MUSICIANS WHO DIED IN APRIL 2022
MUSICIANS WHO DIED IN APRIL 2022
APRIL 1
ROLAND WHITE (83) / AMERICAN BLUEGRASS MUSIC ARTIST, PLAYING MANDOLIN AND ALSO GUITAR. WHEN YOUNG, HAD A FAMILY BLUEGRASS BAND, LATER CALLED THE COUNTRY BOYS, THEN RENAMED THE KENTUCKY COLONELS. 1967-1969 ROLAND WHITE WORKED WITH BILL MONROE AND THE BLUE GRASS BOYS, 1969-1973 WITH LESTER FLATT AND THE NASHVILLE GRASS. THE KENTUCKY COLONELS BRIEFLY REUNITED IN 1966 AND 1973, BUT SPLIT WHEN ROLAND'S BROTHER, OUTSTANDING BLUEGRASS GUITARIST AND COUNTRY ROCK PIONEER, WHO PLAYED WITH THE BYRDS AND MANY OTHER LEGENDS, WAS KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER. ROLAND WHITE MADE FOUR SOLO ALBUMS AND SIXTY WITH OTHER PERFORMERS INCLUDING LESTER FLATT, RY COODER, RICKY SCAGGS, GENE WOOTEN, CLINT BLACK, MARTY STUART AND OTHERS.
APRIL 4
JOE MESSINA (93) / AMERICAN GUITARIST, PLAYED SOUL MUSIC AND R&B, ESPECIALLY IN THE FUNK BROTHERS, THE MOTOWN RECORDS STUDIO BAND. IN HIS TWENTIES PLAYED IN THE ABC TELEVISION STUDIO BAND, WORKING WITH CHARLIE PARKER, DIZZY GILLESPIE, SONNY STITT, STAN GETZ, LEE KONITZ, JIMMY GIUFFRE, PEPPER ADAMS, DONALD BYRD, FRANK ROSOLINO. LED THE JOE MESSINA ORCHESTRA. SINCE 1958, INVITED BY BERRY GORDY, WITH THE FUNK BROTHERS AT THE MOTOWN RECORDS' HITSVILLE U.S.A. WORKED WITH DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES, STEVIE WONDER, MARVIN GAYE, THE TEMPTATIONS, THE FOUR TOPS, SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES, MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS ("DANCING IN THE STREET", 1964). IN 2003 WON TWO GRAMMYS FOR THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE DOCUMENTARY "STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN". IN 2004 A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM THE RECORDING ACADEMY.
APRIL 5
PAUL SIEBEL (84) / AMERICAN SINGER-SONGWRITER AND GUITARIST. PLAYED FOLK ROCK AND COUNTRY ROCK. MADE THREE ALBUMS WOODSMOKE AND ORANGES (1970), JACK-KNIFE GYPSY (1971) AND A COMEBACK ALBUM LIVE AT McCABE'S (1978). HIS SONGS WERE COVERED BY A PUNK ROCK PIONEER WILLY DeVILLE, EMMYLOU HARRIS, BONNIE RAITT, JERRY JEFF WALKER, WAYLON JENNINGS, KATE WOLF, THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS, RICK ROBERTS, DAVID BROMBERG, MARY McCASLIN, LEO KOTTKE, LINDA RONSTADT. AFTER 1971 STOPPED WRITING, DEPRESSED AND ADDICTED. WORKED AS A BREAD BAKER.
APRIL 7
KEN WEST (64) / AUSTRALIAN MUSIC PROMOTER, CO-FOUNDER OF BIG DAY OUT (BDO) AN ANNUAL MUSIC FESTIVAL HELD IN 5 BIGGEST AUSTRALIAN CITIES AND IN NEW ZEALAND. (1992-1997, 1999-2014). SOME OF THE PERFORMERS WERE THE RAMONES, IGGY POP AND THE STOOGES, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, NEIL YOUNG, VIOLENT FEMMES, SOUNGARDEN, NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS, NIRVANA, NINE INCH NAILS, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, TOOL, THE OFFSPRING, THE PRODIGY, HOLE, FOO FIGHTERS, THE SMASHING PUMPKINS, THE WHITE STRIPES. MANY CONTROVERSIES WERE INVOLVED, INCLUDING PROBLEMS WITH SAFETY, DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND VIOLENCE AND DEATHS OF FANS CAUSED BY LACK OF SECURITY (DURING A LIMP BIZKIT SHOW) AND DRUG USE.
