MUSICAL DEATHS 2020:

[SteveO]

Rest peacefully Brother Florian ! Kraftwerk were on of those bands that I tried to like but really didn't in the end.

[Jerome]

Another one gone to the great gig in the sky. RIP.

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/entertainment/...spartandhp

[CRAZY-HORSE]

Damn,
It sure is a bad week for music deaths.....

[CRAZY-HORSE]

RICHARD PENNIMAN  aka  LITTLE RICHARD

aged: 87

cause of death: bone cancer.

the article:  https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/...spartandhp

the dude was a pioneer of Rock and Roll before anyone knew what it meant.
obviously, Presley was the figurehead, but the early black rockers were doing it back as early as 1949/50 and Penniman was one of those.
along with Chuck Berry he was the single biggest influence on just about every artist that followed him from Beatles,Stones, Robert Plant, AC/DC and beyond right through to modern R+B/funk singer Bruno Mars.

his full Wiki:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Richard

and now I take a couple of minute silence as I remember him in song, RIP Little Richard:





only Jerry Lee left from the original crop of rock and rollers!

[Music Head]

^^
never a big fan
probably because he was such a super freak

[CRAZY-HORSE]

PHIL MAY  (vocals for The Pretty Things)

aged: 75

cause of death: complications after hip surgery.

band Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Things

UK blues rock band-cum-psychedelic rock band in the 1960s
Phil May remained vocalist/writer up until 2018 when he retired.

I couldn't remember the band so I asked my mum, she referred to them as a 'second rate Rolling Stones'.

[CRAZY-HORSE]

JORGE SANTANA

aged: 68

COD: natural causes:

the article:  https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/...spartandhp

his Wiki:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Santana

I cant recall hearing the dude but vaguely remember his name popping up somewhere a few years ago for some reason.
supposedly as good a player, if not better than, his more famous Bro.

his biggest hit, a US top20 hit back in the 1970s:

[CRAZY-HORSE]

JIMMY COBB

jazz drummer

aged: 91

cause of death: lung cancer:

played with everyone who was anyone in the jazz world ie:   Dinah Washington, Pearl Bailey, Clark Terry, Cannonball Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Wynton Kelly, Stan Getz, Wes Montgomery, Art Pepper, Gil Evans, Miles Davis, Paul Chambers, Kenny Burrell, J. J. Johnson, Sonny Stitt, Nat Adderley, Benny Golson, Hank Jones, Ron Carter, George Coleman, Fathead Newman, Geri Allen, Earl Bostic, Leo Parker, Charlie Rouse, Ernie Royal, Philly Joe Jones, Bobby Timmons, Walter Booker, Jerome Richardson, Keter Betts, Jimmy Cleveland, Sam Jones, Red Garland, Joe Henderson, Eddie Gómez, Bill Evans, Jeremy Steig, Richard Wyands, Peter Bernstein, Richie Cole, Nancy Wilson, Ricky Ford, and David Amram. 

was the last surviving member of the players on Miles Davis "a kind of blue"

the article:  https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/...spartanntp

his Wiki:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Cobb

[CRAZY-HORSE]

BOB KULICK:  rock guitarist (have guitar, will travel type of dude)

aged: 70

cause of death: not released at this time.

the article:  https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/...spartanntp

regarded by KISS fans as part of the "kiss family".
originally lost out to Ace Frehley in 1972 to join the band.
played on several of their albums (uncredited) during the 70s and early 1980s, also appears on Paul Stanley's 1978 solo album.
also played on albums and toured with Lou Reed, Meatloaf, W.A.S.P, Diana Ross, Alice Cooper and Michael Bolton to name a few.
also had some input into the kids animated series SpongeBob SquarePants.
incidently, his brother Bruce was a member of KISS between 84-96 and only left because they put the make-up back on again otherwise im sure he'd still be there.

[CRAZY-HORSE]

STEVE PRIEST  Bass player for Glam Rock band The Sweet

aged: 72

no official cause of death as yet.

The Sweet had a string of big hits in England and Australia (mainly) between 1972-79.

the article:  https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/...spartanntp

his Wiki:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Priest

my favourite single of theirs: