Musicians we’ve lost so far this year 2019

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10 June 2019, American country musician Chuck Glaser died age 83.
With The Glaser Brothers they charted nine singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts
and became members of the Grand Ole Opry in the 1960s.




19 June 2019, Philippe Zdar one half of French dance duo Cassius, died after falling
from a 19 storey building in Paris, France. He was 52 years old.




21 June 2019, American music manager and record executive Elliot Roberts died aged 76.
He is best known for helping to start and develop the careers of singer-songwriters from the
late 1960s and 1970s, including those of Neil Young –
whom he managed for over fifty years – and Joni Mitchell.




22 June 2019, American drummer and record producer Jerry Carrigan died age 75.
He first achieved widespread recognition by being part of the first wave of the
Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and later as a first-call session musician in Nashville
for over three decades. He recorded with Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Charlie Rich,
Kenny Rogers Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Stevens and Dolly Parton.




23 June 2019, American musician Dave Bartholomew died of heart failure age 100.
Many musicians recorded Bartholomew’s songs, but his partnership with Fats Domino
produced some of his greatest successes. In the mid-1950s they wrote more than
forty hits for Imperial Records, including the Billboard number one pop chart hit
“Ain’t That a Shame”. Bartholomew’s other hit songs as a composer include
“I Hear You Knocking”, “Blue Monday”, “I’m Walkin'”, “My Ding-A-Ling”, and “One Night.”




24 June 2019, American mandolinist and singer Jeff Austin died age 45.
He was best known for being a founding member of the Yonder Mountain String Band.




29 June 2019, American guitarist and singer Gary Duncan died after suffering a seizure
and falling into a coma age 72. He was guitarist with The Brogues, then most notably with
American psychedelic rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service, that formed in 1965 in San Francisco.




6 July 2019, Brazilian singer, songwriter, and guitarist, João Gilberto died aged 88.
He was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. Around the
world he was often called “father of bossa nova”, and in his native Brazil, he was referred to as
“O Mito” (“The Legend”).




10 July 2019, Jerry Lawson, lead singer of the Persuasions, died after a long illness age 75.
Since being discovered by Frank Zappa in 1968, The Persuasions recorded 25 albums
covering rock, blues, gospel and pop songs, all with no sound other than their own voices.




16 July 2019, South African singer and apartheid activist Johnny Clegg died
in Johannesburg age 66 after battling pancreatic cancer. Clegg was one of the most
celebrated musicians of modern South African music. His 1987 song “Asimbonanga,”
written for Nelson Mandela while he was imprisoned, was considered an anthem for
South Africa’s freedom fighters.




22 July 2019, American singer, songwriter and keyboardist Art Neville died aged 81.
Art shot to fame as part of the Neville Brothers when they started singing as children,
but went their separate ways in the 1950s and 1960s. It was not until 1977 that the
brothers finally got together again and in 1978 they recorded their first Neville Brothers album.
Art was a founding member of The Meters, whose musical style represents
New Orleans funk. He also played on recordings by many notable artists including
Labelle (on “Lady Marmalade”), Paul McCartney, Lee Dorsey, Robert Palmer,
Dr. John and Professor Longhair.




1 August 2019, English keyboardist, Ian Gibbons died aged 67. He had worked with
The Kinks, Ian Hunter, Dr. Feelgood and The Kursaal Flyers.


And we just started August

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3 August 2019, French music producer and songwriter Henri Belolo died in Paris, France age 82.
He was the creator (along with Jacques Morali) of acts like The Ritchie Family and Village People.




7 August 2019, Silver Jews singer David Berman died at the age of 52.
Berman founded Silver Jews in 1989 with future Pavement members
Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich.




19 August 2019, American bass guitarist Larry Taylor died age 77.
He is best known as a member of Canned Heat from 1967. Before joining
Canned Heat he had been a session bassist for The Monkees and Jerry Lee Lewis.
He was the younger brother of Mel Taylor, long-time drummer of The Ventures.




3 September 2019, US songwriter LaShawn Daniels, who co-wrote such hits as Destiny’s Child’s
Grammy-winning ‘Say My Name’ and Lady Gaga’s ‘Telephone’ died in a car crash in
South Carolina aged 41. He had also worked with artists including Whitney Houston,
Michael Jackson, Brandy and Toni Braxton.




5 September 2019, Jimmy Johnson, the session guitarist and studio engineer who contributed
to hundreds of hit records and was a member of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section died age 76.
His playing can be heard on recordings like ‘Respect,’ Aretha Franklin’s first No.1 pop hit, and
Wilson Pickett’s ‘Funky Broadway’. He also engineered three tracks on the Rolling Stones’ album
Sticky Fingers.




11 September 2019, American songwriter and artist Daniel Johnston died of a suspected
heart attack at his home in Waller, Texas, at the age of 58. Kurt Cobain once described
him as ‘the best songwriter on earth’ and famously wore one of Johnston’s t-shirts to the
1992 MTV Awards. Other musicians who have covered Johnston’s songs include ::
Pearl Jam, Tom Waits, Wilco, Death Cab for Cutie, Sufjan Stevens and Yo La Tengo.




13 September 2019, American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Eddie Money
died of cancer age 70. He released over ten albums and had a string of hits in the late
Seventies including ‘Baby Hold On’, ‘Two Tickets to Paradise’ and ‘Take Me Home Tonight’.




15 September 2019, Ric Ocasek the former lead singer with The Cars was found dead
in his New York City apartment, he was 75. The Cars formed in Boston in the mid-1970s
by Ocasek and band-mate Benjamin Orr after they met at high school.
Their early hits included ‘Just What I Needed’, ‘My Best Friend’s Girl’ and ‘Good Times Roll’.
Their 1984 ballad ‘Drive’ was used as background music for footage of the
Ethiopian famine, and its re-release as a single after Live Aid helped raise money
for the cause. After the band broke up in the late 1980s, Ocasek embarked on a solo
career as well as working as a producer for artists including Weezer, Bad Religion and No Doubt.




19 September 2019, English guitarist, songwriter and producer Larry Wallis died aged 70.
He was best known as a member of the Pink Fairies and an early member of Motörhead.




23 September 2019, Robert Hunter, Grateful Dead lyricist died age 78.
He provided the Grateful Dead with many of their vivid and enduring lyrics, some of
the band’s signature songs, including ‘Uncle John’s Band’, ‘Scarlet Begonias’ and ‘Dark Star.’




1 October 2019, American blues guitarist Beverly Watkins died age 80.
She worked with artists like James Brown, B.B. King, and Ray Charles.




2 October 2019, Barrie Masters lead singer with Eddie & The Hot Rods died age 63.
Formed in Canvey Island, Essex in 1975, they were part of the pub rock scene and
were best known for their top 10 hit in 1977, “Do Anything You Wanna Do”.