APRIL 9
CHRIS BAILEY (65) / AUSTRALIAN PUNK MUSICIAN, SINGER, SONGWRITER, GUITARIST, BASS GUITARIST, PRODUCER, CO-FOUNDER OF THE BAND THE SAINTS. BORN IN KENYA, GREW UP IN BELFAST, AT 7 MOVED WITH FAMILY TO AUSTRALIA. WITH HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS ED KUEPPER AND IVOR HAY FORMED THE SAINTS IN 1973 (ORIGINALLY CALLED KID GALAHAD AND THE ETERNALS), THE FIRST PUNK BAND OUTSIDE THE US. THEIR DEBUT SINGLE, THE ICONIC "(I'M) STRANDED", RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER 1976 ON THEIR OWN FATAL RECORDS, WAS THE FIRST NON-AMERICAN PUNK ROCK SINGLE, BEFORE THE DAMNED, THE SEX PISTOLS, THE CLASH. ANOTHER CLASSIC SINGLE "THIS PERFECT DAY" (JULY 1977, LATER COVERED BY THE FALL) CHARTED IN THE UK. IGNORED IN AUSTRALIA THEY MOVED TO THE UK. THE SAINTS WERE ACTIVE FOR ABOUT 50 YEARS AND CHRIS BAILEY WAS THE ONLY PERMANENT MEMBER (AMONG 40 OTHER PLAYERS). THE SAINTS MADE 14 ALBUMS, BAILEY MADE 7 SOLO ALBUMS. COLLABORATED WITH NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS (NOCTURAMA, 2003), JOHNETTE NAPOLITANO OF CONCRETE BLONDE, PAUL HESTER OF SPLIT ENZ AND CROWDED HOUSE, NICK SEYMOUR OF CROWDED HOUSE.
APRIL 11
CHARNETT MOFFETT (54) / AMERICAN JAZZ BASSIST, SON OF A FREE JAZZ DRUMMER, TRUMPETER, BOXER AND ORNETTE COLEMAN COLLABORATOR, CHARLES MOFFETT. CHARNETT MOFFETT STARTED TOURING ABROAD AS A BASS PLAYER AT 8. MID-80s WITH THE MARSALIS BROTHERS. LATER WORKED WITH ART BLAKEY, DIZZY GILLESPIE, ORNETTE COLEMAN, PHAROAH SANDERS, SONNY SHARROCK, HERBIE HANCOCK, McCOY TYNER, TONY WILLIAMS, KENNY DREW JR., KENNY GARRETT, LOUIS HAYES, GERI ALLEN, STANLEY JORDAN, MANHATTAN JAZZ QUINTET, KEVIN EUBANKS, BRANFORD MARSALIS, FRANK LOWE, KENNY KIRKLAND, WALLACE RONEY, SONNY SIMMONS, LEW SOLOFF, ANITA BAKER, JAMES WILLIAMS, RACHEL Z, DIANNE REEVES, SADAO WATANABE, VICTOR LEWIS, HIS FATHER CHARLES MOFFETT AND MANY OTHERS.
APRIL 13
TIM FEERICK (34) / AMERICAN ROCK BASSIST, WORKING WITH POST-HARDCORE / PROGRESSIVE / MATH ROCK BAND DANCE GAVIN DANCE. FIRST AS A THEIR TOURING MEMBER IN 2009, THEN BECOMING A REGULAR MEMBER IN 2012. PLAYED ON THEIR FIVE ALBUMS, INCLUDING THE LATEST AFTERBURNER.
APRIL 26
KLAUS SCHULZE (74) / AKA RICHARD WAHNFRIED, GERMAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC PIONEER, COMPOSER, PRODUCER AND MUSICIAN. PLAYED ELECTRONIC MUSIC, KRAUTROCK, SPACE ROCK, AMBIENT, PSYCHEDELIA, KOSMISCHE MUSIK, AVANT-GARDE. STUDIED GERMAN IN BERLIN AND DELIVERED TELEGRAMS. IN THE LATE 1960s DRUMMER IN THE BAND PSY FREE, 1969 JOINED TANGERINE DREAM RECORDING THEIR DEBUT ALBUM ELECTRONIC MEDITATION, A MIX OF FREE JAZZ, ELECTRONIC ART AND INSTRUMENTAL ROCK. 1970 CO-FOUNDED ASH RA TEMPEL, SINCE 1971 SOLO CAREER. MADE DOZENS OF ALBUMS INCLUDING TIMEWIND (1975), MOONDAWN (1976), MIRAGE (1977), DUNE (1979), DZIĘKUJĘ POLAND LIVE '83, DZIĘKUJĘ BARDZO ( LIVE WITH LISA GERRARD, 2009), HOMMAGE À POLSKA (WITH LISA GERRARD, 2009). COLLABORATED WITH PETE NAMLOOK, LISA GERRARD, STOMU YAMASHTA, STEVE WINWOOD, AL DI MEOLA, MICHAEL SHRIEVE, JUNIOR MARVIN.
