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For those of you who are interested in french music, I have the sad
privilege to tell you that one of the greatest french singers died
saturday from an infarction.

As a singer, he will be remembered for 'Les feuilles mortes' (autumn
leaves), Syracuse (Durango), 'La chanson des partisans', 
'A bicyclette', 'Dans les plaines du far-west', ... 
Revealed by Edith Piaf in the mid 40's he was still very succesfull, even
outside France, being a famous representative of 'quality chanson francaise' !

Also known as an actor (remember George Cukor's 'Let's make in love' in 1960
with Marylin), he was for 35 years the companion of the actress Simone Signoret
that you might also know for his oscar in the 60's. She died 6 years ago, he is
going to be buried tomorrow near to her in the Pere Lachaise cemetery (that
you might also know, Jim Morrison is buried there too).

Although 70 years old, he was still full of projects and he was finishing a 
movie directed by Jean Jacques Beneix (weel known for Diva and Betty's Blues). 
This movie will be the last testimony we'll have from him.



Didier

    Re: .1
    
    I agree entirely with what has been said on Yves Montand. He was a
    complete entertainer, great dancer, actor and singer.
    
    I remember him in a great movie called 'Le salaire de la peur' where he
    was the driver of a truck carrying some explosives.
    
    He'll be missed..
    Kate

Movie = Wages of Fear 

Hey, that goes back a ways. It was the first real suspense film that I saw 
back in about 1962?  My school Film Society showed it and I think I needed
a note from my parents! I can still remember one of the drivers rolling a
cigarette and the tobacco suddenly disappearing when the other truck went up.
(They were carrying nitroglycerine along mountain tracks...)

Ah Nostalgia, nothing like it!

Brian

I never thought this movie 'Wages of fear' (directed by Henri Georges Clouzot)
was known outside of France. By the way, it was the first 'real' movie for
Yves Montand.

Didier 

    Didn't he also play a president -- and assassination target -- in the
    political thriller "Z"?  Which, if I remember correctly, was supposed
    to have been based on fact and was somewhat controversial.  I don't
    remember what year it came out, though.  Late 60s, early 70s?
    
    steve
    

This movie released in the late 60's by Costa Gavras (Shining, Music Box, ...)
was based on true events that occured in Greece.

    .....Blues Legend and my Mentor in the blues Willie Dixon passed away
    last nite at the rip-old age of 76.....thinkk i'll go home tonite,
    pull out some Willie,and get into it....many of our heros grew up on
    this guy's music(Led Zep especially).....roll on Wille...roll on....
    
    RIP
    
    sad mac
    

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Article 1455 of clari.news.music:
Subject: Blues legend Willie Dixon dead at 76
Date: 29 Jan 92 18:33:37 GMT

	BURBANK, Calif. (UPI) -- Blues legend Willie Dixon, whose music
epitomized the blues and shaped rock 'n' roll, died Wednesday from
apparent heart failure. He was 76.
	A spokeswoman for St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank said that
Dixon was admitted to the hospital Jan. 5 complaining of chest pains. He
died about 1:30 a.m.
	``Based on his condition, his physician speculates that he died of
heart failure,'' spokeswoman Patty Starkey said.
	As an key member of the Chicago blues scene, Dixon sang and played
stand-up bass but his legacy will be the hundreds of songs he wrote for
others. They are among the most enduring in the blues genre, filled with
grit and an evocative quality that was not lost on the young Mick
Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and other young rockers
in the early 1960s.
	Dixon's helped shape the careers of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf,
two other Mississippi transplants, when all three were part of Chicago's
legendary Chess record label in the 1950s.
	``Frankly, the blues is the facts of life and it's very easy to write
the blues when you're thinking about life,'' Dixon said in a 1989
television interview.
	Dixon was an adequate singer but Howlin' Wolf and Waters gave his
classic works an eroticism and urgency that he could not.
	The crusty Wolf, born Chester Burnett, had hits with Dixon's ``Little
Red Rooster,'' ``I Ain't Superstitious,'' ``Back Door Man,'' ``Evil''
and ``Spoonful,'' filling them with a tinge of danger and brooding
sensuality. For Waters, whose style was not so menacing, Dixon wrote ``I
Just Want to Make Love to You,'' ``Hoochie Coochie Man'' and ``You Need
Love.''
	Dixon had to be diplomatic when pitching a song to the rivals Wolf
and Waters, who both feared he was giving his best work to the other.
	``When I first started giving them songs, nobody ever wanted the song
you gave them,'' Dixon said in a 1989 Rolling Stone interview. ``So I
had to use a little psychology on them. Since Wolf and Muddy both seemed
to think that I was giving them the wrong song, all I'd have to do is go
to Wolf and say, 'Hey, man, now here's a song I made for Muddy. Muddy's
going to do this.'''
	Bruce Iglauer, president and founder of blues-oriented Alligator
Records, knew Dixon for many years.
	``Willie's main contribution to blues was not as a performer but as a
writer, talent scout and creator of sounds,'' he said. ``Willie in many
respects defined what is called Chicago Blues in the late 1940s through
the end of the 1960s as a producer, as a writer, as an arranger. He
really had a musical vision.
	``He had a sense of writing the perfect song for the artist.''
	``He was probably the greatest blues writer that ever lived -- that
was his business,'' said Scott A. Cameron, who served as Dixon's manager
for nearly 20 years until Dixon severed the professional relationship
two months ago.
	Dixon, one of 14 children, was born July 1, 1915, in Vicksburg, Miss.
He was fairly well educated and picked up his love of lyrics from his
mother, who read him poetry and encouraged him to write his own.
	He sang in gospel groups but also had trouble with the law that
landed him in prison farms before he migrated to New York and then to
Chicago. His refusal to go into the Army in 1941 resulted in more jail
time.
	Dixon was a heavyweight boxer long enough to win an Illinois Golden
Gloves title in 1937 but an arguement with a manager over money ended
his ring career. He turn to music and eventually met Phil and Leonard
Chess.
	When the Chess brothers formed their record company, Dixon became an
important -- although not well paid -- part of it. He composed, sang,
played at recording sessions and worked as a producer, arranger and
talent scout.
	Like many blues men of his generation, Dixon had to go to Europe to
broaden his audience. A 1960 tour of the continent eventually would
bring him a roundabout recognition from white Americans.
	Fledgling musicians flocked to Dixon's shows in England and found the
essence of rock 'n' roll in his songs. Members of the Rolling Stones,
the Yardbirds, Cream, the Jeff Beck Group, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
and Led Zeppelin all were taken by Dixon's work and recorded his songs.
White American teengers then snatched up the British rock records, thus
getting their first, indirect exposure to American blues.
	Dixon, who would later have legal battles with some of his disciples
over royalties, often found himself hosting young Britons who made
pilgrimages to his Chicago home.
	``They'd come to my house and I'd carry them to different places to
entertain them,'' Dixon told Rolling Stone. ``When they got to be
popular, like the Stones, there were so many other people following them
around until I couldn't let them all in my house because they couldn't
get in the doorway.''
	In later years, acts as diverse as the heavy metal band Metallica,
Hank Williams Jr., Los Lobos and New Wavers Oingo Boingo would record
Dixon songs.
	``When a youngster today goes to tracing the history of American
music, he's going to find the blues is the roots of it all,'' Dixon told
The Washington Post in 1989. ``That's why it's important for people to
understand the blues is an important part of our history and our
culture.''
	In another interview that year, Dixon had said, ``The wisdom of the
blues is the true facts of life, expressed in words, songs, inspiration,
feeling and understanding. And when people have that, you can say you
have some experience with the blues.''
	Dixon often had to go to great lengths to protect his copyrights and
had to contest the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin for royalties to
their versions of his songs. To help other blues men and their heirs in
similar battles, he became head of the Blues Heaven Foundation (822
Hillgrove Ave., Western Springs, Ill., 60558) in 1982. The foundation
also established a scholarship fund in Waters's name for Chicago-area
students and provided musical instruments to schools in the name of
blues greats.
	Dixon had a revival in the late 1980s. He won a Grammy in 1989 for
his first album in many years, ``Hidden Charms,'' and his autobiography,
``I Am the Blues,'' was published in 1989.
	In 1989 Chess released a boxed set containing 36 of his songs as
performed by himself, Waters, Wolf, Koko Taylor, Willie Mabon, Little
Walter and others.
	Dixon was one of the main attractions at a Jan. 21, 1989, rhythm and
blues concert put on as part of George Bush's inauguration and he showed
up wearing a ``Jesse Jackson for President'' button.
	Dixon, who lost his right foot in 1977 because of complications of
diabetes, was a bulky man and celebrated his girth in the songs ``Built
for Comfort'' and ``300 Pounds of Joy.''
	Cameron said Dixon also suffered from heart disease for some 20 years
and suffered a mild heart attack in the 1980s. Even so, Cameron said
that up until recently, Dixon's health was ``quite robust.''
	He moved from Chicago to Glendale, Calif., in 1984 with his wife,
Marie. They had five children, including a 21-year-old son who drowned
in April 1988. Memorial services were tentatively planned in Los Angeles
followed by a funeral in Chicago.

