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In Memoriam: Jeff Beck (1944-2023)
Jeff Beck and Buddy Guy leaned into each other shoulder to shoulder. Their fingers flew across the strings of their guitars in an extemporaneous jam that was two parts duet…
Chicago Bluesman Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson, Dead at 83
Bluesman Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson passed away at age 83 on Christmas Day. Johnson played the Nippertown area regularly in the 1990s. I got to introduce him at The Metro…
In Memoriam: Frank Daley (1959-2022)
When Frank Daley got onstage to sit in with a band, the energy in the room would tilt on an invisible axis. People loved to see and hear him play. After decades on the stage,…
Kim Simmonds, Founder of the Seminal Savoy Brown Blues Band, Passes at 75
OSWEGO, NY - Kim Simmonds, founder of the seminal blues band Savoy Brown, has died. For 57 years, Simmonds was the cornerstone of the last British blues rock bands to ride to…
In Memoriam of Blues Project Founder Danny Kalb
Note: Danny Kalb, founder and guitarist for the Blues Project, died Saturday, Nov. 19 at the age of 80.How tragically consistent that Blues Project guitarist Danny Kalb…
In Memoriam: David Malachowski, Loretta Lynn, and Pharaoh Sanders
In a season with much to mourn, David Malachowski’s passing hit me hardest.This was not just because he was the youngest, just 67 when heart trouble took him. The…
Schenectady Native and Guitarist David Malachowski Dies at 67
NEW YORK - Schenectady native David Malachowski, a noted guitarist who toured globally and served as Shania Twain's music director among any other accomplishments, died of…
RIP: Olivia Newton-John, 1948-2022
“I’ll forever be Sandy (her character in the 1978 film Grease) to a lot of people, and (we’ll see) when I’m 80, but right now it seems to okay.” That’s what Olivia …