APRIL 27
JUDY HENSKE (85) / AMERICAN SINGER SONGWRITER, CALLED "THE QUEEN OF THE BEATNIKS". COMBINED FOLK AND BLUES, JAZZ, SHOW TUNES, PSYCHEDELIA, ART POP. IN 1963 RECORDED BILLY EDD WHEELER'S "HIGH FLYING BIRD", WHICH INFLUENCED FOLK-ROCK AND WAS COVERED BY JEFFERSON AIRPLANE (THEY PLAYED IT AT THE MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL, 1967), RICHIE HAVENS (PLAYED IT AT THE WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL, 1969), NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE AND OTHERS. THE TITLE INFLUENCED NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS. JUDY HENSKE WORKED WITH LENNY BRUCE, JUDY GARLAND, PHIL OCHS, WOODY ALLEN. MADE THE DEATH DEFYING JUDY HENSKE WITH JACK NITZSCHE (REPRISE, 1966) AND FAREWELL ALDEBARAN FOR FRANK ZAPPA'S STRAIGHT RECORDS IN 1969.
APRIL 29
ALLEN BLAIRMAN (81) / AMERICAN JAZZ DRUMMER. WORKED WITH CHARLES MINGUS, CHET BAKER, ARCHIE SHEPP. WORKED AND RECORDED WITH ALBERT AYLER (NUITS DE LA FONDATION DE MAEGHT, 1970 SHANDAR AND LIVE ON THE RIVIERA, 1970 ESP-Disk), MAL WALDRON, ALBERT MANGELSDORFF, KARL BERGER, BIRELI LAGRENE, MASAHIKO SATO, GÜNTER LENZ, EMBRYO.
APRIL 30
GABE SERBIAN (45) / AMERICAN HARDCORE PUNK, NOISE, EXTREME METAL, GRINDCORE MUSICIAN, PLAYED DRUMS, GUITAR AND SANG. A MEMBER OF TWO HARDCORE PUNK SUPERGROUPS DEAD CROSS (WITH MEMBERS FROM SLAYER, FAITH NO MORE, MR BUNGLE, FANTÔMAS, THE LOCUST, RETOX) AND HEAD WOUND CITY (THE LOCUST, YEAH YEAH YEAHS, THE BLOOD BROTHERS). ALSO CATTLE DECAPITATION, HOLY MOLAR, LE BUTCHERETTES, SOME GIRLS, SKINWALKER, KATA, RETOX, PLANET B, WET LUNGS. PERFORMED WITH ALEC EMPIRE, NIC ENDO (BOTH ATARI TEENAGE RIOT), ZU, MERZBOW, CHARLIE CLOUSER (NINE INCH NAILS). GABE SERBIAN COLLABORATED WITH FILMMAKER ASIA ARGENTO (INCOMPRESA, 2014). DIED ONE DAY BEFORE HIS 46TH BIRTHDAY.
RAY FENWICK (75) / ENGLISH GUITARIST, SESSION MUSICIAN, SONGWRITER, PRODUCER. PLAYED ROCK, BLUES ROCK, PROG, JAZZ, HEAVY METAL. FIRST IN SKA AND BLUEBEAT RAY AND THE RED DEVILS, THEN THE SYNDICATS. 1967-1969 SPENCER DAVIS GROUP. JULY 1972 PLAYED ON THE LONDON BO DIDDLEY SESSIONS (CHESS RECORDS). IN THE 1970s IN IAN GILLAN BAND. PLAYED ON JON LORD'S LIVE ALBUM WINDOWS. WITH ROGER GLOVER AND FANCY. 1987-1989 STUDIO PROJECT FORCEFIELD WIH MEMBERS OF BLACK SABBATH, ELP, RAINBOW, FOCUS, WHITESNAKE. WITH GRAHAM BONNET (RAINBOW) AND STEVE HOWE'S REMEDY.
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