Browsing: Obituary

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.

Her raw and revelatory style defied any notions that women can’t be visionaries in the music world

Remembering Jimmy Johnson (November 25, 1928 – January 31, 2022)

Michael Lee Aday AKA Meat Loaf (September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022)

More than 60 years after first helping to break the glass ceiling by defining the sultry siren in the all-male rock and roll bastion, Ronnie Spector remained a role model for contemporary artists like the late Amy Winehouse

“I don’t think I ever listened to a song more than ‘Be My Baby’ and this just breaks my heart.” – Brian Wilson

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

“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.”