2014 In Memoriam: Musicians We Lost This Year

Wow... over 40 musicians lost in '14.

I was most bummed by the losses of:

Jack Bruce
Glenn Cornick &
Johnny Winter

 

On the periphery of rock'n'roll photography....
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/11/a...rapher-of-counterculture-dies-at-68.html?_r=0
He took many shots of the early 70's glam and mid 70's punk scenes, including the iconic album covers of Lou Reed's "Transformer" and Iggy and the Stooges' "Raw Power".

 

Ooooops, major egg on my face. The Lou and Iggy album covers were done by Mick Rock; however, Childers still delivered many classic 'behind-the-scenes' shots of that era.

 

Does Robin Williams count? He made music too...in a sense...through comedy.

 

Didn't know about Joe Lala. That is personal sad. He was dating my first wife when I met her. He was the drummer for a group called The Motions out of Florida. They were playing a club called The Jolly Roger in Ocean View, Virginia. We were playing across the street at The WingDing. We became friends. Last time I saw him was in 1975 in Nashville. He was doing percussion and backup vocals with Steven Stills and Manassas. Our tour paths crossed and I had the night off, so I went with him and the band to the auditorium at Vanderbilt where they were playing. On the way, Joe bet Steven $100 he wouldn't sing the words to Love the One You're With as:
"When you can't beat up the one you love, punch the one your with." Joe lost the bet.

 

So what I get from this is banjo players live the longest

 

The day after Joe Cocker died I sat down and learned his version of You Can Leave Your Hat On.

I fell in love with this song within the first thirty seconds of hearing it when it came out....Great fun to play and I'll usually extend the ending then add a verse and a chorus or two just too keep the goodness going.Make that four and half minute song stay around as long as possible.

Can't help but feel a little better after that.

 

The first time I heard his rendition of that song I said damn, I wish I'd thought of that!