On January 15, 2018, Dolores Mary Eileen O’Riordan died aged 46. She was singer, songwriter and musician (guitar, bass, and keyboards), best known as vocalist and leader of The Cranberries. She released seven studio albums with The Cranberries, two solo albums: Are You Listening? (2007) and No Baggage (2009). In 2016 as member of the band D.A.R.K. she released the album Science Agrees.
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Albert King
On December 21, 1992, Albert Nelson aka Albert King died aged 69. He was musician (guitar, drums) and singer, one of the most influential blues guitarists, one of the “Three Kings of the Blues Guitar” (along with B.B. King and Freddie King). Because of his smooth singing and his large size, he was given the nick name “The Velvet Bulldozer”. In 2013, he was posthumously inducted in the “Rock and Roll of Fame”. King has recorded sixteen studio albums.
Cake: Prolonging the Magic
On October 6, 1998, “Capricorn” label released “Prolonging the Magic”, the third Cake studio album. It was recorded in 1998, and was produced by John McCrea. In 1999 the album was certified Platinum in US by the “RIAA”.
Personnel:
- John McCrea– vocals, guitar, piano, organ, Moog, arrangements, design
- Vince DiFiore – trumpet, backing vocals, arrangements
- Gabe Nelson – bass, mandolin, guitar, piano, arrangements
- Todd Roper – drums, percussion, backing vocals, arrangements
- Xan McCurdy, Rusty Miller – electric guitar
- Tyler Pope, Chuck Prophet, Jim Campilongo – electric guitar, arrangements
- Ben Morss – piano, arrangements
- David Palmer– keyboards
- Greg Vincent – pedal steel guitar
- Mark Needham – additional percussion, engineering, mixing
- Richard Lyman – musical saw
- Joe Johnston, Jay Bowman, Gabriel Shepard,Justin Phelps, Scott Reams, Rafael Serrano – engineering
- Kirt Shearer, Craig Long – engineering, mixing
- Greg Brown – arranging
- Keara Fallon – design
- Don C. Tyler – mastering
Track listing:
All tracks by John McCrea, except where noted.
- Satan Is My Motor – John McCrea, Gabriel Nelson, Tyler Pope
- Mexico
- Never There
- Guitar
- You Turn the Screws
- Walk On By
- Sheep Go to Heaven
- When You Sleep
- Hem of Your Garment
- Alpha Beta Parking Lot
- Let Me Go
- Cool Blue Reason
- Where Would I Be? – John McCrea, Gabriel Nelson, Joe Snook
Gregg Allman
On May 27, 2017, Gregory LeNoir “Gregg” Allman died aged 69. He was musician (guitar, keyboards), singer and songwriter, best known as member of The Allman Brothers Band. He released seven studio and two live albums, and was inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” and “Georgia Music Hall of Fame”. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked him at number 70 on its list of the “100 Greatest Singers of All Time”.
Eric Gale
On May 25, 1984, Eric J. Gale died aged 55. He was musician (guitar) and composer, as session guitarist has performed and recorded with some of the biggest names of the music scene, including Clark Terry, Oliver Nelson, Jimmy McGriff, Benny Golson, Van Morrison, Bernard Purdie, Herbie Mann, Yusuf Lateef, Chico Hamilton, Sonny Stitt, Quincy Jones, Al Kooper, Lena Horn, Gabor Szabo, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie, Esther Philips, Chuck Rainey, Johnny Hammond, Stanley Turrentine, David Newman, Hank Crawford, Grover Washington, Jr., Roberta Flack, Stanley Turrentine, Hubert Laws, Bob James, Joe Higgs, Van McCoy, Ron Carter, George Benson, Phil Upchurch, Tom Scott, Idris Muhammad, Ashford & Simpson, Cedar Walton, Stanley Turrentine, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Paul Butterfield, Joe Cocker and David Ruffin. As leader he released twelve albums.
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention: Over-Nite Sensation
On September 7, 1973, “DiscReet” label released “Over-Nite Sensation”, the seventeenth Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention studio album. It was recorded March – June 1973, at “Bolic Sound”, Inglewood and “Whitney Studios”, Glendale, and was produced by Frank Zappa.
Personnel:
- Frank Zappa – vocals, guitar
- George Duke– synthesizer, keyboards
- Tom Fowler– bass
- Ralph Humphrey – drums
- Ruth Underwood– percussion, marimba, vibraphone
- Kin Vassy– vocals
- Ricky Lancelotti– vocals
- Sal Marquez – vocals, trumpet
- Ian Underwood– clarinet, flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Bruce Fowler– trombone
- Jean-Luc Ponty– violin, baritone violin
- Tina Turner and the Ikettes – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Frank Zappa.
- Camarillo Brillo
- I’m the Slime
- Dirty Love
- Fifty-Fifty
- Zomby Woof
- Dinah-Moe-Humm
- Montana
Duster Bennett
On March 26, 1976, Anthony “Duster” Bennett died aged 30. He was musician (acoustic guitar, slide guitar, electric guitar, harmonica, percussion, drums, keyboards, bass guitar, mandolin), performed as a one-man band, playing a bass, guitar, drum with his foot and blowing a harmonica on a rack. Bennett worked with Alexis Korner, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and Fleetwood Mac.
Gary Moore
On February 6, 2011, Gary Moore died aged 59. He was musician (guitar, bass, keyboards), vocalist and songwriter, member of Skid Row, Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II, G-Force, Scars and BBM. He recorded and performed with many famous artists including Greg Lake, George Harrison, Rod Argent, B.B. King, Andrew Lloyd Webber, The Beach Boys, Gary Boyle, Dr. Strangely Strange and Travelling Wilburys. As solo artist he released 17 albums.
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