Tag: RIP
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Ronnie Montrose dies at 64
Ronnie Montrose (29 November 1947 – 3 March 2012) was an American rock guitarist, who led the bands Montrose (1973-77 & 1987) and Gamma (1979-83 & 2000) and also performed and did session work with a variety of musicians, including Van Morrison (1971–72), Herbie Hancock (1971), Beaver & Krause (1971), Boz Scaggs (1971), Edgar Winter…
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Lamar Williams dies at 34 – The Allman Brothers Band bassist
Lamar Williams (January 14, 1949, Gulfport, Mississippi – January 21, 1983) was an American musician, most known as the bassist for The Allman Brothers Band and Sea Level. After jamming with a Biloxi group known as the Fungus Blues Band, Williams joined the Allman Brothers Band in late 1972 after the death of original bassist…
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Spencer Dryden dies at 66 – Jefferson Airplane drummer
Spencer Dryden (April 7, 1938 – January 11, 2005) was an American musician best known as drummer for Jefferson Airplane and New Riders of the Purple Sage. He also played with The Dinosaurs, and The Ashes (later known as The Peanut Butter Conspiracy). Dryden did not participate in Jefferson Airplane’s 1989 reunion. In 1996, Dryden…
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Brad Delp dies at 55, Boston | March 9, 2007
Brad Delp (June 12, 1951 – March 9, 2007) was an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock bands Boston and RTZ. Delp committed suicide sometime between 11:00 pm on March 8 and 1:20 pm on March 9, 2007. The local police discovered his body after a 911 call from Pamela…
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Danny Joe Brown dies at 53 | Molly Hatchet
Danny Joe Brown (24 August 1951 – 10 March 2005) was the original lead singer of the Southern rock group Molly Hatchet, and co-writer of the band’s biggest hits from the late 1970s. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1951 and graduated from Terry Parker High School in 1969. Shortly after graduating, he enlisted…