In Memoriam: Those We Have Lost from the Music Industry

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[UYI]

I'm still looking for confirmation past a Tweet from Blake Shelton, but he posted about a half hour ago that 80's country star Earl Thomas Conley had died (ETC is his all time favorite country star).

If this is true...what a loss. What a TALENT. "Holding Her and Loving You" is one of my all time favorite country songs. RIP, ETC! 😢

 

Update: His brother Fred apparently confirmed his passing. 😞 

[UYI]

It's worth noting that ETC's greatest success in country came in the 1980's, perhaps the most criminally underrated decade in country music history, due in no small part to both the infamous Urban Cowboy era during the early years of that decade, and the unprecedented commercial boom that the country music of the 1990's would see (brought on largely by the so-called Class of 1989, in which the debut albums of Clint Black, Garth Brooks, and Alan Jackson were all released). But make no mistake, he made his mark.

[Was-MArsenault]

Ivan Kral, a musician who worked with Patti Smith has died.

https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/entertainment/858444-obituary-ivan-kral-author-of-dancing-barefoot-song-dies-aged-71

[Was-MArsenault]

Buddy Cage, guitarist:

https://relix.com/news/detail/in-memoriam-buddy-cage-1946-2020/

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Diego Farias, metal guitarist:

https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/02/diego-farias-volumes-guitarist-dies/

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Nello Santi, conductor:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/arts/music/nello-santi-dead.html

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Lyle Mays, jazz keyboardist:

https://bestclassicbands.com/lyle-mays-obituary-pat-metheny-group-2-11-20/

Joseph Shabalala, Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder:

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/11/804788290/joseph-shabalala-ladysmith-black-mambazo-founder-dies-at-78

Edited February 15, 2020 by MikaelaArsenault

[Was-MArsenault]

Daniel Lee Martin, country singer:

https://ew.com/music/2020/02/14/country-singer-daniel-lee-martin-dies-amid-child-sex-abuse-allegations/

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Lindsey Renee Lagestee, singer:

https://people.com/human-interest/country-cover-band-dixie-crush-singer-lindsey-renee-lagestee-dead-25/

[Was-MArsenault]

Barbara Martin, original member of The Supremes:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-supremes-singer-barbara-martin-21641859

Edited March 6, 2020 by MikaelaArsenault

[Was-MArsenault]

McCoy Tyner, jazz pianist:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/06/arts/mccoy-tyner-dead.html?referringSource=articleShare

[Was-MArsenault]

Roscoe Born, actor and songwriter:

https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/soap-vet-roscoe-born-passes-away/

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Lynn Evans Mand, The Chordettes singer:

http://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/notable-deaths/article/lynn-evans-mand-2020-mr-sandman-singer

[UYI]

RIP to country music's "Gambler", Kenny Rogers:

 

[WendyCR72]

My parents, especially my late mother, loved Kenny's music. (Dad especially loved "The Gambler", which is posted above!) Now my mom will get to see him in person!

RIP, Kenny.

[Bastet]

I posted this in the general Celebrity Deaths thread, but I'll post it here too; the "You Can't Make Old Friends" video, complete with intro and outro by Kenny and Dolly, talking about what the project means to them, and what they mean to each other:

 

[UYI]

RIP to country star and Grand Ole Opry member Jan Howard.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/03/28/jan-howard-opry-member-and-country-star-dies-91/2934701001/

[UYI]

Joe Diffie forever! RIP, my man! 

 

[MargeGunderson]

Adam Schlesinger, 52, from Fountains of Wayne and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. I am bereft.

[Annber03]

Yeah, this one hurts. Such a notable voice in the music industry. And so young, too :(. 

[UYI]

RIP Bill Withers and John Prine. 😢 

[UYI]

Two more losses for the country music world, both from two of the genre's most well-known bands. The first was former Oak Ridge Boys member Gary McSpadden, who died of cancer on April 15th at the age of 77:

https://tasteofcountry.com/gary-mcspadden-dead-dies-oak-ridge-boys/

And tonight, Harold Reid of the Statler Brothers has passed away from kidney failure at the age of 80.

