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In Memorium

Mary Hansen, singer / guitarist and a key member of U.K indie pop band Stereolab died December 9th at age 36 of injuries sustained after being hit by a car in London...

Condolences go out to the family of Tim Rose. The singer-songwriter - who started his career with Mama Cass Elliott - had a song on his debut which was said to inspire Jimi Hendrix's version of "Hey Joe," and also included "Morning Dew" later covered by the Grateful Dead and, more recently, Robert Plant...

The hip-hop community lost one of its pioneers with the death of Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell) who was shot and killed Oct 30, 2002 in his Brooklyn Recording studio...

Tom Dowd, a Grammy-winning music producer and recording engineer whose résumé provided a virtual roadmap of pop, rock, jazz and R&B music over the past half century, died October 27, 2002. He was 77. Dowd worked with such recording legends as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, John Coltrane, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers. In 1947, he applied his knowledge of physics to disc recording, and went on to build the first stereo and eight-track recording consoles at Atlantic Records in 1954. Dowd's achievement was credited with revolutionizing the way that music was recorded...

Other Passings - British Producer Gus Dudgeon - best noted for his work with Elton John as well as Sting and Eric Clapton, died in a car accident in the U.K. July 22, 2002... Billboard Editor in Chief Timothy White died June 27th, 2002 at the magazine's New York offices; he was fifty years old...

Hank Ballard, the singer and songwriter whose hit "The Twist" ushered a nationwide dance craze in the 1960s. Ballard, who was suffering from throat cancer and died at his home. Friend and caretaker Anna Ayala said Ballard's birth records indicate he was born in 1927, but biographical information lists his birthdate as 1936. In 1958, Ballard wrote and recorded "The Twist," but it was only released on the "B" side of a record. In 1960, Chubby Checker debuted his own version of "The Twist" on Dick Clark's Philadelphia television show. It soon topped the charts and launched a dance craze that prompted the creation of other Twist songs...

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George Harrison - 1943 - 2001
"Life flows on within you and without you..."
We'll miss you George.

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Joey Ramone
5/19/51-4/15/01

Champ Hood
1952-2001

Austin has lost one of its shining lights. A versatile, brilliant musician and one of the sweetest men on the planet, Champ Hood lost his battle with cancer Saturday November 3. Noted for his work with Uncle Walt's Band, Toni Price and Lyle Lovett, Champ's absence will leave a hole in our hearts. (Photos courtesy of Terry Tammadge).
If you would like to help with the medical bills, send checks made out to 'Carroll D. Hood' to:
Paisley Robertson
2411 Kinney Road
Austin, Texas
78704

Merry Prankster
Ken Kesey
1935-2001

Waylon Jennings
1937-2002
Those wishing to further Waylon's memory can make donations to the Sue Brewer Fund, in care of the Songwriters Guild Foundation (1222 16th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212) or the Mayo Foundation (13400 E. Shea Blvd., Scottsdale AZ 85259.) The Brewer Fund provides music scholarships for students at Belmont and Vanderbilt Universities, while the Mayo Foundation benefits children in need of prosthetics...

Dave Van Ronk
6/30/36-2/10/02

Spike Milligan
1918-2002

Mark Vann
1962-2002

banjo man for Leftover Salmon

Harlan Howard
1928-2002

- the man who wrote "I Fall To Pieces," "Heartaches By The Number" and more than 4000 other songs in a five decade career

Dee Dee Ramone
(Douglas Glenn Colvin)
1953-2002

bassist for the Ramones

Otis Blackwell
1932-2002

the man who wrote such classics as "The Fever" as well as Elvis Presley's biggest hits like "Don't Be Cruel," "Return To Sender" and "All Shook Up," suffered a fatal heart attack May 6 in Nashville at the ago of 70. Blackwell also co-wrote "Great Balls Of Fire" for Jerry Lee Lewis as well as the often covered "Handy Man"...

Randy Garibay
-2002

The "Godfather of San Antonio Blues" and "Chicano Bluesman" Click here to read an article about Randy Garibay...

Leo McKern
1920-2002

The Australian actor who gained fame as a curmudgeonly barrister in "Rumpole of the Bailey," died July 23rd at the age of 82. Other roles include multiple appearances as "#2" in The Prisoner series and McKern played the head of the cult (Kahili!) in Help!