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American singer-songwriter and guitarist, JJ Cale, passed away on Friday (July 26) at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, California. The 74-year-old had suffered a heart attack.

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American R&B singer, Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, died in Memphis, Tennessee on Sunday following complications from an ongoing illness. He was 83.

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Joey Covington, former drummer with Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, has died in a car accident in Palm Springs, California.

CBS News has reported that the 67-year-old drummer died after his Sedan hit a wall on the side of the road. Police have said that he was not wearing a seatbelt.

Covington was born in East Conemaugh, Pennsylvania on June 27, 1945 and began playing drums aged 10. He joined Hot Tuna in 1969, which was a side project begun by Jefferson Airplane members Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen while Jefferson Airplane singer Grace Slick was undergoing surgery. Later that year, Covington appeared on Jefferson Airplane’s album “Volunteers,” and then took over from Spencer Dryden as the band’s full-time drummer.

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Ray Manzarek, keyboardist with The Doors, has died aged 74 following a battle with cancer. Manzarek passed away at a clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his wife and brothers.

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American folk singer Richie Havens sadly died of a heart attack at his home in Jersey City, New Jersey earlier today. He was 72.

Havens was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 21, 1941. He moved to Greenwich Village at the age of 20 to perform poetry and learn how to play folk music. His first album, “A Richie Havens Record,” was released in 1965 and he remained an active live and studio performer for the next four decades.

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