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/harold-reid-statler-brothers-bass-singer-dies-80-70342922

I've never been real big on the Oak Ridge Boys (I DESPISE the song "Elvira", but I do love "Bobbie Sue"), but I LOVE the Statler Brothers. RIP, gentlemen. 😢 

[UYI]

Ugh, this one really sucks. RIP Little Richard, the Architect of Rock n' Roll.

 

Edited May 9, 2020 by UYI

[Annber03]

A true legend. Shame to hear this news-may he rest in peace. 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

Little Richard will always be considered an American Treasure to me.  The true King of Rock and Roll, RIP .

[screengem]

Betty Wright also died this past weekend.  She was most famous for her R&B single. Clean Up Woman.

https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/betty-wright-1953-2020-grammy-winning-soul-and-rb-singer/

[SunnyBeBe]

I was sad to see this.  This was Robert Plant's  head sound engineer.  They go way back as the guy helped him in his dark days when John Bonham died.   Another covid-19 victim.  

https://kfbk.iheart.com/featured/charts/content/2020-05-13-robert-plant-mourns-passing-of-longtime-sound-engineer-roy-williams/

[ebk57]

A tribute to John Prine.  It's a lovely show - and only up until Sunday, so if you have time, take a listen.

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

The world lost one of the greatest beacons of light in history today, R.I.P. Dame Vera Lynn

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[smittykins]

Benny Mardones dies at 73

He lived in Syracuse for several years between the chart runs of “Into The Night” to get his life back together following years of addiction.

[WendyCR72]

Upon REALLY listening to "Into The Night", it's actually kind of creepy. But I still liked the song if I didn't use that filter. May Mr. Mardones rest in peace.

[Bastet]

3 hours ago, WendyCR72 said:

Upon REALLY listening to "Into The Night", it's actually kind of creepy. But I still liked the song if I didn't use that filter.

I was once shuffling through songs on my iPod, saw "Into the Night", Billy Idol's "Cradle of Love", and Gary Puckett and the Union Gap's "Young Girl" all within a few songs of each other, and thought, "Jesus Christ, I've got a statutory rape playlist going here."

 

[UYI]

A long, long time ago, in the early-mid 2000's when I was still a teenager, long before I became a country music fan (yes, despite many of my posts here, believe it or not, there was a time when I didn't yet listen to country music, which I'm sure many people would prefer would still be true today, given how much I can yammer on about it, lol), I fell in love with southern rock. And Charlie Daniels absolutely played a role in that, and I have ALWAYS loved how much of a legend he is in both rock AND country, especially, of course, with his signature song here. RIP.

 

 

[One4Sorrow2TooBad]

R.I.P. Charlie Daniels, rocking it with CDB

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R.I.P. Ennio Morricone, the world has lost one the greatest song composers ever.  

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[Zola]

Regrettably I don't recall many of Ennio's scores other than from "The Mission", and "Once Upon a Time in the West"

 

But this track certainly stands out

 

Edited July 7, 2020 by Zola

[BradyBunchFan]

The Roots' Original Member Malik B Has Died

Edited July 30, 2020 by BradyBunchFan

[BradyBunchFan]

Bent Fabric, Pianist and Composer Known for ‘Alley Cat,’ Dies at 95

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/arts/music/bent-fabric-dead.html

[BradyBunchFan]

Leon Fleisher, sublime pianist undaunted by mysterious hand malady, dies at 92

Steve Holland, Guitarist of Molly Hatchet Dies

[BradyBunchFan]

Pianist Larry Novak, ‘a giant’ of Chicago jazz, dies

FBG Duck Shot and Killed in Drive-By Shooting

Edited August 5, 2020 by BradyBunchFan

[BradyBunchFan]

Michael P. Smith, much-recorded star of Chicago’s folk and club scene, dead at 78

[BradyBunchFan]

Wayne Fontana, who was known for singing The Game Of Love with The Mindbenders along with A Groovy Kind Of Love, died today from cancer:

http://blitzmag.blogspot.com/2012/08/welcome-to-blitz-magazines-web-site.html?m=1

[BradyBunchFan]

Here is a better version of the Wayne Fontana article:

Wayne Fontana, ‘Game of Love’ British Invasion Singer, Dead at 74