NY Times Sound Collage: Musicians who died in 2010

robert kramer · Post by **robert kramer** » 27 Dec 2010 7:56 am

NY Times Sound Collage: Musicians who died in 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010 ... _they_made

Also - Sound Collage from 2009:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009 ... f=magazine

(Bobby Graham - Britain session drummer who played on the Kinks "All Day and All of the Night" died 2009 - is this the greatest drum track in history?)

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 27 Dec 2010 8:57 am

thanx for the heads up Robert
i did'nt know Johnny Maestro passed away
i used to work fer him & his band the brooklyn bridge

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 27 Dec 2010 12:29 pm

Add another to the list: the great R&B singer Teena Marie died yesterday at age 54.

And I'd just like to add: Thank you all for bringing music to my life and may you rest forever in peace. I truly appreciate the contributions of every one of you.

Alvin Blaine · Post by **Alvin Blaine** » 27 Dec 2010 12:42 pm

They sure left off quite a few, and some big name ones.

Jimmy Dean (August 10, 1928 – June 13, 2010)
Ronnie James Dio (July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010)
Eddie Fisher (August 10, 1928 – September 22, 2010)
Mitch Jayne (July 5, 1928 – August 2, 2010)
Jimmy Wyble (January 25, 1922 – January 16, 2010)

I just noticed that Jimmy Dean and Eddie Fisher were born on the same day.

Larry Rafferty · Post by **Larry Rafferty** » 27 Dec 2010 1:09 pm

3 more great ones that died in 2010 were:
Carl Smith (Loose Talk, Hey Joe)
Mitch Miller (Yellow Rose of Texas and a few hundred others)
Kenny Edwards (played bass for Linda Ronstadt in 80's and 90's).

Alvin Blaine · Post by **Alvin Blaine** » 27 Dec 2010 2:04 pm

Herb Ellis (August 4, 1921 – March 28, 2010)
Ben Keith (March 6, 1937 – July 26, 2010)

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 27 Dec 2010 2:14 pm

In addition to these, there's a pretty big laundry list of people they left off - e.g., Neil Young right-hand man Ben Keith, country/rock singer/songwriter Hank Cochran, beat poet/singer Tuli Kupferberg, Nashville session musician Fred Carter, Jr., gospel singer Walter Hawkins, bluesman Phillip Walker, and that's just from July's obits.

They did cover Jimmy Dean in a separate bio linked on the LHS of that page. This is a kind of New Yawkish, urban-music-scene kind of thing, but the omission of very well known singers and musicians like Eddie Fischer, Ronnie James Dio, Herb Ellis, and Carl Smith surprises even me.

Janice Brooks · Post by **Janice Brooks** » 27 Dec 2010 3:28 pm

How do you overlook Mitch Miller who practically owned pop music in the 50's