She recorded with the band Howdy Moon in 1974, and then worked with Lowell George as the producer for her two first solo albums. He worked alongside drummer and percussionist Jai "Jaimoe" Johnny Johanson. Tommy Page As a solo artist, Williams had 17 #1 country hits. March 4, 1942 - April 9, 2017 Robert "Bo" Wagner, co-founder of Atlanta area band Starbuck, has died at age 72. After high school, Trucks formed another band, the Bitter Ind, which played clubs around Daytona Beach, Florida. The band's debut album, Ilene Berns Mott continued for two albums, then morphed into the band British Lions. Gregg was married seven times. at the Bay Area Music ("Bammy") Awards. My Cross to Bear. Hunstein worked for Columbia Records from 1956 until the company eliminated the photography department in 1986. Albert Austin Burgess was a pioneering American rockabilly guitarist and singer. The line "Yellow matter custard / Dripping from a dead dog's eye" in "I Am the Walrus" reportedly came about when Lennon asked Shotton about a schoolyard nursery rhyme that they used to sing, which Shotton remembered as "Yellow matter custard, green slop pie / All mixed together with a dead dog's eye." Kaufman created HK Management after Azoff left Front Line to become president of MCA Records, where he stayed until 1989. During that time, he photographed many of The photo was used as the cover of Dylan's second album, Grant Hart He appeared on TV's Saturday Night Live during their first season in 1976, singing "We'll Get By" and "Somebody's Watching You". 11/15/201721Lil' Peeprapperdrug overdoseTucson, Arizona After leaving Boston, Hashian sued Boston band leader Tom Scholz for back royalties and the two later settled out of court. The Roches got their big break singing back up for Paul Simon on his 1973 album 2/4/201767Steve LangApril Wine, bassistParkinson's disease? He was the brother of musicians Eden Kane and Clive "Robin" Sarstedt. 5/1/201770Col. Tommy LiPuma April 2, 1943 - February 19, 2017 J. Geils Band hit singles included "Love Stinks" (1980), "Freeze-Frame" (1981) and "Centerfold" a #1 hit in 1981. The 'custom Vox Kensington guitar' later sold at an auction for 269,000 on 19 May 2013. 4/14/201778Bruce Langhornefolk musician Los Angeles, California He was also in a band with his brother, Paul, called ZO2, that performed on the VH1 Rock the Nation tour in 2004, and an '80s tribute band called Rubix Kube. Bobby Freeman The half-baked idea proved to be a disaster, and the mixing desk was soon sold as scrap for 5. Alan Aldridge Robert Thomas "Bobby" Freeman was an African-American soul and R&B singer, songwriter and record producer from San Francisco, California. He was not considered a full member of the band until 1986, and often played from the side of the stage when the band was on tour. In 1996, she released The Way It Is, covering songs by Neil Young, Jackson Browne, Van Morrison and Warren Zevon. January 6, 1953 - November 17, 2017 Asia was a radio staple in the 1980s with hits such as "Only Time Will Tell" and "Heat of the Moment." 1/18/201769Mike KellieSpooky Tooth, drummer 1/11/201785Tommy AllsupCrickets, guitarist Springfield, Missouri April 6, 1942 - June 13, 2017 Mike Kellie, the original drummer for Spooky Tooth, has died after a short illness. A Quick One and Elton John's 9/3/201767Walter BeckerSteely Dan, bassist Maui, Hawaii that the Maharishi had sex with a young American student, and had made a sexual advance toward Mia Farrow. June 13, 1940 - January 23, 2017 Hampton collapsed on-stage during an encore performance of "Turn on Your Lovelight" at his 70th birthday concert held at Atlanta's Fox Theatre. Spooky Tooth released their first album, It's All About, in May 1968. He also began recording with Cash's original drummer, W.S. Banner Thomas, a bassist for Southern rockers Molly Hatchet, has died in Florida at age 63. Dunbar introduced Madras to Brian Jones, Ronald "Bingo" Mundy, of the doo-wop group The Marcels, has died at age 76 of pneumonia. The album included their first single "Sunshine Help Me" as well as their cover of "Tobacco Road". In 1979, a 17-year-old boy, Scott Cantrell, shot himself in the head in Pallenberg's bed with a gun owned by Keith Richards, while at the South Salem, New York, house shared by Richards and Pallenberg. Charles Bradley May 14, 1938 - April 14, 2017 Shotton was involved in two of the Beatles' most beloved songs. 1928 - March 18, 2017 Lyle Ritz Tommy LiPuma, a Grammy Award-Winning producer and music industry executive, has died at the age of 80. Daisy Berkowitz He was 73. He made major contributions to the platinum-selling Funkadelic album In 1996 he received the Kerrville Folk Festival songwriter of the year award and appeared on the TV show Austin City Limits. Blues harmonica legend James Cotton has died after a bout of pneumonia. He was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. He later owned a chain of tanning salons in Boston, as well as a small record shop. Asia was a radio staple in the 1980s with hits such as "Only Time Will Tell" and "Heat of the Moment." Goldy McJohn He was largely responsible for writing and arranging the band's 1973 hit single, "Funky Worm". Tillis wrote "I'm Tired", a No. In April 2012, Geraci suffered a brain aneurysm and never fully recovered. 