Browsing: Obituary

“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

“We will forever be connected to that Blues Shuffle in C.”

“The fact is that he opened the door for a lot of people, and I don’t think he has ever got the recognition he deserves for being such a seminal figure.” – Bruce Iglauer

Editor’s note: Revisiting this tribute, originally published the week of Tom Petty’s passing, in honor of his 70th birthday