Led Zep grew up on Willie Dixon's music the way vampires grow up on blood.

    
    	There's a good write-up on Willie Dixon in the current edition, 
    	#304 of Goldmine which although many of its readers are record 
    	collectors it also has many articles that should be of interest 
    	to anyone who likes music.
    
    	- Jim

	Of course my office radio (Marlboro) isn't picking it up, but a Willie 
	Dixon radio special is in progress on WHRB (Harvard, 95.3?).  Actually 
	it was supposed to start at 6:00 a.m. and run till 2:00 p.m. but when 
	I turned off this morning they hadn't begun on time...
	
	- Jim

	LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- Drummer Jeff Porcaro of the Grammy-winning pop
group Toto died of a heart attack that was apparently caused by a
reaction to pesticides he was using at his home, his managers said
Thurdsay.
	Porcaro, 38, died Wednesday night at West Hills Medical Center, where
he had been taken after falling ill while using a pesticide in the
backyard of his home in Hidden Hills.
	Porcaro's management company, Fitzgerald Hartley Company, said early
indications were that the cardiac arrest ``may have been caused by
pesticide poisoning.''
	``Whether it was the pesticide that induced the heart attack or
something else that triggered it we don't yet,'' said publicist Michael
Jensen. ``The toxicological report won't be available for five days.''
	Porcaro was a co-founder of Toto and the son of jazz percussionist
Joe Porcaro.
	Toto's debut single, ``Hold The Line,'' went gold and was on the
group's first album for Columbia Records in 1977, which went platinum.
In 1982, the group's fourth album, ``Toto IV,'' led to six Grammy
Awards, with Porcaro honored for best instrumental arrangement
accompanying vocals for ``Roseanna.''
	Porcaro also performed with such stars as Bruce Springsteen, Dire
Straits, Paul Young and John Fogerty.
	He is survived by his wife, Susan, and sons Christopher, Miles and
Niko; his parents; brothers Michael and Steve and sister Joleen.
	Services were pending.

    Bummer.  
    
    Didn't Jeff also play drums for Steely Dan on "Katy Lied" and "Aja"?
    
    Mark.

    
    Jeff (as well as the rest of Toto) backed up Boz Scaggs for the
    [then] enormously successful "Silk Degrees" album, featuring "Lowdown,"
    "Lido Shuffle," and "Harbor Lights."
    
    Anyone remember the Toto single, "99?"
    
    Brian

    
    	Jeff has played on tons of Albums...From Kenny Loggins' new one to
    even some hard rock groups!
    
    	He will be missed!
    
    B.A.

    Jeff Porcaro had played with just about everybody. Before and during
    Toto he was just about the most popular session drummer in the world.
    I'll bet I can find him in the credits of maybe 20 albums in my
    collection and I'll bet he's on at lerast twice that number more.
    Too, too bad.

    --Ron

    I we miss him.  He was perhaps IMO one of the most unknown super
    drummers of the day.  You're right, you can find him a several albums
    ranging from rock to easy listening.
    
    Yeah I remember 99..  Do you remember the fantastic drum beat in
    Roseanna?  Listen closely, he's doing quite a bit of good stuff!
    
    dlh

    I will miss him.  He was perhaps IMO one of the most unknow super
    drummers of the day.  You're right, you can find him in several albums
    ranging from rock to easy listening.
    