1957 - March 10, 2017 Trucks died of a self-inflicted gunshot on Tuesday, January 24th at his home in West Palm Beach, Florida. The Berns family kept the music publishing operations (Web IV Music and Sloopy II Music). He was also among the performers on a Grammy-winning children's album, "In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record." After Thomas quit the band, he was replaced by bassist Riff West. 2018 1945 - January 21, 2017 It was there that Trucks met members of the Allman Joys, including brothers Duane Allman and Gregg Allman. Rosie and the Originals were also an opening act for the Rolling Stones at their 1964 concert at San Diego's Balboa Park Bowl. Mardas was apparently jealous about the control the Maharishi had over Lennon, and this may the cause of his allegations that In 1963 he accompanied Dylan on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, and in 1965 made major contributions to the album Bringing It All Back Home. Intended as a comeback vehicle for Geraci, he was backed in the studio by Donnie Iris's band, The Cruisers. Within days, Cash asked Wootton to join the tour as the new lead guitarist. Stubblefield performed on several of Brown's classics in the 1960s and early 70s, including "Cold Sweat," ''Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud," ''I've Got the Feelin'," and the album "Sex Machine." Lennon would stare at the box for hours while high on LSD. 3/3/201746Tommy Pagepop singer / music executiveSuicide 8/8/201781Glen CampbellvocalistAlzheimer's DiseaseNashville, Tennessee In the mid-1970s Holdsworth joined the New Tony Williams Lifetime, a jazz-rock fusion quartet led by former Miles Davis drummer Tony Williams. Sylvia Moy "Do You Want to Dance" was covered by artists such as Cliff Richard and the Shadows (1972), The Ramones, John Lennon and Bette Midler (1972), appearing as the opening track of her debut LP "The Divine Miss M." Chuck Berry, a music pioneer often called "the Father of Rock 'n' Roll," has died at his home outside St. Louis. Jim Fuller July 8, 1938 - February 17, 2017 Laid Back in late 1973, but had his greatest solo success with "I'm no Angel." He then formed Rick Stevens & Love Power, which regularly played in Northern California. He was best known for a 20-second drum solo on Brown's 1970 single, "Funky Drummer." The band also won the Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2012. Hamlin wrote "Angel Baby" when she was just 14. By the early 1980s, Watts was working as a producer, making albums with Department S and Hanoi Rocks, before leaving the music industry to become an antiques and memorabilia dealer. He worked with Joan Baez, Richie Havens, Carolyn Hester, Peter LaFarge, Gordon Lightfoot, Hugh Masekela, Odetta, Babatunde Olatunji, Peter, Paul and Mary, Richard and Mimi Faria and Tom Rush, among others. Tommy LiPuma The couple had two children. The couple had two children. His first national success was with his 1975 album "We Got By" on Warner Brothers records. John Wetton, who found fame as a member of rock groups King Crimson, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash and Asia, has died of colon cancer at age 67. He set up a lab in the basement of Apple's Savile Row headquarters. He was largely responsible for writing and arranging the band's 1973 hit single, "Funky Worm". Lyle Ritz, a bassist who was one of a group of session musicians known as the "Wrecking Crew," has died at the age of 87. February 20, 1946 - April 11, 2017 May 2, 1945 - August 1, 2017 The cause of his illness was not disclosed. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Claude Hudson "Butch" Trucks was born in Jacksonville, Florida and began drumming in junior high school. Nicholls' worked on every Black Sabbath album from He also played on the soundtrack to the film adaptation of the Who's Tommy and Traffic's The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys. He is the brother of musician Brett Cartwright, who has played bass guitar for Joan Jett, David Johansen, and Shayne Fontayne. July 20, 1964 - May 18, 2017 1/7/201775Peter Sarstedtsingerprogressive supranuclear palsy (PSP)Sussex, England On September 17, 1968, Cash was performing in Fayetteville, Arkansas, when an airline rainstorm delay left only Johnny Cash and drummer W.S. Lyle Ritz, a bassist who was one of a group of session musicians known as the "Wrecking Crew," has died at the age of 87. It appears Watts wrote a book about hiking on England South West Coast Path. After his release, he occasionally sat in with Tower of Power, including an appearance at a January 2017 benefit concert for former band members that were hit by a train in Oakland's Jack London Square. The crew After Sea Level, Nalls performed with a number of acts and worked as a Nashville session player for artists such as Bodyworks and B.J. December 8, 1947 - May 27, 2017 November 22, 1947 - February 5, 2017 September 15, 1938 - April 15, 2017 Berns took over management of Bang Records when she was 24, shortly after the death of Bert Berns. He worked with many musicians, including Barbra Streisand, Miles Davis, George Benson, Phil Upchurch, Al Jarreau, Anita Baker, Natalie Cole, Claudine Longet, Dave Mason, the Yellowjackets, Michael Franks, Diana Krall, Paul McCartney, Ben Sidran, The Crusaders, Joe Sample, Randy Crawford and Dr. John. While exhibiting his Kinetic Light Sculptures at the Indica Gallery, Madras impressed John Lennon with the Nothing Box; a small plastic box with randomly blinking lights. 1/22/201769Pete Overend WattsMott The Hoople, bassistThroat Cancer He was 61. In the 1960s and 1970s, he designed a number of rock album covers, including the Who's Walter "Junie" Morrison, keyboardist with the Ohio Players, George Clinton's Parliament Funkadelic, and Soul II Soul, has passed at age 62. My Cross to Bear. In 1974, Kaufman teamed with Irving Azoff to form Front Line Management, which guided the careers of the Eagles, Steely Dan, and Buffett, among many others. 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