Classic rock stars that just fuckin’ died

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

ZZ Top Bassist Dusty Hill Dies at 72

Dusty Hill, ZZ Top’s bassist for more than 50 years, has died, the group’s longtime rep confirmed. He was 72.

variety.com

Seems like this could be the end of ZZ Top. Billy Gibbons has been doing a lot of solo stuff the past 10 years and even though they just did a show without Dusty just the other night, cannot imagine them continuing without him full time.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1420748319945596928

well nvm. Billy's guitar tech better grow a bigger beard.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Don Everly, of harmonizing rock ’n' roll pioneers the Everly Brothers, dies at 84

Don Everly and his younger brother, Phil, were in the first group of acts to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.

www.latimes.com

Damn. Was just jamming to the Everly Brothers last weekend while driving through the South. Their importance to rock n roll history is criminally underrated IMO.

 

[Valeyard]

I'm legit pissed Jerry Lee Lewis is outliving these people.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Connie Hamzy, subject of number one record, is dead at 66

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. —“Sweet, Sweet” Connie Hamzy has passed away after a brief illness. An Arkansan whose name is known around the world thanks to a number one record, Grand Funk Railroad’s “We’re an…

www.kark.com

She is blowing the Founding Fathers and the starting lineup of the 1927 New York Yankees in Heaven rn.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Ronnie Tutt, Drummer for Elvis Presleyâs TCB Band, Dies at 83

A prolific live performer and session musician, Tutt also worked with Billy Joel, Neil Diamond, Jerry Garcia, and many others in his six-decade career

pitchfork.com

Tough year for rhythm sections.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1469356445015724035

Damn. This one hurts. Only one Monkee left now. At least he got to make peace with his lasting legacy before he died (even then there's some controversy about him being manipulated by a caretaker).

He was a true visionary though and one of a kind. It's hard to say if MTV exists without him.

 

[Dandy]

My first concert was The Monkees (along with Herman’s Hermits and The Grass Roots). Nesmith did not participate if I am remembering correctly.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

He didn't play regularly again with the Monkees until after Davy Jones died in 2012. Weirdly, I think it took one of his bandmates dying for him to realize how much people loved what the band did.

Monkees’ Manager on Michael Nesmith’s Final Months: ‘He Died Knowing They Were Beloved — He Finally Got It’

It might've been Michael Nesmith's desire to do one last tour and tell his fans that he "got it" that kept him alive, says their manager.

variety.com

Nice touching article from their manager on Michael Nesmith & Micky Dolenz's farewell tour that just wrapped up three week ago.

Monkees were always on my backburner of "Oh yeah. It'd be a real fun concert to see." I passed up chances to see the aforementioned Davy Jones/Micky Dolenz/Peter Tork lineup then the Micky Dolenz/Peter Tork/Michael Nesmith lineup then Micky Dolenz/Michael Nesmith's farewell tours (and Michael Nesmith reuniting his early '70s country rock band). Micky Dolenz is playing a show with Felix Cavaliere outside Boston next month so I suppose I have one last show but eh, like I want to travel to Lynn...

Also The Monkees died in reverse order that I would have expected them to. Tork and Nesmith's order would have been interchangable but I definitely would've predicted Dolenz to go first since he was one of the Hollywood Vampires with John Lennon and Harry Nilsson and Jones to go last since he seemed so boyish and spritely even into late middle age. Random unnecessary personal anecdote: my younger brother met Davy Jones a few times at the restaurant my brother worked at during college.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

As a kid I always thought of the Monkees as being a marketing product with no good music but it sounds like they actually made some good stuff. Will have to check some of it out.

 

[strummer]

absolutely devastated about Nez. He was somewhat of a childhood hero of mine after watching Monkees reruns on MTV in the 80s.

he did not look well recently

just gutted

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

As a kid I always thought of the Monkees as being a marketing product with no good music but it sounds like they actually made some good stuff. Will have to check some of it out.

