Archive for the ‘Obituaries’ Category
McCartney and May pay tribute to Bert Weedon
Written by admin on April 21, 2012 – 9:46 pm - |
Guitarist and author, Bert Weedon, died on Friday (April 20) at his home in Beaconsfield aged 91. |
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Levon Helm – 1940-2012
Written by admin on April 20, 2012 – 6:26 pm -Levon Helm, singer and drummer for The Band, sadly lost his long battle with throat cancer yesterday (April 19) at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He was 71.
Friend and guitarist, Larry Campbell, told Rolling Stone:
| “He passed away peacefully at 1:30 this afternoon surrounded by his friends and bandmates. All his friends were there, and it seemed like Levon was waiting for them. Ten minutes after they left we sat there and he just faded away. He did it with dignity.” |
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Dick Clark dies aged 82
Written by admin on April 18, 2012 – 9:00 pm -American music and television industry icon, Dick Clark, died this morning (Apr 18) aged 82.
Clark was born in Mount Vernon, N.Y. on November 30, 1929, and began working in the WRUN radio station run by his father and uncle while he was still in high school. This interest in radio was maintained during his time at Syracuse University, where he became a DJ for the University’s radio station. Upon graduation, he returned to WRUN, but was soon working at Philadelphia’s WFIL, hosting the “Dick Clark’s Caravan of Music” show. WFIL had an affiliated television station that began broadcasting the music show “Bandstand” in 1952. After several years as a regular replacement host, Clark became the main host for “Bandstand” in 1956. The following year it was picked up by ABC and renamed “American Bandstand”.
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Andrew Love of the Memphis Horns dies aged 70
Written by admin on April 14, 2012 – 1:50 pm -Andrew Love, who played saxophone on countless classic recordings as a member of the Memphis Horns, sadly passed away on Thursday (April 12) from complications associated with Alzheimer’s. He was 70.
| As tenor saxophonist for the Memphis Horns, Andrew Love played an important role in creating the soul sound that came out of Memphis in the 1960s and 1970s, principally from Stax Records. |
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Tributes to Jim Marshall
Written by admin on April 6, 2012 – 7:33 am -Jim Marshall, the guitar amplifier pioneer, died yesterday (April 5) aged 88 at his home in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.
The so-called “Father of Loud” was born James Charles Marshall in Acton, London on July 29, 1923. He founded Marshall Amplification 50 years ago and his equipment was soon being used by some of the biggest names in rock, including Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix.
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