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Lolly Vegas Redbone Musican Dies
Lolly Vegas, 70, the lead singer and guitarist for Redbone, a Native American rock band that had a million-selling hit in 1974 with the bouncy"Come and Get Your Love,"died in his sleep Thursday at his home in Reseda. He had lung cancer and had been in poor health since suffering a stroke 15 years ago, said ...
Bossa Nova Pioneer Johnny Alf Dies
RIO DE JANEIRO/ A founder of Bossa Nova music has died in Brazil after fighting prostate cancer. He was 80. Pianist Johnny Alf was called the “true father of Bossa Nova" by Ruy Castro, who wrote a definitive history of the music. Alf widely influenced later stars. A statement from a hospital near Sao Paulo says ...
Nathan Scott film and TV composer, arranger and conductor
Nathan Scott, a film and television composer, arranger and conductor whose credits include composing music for the TV classics “Dragnet" and “Lassie," has died. He was 94. Scott, the father of jazz saxophonist and composer-arranger Tom Scott, died Saturday of age-related causes at his home in Sherman Oaks, said his daughter, Linda Colley. In a four-decade ...
Bobby Espinosa Keyboardist for '70s Latin Soul Band El Chicano Dies
Bobby Espinosa, played keyboard for El Chicano. The East L.A. band had top-40 hits in the 1970s with “Viva Tirado" and “Tell Her She's Lovely." “El Chicano hit a groove that defined 'Latin soul' on the West Coast," said guitarist and producer Ry Cooder. Bobby Espinosa, a keyboard player who helped create the confluence of jazz, ...
David Soyer (1923-2010)
David Soyer, the founding cellist of the regal Guarneri String Quartet who also appeared on many jazz and pop record dates in the 1940s and 1950s, including Billie Holiday's Lady in Satin, died on February 25th at his home in New York. He was 87. David was best known in the classical world as a sublime ...
Hall & Oates Bassist Tom Wolk Dies
Tom “T-Bone" Wolk, who performed with scores of musicians but was best known as the longtime bass player for the band led by pop-rock stars Daryl Hall and John Oates, has died. He was 58. Wolk died Sunday in New York, hours after completing a recording session with Hall, who was working on a solo ...
John Reed, Master of Gilbert and Sullivan's Patter Songs Dies
John Reed, a silver-tongued Gilbert and Sullivan singer renowned for urbanity, verbal inanity, touching humanity, antic insanity and (a noteworthy trait in a world-famous player quite used to performing for crowned heads of state) a singular lack of theatrical vanity, died in Halifax, England, on Feb. 13, his 94th birthday. From 1959 to 1979, Mr. Reed ...
Osmond Son Commits Suicide by Jumping from Building
The teenage son of singer Marie Osmond killed himself by jumping from a building in downtown Los Angeles, celebrity news television program “Entertainment Tonight" reported on Saturday. “ET" said Michael Blosil, 18, leapt from his apartment around 9 p.m. (0500 GMT) Friday after leaving a note saying he intended to kill himself due to a long ...
David Soyer Famed Guarneri Cellist Has Died
David Soyer, the founding cellist of the Guarneri String Quartet, died on Thursday at his apartment in New York, a day after his 87th birthday. The news comes from Frank Salomon, a co-administrator of the Marlboro Music Festival, with which Mr. Soyer had a long association. Mr. Soyer, the violinists Arnold Steinhardt and John Dalley and ...
Lee Freeman, Strawberry Alarm Clock Guitarist Dies
Lee Freeman, 60, a member of the 1960s' band Strawberry Alarm Clock, famous for its flower-power anthem that became a No. 1 hit in 1967, died of cancer Feb. 14 at his home in the Bay Area. Freeman, who played rhythm guitar, sang and wrote lyrics, was an original member of the band, which was called ...
