On December 29, 2012, Neil James Innes died aged 75, He was writer, comedian, songwriter and musician (vocals, guitar, banjo, piano), who had success working with Monty Pythons, The Rutles and The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
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Mickey Finn
On January 11, 2003, Michael Norman Finn aka Mickey Finn died aged 55. He was musician (vocals, bongos, congas, drums, bass), performed with Hapshash and the Coloured Coat, The Blow Monkeys and The Soup Dragon, best known as the percussionist and sideman to Marc Bolan in Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Tony T-Bone
On December 25, 2009, Robert Anthony Bellamy aka Tony “T-Bone” Bellamy died aged 63. He was musician (guitar, piano, vocals), performed with Dobie Gray, was a member of Peter and the Wolves (San Francisco band that evolved into Moby Grape), but was best known as founding member, vocalist, guitarist and pianist for Redbone.
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
Fela Kuti
On August 2, 1997, Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti aka Fela Kuti, died aged 58. He was musician (saxophone, keyboards, trumpet, guitar, drums), singer, composer, human rights and political activist, one of the pioneers of the Afrobeat music style and one of the biggest propagators of the African music worldwide.
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