IN MEMORIAM

Here’s to the rock’n’rollers, among them musicians, producers, writers and others who sadly left us in 2021. Thank you, and goodnight.

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TIM BOGERT
August 27, 1944 – January 13, 2021
Bassist with Vanilla Fudge, Cactus and Beck, Bogert & Appice
MICK BOLTON
Died January 1, 2021
Keyboard player with Mott The Hoople
STEVE BROWN
Died January 2, 2021
Producer for The Cult, Manic Street Preachers and more
GERRY MARSDEN
September 24, 1942 – January 3, 2021
Singer and songwriter with Gerry And The Pacemakers
MICHAEL FONFARA
August 11, 1946 – January 8, 2021
Keyboard player with the Electric Flag and Lou Reed
WILLIAM ‘JESUS’ JELLETT
June 6, 1948 – January 8, 2021
Iconic gig-goer and loveable eccentric
MARSHA ZAZULA
April 21, 1952 – January 10, 2021
Co-founder of Megaforce Records
MARK KEDS
Died January 11, 2021
Singer/guitarist with Senseless Things and The Wildhearts
PHIL SPECTOR
December 26, 1939 – January 16, 2021
‘Wall Of Sound’ record producer
JIMMIE RODGERS
September 18, 1933 – January 18, 2021
Country musician
HILTON VALENTINE
May 21, 1943 – January 29, 2021
Guitarist with The Animals
ANNE FEENEY
July 1, 1951 – February 3, 2021
US folk singer-songwriter and activist

SYLVAIN SYLVAIN
February 14, 1951 – January 13, 2021
Guitarist with the New York Dolls
STEFAN CUSH
Died February 5, 2021
Vocalist/guitarist with folk-punkers the Men They Couldn’t Hang
ELLIOT MAZER
September 6, 1941 – February 7, 2021
Producer for Neil Young, Linda Ronstadt, Bob Dylan and more
CHICK COREA
June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021
Virtuoso jazz-fusion keyboard player and composer
RICHIE ALBRIGHT
Died February 9, 2021
Long-serving drummer for Waylon Jennings
RUPERT NEVE
July 31, 1926 – February 12, 2021
British-born sound engineering icon
LOUIS CLARK
February 27, 1947 – February 13, 2021
Conductor, arranger and keyboard player with the Electric Light Orchestra
SEAN KENNEDY
June 24, 1985 – February 23, 2021
Bassist with I Killed The Prom Queen and Deez Nuts
CHRIS BARBER
April 17, 1930 – March 2, 2021
Veteran bandleader and trombonist
BUNNY WAILER
April 10, 1947 – March 2, 2021
Singer, writer and percussionist with Bob Marley’s Wailers
ALAN CARTWRIGHT
October 10, 1945 – March 4, 2021
Bassist with Procol Harum
TONY HENDRA
July 10, 1941 – March 4, 2021
Band manager Ian Faith in the mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap
MICHAEL STANLEY
March 25, 1948 – March 5, 2021
Leader of American hard rockers the Michael Stanley Band
LOU OTTENS
June 21, 1926 – March 6, 2021
Inventor of the audio cassette
LG PETROV
February 17, 1972 – March 7, 2021
Frontman with Entombed
JAMES MACGAW
Died March 8, 2021
Guitarist with French band Magma
GERRI MILLER
Died March 14, 2021
Editor of US hair-metal magazine Metal Edge
COREY STEGER
Died March 17, 2021
Guitarist with Florida metalcore band Underoath
ETHEL GABRIEL
November 16, 1921 – March 23, 2021
Grammy-winning producer for Elvis Presley
MIKE MITCHELL
April 16, 1944 – April 16, 2021
Guitarist with The Kingsmen
PAUL OSCHER
February 26, 1947 – April 18, 2021
Harmonica player for Muddy Waters
LARS RATZ
21 February, 1968 – April 18, 2021
Bassist with Metalium
LES MCKEOWN
November 12, 1955 – April 20, 2021
Singer with the Bay City Rollers
PAUL CUNNINGHAM
January 6, 1969 – April 25, 2021
Lead singer with the Atom Seed

