Friday, December 30, 2016

Who we lost in 2016

2016 was a truly tragic year for music, with many talented musicians, both big names and up and coming talents falling prey to the shittiness that was 2016. (Canadian musicians marked with a *)

Paul Bley*
Long John Hunter
Nicholas Caldwell (The Whispers)
Kitty Kallen
Otis Clay
Red Simpson
David Bowie
Rene Angelili*
Gary Loizzo (The American Breed)
Blowfly
Mic Gillette (Tower of Power)
Dale Griffin (Mott the Hoople)
Glenn Frey
Jimmy Bain (Rainbow)
Colin Vearncombe aka Black
Signe Toly Anderson (Jefferson Airplane)
Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane/Starship)
Jon Bunch (Sense Field)
Brad Kent (D.O.A.)*
Joe Dowell
Maurice White (Earth Wind and Fire)
Dan Hicks
Roy Harris
Vanity*
Paul Gordon (The New Radicals)
Vi Subversa (The Poison Girls)
Lennie Baker (Sha Na Na)
James Atkins (Hammerbox)
Gavin Christopher
George Martin
Aaron Huffman (Harvey Danger)
Andrew Loomis (Dead Moon)
Ray Griff*
Ernestine Anderson
Keith Emerson
Ruth Terry
Frank Sinatra Jr.
Steve Young (Colourbox)
Phife Dawg
Joe Skyward (Sunny Day Real Estate)
Thunderclap Newman
Bill Henderson
Merle Haggard
Jimmie Van Zant
Jade Lemons (Injected)
Tony Conrad
Gib Guilbeau (Flying Burrito Brothers)
Richard Lyons (Negativland)
Pete Zorn (Steeleye Span)
Lonnie Mack
Prince
Billy Paul
Eddie Watkins (Polvo)
Papa Wemba
Isao Tomita
Candye Kane
John Stabb (Government Issue)
Peter Behrens (Trio)
Marlene Marder (LiLiPut)
Guy Clark
John Berry (Beastie Boys)
Nick Menza (Megadeth)
James King 
Joel Hastings*
Floyd Robinson
Thomas Fekele (Surfer Blood)
Dave Swarbick (Fairport Convention)
Bobby Curtola*
Christina Grimmie
Randy Jones
Henry McCullough (Spooky Tooth)
Attrell Cordes (PM Dawn)
Brian Rading* (Five Man Electrical Band)
Pierre Lalonde*
Ralph Stanley
Bernie Worrell
Rob Wasserman
Genevieve Elverum/Woelv/O Paon
Alan Vega
Lewie Steinberg (Booker T and the MGs)
George Reznik*
Pat Upton (Spiral Starecase)
Nigel Gray
Penny Lang*
Pete Fountain
Ruby Winters
Glenn Yarbrough
DJ Official
James Walley (Nine Inch Nails)
Lou Pearlman
Tom Searle (Architects)
Toots Thielemans
Fred Hellerman (The Weavers)
Kacey Jones
Bob Bissonnette*
Prince Buster
Ken Aldcroft*
Jerry Corbetta (Sugarloaf)
Trisco Pearson (Force MDs)
Buckwheat Zydeco
Oscar Brand*
Caroline Crawley (This Mortal Coil)
Guy Nadon*
Issa Bagayogo
Pete Burns
Bobby Vee
Paul Demers*
Bap Kennedy
Kay Starr
Jean-Jacques Perrey
Eddie Harsch* (The Black Crowes)
Leonard Cohen*
Doug Edwards*
Leon Russell
Holly Dunn
Mose Allison
Sharon Jones
Craig Gill (Inspiral Carpets)
Ray Columbus
Micky Fitz (The Business)
Mark Gray
Greg Lake
Esma Redzepova
Joe Ligon
Barrelhouse Chuck
Gordie Tapp*
Mick Zane (Malice)
Rick Parfitt (Status Quo)
Alphonze Mouson (Weather Report)
George Michael
Debbie Reynolds

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