    Yeah, I remember 99..  Do you remember the fantastic drum beat in
    Roseanna?  Listen closely, he's doing quite a bit of good stuff!!
    
    dlh
    

>    Yeah, I remember 99..  Do you remember the fantastic drum beat in
>    Roseanna?  Listen closely, he's doing quite a bit of good stuff!!

     I have one of his drum videos and he talks about the inspiration for
     the Roseanna drum intro: Bernard Purdie, and John Bonham.  He even
     demonstrates how he 'copped' parts from each one to create the
     Roseanna drum intro.  Great insight!

     On a different note, one of Jeff's most recent recordings was for
     Michael Bolton's "When a Man Loves a Woman".

     Dale

    Does anyone know which Larry Carlton albums he played on?
    
    I'm pretty sure he played on "Sleepwalk" and/or "Strikes Twice".
    <

Jeff was also the drummer on Springsteen's new "Human Touch"
album.  He didn't get much respect from the rock press since
Toto was an untrendy band, but I liked his playing whenever
I heard it.  What a shock to hear about his death.  He'll
be missed.

    
    
    He also played on David Gilmour's (of Pink Floyd) About Face Album.
    
    
    Kevin.
    

    RE: .8
    
    db, I checked my Larry Carlton albums last night - he played on
    Sleepwalk, but not on Strikes Twice
    
    Nick

    Eddie Kendricks, founding member of the Temptations, died last night of
    lung cancer.  He was 52 years old.
    
    							Brian

    R.I.P.
    
    I heard a report this morning that he had already had one lung removed. 
    He attributed his condition to 40 years of smoking.
    
    Jim

    What was Eddie's BIG solo hit...Forhe life of me...I cann not remember
    the title...
    
    
                                                 john

     Kendrick's solo hits:
    
     Keep On Truckin'
    
     Boogie Down
    
     Interesting to note that two other Temptations members have passed
     on:  David Ruffin died last year of a crack overdose and Paul
     Williams died in 1983, two years after he was asked to leave
     the group because of alcoholism and related health problems.
    
     With the deaths of Ruffin, Kendricks, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells,
     and James Jamerson, Motown has been hit hard.
    
    Brian

    For anyone who may be wondering, Eddie was the falsetto voice of the
    Temps.  He might be most remembered for his lead vocals on "Just My
    Imagination".
    
    dan
    
    

    RIP, Albert King.

        

From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
Subject: Oscar-winning songwriter Sammy Cahn dead at 79.
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 93 10:49:09 PST

	LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- Sammy Cahn, the four-time Oscar Winner and writer
of Chicago's unofficial theme song, ``My Kind of Town,'' died Friday of
heart failure. He was 79.
	Ron Wise, spokesman for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said Cahn was
admitted to the hospital Dec. 30, and died of congestive heart failure.
	In recent years, Cahn had performed in London and around the United
States in a review of his highly hummable songs.
	Born June 18, 1913 to Eastern European Jewish immigrants, Cahn later
Americanized his name, Cohen.
	Cahn rose from New York's lower East Side, where he led a small dance
band, to writing some of Frank Sinatra's biggest hits. Teamed with
composer Jimmy Van Heusen, he produced such Sinatra hits as ``All The
Way,'' ``High Hopes'' and ``Call Me Irresponsible.''
	He also collaborated with Jules Styne on such hits as ``Let It Snow!
Let It Snow! Let It Snow!' ''Time After Time,`` ''Saturday Night is the
Loneliest Night of the Week`` and the score for Broadway's ''High Button
Shoes.``
	He also was commissioned to write for such TV hits as ``Sesame
Street'' and ``Heidi's Song.''
	Cahn won Academy Awards for ``Three Coins in the Fountain,'' ``All
the Way,'' from ``The Joker is Wild'' in 1957; ``High Hopes,'' from 
``Hole in the Head'' in 1959; and ``Call Me Irresponsible'' from 
``Papa's Delicate Condition'' in 1963.
	Others in a seemingly endless string of hits included ``Love and
Marriage,'' ``Bei Mir Bist du Schoen,'' ``Pocketful of Miracles,'' 
``Come Dance With Me,'' ``Come Fly With Me'' and ``My Kinda Town.''
	``I had no particular image of Chicago in mind when I wrote 'My Kind
of Town,''' he said in an interview with the Chicago Tribune. ``All I
wanted to do was write a song in praise of Chicago, and that's what I
did.''
	``Though I must say that it's easy to write nice things about
Chicago, because it's that kind of town.''
	He remarried his former wife, Tita, in 1987.

I just heard that Mick Ronson died of cancer on April 30th.

Mick is best known for being David Bowie's guitarist during the 'Spiders
From Mars' era, although I've known him best for his work with Ian Hunter 
after Ian left Mott the Hoople and went solo. 

Great rock and roll guitar player.....  8^(

alan

    ....yes, very sad news indeed....I believe the last time I saw Mick
    play (or probably anyone) was at the Freddie Mercury tribute...I think
    he played with Ian Hunter on "All the Young Dudes"...anyone see this??
    
    Great guitarist, i've enjoyed countless projects he's been involved
    with....I also heard that Mick was working on some new stuff, and that
    a rather large backlog of his recent stuff was still unpublished...look
    for the usual flood of "just discovered" material to be realeased (a la
    Stevie Ray)....
    
    RIP, Mick...
    
    sad mac
    

    Yeah, Freddie Mercury Tribute was the last time I swa him. As well as
    playing with Ian Hunter, he also was on stage strumming his stuff
    during David Bowie's set (Heroes, etc).
    
    He also played on David Bowie's latest album 'Black Tie White Noise'
    
    Obviously the thought of Bowie actually asking him back to play with
    him again after all those years was too much for him!
    
    Ian

RE:  Mick Ronson died of cancer on April 30th.

Excellent rock and roll guitar.....

I liked his work with Lour Reed the best (live anthem like jams and studio too).

bob

    re: .34
    
    I have it, love it and played it last night.  RIP
    
    Dennis Faust
    

    
    Ed Keltz passed away Saturday. Ed had complications from a brain
    hemorrhage that must have happened during sleep last Thursday.
    There will be services tonight at the Rochette Funeral Home
    on Kinsely Street in Nashua. The services will run from 6:00
    to 9:00. 
    
