Browsing: Obituary

Two-tone and ska revival band The Specials have announced that frontman Terry Hall has passed away following a brief illness.

It is with heavy hearts that we report the passing of Kim Simmonds, one of the pioneers of the 1960s British Blues Boom.

Stewart was co-founder of Stax Records in Memphis, where, during an era of racial strife, white musicians and producers worked alongside Black singers, songwriters and instrumentalists to create the “Memphis Sound.”

“She was the best musician anyone could have in their band and the best friend anyone could have in their life.”

Loretta Lynn, whose iconic country career spanned seven decades, has passed away at the age of 90. 

Famed Chicago blues guitarist and vocalist Jim Schwall — co-founder of the influential and popular Siegel-Schwall Band — died of…

Last year The Judds were announced as inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and were slated to be inducted on Sunday.

“Jimi told me the reason he started setting his guitar on fire was because he couldn’t do the back flips like I did.” – Guitar Shorty

In remembrance of Mark Lanegan, a writer and sepulchral voice like no other.

The laundry list of soul/blues luminaries for whom Howard Grimes played reads like a ‘Who’s Who’ of Memphis celebrities.