{"id":22812,"date":"2022-04-22T08:13:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?page_id=22812"},"modified":"2026-05-26T07:56:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T11:56:45","slug":"in-memoriam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/in-memoriam\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The inevitable nature of focusing upon the rock era means that I find myself interviewing artists who eventually leave us. Here\u2019s a list \u2013 and of course it will grow going forward \u2013 of music figures who have passed away in the days, months and years since I spoke with them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22813\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22813\" class=\"wp-image-22813 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bill_kopp_and_richie_havens.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bill_kopp_and_richie_havens.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bill_kopp_and_richie_havens-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richie Havens<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=5883\">Keith Allison<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2009\/09\/20\/one-from-the-vaults-green-fuz-back-from-the-ashes\/\">Randy Alvey<\/a> (Green Fuz)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2010\/08\/12\/concert-review-bill-haleys-original-comets-branson-mo\/\">Joey Ambrose<\/a> (Bill Haley&#8217;s Comets)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/24\/roy-ayers-positive-vibrations\/\">Roy Ayers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/04\/love-is-here-to-stay-the-legacy-of-tony-bennett\/\">Tony Bennett<\/a> #1<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/05\/make-someone-happy-a-conversation-with-tony-bennett\/\">Tony Bennett<\/a> #2<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=89\">Bill Bartolin (Blue Ash)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/16\/procol-harums-salad-days-are-here-again-part-1-of-2\/\">Gary Brooker (Procol Harum)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=455\">Ken Brown (The Quarrymen)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/12\/don-bryant-this-is-all-i-know-part-one\/\">Don Bryant<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/08\/qa-with-freddy-king-cole\/\">Freddy King Cole<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/05\/heart-still-beating-strong-chick-coreas-antidote-part-one\/\">Chick Corea<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2008\/01\/04\/chris-cornell-thinks-your-music-video-is-cheesy\/\">Chris Cornell<\/a> (by Annelise Kopp)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=5873\">Larry Coryell<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_24874\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24874\" class=\"wp-image-24874\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bill_kopp_chris_squire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bill_kopp_chris_squire.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bill_kopp_chris_squire-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Squire<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/05\/steve-cropper-the-go-getter-gets-going-part-one\/\">Steve Cropper<\/a> #1<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=270\">Steve Cropper<\/a> #2<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2010\/06\/14\/fiddler-paul-crouch-an-appalachian-treasure\/\">Paul Crouch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=198\">Graeme Edge (Moody Blues)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=5950\">Keith Emerson (ELP)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/08\/new-yorkers-in-sheeps-clothing-the-strangeloves-story-part-one\/\">Bob Feldman (Strangeloves)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=247\">Hardy Fox (The Residents)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/24\/dolenz-jones-boyce-hart-remembering-the-feeling-part-1-of-5\/\">Bobby Hart<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=429\">Richie Havens<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/15\/a-belated-hello-to-farewell-aldebaran\/\">Judy Henske<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/15\/the-allan-holdsworth-interview-part-one\/\">Allan Holdsworth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2010\/06\/02\/interview-the-new-york-dolls-david-johansen\/\">David Johansen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/25\/north-carolinas-little-drummer-girl\/\">Theresa Justus #1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/29\/it-came-from-asheville-wnc-garage-rock-in-the-60s-part-three-orange-purple-marmalade\/\">Theresa Justus #2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/20\/retired-fire-eater-seeks-doom-stoner-metal-band-slow-machine-the-craigslist-quintet\/\">Paula Kaiser (Slow Machine)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_22726\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22726\" class=\"wp-image-22726\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bk_keith.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bk_keith.jpg 495w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bk_keith-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keith Allison<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.musoscribe.com\/features\/tommy_keene.shtml\">Tommy Keene #1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=602\">Tommy Keene #2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/23\/teaming-up-tommy-keene-and-ivan-julian\/\">Tommy Keene #3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/28\/always-comes-back-415-records-and-the-sf-new-wave-scene-part-1-of-3\/\">Howie Klein<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/25\/on-the-fringe-of-consonance-double-naught-spy-car-stew-part-1\/\">Paul Lacques<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/20\/spin-it-on-denny-laine-on-wings-back-to-the-egg-at-40-part-one\/\">Denny Laine #1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/22\/denny-laine-mccartneys-wing-man-is-still-flying-part-one\/\">Denny Laine #2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=722\">Greg Lake (ELP)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=2956\">Alvin Lee (Ten Years After)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2014\/08\/25\/never-had-it-better-a-chat-with-james-lowe-of-the-electric-prunes-part-one\/\">James Lowe (Electric Prunes)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/29\/the-mavericks-norteamericana\/\">Raul Malo (Mavericks)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=591\">Ray