Obituaries - Page 5

Steve Foley, R.I.P.

Michaelangelo Matos | August 27, 2008 3:00 am
Michaelangelo Matos | August 27, 2008 3:00 am

Steve Foley, who was the Replacements’ final drummer–he played with the group on its last tour in 1990-91, replacing Chris Mars–died last weekend of an accidental prescription-medication overdose. More »


Jerry Finn, R.I.P.

Dan Gibson | August 26, 2008 11:45 am
Dan Gibson | August 26, 2008 11:45 am

Last Thursday–two weeks after being taken off life support–producer and mixer Jerry Finn died from complications from a brain hemorrhage. More »


LeRoi Moore, R.I.P.

noah | August 20, 2008 9:45 am
noah | August 20, 2008 9:45 am

Dave Matthews Band saxophonist LeRoi Moore passed away Tuesday, the result of complications arising from injuries sustained in a June 30 ATV accident. More »



Johnny “Dizzy” Moore, R.I.P.

noah | August 20, 2008 9:30 am
noah | August 20, 2008 9:30 am


Trumpeter Johnny “Dizzy” Moore, one of the founding members of the Jamaican ska/reggae outfit the Skatalites, has passed away after a long battle with cancer. Moore, along with saxophonists Tommy McCook and Roland Alphonso and trombonist Don Drummond, formed the band in 1964; it broke up a little more than a year later, but its influence spread far and wide. Moore became a fixture of the session-musician scene, appearing on albums by the likes of Bob Marley and Lee “Scratch” Perry, and he also played with the band briefly after it reformed in 1986. He was 70. (The Skatalites’ “Guns Of Navarone” is above; after the jump, a YouTube embed of “Silver Dollar.”)

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Jerry Wexler, R.I.P.

noah | August 15, 2008 1:30 am
noah | August 15, 2008 1:30 am

Record producer and executive Jerry Wexler passed away at his home early this morning. Wexler, whose career in the business began with a stint at Billboard (where he coined the term “rhythm and blues”), started at Atlantic Records in 1953; he later on to work with many of rock and soul’s giants,… More »


Isaac Hayes, R.I.P.

noah | August 10, 2008 5:00 am
noah | August 10, 2008 5:00 am

Soul pioneer Isaac Hayes was found dead at his Memphis home this morning. Hayes’ decades-spanning career began with a gig writing, arranging, and producing music at Stax Records, where he collaborated with David Porter on tracks for Sam & Dave and Carla Thomas, among others. More »



Robert Hazard, R.I.P.

noah | August 6, 2008 4:45 am
noah | August 6, 2008 4:45 am

Philadelphia-bred New Waver Robert Hazard, who performed the early-’80s hit “Escalator Of Life” (above) and wrote “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” which went to No. 2 on the U.S. pop charts after Cyndi Lauper covered it on her 1983 album She’s So Unusual, has passed away. More »


The 2009 Festival Season Sees Its First Casualty

noah | July 30, 2008 11:30 am
noah | July 30, 2008 11:30 am

vineland.jpgFestival die-hards who were waiting to traipse down to south Jersey for the Vineland Festival, the multi-day, multi-band fest that was “postponed” from this year to a summer 2009 launch date, are going to be disappointed: The festival’s plug has been pulled by C3 Presents, the Texas-based company that also puts on Lollapalooza, thanks to the immediate area being too saturated with multi-day affairs.

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DJ K-Swift, R.I.P.

Dan Gibson | July 22, 2008 2:30 am
Dan Gibson | July 22, 2008 2:30 am

kswift.jpgKhia Edgerton, better known as the “Club Queen K-Swift”, Baltimore DJ and radio personality, died yesterday at the age of 29 after a swimming pool accident at her home. As someone from way outside Baltimore’s city limits, it’s nearly impossible for me to try to capture the impact K-Swift’s death has had on the community there–there have been candlelight vigils at 92Q (where she worked) and front-page stories on the local papers, as well as tributes all over the Internet.

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Natasha Shneider, R.I.P.

anthonyjmiccio | July 3, 2008 10:15 am
anthonyjmiccio | July 3, 2008 10:15 am

eleven.JPGNatasha Shneider, who played keyboards and sang with the band Eleven and collaborated with Queens of the Stone Age and Chris Cornell, died of cancer yesterday. “She was a brilliant, beautiful, and ballsy woman who will be missed deeply by all those who knew her. Send your loving thoughts her way in the universe,” wrote frequent collaborator Troy Van Leeuwen. Shneider and her husband Alain Johannes founded Eleven with former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons in 1990, and the band recorded five albums and toured with Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Queens Of The Stone Age–all groups that members of Eleven would eventually collaborate with or join. Shneider’s colorful career also included playing a cosmonaut in 2010: The Year We Make Contact and recording a song for the Catwoman soundtrack. Some clips from her career below.

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