by Bman | Sep 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
Walter Becker, the guitarist and bassist for the popular rock band Steely Dan, died Sunday. He was 67. News of Becker's death was confirmed by a tribute post on his official website, though no cause of death was given. Becker was forced to bow out of two Steely Dan...
by Bman | Apr 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
John Warren Geils Jr., the founding guitarist behind the ’70s and ’80s rock powerhouse J. Geils Band, died at his longtime home in Massachusetts on Tuesday. He was 71. Donald Palma Jr., the chief of police in Groton, Mass., confirmed Geils’ death on Tuesday night,...
by Bman | Apr 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
Grammy-nominated Chicago blues icon Lonnie Brooks, whose music Rolling Stone called, "witty, soulful and ferociously energetic...simply astonishing guitar work," died on Saturday, April 1, 2017 in Chicago, according to his son, Ronnie Baker Brooks. He was 83. Guitar...
by Bman | Mar 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
Rock 'n' roll icon and musical master Chuck Berry died Saturday at his home west of St. Louis, Missouri, authorities confirmed. He was 90. The guitarist and musican defined the art form's joy and rebellion in such classics as "Johnny B. Goode," ''Sweet Little Sixteen"...
by Bman | Mar 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — James Cotton, a Grammy Award-winning blues harmonica master whose full-throated sound backed such blues legends as Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson II and Howlin' Wolf, has died at age 81. A statement from Alligator Records, Cotton's label, says...
