IN MEMORIAM
Here’s to the rock’n’rollers, among them musicians, producers, writers and more, who sadly left us in 2019. Thank you for the music…
PEGI YOUNG
December 1, 1952 – January 1, 2019
Activist and musician
DARYL DRAGON
August 27, 1942 – January 2, 2019
The Captain of Captain And Tennille
STEVE RIPLEY
January 1, 1950 – January 3, 2019 Singer and guitarist of US countryrockers the Tractors
ERIC HAYDOCK
February 3, 1943 – January 5, 2019
Co-founding bassist of The Hollies
ALAN R PEARLMAN
Died January 6, 2019
Designer of amplifiers
CLYDIE KING
August 21, 1943 – January 7, 2019
Celebrated backing vocalist
MICKEY RAMONE COYLE
October 9, 1963 – January 10, 2019 Stand-in bass player for
UK punks GBH
ROSS LOWELL
July 10, 1926 – January 10, 2019
Inventor of Gaffer tape
LORNA DOOM
January 4, 1958 – January 16, 2019 Bass player of the Los Angeles
punks Germs
REGGIE YOUNG
December 12, 1936 – January 17, 2019 Renowned session guitarist with
a seven-decade career
TED McKENNA
March 10, 1950 – January 19, 2019 Drummer for The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Rory Gallagher and
Michael Schenker
BRUCE CORBITT
December 22, 1962 – January 25, 2019 Singer for Rigor Mortis
and Warbeast
JACQUELINE STEINER
September 11, 1924 – January 25, 2019
American folk singer and activist
PAUL WHALEY
January 14, 1946 - January 28, 2019
The drummer of Blue Cheer
GEORGE KWIATKIEWICZ
November 24, 1954 – February 4, 2019
Employee of Repertoire Records
JIM DUNLOP SNR
Died February 6, 2019 Manufacturer of guitar pics, strings
and effects
RANDY NAUERT
January 1, 1945 – February 7, 2019
American surf-rock musician
JOE HARDY
Died February 12, 2019
Record producer and musician
KOFI BURBRIDGE
September 22, 1961 – February 15, 2019 Keyboard player and flautist of the
Tedeschi Trucks Band
MARY ANN FELDMAN
April 20, 1933 - February 18, 2019
Veteran US music critic
SKIP GROFF November 20, 1948 – February
18, 2019
American record producer
FRED FOSTER
July 26, 1931 – February 20, 2019 US record producer, songwriter and
business executive
PETER RÜCHEL
March 9, 1937 – February 20, 2019 Founder of TV concert
series
Rockpalast
PETER TORK
February 13, 1942 – February 21, 2019
Member of The Monkees
DENNIS EYRE
May 27, 1962 – February 21, 2019
Manager and booking agent
MAC WISEMAN
May 23, 1925 – February 24, 2019
US bluegrass musician
MARK HOLLIS
January 4, 1955 – February 25, 2019
Singer and driving force of Talk Talk
KENNETH PITT November 10, 1922 – February 25,
2019
Early publicist for David Bowie
ANDY ANDERSON January 30, 1951 – February 26,
2019 Drummer for The Cure and
Steve Hillage
DOUG SANDOM
February 26, 1930 – February 27, 2019 Original drummer of
The Who
Drummer of The Wrecking Crew
JOHN KILZER
January 7, 1957 – March 12, 2019
Guitarist, vocalist and songwriter
BARRY PAUL
February 17, 1948 – March 13, 2019
Guitarist of the Heavy Metal Kids
DICK DALE
May 4, 1937 – March 16, 2019 The Boston-born godfather of
surf guitar
ANDRE WILLIAMS
November 1, 1936 – March 17, 2019 Noted R&B musician originally
from Alabama
STEPHAN ELLIS
Died February 28, 2019
Former bass player of Survivor
PAUL WILLIAMS
Died March 1, 2019
English blues singer and musician
GERRY STICKELLS
