Passings 2021

Rusty Young (1946 - 2021)

April 14

• Rusty Young of Poco - Heart attack (b. 1946)

April 9

• DMX (born Earl Simmons) - Overdose (b. 1970)

April 7

• Bill Owens, Songwriter (age 85)

April 4

• Ralph Schuckett of Todd Rundgren's Utopia (b. 1948)
• Paul Humphrey of Blue Peter (b. 1960)

April 2

• Morris "B.B." Dickerson of War (b. 1949)

April 1

• Patrick Juvet (b. 1950)

March 31

• Cleve Hall, Special effects for Alice Cooper, Kiss - Congestive heart failure (b. 1959)

March 30

• Willie Schofield of the Falcons - Acute kidney failure (b. 1939)

March 28

• Malcolm Cecil of The Jazz Couriers & Blues Incorporated, producer of 70's Stevie Wonder Albums (b. 1937)

March 26

• Brett Bradshaw of Faster Pussycat

March 25

• Kaleb Stewart of As Friends Rust
• Tavish Maloney of Oso Oso

March 23

• George Segal, actor, member of the the Imperial Jazzband - Complications of bypass surgery (b. 1934)
• Connie Bradley, Former President ASCAP Nashville (b. 1945)
• Ethel Gabriel, First female producer at RCA, produced Elvis (b. 1921)
• Don Heffington of Lone Justice - Leukemia (b. 1950)

March 20

• Dan Sartain (b. 1981)

March 19

• Gary Leib, Musician, cartoonist, animator (b. 1955)

March 18

• Paul Jackson, Bassist (Herbie Hancock) (b. 1947)

March 17

• Matt Miller of Titus Andronicus (b. 1986)
• Freddie Redd, Hard-Bop pianist & composer (b. 1928)

March 15

• Doug Parkinson, Australian Pop/Rock singer (b. 1946) 

March 14

• Reggie Warren of TROOP (b. 1968) 

March 12

• Sally Grossman, wife of Albert Grossman & pictured on Dylan's "Bringing it All Back" (b. 1939)

March 11

• Ray Campi, Rockabilly Hall of Fame Member (b. 1934)
• Robb Earls, Nashville new-wave rock

March 10

• Randy Myers, Songwriter of "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" (b. 1947)

March 7

• Lars Goran Petrov of Entombed - Bile duct cancer (b. 1972)

March 6

• Lou Ottens, Inventor of the Cassette (b. 1926)
• Carmel Quinn, Irish singer (b. 1925)

March 5

• Michael Stanley - Lung cancer (b. 1948)

March 4

• Alan Cartwright of Procol Harum - Stomach cancer (b. 1945)
• Bhaskar Menon, CEO of EMI & credited with breaking Pink Floyd (b. 1934)
• Barbara Ess, Artists & musician in No Wave bands Static and Y Pants (b. 1948)

March 2

• Chris Barber - Dementia (b. 1930)
• Bunny Wailer (born Neville Livingston) of Bob Marley and the Wailers (b. 1947)

March 1

• Michael Gudinski, Founder of Mushroom Records (b. 1952)
• Robert Petersen, Jr., Jazz drummer - Cancer (b. 1962)

February 28

• Ian North of Milk 'N' Cookies - Heart attack (b. 1952)

February 26

• Bob James of Montrose - Complications of a stomach ulcer (b. 1952)

February 24

• Peter Ostroushko, mandolin player - Heart failure (b. 1953)

February 23

• Sean Kennedy, Australian bands Deez Nuts & I Killed the Prom Queen (b. 1985)

February 20

• Gene Taylor of the Blasters and the Fabulous Thunderbirds (b. 1952)

February 18

• Miles Seaton of Akron/Family (b. 1979)

February 17

• Prince Markie Dee of the Fat Boys (b. 1968)
• Bruce Hawes, R&B Songwriter (Games People Play, Mighty Love) (b. 1953)
• Gene Summers, Rockabilly Hall of Fame member (b. 1939)

February 16

• Carman (born Carman Dominic Licciardello), Gospel Hall of Fame Member - Complications from surgery (b. 1956)
• Henry Goldrich, Owner of Manny's Music in Manhattan (b. 1932)