They were definitely a very good if not great '60s pop band. Jann Wenner and his buttsniffers criticized them for not writing all of their own songs and using session musicians to play instrumental parts but the vast majority of bands in that era did the same thing. Including bands Jann Wenner and co. loved like The Beach Boys and The Byrds*. I think the Monkees are up there in Top 10 maybe even Top 5 or higher for bands that inspired the most people to form bands.

If The Monkees do get inducted next year into the RRHOF, which I think is certainly possible now that it's fan voting based, I hope Micky tells them to frigg off considering what jerks what rock critics have been to them over the decades.


*even if listening to their music was as embarrassing as walking in on your parents having sex

 

[Mickey Massuco]

I was gonna like your post till I hit the last line, sorry fam

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Sorry I was referencing an old @Incandenza post making fun of Pitchfork's review of The Notorious Byrd Brothers. That's the last time I try to seem cool. I own several The Byrds CDs (and prefer their country rock era) and no way associate them with parents sex!

 

[Incandenza]

Those country-rock records Nesmith did in the 70s are really, really good and are worth seeking out if all you know is the Monkees.

 

[strummer]

METV is running a Monkees marathon today in tribute to Nesmith

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Michael Lang, Woodstock Festival Co-Creator, Dies at 77

A co-creator and promoter of the 1969 Woodstock music festival that served as a touchstone for generations of music fans, Michael Lang has died

www.nbcnewyork.com

Classic rock concert promoters that just died.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1481382028213948426

One of the greatest voices of the greatest decade of pop music.

 

[Valeyard]

This one hurts really bad. Favorite female vocalist ever.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I do take some small comfort in the fact that she lived to see her sonuvabitch’s ex-husband’s downfall and demise.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Procol Harum singer Gary Brooker dies at 76

Brooker co-wrote and sang the band's biggest hit, 1967's A Whiter Shade Of Pale.

www.bbc.com

"A Whiter Shade of Pale" is one of the GOAT oldies. There was a great music video of it from some weird '80s compilation of (then) modern music videos to oldies starring Harry Dean Stanton. Not on YouTube. I'm pretty sure I didn't Mandela Effect it but who knows?

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1501030098786394115

 

[Fall of Epic]

He drummed on Maiden's best records. That can't be taken for granted.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I guess he didn't just fuckin' die but it was his fuckin' birthday before he died.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://popculture.com/music/news/taylor-hawkins-foo-fighters-drummer-dead-at-50/

All of Dave Grohl’s friends besides Krist Novoselic are dead.

 

[Tino Standard]

Sorry, didn’t see this posted in here before I started a separate thread. I’m just shellshocked right now. The Foos are my favorite band ever. I’ve seen them 6 times, most recently at the local House of Blues when they did a surprise show during the weekend of their HOF induction. It was cool to be part of that moment at the time. It’ll probably stick with me the rest of my life now.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Alec John Such, Bon Jovi’s First Bassist, Dies at 70

Bassist Alec John Such, a founding member of Bon Jovi, has died at the age of 70, Jon Bon Jovi announced on social media today (June 5). A cause of death is as yet unknown. “We are heartbroke…

variety.com

In my research, probably the most notable classic rock star to not have his own Wikipedia entry. Hopefully now that changes!

I always thought the bass playing on some of those early Bon Jovi records is kind of underrated but there was always the rumor that all of the bass playing on the record was done by their current bass player so who knows.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Former REO Speedwagon Bassist Gregg Philbin Has Died

Former REO Speedwagon bassist Gregg Philbin died in October 2022.

ultimateclassicrock.com

Bad year for original lineup bassists.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Original Nazareth Singer Dan McCafferty Dead at 76

Original Nazareth lead singer Dan McCafferty died at age 76 in November 2022.

ultimateclassicrock.com

Huge vocal influence on Axl Rose (which wasexemplified by "Hair of the Dog" being covered on "The Spaghetti Incident?")

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1632557059920019457

End of an era.