Manzarek (The Doors) #1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=4090\">Ray Manzarek (The Doors) #2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=6628\">Dave Mason #1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/23\/dave-mason-music-and-memories-part-1-of-2\/\">Dave Mason #2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/22\/john-mayall-bluesbreaker-and-beyond-part-1\/\">John Mayall<\/a> #1<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/07\/john-mayall-live-in-1967-and-live-in-2016\/\">John Mayall<\/a> #2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_26769\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26769\" class=\"wp-image-26769\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/nik_turner08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/nik_turner08.jpg 425w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/nik_turner08-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-26769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nik Turner<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/30\/back-to-school-with-les-mccann-part-1\/\">Les McCann<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/27\/i-talk-to-the-wind-and-other-instruments-the-ian-mcdonald-interview-part-one\/\">Ian McDonald (King Crimson, Foreigner)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=5349\">Ian McLagan (Small Faces)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/02\/the-it-was-fifty-years-ago-today-tour-part-one\/\">Joey Molland (Badfinger)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/05\/olivia-newton-john-returns-to-live-performance-with-all-hits-show\/\">Olivia Newton-John<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/04\/ozzy-osbourne-says-farewell-but-not-goodbye\/\">Ozzy Osbourne<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2008\/01\/28\/the-machine-a-living-breathing-thing\/\">Joe Pascarell (The Machine)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2014\/03\/10\/the-moody-blues-mike-pinder-promise-renewed-part-one\/\">Mike Pinder (Moody Blues) #1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/14\/a-look-back-at-days-of-future-passed-with-founding-moody-blues-ray-thomas-and-mike-pinder-part-one\/\">Mike Pinder (Moody Blues) #2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2015\/11\/16\/lloyd-price-taks-about-sumdumhonky-part-1\/\">Lloyd Price<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/23\/emitt-rhodes-somewhere-over-the-rainbow-part-1\/\">Emitt Rhodes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/08\/a-conversation-with-sonny-rollins-part-1\/\">Sonny Rollins<\/a> #1<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/05\/way-out-west-with-sonny-rollins-part-one\/\">Sonny Rollins<\/a> #2<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/15\/rodriguez-finding-sugar-man\/\">Sixto Rodriguez<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/27\/jorge-santana-and-malo-for-real\/\">Jorge Santana<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_26657\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26657\" class=\"wp-image-26657\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bk_ke.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bk_ke.jpg 425w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/bk_ke-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-26657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keith Emerson<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/09\/getting-to-the-point-with-kim-simmonds-the-savoy-brown-interview-part-one\/\">Kim Simmonds (Savoy Brown)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=550\">Chris Squire (Yes)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/10\/an-american-in-london-the-shel-talmy-interview-part-one\/\">Shel Talmy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=6998\">Ray Thomas (Moody Blues) #1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/14\/a-look-back-at-days-of-future-passed-with-founding-moody-blues-ray-thomas-and-mike-pinder-part-one\/\">Ray Thomas (Moody Blues) #2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/13\/climbing-that-tree-the-story-of-she-trinity-part-1-of-5\/\">Barbara Thompson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2014\/01\/22\/nik-turner-mystical-interdimensional-space-gypsy-part-one\/\">Nik Turner (Hawkwind)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2014\/10\/06\/a-chat-with-the-turtles-mark-volman-part-1\/\">Mark Volman (Turtles) #1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/06\/guide-for-the-turtles-fan-an-album-by-album-discussion-with-mark-volman-part-1-of-3\/\">Mark Volman (Turtles) #2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2015\/07\/02\/world-partys-karl-wallinger-hes-the-one-part-1\/\">Karl Wallinger (World Party)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=5144\">Leo \u201cBud\u201d Welch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=578\">John Wetton (King Crimson, UK, Asia)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/25\/billy-edd-wheeler-the-fire-aint-gone-out\/\">Billy Edd Wheeler<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/17\/yes-drummer-alan-white-on-yes-past-present-and-future\/\">Alan White (Yes)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_29595\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29595\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29595\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/brian_wilson1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/brian_wilson1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/brian_wilson1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Wilson<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2011\/03\/08\/a-conversation-with-projectobject\/\">Ike Willis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/09\/brain-wilson-critics-pet\/\">Brian Wilson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=172\">Johnny Winter #1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=590\">Johnny Winter #2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2010\/08\/05\/the-gary-wright-interview-part-one\/\">Gary Wright<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/27\/pocos-rusty-young-a-good-feelin-to-play\/\">Rusty Young (Poco)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/13\/climbing-that-tree-the-story-of-she-trinity-part-1-of-5\/\">Robyn Yorke (She Trinity)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To a man (and woman) they\u2019re fondly remembered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inevitable nature of 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