Died March 6, 2019 Tour manager for Queen and
Paul McCartney
MIKE GROSE
Died March 8, 2019
Queen’s first bass player
DANNY KUSTOW
May 10, 1955 – March 11, 2019
Guitarist of the Tom Robinson Band
HAL BLAINE
February 5, 1929 – March 11, 2019
SCOTT WALKER
January 9, 1943 – March 22, 2019 Enigmatic singer/songwriter,
composer and producer
JOE HARVARD
Died March 24, 2019 American musician, producer, writer
and studio owner
JOE FLANNERY
Died March 27, 2019 Backroom team plotter and
‘secret Beatle’
SHAWN SMITH
October 28, 1965 – April 5, 2019 Singer-songwriter and voice of
Satchel, Brad and Pigeonhed
EARL THOMAS CONLEY
October 17, 1941 – April 10, 2019
Country music singer-songwriter
MICHIEL EIKENAAR
June 12, 1976 – April 12, 2019 Frontman of the Dutch black metal
acts Nihil and Dodecahedron
PAUL RAYMOND
November 16, 1945 – April 13, 2019 Guitarist/keyboard player of UFO, the Michael Schenker Group and Waysted
STEVE FORSTER
June 18, 1964 – April 19, 2019
British concert promoter
PHIL MCCORMACK
July 31, 1960 – 26 April, 2019
Singer of Molly Hatchet
SUSAN SPRINGFIELD
April 21, 1952 – May 2, 2019
Lead singer of US punk band Erasers
JR COBB
February 5, 1944 – May 4, 2019
Rhythm guitarist of Southern rockers Atlanta Rhythm Section
MIKE WILHELM
March 18, 1942 – May 14, 2019 Co-founder of US band
The Charlatans
ERIC MOORE
Died May 17, 2019
The frontman of The Godz
LARRY CARROLL
Died May 21, 2019 Designer of four Slayer
album sleeves
ROSŁAW SZAYBO
August 13 1933 – May 21, 2019 Designer of several album sleeves
for Judas Priest
JAKE BLACK
Died May 21, 2019
Lead singer of Alabama 3
TONY GLOVER
October 7, 1939 – May 29, 2019 The man who taught Mick Jagger
how to play the harmonica
LEON REDBONE
August 26, 1949 – May 30, 2019 Singer-songwriter and guitarist
of jazz and blues standards
BRIAN DOHERTY
April 2, 1968 – June 5, 2019 Guitarist for Canadian/American
hard rockers Big Wreck
JULES BLATTNER
February 8, 1941 – June 7, 2019 American rock’n’roll singer
and guitarist
ANDRÉ MATOS
September 14, 1971 – June 8, 2019 Singer of Angra, Viper, Shaman
and Symphonia
PETER WHITEHEAD
January 8, 1937 – June 10, 2019
Celebrated British filmmaker
PHILOMENA LYNOTT
October 22, 1930 – June 12, 2019 Beloved mother of Thin Lizzy’s Philip
ALEX RUFFINI
Died June 18, 2019
Popular music photographer
ELLIOT ROBERTS
February 25, 1943 – June 21, 2019
Manager of Neil Young and more
JERRY CARRIGAN
September 13, 1943 – June 22, 2019 Drummer of the Muscle Shoals
Rhythm Section
DAVE BARTHOLOMEW
December 24, 1918 – June 23, 2019
American musician and songwriter
TONY HALL
April 1, 1928 – June 26, 2019 Music executive, producer
and deejay
GARY DUNCAN
September 4, 1946 – June 29, 2019 Guitarist/vocalist of the Quicksilver
Messenger Service
ALAN ROGAN
February 15, 1951 – July 3, 2019 The Who’s super-roadie and guitar
tech to Pete Townshend
JOÃO GILBERTO
June 10, 1931 – July 6, 2019
The father of bossa nova
JAMES HENKE
Died July 8, 2019 Journalist for
1977 to 1993
Rolling Stone
RUSSELL SMITH
from
June 17, 1949 – July 12, 2019 Former lead singer of US soft-rockers
The Amazing Rhythm Aces
JOHNNY CLEGG
June 7, 1953 – July 16, 2019 London-born South African muso
and political activist
BILL VITT
