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The Cryan' Shames are an American garage rock band from Hinsdale, Illinois.Originally known as The Travelers, the band was formed by Tom Doody ("Toad"), Gerry Stone ("Stonehenge"), Dave Purple ("Grape") of The Prowlers, Denny Conroy from Possum River, and Jim Fairs from The Roosters, Jim Pilster ("J.C. Hooke", so named because he was born without a left hand and wore a hook), and Bill Hughes.
Country guitarist and singer-songwriter: 79: January 5, 2024: Santa Clarita, California, US: Natural causes [4] Gene Deer Blues guitarist and singer: 59: January 5, 2024: Fairland, Indiana, US: Unknown [5] Del Palmer Bass guitarist and audio engineer: 71: January 5, 2024: Undisclosed [6] Iasos New-age musician: 76: January 6, 2024: Undisclosed ...
Guitarist/singer Johnny "Guitar" Watson collapsed and died onstage during a performance in Yokohama, Japan. The cause of death was a heart attack. 1997: English actor Anthony Wheeler died by strangulation while playing Judas Iscariot at a performance of Jesus Christ Superstar in Chalkidiki, Greece. He hanged himself after failing to attach the ...
James Graham Fair (December 3, 1831 – December 28, 1894) was an Irish immigrant to the United States who became a highly successful mining engineer and businessman. His investments in silver mines in Nevada made him a millionaire, and he was one of the famous " silver kings " who became wealthy on the Comstock Lode .
The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 2000s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.
Lead guitarist for The Fourmost: 57: June 16, 1999: Suicide by hanging Frank C. Starr Lead singer for The Four Horsemen: 41: June 18, 1999: Died after a 4-year coma caused by a motorcycle accident in 1995 Kami Malice Mizer: 27: June 21, 1999: Kyoto, Japan: Subarachnoid hemorrhage Jimmy Archer The Wrens: 60's: June 22, 1999: Unknown Bruce Day ...
This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2021.
Canned Heat is an American blues rock band founded by Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson and Bob "The Bear" Hite in 1965. The band's classic line-up consisted of Wilson on slide guitar, vocals and harmonica, Hite on vocals and harmonica, Henry "The Sunflower" Vestine on lead guitar, Larry "The Mole" Taylor on bass and Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra on drums.