Browsing: Obituary

“I speak the blues like it’s the truth, and it is.” – Harpdog Brown

Nesmith was on a farewell tour earlier in the year with Micky Dolenz, now the sole surviving member of the Monkees

“More than anyone, George Wein set the stage for what great festivals today look like; festivals like Coachella, Bonnaroo … he made this possible…” – LL Cool J

“On a rainy night in 1966 I went into a pub in Cornwall but I couldn’t afford to pay to go in. I said, I don’t want to stay outside in the rain, I’ll play the guitar for half an hour for you. They offered me a job for the rest of the summer and I’ve been at it ever since.”

Lee “Scratch” Perry OD (March 20, 1936 – August 29, 2021)

The Everly Brothers were among the first group of acts inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

“I started playing the guitar when I was four years old and I’m just as good today as I was then.” – Tom T Hall

The road goes on forever and the music never dies. Remembering Bubba Sullivan: the mover, the shaker, and the blues star maker.

Nanci Griffith (July 6, 1953 – August 13, 2021)

Finnigan was a 2x winner of a Blues Music Award for his work with Taj Mahal as a member of the Phantom Blues Band