    I knew Ed as an excellent drummer and good friend. I had the privilege
    of playing guitar in a blues band with Ed for the past four months. In
    addition to being a great blues drummer, Ed was also a great father, 
    husband to his wife Beth, top notch mechanic, biker, percussionist in 
    the NH philharomic, luthier, and a lot of other things that there just 
    wasn't time to learn about. 
    
    Those of us who were fortunate enough to know Ed will miss him very
    much. 
    
    Rob   
    
    
    

    
    	Frank Zappa passed away on Saturday, December 4th, 1993.
    
    	He died from prostate cancer which he had been fighting for a long
    time.  He was buried on Sunday, December 5th in a private ceremony
    attended by his family.  He was 52 years young.  Too young!
    
    	I enjoyed a lot of Frank's music over a lot of years.
    Once again the music world, in my opinion, has suffered a great loss!
    
    R.I.P. Frank.
    
    -=Dave=-
    
    
    

    Live on Frank, you have been a major part of my muscial life and I will
    miss you very much. Frank was and still is my first and best influence
    not only for his music but as a person and how he helped other
    musicians launch their career's. I can only be greatfull for the
    backstage passes to four of his last performances, thats how I'll 
    remember you Frank.
    
    R.I.P.
    
    Mike____

    i remember hearing the freak out album(s) when they first
    came out.  my friend had 'procured' the albums but didn't
    have the jacket so we had no idea what these guys were
    about, except that their music was out there.
    saw frank z. in baltimore in the early 70's.
    have always loved his weird perspective, as well
    as his innovative music.
    
    peaches en regalia !
    
    blind willis

    
    I heard today that Frank Zappa died of cancer. Although his music
    never made it into the "commercial" market (AOR radio, MTV, etc),
    the number of highly successfully musicians that started out with  
    the Mothers is staggering. He will definately be missed...
    
    /Billy_K

    
    Noooo...  Say it ain't so! 
    
    Tim

       
        I'll miss Frank,
    
           In a world and line of work that demands so much attention to
       detail and seriousness, he helped me step outside of "reality" and
       keep things in perspective... Joe's Garage will always be a classic 
       of mine! I'd say he deserves to join the ranks of musical genius's 
       like Jimi, Janis, and (Mr. Mojo) Jim Morrison.
    
       In memory of Frank may he live long and not be forgotten!
    
       Dave G.
    

    What a week...Albert Collins, then Frank Zappa, now Pete Green.
    
    Who's Pete Green you ask?  Noone outside of the Worcester, MA area
    would likely know him, but in this area he was the king of the hill in
    the country scene.  When I moved up here in 1981, he was already the
    top draw on the country circuit, playing up to seven nights a week in
    roadhouses scattered across the state, including the many bars catering
    to long-distance truckers that dotted US 20, the old Boston-Albany
    Turnpike.  
    
    Pete was still going strong twelve years later.  A huge number of
    musicians played in his band over the years. Still more got their stage
    legs playing at one of the many jamborees he hosted. Then there were
    all the shows he did for a wide range of charities. Some of his sidemen
    quit to start their own bands, others quit but came back, and the
    audiences continued to pack the bars where he played. He survived the
    boom/crash cycle of the Urban Cowboy years, stuck it out and was there
    to cash in again when the current line dance craze started.  Oh yeah,
    he held down all those gigs while doing a full-time day job.
    
    This might not seem unusual except Pete was an Afro-American born in
    New Jersey.  
    
    He died this weekend at age 58.
    
    							Brian

    Bummer....I met Pete once, back in '87 or so when U4EA was playing
    upstairs at Tumbleweeds, and Pete and "The Whiskey River Boys" ?? were
    downstairs...nice guy who loved the music

    Frank Zappa will also be missed in Norway, the only country where
    he enjoyed a number one chart hit, with "Bobby Brown"(!) 
    I saw him at a festival here in the early 70s, playing mostly things from
    Overnite Sensation. Excellent.
    
    Henrik

    Incredibly, the Boston Globe only put notice of Frank's passing
    on the Obit page.  Anyone not in the habit of looking for death
    notices would have missed it.  He certainly merited front page
    mention.

    Last night, I played Zoot Alloors (sp?) in his honor.  So
    many good discs...

    The Boston Globe also had an Appreciation of Frank Zappa in today's
    Living Section (and the Obituary).

    re -.1
    Well, that's more like it!  I'm thinking maybe the family
    announced the death late and there was no time to pull out
    the appreciation articles in time for Monday morning editions.

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    Curt Cobain - today. Self-inflicted gun wound. SUpposedly left a
    suicide note. Obviously he was hurtin'.

From: clarinews@clarinet.com (The Associated Press)
Subject: Pop Music Deaths
Expires: Fri, 29 Apr 94 16:50:27 PDT

	Some prominent pop musicians who have met untimely deaths:

	June 1, 1991: Former Temptations singer David Ruffin, whose
gritty vocals were featured on such favorites as ``My Girl'' and
``Ain't Too Proud to Beg,'' died at age 50 of a drug overdose. He
died in the emergency room of the Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia.

	Aug. 27, 1990: Blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, 35, is killed
when a helicopter crashes into a hill in East Troy, Wis., after
departing from a concert. Vaughan, a Grammy winner, had a platinum
album with his band, Double Trouble, in ``Couldn't Stand the
Weather,'' released in 1984.

	March 6, 1986: Richard Manuel, vocalist and pianist with the
Band, hangs himself at age 40. The Band toured and recorded with
Bob Dylan, and ``The Last Waltz,'' the 1978 movie made of their
farewell concert, is regarded as the best rock documentary ever
made.

	Dec. 31, 1985: Rick Nelson died in a New Year's Eve plane crash
near DeKalb, Texas. Nelson, 45, was first a TV star, the son of
Ozzie and Harriet Nelson; he achieved musical stardom in the late
1950s and early '60s with ``I'm Walkin,''' and ``Travelin' Man.''

	April 1, 1984: On the day before his 45th birthday, rhythm and
blues great Marvin Gaye is shot to death by his father during an
argument at his parents' home in Los Angeles.

