RIP - Music related

[Nickyboy]

EWF drummer Fred White dead.

Earth, Wind & Fire Drummer Fred White Dead at 67

Earth, Wind & Fire drummer Fred White is dead at 67.

www.tmz.com

 

[axolotl]

Anita Pointer, Frequent Lead Singer of Famed Sister Act, Dies at 74

She was the lead vocalist on all three of the Pointer Sisters’ Top 40 hits in the group’s early years, and she helped define its pop sound in the 1980s.

www.nytimes.com

 

[axolotl]

Legendary Guitarist Jeff Beck Dies Suddenly

The English rocker was 78.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[axolotl]

Lisa Marie Presley Dies after Short Hospitalization

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/12/1148951299/lisa-marie-presley-elvis-presleys-only-child-and-a-singer-in-her-own-right-dies

 

[axolotl]

Robbie Bachman, drummer and co-founder of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, dead at 69

The music world is hit with another unexpected passing.

nypost.com

69 is much too young. Ask me how I know.

 

[axolotl]

Robbie Bachman, drummer and co-founder of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, dead at 69

The music world is hit with another unexpected passing.

nypost.com

69 is much too young. Ask me how I know.

I was aiming for RIP Music-Related. How did I wind up here?

All right. Shoot me now.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

I was aiming for RIP Music-Related. How did I wind up here?

All right. Shoot me now.

Posts have been moved.

 

[axolotl]

Posts have been moved.

Thank you. Would someone please un-shoot me now?

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Van Conner, founding bassist of Screaming Trees, dead at 55

"He was one of the closest friends I ever had and I loved him immensely," his brother Gary Lee Conner said in a statement.

consequence.net

 

[Unsomnambulist]

David Crosby, Iconoclastic Rocker, Dead at 81

Croz was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of both the Byrds and Crosby, Stills, and Nash

www.rollingstone.com

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Naomi Judd Suicide Note Demanded Wynonna Not Attend Funeral

The note was among crime scene photos released by the Williamson County Sheriff’s Department.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Tom Verlaine, frontman and guitarist of US band Television, dies at 73 | Punk | The Guardian

New York group, which broke up in 1978, best known for Marquee Moon and whose singer-songwriter also worked with Patti Smith

amp.theguardian.com

Oh no!!

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Barrett Strong, Motown singer and songwriter, dead at 81 | CNN

Barrett Strong, the voice and songwriter behind Motown Records' first hit, has died, according to a post from The Motown Museum.

www.cnn.com

Barrett Strong, early Motown singer/songwriter has passed

 

[Nickyboy]

Burt Bacharach, age 94.

Burt Bacharach, Whose Buoyant Pop Confections Lifted the ’60s, Dies

His collaborations with the lyricist Hal David and others evoked a sleek and gaudy era of airy romance.

www.nytimes.com

 

[JazzyRandy]

EXCLUSIVE: De La Soul's Trugoy The Dove Has Died At 54

Details are scarce. This is a developing story.

allhiphop.com

Dave Jolicoeur, Trugoy in De La Soul died at 54 years young. He'd been struggling with congestive heart failure.

 

[Nickyboy]

EXCLUSIVE: De La Soul's Trugoy The Dove Has Died At 54

Details are scarce. This is a developing story.

allhiphop.com

Dave Jolicoeur, Trugoy in De La Soul died at 54 years young. He'd been struggling with congestive heart failure.

And ironically his name translates to "happy heart". Wow. Congestive heart failure. Never heard of it.

 

[Ojai Sam]

R.I.P. Gerald Fried, Emmy-winning composer of Star Trek's famous "fight music"

Fried won an Emmy for Roots, while his music from Star Trek's "Amok Time" remains one of the most iconic sci-fi fight themes of all time

www.avclub.com

 

[Nickyboy]

Saxophone great Wayne Shorter just died.

Wayne Shorter, Intrepid Saxophonist and Composer, Dies at 89

His career reached across more than half a century, tracking jazz’s complex evolution during that span.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Nickyboy]

Steve Mackey, bassist for Britpop band Pulp, dead at 56. I met him and Russel Senior before Pulp's show in Providence many years ago. Sad.

Pulp's Steve Mackey dies aged 56 after months in hospital, band remember ‘beloved friend'

 

[axolotl]

Wayne Shorter, jazz saxophone pioneer, dies at 89

Influential jazz innovator Wayne Shorter, whose lyrical jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music, has died.

apnews.com