Favorite Songs From Artists No Longer Alive

[Wasn’t me]

 

[Bigboote]

Rick Derringer also died a few days ago. It wasn't till I saw his obit this morning that I found out he was in the McCoys.

 

[bantamlaker]

Another from Sly Stone who died today at 82

 

[Wasn’t me]

With summer here we’re sure to see hot fun

 

[Scud49]

This singer - Bobby Vee (died 2016) had quite the string of hits back in the early 60's:

 

[RockyMTblue2]

This singer - Bobby Vee (died 2016) had quite the string of hits back in the early 60's:

Wanna say this one was the most played:

 

[meyers7]

Rick Derringer also died a few days ago. It wasn't till I saw his obit this morning that I found out he was in the McCoys.

@Bigboote you forgot to label that video NSFW.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

With summer here we’re sure to see hot fun

This was the song I was going to post. Appropriate for June.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

Always loved this song. The vocal arrangements on this song were brilliant. Loved Larry Graham vocals.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

Sly live at Woodstock. Higher and Higher was a show stopper.

 

[Bigboote]

Clem Burke, Blondie's drummer, passed away a couple of months ago. Here's a fave of mine from the first album.

 

[Jackcatscal]

Both Duane and Greg are no longer with us:

Jaimoe is the only original member still alive. Berry Oakley died a year after Duane, in an accident close to where Duane died. In 2017, Butch Trucks blew his brains out in his living room, with his wife sitting nearby. Dickey Betts died of illness in 2024.

But the group was so good, their legacy continued. Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes and Oteil Burbridge continued with the band for a while. And Dead & Company and Tedeschi Trucks continue the tradition today.

 

[Jackcatscal]

How about Jerry Garcia? He died a very old, very burnt out man aged 53 in 1995. He's obviously known for the Grateful Dead, but here he is with the Jerry Garcia Band (singing a great Dylan tune).

 

[MSGRET]

Rick Derringer also died a few days ago. It wasn't till I saw his obit this morning that I found out he was in the McCoys.

I was stationed at Fort Bragg at the time this was released. Lets just say it was one of the most liked videos by the guys in the MMC.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

We were in a different world in the 1950s. This got a ton of playing time for Johnny Horton, who got noticed for Honky Tonk Man but maybe 3 years later along came Battle of New Orleans

 

[Scud49]

How about Jerry Garcia? He died a very old, very burnt out man aged 53 in 1995. He's obviously known for the Grateful Dead, but here he is with the Jerry Garcia Band (singing a great Dylan tune)

You bet Jack, I listed some Jerry in posts #151 and 152

 

[Wasn’t me]

Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork all gone from The Monkees - Mickey Dolenz only one left - not sure if there’s been previous posts

 

[FairView]

 

[Wasn’t me]

Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork all gone from The Monkees - Mickey Dolenz only one left - not sure if there’s been previous posts

Bit of trivia Jimi Hendrix opened for The Monkees in 1967

Also Mike Nesmith quit the group I think sometime in the 1970s - another unrelated music note is his mother invented a liquid which allowed errors in typewritten documents to be corrected without retyping the whole document - I knew it as Whiteout - made the Nesmith family very wealthy

 

[Scud49]

Lead singer Marty Balin and guitarist Paul Kanter of the Airplane are gone.

Both are prominent on this superb song - Balin's voice interwoven with Grace Slick's is ethereal:

 

[Scud49]

Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys has passed at age 82....he was their master song visionairy:

 

[Bigboote]

Brian was a genius and for much of his life a tortured soul. Here’s one of my favorites he sings lead on.

 

[Just.A.Fan]

I was stationed at Fort Bragg at the time this was released. Lets just say it was one of the most liked videos by the guys in the MMC.

Yes, in 1975 (50years ago) when Lisa Leonard Dalton (19) performed her dance to "Hang on Sloopy" guys everywhere couldn't stop watching.

 

[Scud49]

Always loved this song from Jimmy:

"Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred years too late
The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder
I'm an over-forty victim of fate
Arriving too late, arriving too late...."

 

[Sifaka]

For Brian Wilson fans, me included, here are links to some of the best Beach Boys recordings:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/arts/music/brian-wilson-beach-boys-songs.html

 

[Just.A.Fan]

Gerry Rafferty

 

[Just.A.Fan]

Little Richard

Tutti Frutti


Good Golly Miss Molly

 

[Just.A.Fan]

Chuck Berry

Johnny B. Goode


Maybelline

 

[Just.A.Fan]

Chuck Berry

Roll Over Beethoven

 

[Just.A.Fan]

George Michael

Freedom! '90


Father Figure