Richard Horne was found dead with his wife, Mandy Williamson, in Scotland on January 10. Horne was better known as Harry Horse to fans of the obscure Scottish bluegrass band Swamptrash, and, later, to fans of his political cartoons and […]
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Dennis Linde, who wrote “Burning Love” for Elvis Presley, the #1 hits “I’m Gonna Get You” and “In A Letter To You” for Eddy Raven, and “Goodbye Earl” for the Dixie Chicks, died December 22 in Nashville of idiopathic pulmonary […]
From the day in 1954 when Memphis auto mechanics and casual guitar strummers Marshall Grant and Luther Perkins met Johnny Cash, an amateur singer fresh out of the Air Force, until Cash fired him in 1980, Grant played a pivotal […]
Jumpin’ Jimmy Brown died December 18 in Maple Grove, Minnesota. He played trumpet and saxophone and sang with Etta James, Count Basie, and Nat King Cole. Best known for his tenure with Paul Williams & His Hucklebuckers, he also worked […]
Blues impresario Tina Mayfield succumbed to cancer December 14 in Palmdale, California. She founded the California Black Blues Society and was once married to Percy Mayfield. She was 77.
Bluesman Homesick James died December 13 in Springfield, Missouri. He had worked with his cousin, Elmore James, and with Sonny Boy Williamson. He was 94.
Legendary instrument maker and bluegrass musician Homer Ledford died December 11 in Winchester, Kentucky. Though he built close to 6,000 dulcimers, Ledford also made hundreds of mandolins, a few dozen guitars and banjos, and four violins. As a musician, he’d […]
Blues Foundation hall of famer Jay “Hootie” McShann died December 7 in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann was jazz and blues pianist credited with much of the mid-century Kansas City sound; his band provided the launching pad for saxophonist Charlie Parker. […]
“I’m the fill,” said Jeff Daniels, the Hollywood actor, weekender guitarist-songwriter and congenial M.C. who provided political satire to a welcoming crowd attending the Ann Arbor Folk Festival in its 30th year. One of the oldest and most respected folk […]
There really should have been a North Carolina flag in the house for this show, in which three of the Tarheel state’s most storied acts drew a sold-out crowd. There was the classic Chris Stamey/Peter Holsapple/Will Rigby/Gene Holder dB’s lineup’s […]
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