JIM STEINMAN
November 1, 1947 – April 19, 2021
Songwriter, producer, self-styled Wagner Of Rock Music
DON HEFFINGTON
December 20, 1950 – March 24, 2021
Drummer with Lone Justice
BRETT BRADSHAW
Died March 26, 2021
Drummer with Faster Pussycat
LEW LEWIS
Died April 2021
Harmonica player with Eddie And The Hot Rods
MORRIS ‘BB’ DICKERSON
August 3, 1949 – April 2, 2021
Bassist with the band War
RALPH SCHUCKETT
March 2, 1948 – April 7, 2021
Keyboard player with Utopia
RUSTY YOUNG
February 23, 1946 – April 14, 2021
Pedal steel guitarist with Poco
AL SCHMITT
April 17, 1930 – April 26, 2021
Producer for Jefferson Airplane, Neil Young and more
JOHN HINCH
June 19, 1947 – April 29, 2021
Early Judas Priest drummer
WILL MECUM
May 4, 1972 – April 29, 2021
Guitarist with Karma To Burn
PHIL NARO
March 13, 1958 – May 2, 2021
Frontman with Talas
TAWNY KITAEN
August 5, 1961 – May 7, 2021
Whitesnake’s video queen
ROB FARR
December 6, 1963 – May 9, 2021
Bassist with Warrior
FRED DELLAR
Died May 15, 2021
Respected British music journalist
NEAL FORD
August 20, 1948 – May 17, 2021
Leader of Neal Ford & The Fanatics
FLORIAN PILKINGTON- MIKSA
June 3, 1950 – May 20, 2021
Original drummer with Curved Air
ROGER HAWKINS
October 16, 1945 – May 20, 2021
Drummer with the celebrated Muscle Shoals rhythm section
BJ THOMAS
August 7, 1942 – May 29, 2021
Singer of Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head
PHIL JOHNSTONE
September 1, 1957 – May 31, 2021
Guitarist for Robert Plant
DAVID EDWARDS
September 3, 1964 – June 20, 2021
Singer with post-punk act Datblygu
ALAN LEWIS
Died June 23, 2021
Editor and publisher who launched Kerrang! and Vox and edited Sounds, NME and more
JOHNNY SOLINGER
August 7, 1965 – June 26, 2021
Former Skid Row singer
ANDY WILLIAMS
May 13, 1972 – July 9, 2021
Drummer with Casting Crowns
CHRIS ‘THE BEAR’ HUTKA
Died July 10, 2021
Co-frontman with Bunny The Bear
JEFF LABAR
March 18, 1963 – July 14, 2021
Guitarist with Cinderella
GARY CORBETT
July 15, 1968 – July 14, 2021
Keyboard player for Kiss and Cinderella
ROBBY STEINHARDT
May 25, 1950 – July 17, 2021
Violinist, singer and co-founder of Kansas
MARTIN KAHAN
April 17, 1947 – July 18, 2021
Music video director
JOHN ‘HUTCH’ HUTCHINSON
January 2, 1944 – July 24, 2021
Jazz guitarist and early collaborator with David Bowie
COUNT M’BUTU
Died July 25
Percussionist with the Derek Trucks Band and more
JOEY JORDISON
April 26, 1975 – July 26, 2021
Slipknot drummer and member of The Murderdolls