	March 19, 1982: Randy Rhoads, 25, lead guitarist for heavy metal
star Ozzy Osbourne, is killed when the plane in which he was flying
buzzed Osbourne's tour bus and crashed into a house in Leesburg,
Fla.

	July 16, 1981: While on his way to a benefit concert,
singer-songwriter Harry Chapin, 38, is killed when a truck plows
into his car in Jericho, N.Y.

	Feb. 15: After releasing his LP, ``Living in the Fast Lane,''
guitarist Mike Bloomfield, 36, dies of a drug overdose in San
Francisco. Bloomfield had played with the Paul Butterfield Blues
Band and Bob Dylan, among others.

	Dec. 29, 1980: Singer-songwriter Tim Hardin, whose ``If I Were a
Carpenter'' became an international hit, dies of a heroin overdose
in Los Angeles at the age of 40.

	Dec. 8: John Lennon, 40, is murdered by Mark David Chapman
outside his Manhattan apartment building. Chapman, a crazed fan,
had been stalking Lennon for days before the shooting.

	Feb. 2, 1979: Sid Vicious, bass player with The Sex Pistols,
dies at age 21 at a party in New York after a drug overdose.

	Jan. 13: Pop-soul singer Donny Hathaway, famous for his lovely
duets with Roberta Flack, falls or jumps to his death from a New
York hotel at age 34.

	Dec. 27, 1978: Chris Bell, an originator of ``power rock'' and a
founder of the pop rock group Big Star, is killed at age 27 in a
car crash.

	Sept. 7: Who drummer Keith Moon dies in London at age 31 after
overdosing on a prescription drug he was taking to help his alcohol
problem.

	Oct. 21, 1977: Lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Stevie
Gaines of the Lynyrd Skynyrd band, which carved a niche in the rock
world with its image as hard-drinking, hell-raising Southerners,
were killed in a plane crash in McComb, Miss.

	Aug. 16: Elvis Presley is discovered lying on the floor in a
bathroom at Graceland and is rushed to the hospital where he is
pronounced dead at age 42. The official cause of death is listed as
heart failure.

	April 9, 1976: Folksinger Phil Ochs hangs himself in his
sister's home in Queens, N.Y. He was 35.

	June 29, 1975: Folk-rocker Tim Buckley, 28, of ``Morning Glory''
fame, dies in Santa Monica, Calif., from an overdose of morphine
and heroin.

	April 23: Guitarist-songwriter Peter Ham of Badfinger, 27, hangs
himself in his London garage after quitting the band.

	July 29, 1974: Mama Cass Elliot of the Mamas and the Papas
chokes and suffers a heart attack at age 30 while eating a sandwich
in London.

	Sept. 20, 1973: Jim Croce dies in an air crash near
Natchitoches, La., at age 30. He put together a string of rock hits
such as ``Time in a Bottle'' in the 1970s.

	Sept. 19: Singer-songwriter Gram Parsons, formerly of the Byrds
and founder of the country rock pioneers, Flying Burrito Brothers,
dies in California of a drug overdose at age 26.

	Aug. 17: Paul Williams, one of the original Temptations and
supervisor of the group's famous choreography, shoots himself in
the head at age 34.

	March 8: Ron ``Pigpen'' McKernan, organist and founding member
of the Grateful Dead, dies in California at age 27 of a stomach
hemorrhage. A heavy drinker, he had been under a doctor's care for
cirrhosis.

	Oct. 29, 1971: Duane Allman, 24, guitarist in The Allman
Brothers Band, dies after he crashes his motocycle in Macon, Ga.

	July 3: Jim Morrison, lead singer for the Doors, found dead in a
bathtub at age 27 in Paris. Though he was known for his heavy
drinking and drug use, the official cause of death was ruled a
heart attack.

	Oct. 4, 1970: Janis Joplin, who had just completed the LP
``Pearl,'' dies at age 27 from a heroin overdose in her room at the
Landmark Hotel in Hollywood.

	Sept. 18: Jimi Hendrix dies at age 27 in London from suffocation
after taking barbiturates.

	July 3, 1969: Guitarist Brian Jones, an original Rolling Stone
who had recently parted ways with the band, is found dead in his
swimming pool in Hartfield, England. There are rumors of murder and
suicide, but the coroner rules death a ``misadventure.''

	Feb. 28, 1968: Frankie Lymon, who at age 13 had a No. 1 hit with
``Why Do Fools Fall in Love,'' dies of a heroin overdose at age 25
in New York.

	Dec. 10, 1967: Otis Redding dies in a plane crash in Wisconsin
along with members of his band, the Bar-Kays. He was 26. His
greatest hit, the somber ballad ``Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay,''
is released after his death.

	Dec. 11, 1964: Soul legend Sam Cooke, 29, is shot to death in a
Los Angeles motel by the manager, who claims he was raping a
companion. Courts rule the killing justifiable homicide.

	March 5, 1963: Patsy Cline, whose country hits included
``Crazy'' and ``She's Got You,'' dies in a plane crash near Camden,
Tenn., at age 31. Also killed were Grand Ole Opry stars Cowboy
Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins and pilot Randy Hughes, Cline's manager.

	Feb. 6, 1960: Jesse Belvin, rhythm and blues singer who had a
hit with ``Goodnight My Love'' and who co-authored ``Earth Angel,''
dies at age 20 in an auto accident in Los Angeles.

	Feb. 3, 1959: A plane carrying singers J.P (The Big Bopper)
Richardson, Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens crashed near Mason City,
Iowa, en route to a show in Fargo, N.D. The Big Bopper, whose big
hit was ``Chantilly Lace,'' was 29. Holly, whose hits included
``Peggy Sue,'' was 22. Valens, famous for such songs as ``La
Bamba'' and ``Donna,'' was 18.

	Dec. 24, 1954: Rhythm and blues artist Johnny Ace, known as The
Most Programmed Artist of 1954 following a poll in Cashbox, shoots
himself in the head and dies during a game of Russian roulette
backstage at a concert in Houston. He was 25.

    
    Well, aside from drug (including alcohol) abuse, it looks like flying
    is the next most dangerous activity for musicians.  Too bad, I've
    enjoyed both hobbies (but not at the same time) in the past.
    
