On June 29, 1979, Lowell Thomas George, died aged 34. He was musician (guitar, sitar, saxophone, harmonica), songwriter, and producer, member of Frank Zappa’s “Mothers of Invention”, but best known as a leader, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter of “Little Feat”. George also worked as a producer, he produced the Grateful Dead’s 1978 album “Shakedown Street”, the “Little Feat’s” albums and Valerie Carter’s 1977 album “Just a stone’s throw away”. In 1979 George released his only solo album “Thanks, I’ll eat it here”.
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Rick Grech
On March 17, 1990, Richard Roman Grechko aka Rick Grech died aged 44. He was musician (bass, violin, viola, cello, guitar, mandolin, banjo) performed and recorded with Family, Blind Faith, Ginger Baker’s Air Force, Traffic, Gram Parsons and The Crickets.
T-Bone Walker
On March 16, 1975, Aaron Thibeaux “T-Bone” Walker died aged 64. He was musician (guitar, various instruments), singer and songwriter, an influential pioneer and innovator of the jump blues and electric blues sound. In 2011 “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked him at number 67 on the list of “The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”.
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