Those Are People Who Died, Died: Musical Passings of 2012
Categories: Miles-tones
Rocks Off put it off as long as we could, because December has been a pretty rough month. It always is for music. (Hollywood, too.) But it's time to call the roll of people who played or sang their last note in 2012, plus a few who were just as instrumental offstage.
Precious few corners of the musical spectrum went untouched this year. In memoriam:
YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO
- Levon Helm, The Band
- Earl Scruggs
- Doc Watson
- Andy Griffith
- Kitty Wells
- Joe South
- Scott McKenzie
- Gene Thomas, Gene & Debbe
- Davy Jones, The Monkees
- Robin Gibb, The Bee Gees
- Andy Williams
- Hal David, lyricist ("The Look of Love")
- Dave Brubeck
- Ravi Shankar
- Javier Olivares, La Pura Sabrosura
- Johnny Perez, Sir Douglas Quintet
- Jenni Rivera
- Donna Summer
- Etta James
- Whitney Houston
- Marva Whitney
- Jimmy Ellis, The Trammps
- Johnny Otis
- Jimmy McCracklin
- Donald "Duck" Dunn, Booker T & the MGs
- Ronnie Montrose, Montrose
- Adam "MCA" Yauch, Beastie Boys
- Bob Welch, Fleetwood Mac
- Greg Ham, Men at Work
- Dennis Flemion, The Frogs
- Lee Dorman, Iron Butterfly
- Jon Lord, Deep Purple
- Mike Scaccia, Rigor Mortis/Ministry
- Mitch Lucker, Suicide Silence
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