals, UB40)
Andrew Barker (keyboardist /bassist, 808 State)
John Goodsall (guitarist, Brand X/ Atomic Rooster)
Billy Hinsche (member of The Beach Boys touring band)
David Longdon (singer, Big Big Train)
Darrell Bath (guitarist. Ian Hunter)
Alexi Laiho (singer, Children Of Bodom)
Melvin Parker (drummer, James Brown)
Stonewall Jackson (country singer)
Roger Newell (bassist, Rick Wakeman's band)
John Rossall (saxophonist, The Glitter Band)
Jem Targal (Third Power bassist/co-vocalist)
Hank Carter III (saxophonist, George Thorogood’s Destroyers)
David Lasley (singer/background vocalist for Chic)
Charles Connor (drummer, Little Richard)
Joe Simon (soul/R&B singer)
Billy Conway (drummer, Morphine)
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