    I never heard the full story about Randy Rhoads demise.  What size
    aircraft was he in?  Anybody know the details?
    

    re .52
    
    all of those people KNEW Bill Clinton. Some of them were former
    bodyguards of his. Coincidence? 
    
    :-) :-)

Who was from Chicago (the band) that blew out his brains?  I wa surprised not
to see him on the list.

re: .55

>Who was from Chicago (the band) that blew out his brains?  I was surprised not
>to see him on the list.

Terry Kath.

Also not included was Allman Brothers bass player Berry Oakley, who died
a year after Duane in a motorcycle accident in almost the exact same spot.

I can think of still more, but I'm afraid it might get ridiculous. :-)

-Hal

    re .52, what about Freddie Mercury?  Doesn't AIDS count?  It seemed
    rather untimely to me.
    
    Also, 27 seems like a dangerous age for rock stars (Jim Morrison,
    Janis, Hendrix, and now Kurt).
    
    Lorna
    

    
    	Geez, I'm 27 ... do me a favor and don't give me a gun for another
    	5 months and I should be OK.
    
    	And I thought Randy Rhoads was in the bus which got hit by the
    	plane.  No?
    
    							GTI

    While we're on this very sad subject, one death that I was totally
    unaware of until recently was that of Carl Radle, bass player with Eric
    Clapton and Derek & the Dominoes. Apparently, he died as far back as
    1980 (?) too.
    
    It was only when I read his name in a list of drug-related deaths that
    it struck me that I hadn't heard his name mentioned for some time.
    
    Dom 

    Somewhat overlooked in the Cobain media frenzy:
    
    Lee Brilleaux, 41, died of cancer last week.  He was lead vocalist for
    Dr. Feelgood,  a seminal UK pub-rock band that helped pave the way for
    the punk revolution of the 70s.
    
    							Brian

    Another recent passing: Dan Hartman of the Edgar Winter Group (he wrote
    and sang "Free Ride").  He also wrote and produced one of James Brown's
    (many!) comebacks, "Living in America".
    
    							Brian

    > I never heard the full story about Randy Rhoads demise.  What size
    > aircraft was he in?  Anybody know the details?
    
    I'm relating this from memory known to be faulty (mine), but I think
    it was a small prop plane (like a 4 seater).  I think it was being
    flown by a member of the crew.   I remember an interview with Ozzy
    saying that "that guy had no business flying a plane that day".  I'm
    not sure what the story behind that was (drugs, alcohol, lack of sleep,
    inexperience).
    
    I believe it happened in England and that Ozzy was one of the first
    on the scene of the crash.
    
    	db

	A few weeks ago, Dan Hartman, died "after a long illness"
	according to the paper.  He was a major member of the Edgar
	Winter Group, writing many of their better tunes.  He wrote
	and sang "Free Ride", for example.

	He had one big hit, "I Can Dream About You" (if I can't hold
	you tonight...).  It was in some movie with a band lip syncing
	to it.

	I have that album and just about every tune is really good,
	to me.  He played several instruments quite well.

	Anyone (Brian?) know if he release anything else?

	Tom

	oops, I just now read Brian's reply!  Sorry about that!

    Marvin Gaye's singing partner Tammy Turrel died at an early age.  I
    don't recall the year exactly, around 1970 maybe? Don't recall the cuase
    of death either. Only know they made a great duo.

    
    	I believe "I Can Dream About You" was from "Streets of Fire".
    
    
    							GTI

    re .65, I think Tammy Turrel had cancer.
    
    Also, let's not forget Karen Carpenter (anorexic).  (Actually, I'd like to forget
    the music...)
    
    Lorna
    

    re: .60
    >Lee Brilleaux, 41, died of cancer last week.  He was lead vocalist for
    >Dr. Feelgood,  a seminal UK pub-rock band that helped pave the way for
    >the punk revolution of the 70s.
    
    This hit me particularly hard. I saw Dr. Feelgood live and I have to
    say that they were possibly the gutsiest live band I have ever heard.
    And Brilleaux was the Master of Ceremonies.
    
    The sight of Brilleaux and Wilko Johnson leaping about the stage one
    song after another for 2 hours is something not easily forgotten. His
    harp playing was mediocre, his slide guitar pretty lousy - but he had a
    voice that cut through you like glass. He was also famous for his chain
    smoking - the solos taken by other members of the band were invariably
    punctuated by Brilleaux stubbing out one cigarette and lighting up
    another!
    
    I remember a TV interview with him in which he said that his
    extraordinary passion for rough R&B dated back to a Howling Wolf gig
    that he saw in his teens. The Wolf's microphone broke after 2 or 3
    songs ...so he continued the gig by roaring above his electric backing
    band *without* a mike! Lee Brilleaux always sounded like he was trying
    to do the same.
    
    Dom

    
    ...lee Brilleaux....  Didn't know he died!!!!!.
    
    Re last..yes can definitely agree with Dom. Saw them live in a smokey
    club (Baggot Inn) Dublin years ago and still reckon one of the BEST
    gigs I EVER saw..Raw energy...always gave 100%...
    
    sad
    
    Mick 

    
    
    I knew the list was too short.  How about:
    
    Douglas Hopkins - Gin Blossoms - suicide - 1993
    
    Stefanie Sargent - 7 Year Bitch - OD - 1992
    
    Hillel Slovak - Red Hot Chili Peppers - OD - 1988
    
    

    
    Phil Lynott...Thin Lizzy

    Roy Buchanon, August 14, 1988	suicide

    Who was Roy Buchanon?  (some of these are starting to get obscure)
    
    Lorna
    

    A really great blues guitar player.

    Roy Buchanan.  He died in a jail cell.  

    Roy Buchanan might not be a household name, but he should have been...
    actually he is very well known...
    
    maybe he just wasn't as good looking as Chris Robinson or Steve Tyler
    
    8)  8)  8)

    Roy Buchanan is *not* obscure.
    
    I believe Rhoades died in Florida as they were doing some low-flying
    stunts and crashed into a bard.
    