February 15

• Johnny Pacheco, Co-Founder Fania Records and salsa performer - Pneumonia (b. 1935)
• Raymond Lévesque, Canadian singer-songwriter - COVID (b. 1928)

February 14

• Ari Gold - Leukemia (b. 1974)

February 13

• Sydney Devine (b. 1940)

February 12

• Louis Clark, String arranger for ELO and "Hooked on Classics" (b. 1947)
• Russ Thyret, Former Chairman & CEO of Warner Bros. Records (b. 1944)
• Milfrod Graves, Jazz Drummer - Amyloid cardiomyopathy (b. 1941)
• Rupert Neve, Recording studio pioneer (b. 1926)

February 9

• Chick Corea - Cancer (b. 1941)
• Richie Albright, Drummer for Waylon Jennings (b. 1939)
• Cedric "Swab" Cotton of Ideal - Stabbed (b. 1974)

February 8

• Mary Wilson of the Supremes (b. 1944)

February 7

• Elliot Mazer, Audio Engineer & Producer (b. 1941)
• Johnny Rogan, Music Writer (b. 1953)

February 5

• Stefan Crush of The Men They Couldn't Wear Hats - Heart attack (b. 1960)

February 4

• Matt Harris of the Posies
• Jessie Smith of the Ikettes (b. 1941)
• Nolan Porter (b. 1949)
• Gil Saunders of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Multiple Sclerosis and Lung Cancer

February 3

• Jim Weatherly (b. 1943)
• Ann Feeney - COVID (b. 1951)
• Kris DeBruyne (b. 1950)

February 2

• Danny Ray, Master of Ceremony and Cape Man for James Brown (b. 1935)

January 30

• Sophie (born Sophie Xeon) - Accidental fall (b. 1986)

January 29

• Hilton Valentine of the Animals (b. 1943)
• Grady Gaines (b. 1934)

January 28

• Rick Shaw of the Hillside Singers and the Shaw Brothers (b. 1942)

January 24

• Tom Stevens of the Long Ryders (b. 1956)

January 22

• James Purify of James & Bobby Purify - COVID-19 (b. 1944)

January 21

• Randy Parton, Country singer-songwriter, brother of Dolly Parton - Cancer (b. 1953)
• Keith Nichols, British jazz band leader - COVID-19 (b. 1945)

January 18

• Jimmie Rodgers (b. 1933)
• Perry Botkin, Jr. (b. 1933)

January 17

• Sammy Nestico, Composer & arranger (b. 1924)

January 16

• Phil Spector (b. 1939)
• Little Walter DeVenne, Boston DJ - COVID-19 (b. 1948)
• Chris CM Murphy, Manager of INXS - Mantle Cell Lymphoma (b. 1954)

January 14

• Duranice Pace of the gospel group the Anointed Pace Sisters (b. 1958)
• Larry Willoughby, Country singer, VP of A&R at Capitol Records - COVID-19 (b. 1950)

January 13

• Tim Bogert of Vanilla Fudge, Beck, Bogert & Appice, Cactus - Cancer (b. 1944)
• Sylvain Sylvain of the New York Dolls - Cancer (b. 1951)
• Duke Bootee (born Edward Fletcher), Rapper, writer of "The Message" - Congestive heart failure (b. 1951)

January 12

• Shingoose (born Curtis Jonnie) - COVID-19 (b. 1946)

January 11

• Howard Johnson - Jazz tuba player who played with The Band, Taj Mahal (b. 1941)
• Don Miller of the Vogues (b. 1940)

January 10

• Marsha Zazula - Co-founder of Megaforce Records (b. 1952)
• Mark Keds of the Senseless Things (b. 1971)

January 8

• Ed Bruce (b. 1939)
• Michael Fonfara of Lou Reed's Band - Cancer (b. 1946)

January 7

• Jamie O'Hara (O'Keefes) - Cancer (b. 1950)

January 3

• Gerry Marsden of Gerry & the Pacemakers - Heart infection (b. 1942)

January 2

• Steve Brown - Producer (Wham!, Manic Street Preachers, Elton John) 
• Warren McLean of Divinyls - Cancer 

January 1

• Misty Morgan of Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Cancer (b. 1945)
  
• Liam Reilly of Bagatelle (b. 1955)
• George Gerdes - Brain aneurysm (b. 1948)