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Young Blues Guitarist / Recording Artist, Sean Costello, Dead at Age 29
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LRI Publicity
Blue artist Sean Costello died in Atlanta on April 15, one day shy of his 29th birthday. The cause of death was not reported.
Costello had been on the road in recent weeks and had numerous concert dates scheduled in the U.S. and abroad, running well into November. His record label, Delta Groove, issued the following statement today: “Sean was not only a member of the Delta Groove musical family, he was also a friend, and words cannot express the ...
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Gene Puerling, 78; Vocal Arranger Led the Innovative Hi-Lo's Quartet
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All About Jazz
Gene Puerling, leader of the innovative vocal quartet the Hi-Lo's and a noted vocal arranger whose sophisticated harmonies influenced the sound of other groups, including the Beach Boys, died March 25. He was 78. Puerling, a longtime resident of San Anselmo, Calif., died of complications of diabetes at a Bay Area hospital, said Don Shelton, who was a member of the Hi-Lo's. Formed in Hollywood in 1953, the Hi-Lo's were “frighteningly talented" and “could flawlessly execute seemingly impossible vocal leaps," ...
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Stuart Nevitt, Founding Member of Grammy-Winning Band Shadowfax, Passes
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Lori Hehr Public Relations
Stuart Nevitt, co-founder, composer, and drummer/percussionist of the eclectic band Shadowfax, has died at the age of 56. Nevitt died Mar. 15 at his home in Rio Rancho, NM, of complications from type 1 diabetes and heart disease. The sextet, which Nevitt originally organized with Chuck Greenberg, G.E. Stinson, and Phil Maggini in an Illinois farmhouse in 1972, won a Grammy in 1988 for its album “Folksongs for a Nuclear Village," and was nominated for another one in 1992 for ...
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Jack Perciful, Olympia WA Jazz Pianist Dead at 82
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All About Jazz
Long-time Olympia, WA resident and noted jazz piano player Jack Perciful died Thursday at the age of 82. He was well-known in the Olympia area after moving here in 1974 to join bassist Red Kelly to play at Kelly's Tumwater Conservatory. Perciful played with numerous bands, most notably the Harry James Orchestra, where he was pianist, arranger and music director from 1956-1974. He performed on several TV shows, such as Ed Sullivan and Johnny Carson, and appeared in the Jerry ...
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