    Mark.

    re .77, well, sorry, I don't recall ever hearing of Roy Buchanan
    before, but maybe I'm the only one living in the industrialized world
    who hasn't!  :-)   (of course, it's still a shame he died)
    
    re .76, Steve Tyler is good looking?  :-)  Well, each to their own I
    guess.   (Although, now that I think of it, he is over 40, thin, and
    still has all his hair, so...maybe he's not so bad...)
    
    Lorna
    

    re: obscurity
    
    Obscurity is a relative thing - relative to things like what part of the 
    planet you happen to live on and how old you are.  There are lots of 
    people in this country who don't know who Roy Buchanan was; they don't 
    even know who Eric Clapton is!  Or even Steve Morse!
    
    In relative terms (e.g. relative to people like Clapton and Hendrix),
    Buchanan was more obscure, though I personally agree with whomever said
    that he shouldn't have been.  I really enjoyed his playing and the 
    signature sound of his Telecaster.
    
    Steve

  (If anyone's interested in sampling Buchanan's material, I believe Rhino
  recently issued an "Anthology".  I never clicked with him myself, but
  might give him another listen.)
  
  Particularly vexing are the instances of musicians who died right after
  recording muscially interesting quasi-comeback albums.  R&B noble-sufferer
  Arthur Alexander ("Lonely Just Like Me") leaps to mind.  [Cited earlier --
  I just think it's too bad he couldn't enjoy some overdue recognition for a
  little longer.]   - Jay

    P.S.  Always wanted to meet him, so I could tell him -- stop letting
          your friends have all the women!!  Stand up for yourself!  No
          wonder you're so #@$#@$&%  lonely all the time!    8)

>  Particularly vexing are the instances of musicians who died right after

    Yes. Having been a devoted fan of the music of the Beatles and having
    been consistantly disappointed in their individual efforts, I thought it
    all the worse that Lennon should meet his maker so soon after Double
    Fantasy was released -- an album that I thought was fresh and inspired.
    He seemed to be having fun with music for the first time in a decade.
    Curse that Chapman sonofabitch!

    
    Jimmy McCulloch (1979/80 ?) - ex Thunderclap Newman/Wings/The Dukes,
    aged 27 (I think). Found dead from an O/D in an apartment which was
    rumoured to have been locked from the outside.....
    
    graham 

    And may we never forget Mr. Zappa . . .
    

    Steve Marriott, ex-lead singer/guitarist of sixties mod band the Small
    Faces, who died in a fire at his home a few years ago.

    Did anyone mention James Honeyman Scott from the Pretenders?

    or how about the blonde guitarist from def leppard who died at his
    home in london apparently from alcohol poisoning 2 years ago...first name
    steve...last name is escaping me...................................../k

    Also from the Pretenders, Pete Farndon, original bass player.
    
    Mark.
    

    Let's not forget Lowell George from Little Feat/Zappa. I saw him at the
    Paridise in Boston. Two days later he died in New York.

    
    	RE: /k
    
    	Steve Clark.
    
    							GTI

    re: -1...yup..that'd be him.....hey what's say we categorize all these
    deaths into two groups using the St.Hilaires ID System (SHIDS for short)
    group A - all dead people who were bald, ugly and overweight 
    group B - all dead people who were gorgeous, thin, aging nicely with a
    full head of hair.................;"))))))..........
    (sorry lorna ....you know..somthings are just irresistable.........;'))
                                        ../k

>>>A) all dead people who were bald, ugly and overweight 

Oh, you mean software engineers?

Tim

    re .90, as long as my favorite bald, ugly, overweight singer/songwriter
    - Van Morrison - stays alive, that's all I care about.  :-)  :-)
    
        Well, it's not *all* I care about, but he's the rock star I care
    most about, even though he is bald, ugly and overweight.
    
    Of course, I'd also like my favorite gorgeous, thin, aging nicely, with
    a full head of hair singer/songwriter - Robbie Robertson - to stay
    alive, too!!
    
    In my opinion the most attractive dead rock star was John Lennon. 
    (Although, Brian Jones was very cute, too - great hair.)
    
    Lorna
    

What about computer programmers who've turned into rock stars?  (stealth
trivia question there!)

    re .92, oh, and Freddie Mercury was great looking, too (except for the
    teeth).
    
    Lorna
    

    re.-93....are you referring to tom sholz...or stolz or whatever his
    name is from the band 'boston'...........'johnny, tell me what i've
    won!' ........................................../k

    RE.93   Elvis Costello maybe ??  wasn't he a programmer for a bank
    before he "made it big"  ???
    

    I know a rock musician who became a programmer:  Andy West of the 
    Dregs.

I was thinking of one of the guys in The Alarm ... not exactly a big rock
band these days, I guess.  ;^)

Todd Rundgren is essentially a s/w engineer from what I've heard about his
latest efforts.

    Jeff Porcaro: drummer on many sessions fromt he late 70s to mid 80s
    including among many others Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell and his own band,
    Toto. Reported to have died suddenly after spraying pesticides in his
    garden.

    (He also once shouted "VINNY!" into my right ear.)

    I'm not sure if they haven't been mentioned yet, but what about the
    first AC/DC-leadsinger and the first Metallica guitar player?
    
    Marcel.

    re: -2
    
    Pocora's (sp) was drug related. The chemicals in the bug spray reacted
    negatively with the coke he was doing.
    
    Dennis Faust
    

    
       a few other notables (to me anyway) not mentioned recently:
    
             Mick Ronson, guitarist for David Bowie (Ziggy Srardust
             and the Spiders from Mars) and Ian Hunter. died of cancer
             last year.
    
             Johnny Thunders, guitarist from the New York Dolls, died
             in April of 1991...drug overdose i'm pretty sure.
    
                                                             ^dave

    I kinda suspected that there might be a little chemical interaction
    problem with Porcaro but never heard anything about it.

    --Ron

    Marc Bolen of "Bang a Gong" fame. Didn't he die in a car crash?
    
    Jim C.
    

    
    
    Alex Harvey. The grand old man of.........god knows what it was but
    it was good. Too much booze if I remember correctly.
    
    
    Derek.
    

    re. -1.
    		"The Sensational Alex Harvey Band."
    
    Bigger in the UK than the US. 
    