Died July 16, 2019 Drumming sidekick of Jerry Garcia
and more
ART NEVILLE
December 17, 1937 – July 22, 2019
Member of The Neville Brothers
NIGEL BENJAMIN
September 12, 1954 – July 31, 2019 Frontman of Mott (the band)
and London
LOL MASON
Died July 31, 2019 Frontman the UK pop-pomprockers City Boy
IAN GIBBONS
July 18, 1952 – August 1, 2019
Keyboardist of The Kinks, Ian Hunter, Sweet, Quatro and more
DA PENNEBAKER
July 15, 1925 – August 1, 2019 Celebrated filmmaker and
documentary pioneer
DAMIAN LOVELOCK
May 21, 1954 – August 3, 2019 Frontman of Aussie punks
Celibate Rifles
BERNIE FROST
Died August 4, 2019 Songwriter associated with
Status Quo
LIZZIE GREY
August 13, 1958 – August 5, 2019 Singer of the LA bands London, Ultra
Pop and Spiders & Snakes
FRANCESCA SUNDSTEN
Died August 7, 2019
Supplied artwork for King Crimson
DAVID BERMAN
January 4, 1967 – August 7, 2019 Singer of New York indie rock band
Silver Jews
NICKY WONDER
Died August 8, 2019 Guitarist of LA-based powerpoppers the Wondermints
FREDDIE BANNISTER
December 3, 1934 – August 11, 2019
Noted British concert promoter
PETER FONDA
February 23, 1940 – August 16, 2019 American actor, influential upon the
Byrds and The Beatles
GEORGE ‘GG’ GUIDOTTI
Died August 18, 2019 Bassist of the US melodic hard rock
group Heaven’s Edge
LARRY ‘THE MOLE’ TAYLOR
June 26, 1942 – August 19, 2019 Bass player of the original
Canned Heat
NATE WINGER
Died August 22, 2019
Musician brother of Kip and drummer with Lords Of Distortion
NEAL CASAL November 2, 1968 – August 26,
2019 Well respected US singer-songwriter
and country-rock guitarist
DONNIE FRITTS November 8, 1942 – August 27,
2019 Alabama-born keyboardist for
Kris Kristofferson
JIMMY JOHNSON
February 4, 1943 – September 5, 2019 Member of the Muscle Shoals
Rhythm Section
JEFF FENHOLT September 15, 1950 – September 10,
2019 Singer of Joshua, Driver and Tony
Iommi’s Seventh Star
HOSSAM RAMZY December 15, 1953 – September 10,
2019 Percussionist for Jimmy Page And
Robert Plant and Peter Gabriel
DANIEL JOHNSTON January 22, 1961 – September 11,
2109 Lo-fi American singer-songwriter, subject of the documentary film The
Devil And Daniel Johnston
EDDIE MONEY
March 21, 1949 – September 13, 2019 New York cop turned
singer-songwriter
JULIAN PIPER August 10, 1947 – September 14,
2019
British blues-rock guitarist
RIC OCASEK March 23, 1944 – September 15,
2019 Vocalist and guitarist of The Cars and producer for bands including Weezer
and Bad Brains
TONY MILLS
July 7, 1962 – September 18, 2019 Lead singer of Shy, TNT, Siam
and more
YONRICO SCOTT October 6, 1955 – September 20,
2019 Long-serving drummer of The Derek
Trucks Band
ROBERT HUNTER
June 23, 1941 – September 23, 2019 California-born lyricist for the
Grateful Dead
RICHARD BRUNELLE September 6, 1964 – September 23,
2019 Former guitarist of American death metallers Morbid Angel, who played
on their first two albums
BARRIE MASTERS
Died October 2, 2019 Frontman and co-founder of pub rock legends Eddie And The
Hot Rods
MORTEN STÜTZER
Died October 2, 2019 Guitarist of the Danish heavy
metallers Artillery
KIM SHATTUCK
July 17, 1963 – October 2, 2019 Singer, guitarist and songwriter with
the Muffs and the Pandoras