causes; Nicknamed "Black Velvet," Charles Bradley, who died of cancer on Sept. 23 at the age of 68, had been a James Brown im- personation for many years before being signed to Daptone Records in 2002. His last album, 2016's Changes, contained an ac- claimed cover of the Black Sabbath song of the same name; Pentti "Whitey" Glan was a drummer who played on Alice Cooper's
Chris Cornell
Welcome to My Nightmare and The Alice Cooper Showand Lou Reed's Rock 'n' Roll Animal and Sally Can't Dance. He also drummed on a pair of solo albums by Step- penwolf's John Kay and was featured in the Bette Midler movie The Rose. He died of lung cancer on Nov. 7 at the age of 71; Paul Buck- master wrote and conducted the orchestral arrangements on many classic rock songs, in- cluding David Bowie's "Space Oddity," Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" and the Rolling Stones' "Moonlight Mile." He continued to work with Heart as recently as 2016. Buckmaster died on Nov. 7 at the age of 71; Chuck Mosley sang on Faith No More's first two albums, 1985's We Care a Lot and 1987's Introduce Yourself.He later spent a couple of years with punk legends Bad Brains. Mosley died on Nov. 9 at the age of 57 from what his family called "the disease of addiction" following a
long period of sobriety; Known as "DikMik," Michael Davies played with Hawkwind from 1969 until 1973. He had originally signed on to be a roadie, but soon joined as a keyboardist before their first gig. He passed away on Nov. 16 of undisclosed causes; David Cassidy was the breakout star on The Partridge Family, a television show about a fictional band that ran from 1970-74, singing lead on hits like "I Think I Love You" and "I Woke Up in Love This Morning." A comeback followed in 1990 with the Top 30 hit "Lyin' to Myself." He died on Nov. 21 at the age of 67 after having been hospitalized for organ fail- ure; Wayne Cochran, who died from cancer on Nov. 21 at the age of 78, was known as "The White Knight of Soul." He'd played in Otis Redding's band at the time of Redding's first record contract and was a close friend of James Brown. He wrote "Last Kiss," which was a hit for J. Frank Wilson and the Cava- liers and later recorded by Pearl Jam. The Blues Brothers also recorded another of his compositions, "Goin’ Back to Miami.” He left the music business to become a preacher; Indie power pop lost one of its greatest names on Nov. 23, when Tommy Keene died at the age of 59. In a more-than 30-year career, the singer and guitarist recorded many albums and a minor hit with 1984's "Places That Are Gone." He later worked with Matthew Sweet, Paul Westerberg and the Goo Goo Dolls; On Dec. 5, Robert De Cormier died of compli- cations from a urinary infection. A classically trained vocalist, De Cormier served as an arranger for many acts in the New York folk scene, most notably Pete Seeger and Peter, Paul and Mary. He'd served as the director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra until his retirement in 2014. He was 95; Guitarist Vin- cent Nguini brought the sounds of West African guitar to the West via his decades- long association with Paul Simon, beginning with 1991's The Rhythm of the Saints. Prior to that he had been the musical director for Manu Dibango of "Soul Makossa" fame and
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62