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DUSTY HILL
May 19, 1949 – July 27, 2021
Bassist and vocalist with ZZ Top
JON HASSELL
March 22, 1937 – June 26, 2021
Avant-garde composer and trumpet player
JOHN LAWTON
July 11, 1946 – June 29, 2021
Frontman with Uriah Heep and Lucifer’s Friend
VIC BRIGGS
February 14, 1945 – June 30, 2021
Lead guitarist with Eric Burdon And The Animals
RICK LAIRD
February 5, 1941 – July 4, 2021
Jazz bassist and co-founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
AL COLLINS
July 24, 1960 – July 6, 2021
Bassist with Jason & The Scorchers
MIKE HOWE
August 21, 1965 – July 26, 2021
Metal Church frontman
CHARLES CONNOR
January 14, 1935 – July 31, 2021
Drummer for Little Richard and more
PAUL COTTON
February 26, 1943 – August 1, 2021
Guitarist with Poco
WALTER YETNIKOFF
August 11, 1933 – August 9, 2021
American music business executive
MIKE FINNIGAN
April 26, 1945 – August 11, 2021
Hammond organist for Jimi Hendrix and many more
ROY GAINES
August 12, 1937 – August 11, 2021
Veteran session guitarist
FANCI GRIFFITH
July 6, 1953 – August 13, 2021
Singer, guitarist and songwriter
BRIAN LABLANC
August 24, 1962 – August 13, 2021
Bassist/vocalist with Blanc Faces
RON CORNELIUS
February 14, 1945 – August 18, 2021
Session guitarist for Bob Dylan and more
TOM T HALL
May 25, 1936 – August 20, 2021
American country music artist
DON EVERLY
February 1, 1937 – August 21, 2021
One half of singing duo the Everly Brothers
‘SWEET’ CONNIE HAMZY
January 9, 1955 – August 21, 2021
A legend in the groupie world of the 70s
ERIC WAGNER
April 24, 1959 – August 22, 2021
Vocalist and co-founder of Trouble
OLLI WISDOM
March 8, 1958 – August 23, 2021
Singer with Specimen
KENNY MALONE
August 4, 1938 – August 26, 2021
Noted US session drummer
GARI SAINT
Died August 28, 2021
Guitarist with Tangier
RON BUSHY
December 23, 1941 – August 29, 2021
Drummer with Iron Butterfly
JOHN DRAKE
January 1, 1947 – August 29, 2021
Lead singer with the Amboy Dukes
LEE ‘SCRATCH’ PERRY
March 20, 1936 – August 29, 2021
Producer and singer
TIM AKERS
Died August 30, 2021
American session keyboard player
ROBBIE DAL E
April 21, 1940 – August 31, 2021
DJ on the original Radio Caroline
ALLAN BLAZEK
Died August 3, 2021
Noted US record producer
RICKIE LEE REYNOLDS
October 28, 1948 – September 5, 2021
Guitarist and co-founder of Black Oak Arkansas
ROGER NEWELL
Died September 10, 2021
Rick Wakeman’s former bass player
MICHAEL CHAPMAN
January 24, 1941 – September 10, 2021
British singer-songwriter

CHARLIE WATTS
June 2, 1941 – August 24, 2021
Drummer with the Rolling Stones
GEORGE WEIN
October 3, 1925 – September 13, 2021
Creator of the Newport Jazz Festival
HANK CARTER III
May 30, 1950 – September 14, 2021
Saxophonist with George Thorogood’s Destroyers
RICHARD H KIRK
March 21, 1956 – September 21, 2021
Multi-instrumentalist with Cabaret Voltaire
STEVE STRANGE
April 17, 1968 – September 24, 2021
Booking agent and manager
GEORGE FRAYNE
July 19, 1944 – September 26, 2021
Leader of Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen
DARRELL BATH
December 24, 1966 – September 27, 2021
Guitarist for Ian Hunter and many more
BARRY RYAN
October 24, 1948 – September 28, 2021
Musician, singer and photographer
PETE FRANKLIN
October 28, 1961 – October 2, 2021
Frontman/guitarist with Chariot and Dirty Deeds
JOHN ROSSAL L
November 26, 1945 – October 2, 2021
Saxophonist and trombone player with The Glitter Band
PAT FISH
December 20, 1957 – October 5, 2021
Aka The Jazz Butcher
SEAN KILKENNY
Died October 8, 2021
Guitarist with Dog Eat Dog and Mucky Pup
DEE POP
Died October 9, 2021
Drummer with Bush Tetras
TOM LEIGHTON
March 11, 1988 – October 10, 2021
Singer/guitarist with Wolf Jaw
DEON ESTUS
July 4, 1956 – October 11, 2021
Versatile American bass player
PADDY MOLONEY
August 1, 1938 – October 12, 2021
Musician, composer, and record producer, co-founder of The Chieftains
ANDREA HAUGEN
Died 13 October, 2021
German black metal musician and model
RON TUTT
March 12, 1938 – October 16, 2021
Drummer with Elvis Presley’s TCB band
ALAN HAWKSHAW
March 27, 1937 – October 16, 2021
Collaborator with David Bowie, The Hollies and more
And sadly many more…

ALAN LANCASTER
February 7, 1949 – September 26, 2021
Bassist/vocalist co-founder of Status Quo