    Fred Deady

    
    Alex Harvey's younger brother (cant remember his 1st name) lead
    guitarist with Stone the Crows, a Scottish combo, electrocuted on
    stage, circa mid 70's.
    
    Des

    Gary Thain, Uriah Heep.
    
    Mark.

    Pete DeFritas - the drummer of Echo & the Bunnymen died in a motorcycle
    accident a few years ago.  I think he was 28.
    
    -Vicki

    Don't think I read this one yet....
    
    Can someone enlighten me about the late Steve Goodman? I know he left
    us a few years ago, but can't recall what was the cause.
    
    Besides "City Of New Orleans" - a classic folk tune recorded by Arlo
    Guthrie and many many others - Goodman was a songwriting compadre of
    Jimmy Buffett, John Prine and (*ahem*) David Allen Coe, for whom he wrote 
    "the perfect country-and-western song....." I also read in the Coconut
    Telegraph how he and Jimmy Buffett, discovering a mutual love for the
    TV gameshow "Let's Make A Deal", wrote "Door Number Three" which is
    duly recorded for us on Jimmy's "A-1-A" album.  Obviously, Steve Good-
    man shared the same warped sense of humor that I do.... ;^)
     
    
    							--Eric--
    
    P.S. Can someone list some of his songwriting credits for me, please?
    

    Steve Goodman died of leukemia.
    
    							Brian

    The Original_Drummer fer Spinal_Tap.
    
    
        Crazy_Very_Sad_Al

re: .113

>    The Original_Drummer fer Spinal_Tap.
    
*All* of the drummers for Spinal Tap. :-)

-Hal

    
    From the Internet, metaverse.com
    
    Former Jefferson Airplane pianist Nicky Hopkins has died at the
    age of 50.  Hopkins died Tuesday (06Sep94) in Nashville, Tenn. from
    abdominal and heart ailments.  As a studio muscian he played on
    The Rolling Stones' "Jumpin Jack Flash" and on "Revolution" by the
    Beatles.  He was a member of the Jeffereson Airplane when the group
    performed at Woodstock in 1969.
    
    

I just read in the paper this morning that Dino Valenti died on Wednesday
at the age of 57.  Valenti, whose real name was Chester Powers, was the lead
singer for Quicksilver Messenger Service, and also wrote the Youngbloods'
big hit "Get Together".

  Couldn't find an R.I.P. note in the JAZZ conference, so...
  
  I somehow missed the fact that jazz critic/ arranger/ producer/ organizer/
  radio host/ etc. Leonard Feather died this September.
  
  This is too bad (though he was 80 and lived a full life)...
  
  I use Feather's Encyclopedia(s) of Jazz all the time.  A new EOJ,
  presumably updating through the 80s, was completed by he & Ira Gitler
  before Feather's death, and will be out soon.

  The latest JazzTimes has a well-written appreciation of Feather -- I
  didn't realize how many of his arrangements actually were recorded by jazz
  greats.  - Jay

    I found out that legendary session keyboard player Nicky Hopkins
    died recently from complications during stomach surgery.
    
    This is the guy who played on a lot of Beck albums, with the Stones,
    with the Beatles and about a thousand other albums from the 60-80's.
    
    	db

    
    Nicky Hopkins also played on a lot of Who albums, I think 3 or 4 of
    the very first ones.
    
    Poul
    

    and (correct me if I'm wrong) with Quicksilver Messenger Service,
    circa "Shady Grove".  Isn't "Edward the Mad Shirt Grinder" a Nicky
    Hopkins tune?

  Haven't followed the GUITAR conference for a while, so I was stunned to
  learn, in the latest Musician magazine, that Danny Gatton died
  (self-inflicted gunshot wound).  Age 49, I believe.   - Jay

  There's a new edition of the "All Music Guide" -- a reference I think is
  really great for exploring...  It's updated to about middle of '94.
  
  Anyway, I happened to check, and found it kind of sad that, out of 6000
  artists in 22 genres, they saw fit not to include Danny Gatton.  In fact,
  he was *dropped* between the first and second editions.  [He got a
  very favorable writeup in the 1st...]

  Chalk it up to the vagaries of critical regard -- it's just too bad his
  "legacy" isn't being acknowledged in this forum.  Maybe in the expanded,
  on-line data base version of "All Music"...  - Jay

Age 47.
Funny thing is that I listened  to Too much alcohol this week after so many
years. "100 procent and I won't feel a thing". 
Will be interpreted differently now.

Willem

    
    Sad day....he had a liver transplant some months ago but it didn't work
    out..A superb Live performer..Sadly missed especially here in Ireland
    To-gether with Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy (dead too...) they were the
    first real Irish rockers  to "make it" big
    
    RIP
    
    Mick

            <<< Note 24.123 by UTRTSC::WDEBAKKER "Feed your head" >>>
                              -< Rory Gallagher >-
>Age 47.
>Funny thing is that I listened  to Too much alcohol this week after so many
>years. "100 procent and I won't feel a thing". 
>Will be interpreted differently now.

Wow!  Major bad news - one of my fave guitarists.....

I just read this having returned from vacation....

So do I gather he had a liver transplant that was rejected???  I hadn't heard
anything about this....

bob

Re .125

>So do I gather he had a liver transplant that was rejected???  I hadn't heard
>anything about this....

Yes, that's correct. Very sadly indeed.

Willem.

    ...just heard from a reliable source that Jerry Garcia, age 53, found
    dead in Marin County, CA.....
    
    ...keep on truckin', Jerry....

    it's true, sadly....very sad....I was privileged enuff to see the last
    Garden show 10/3/94 the Dead will have played at BG...
    
    doncha let that deal go down

    ....Shannon Hoon, leader of the band "BLind Melon", dead at the ripe
    young age of 28, on October 23rd.....Shannon found on the tour bus by
    the group's sound manager.....
    
    "cut off in my prime, mine hetz, mine hetz..."
    
    Thid id indeed an unfortunate one, as Blind Melon has been rising stars
    foudn a few years now....from the source: "Blind melon leaped to fame
    in 1993 with the hit song "No Rain" from the debut album "Blind Melon".
    It took it's name from the Mississippi neighbors of basist Brad Smith.
    Unemployed hippies who called each other "blind melons"...
    
    RIP, Shannon Hoon....