DEAD MUSICIANS WHO DIED IN JUNE 2022
MUSICIANS WHO DIED IN JUNE 2022
JUNE 2
HAL BYNUM (87) / AMERICAN SONGWRITER AND PERFORMER FROM NASHVILLE, ACTIVE IN THE 1970s OUTLAW COUNTRY MOVEMENT. ALSO SPOKEN WORD ARTIST. WROTE OVER 200 SONGS FOR THE BEST COUNTRY ARTISTS. HIS BIGGEST HIT "LUCILLE" WAS FOR KENNY ROGERS, ALSO FOR JOHNNY CASH "PAPA WAS A GOOD MAN", FOR PATTY LOVELESS "CHAINS", FOR JIM REEVES "NOBODY'S FOOL", CASH AND WAYLON JENNINGS "THERE AIN'T NO GOOD CHAIN GANG". HAL BYNUM'S "THE OLD, OLD HOUSE" WAS PLAYED BY THE GRATEFUL DEAD, BILL MONROE, GEORGE JONES, RALPH STANLEY.
JUNE 3
GRACHAN MONCUR III (85) / AMERICAN FREE JAZZ AND AVANTGARDE JAZZ TROMBONIST. CELLO AT 9, TROMBONE AT 11. STILL AT SCHOOL, SAT IN WITH ART BLAKEY AND JACKIE McLEAN. 1959-1962 TOURED WITH RAY CHARLES, 1962 IN ART FARMER AND BENNY GOLSON'S JAZZTET, THEN SONNY ROLLINS. RECORDED FOR BLUE NOTE, WITH JACKIE McLEAN IN 1963: ONE STEP BEYOND AND DESTINATION... OUT! AND HIS OWN EVOLUTION IN 1963 WITH JACKIE McLEAN AND LEE MORGAN AND SOME OTHER STUFF IN 1964 WITH HERBIE HANCOCK AND WAYNE SHORTER. TWO ALBUMS FOR BYG ACTUEL: NEW AFRICA AND ACO DEI DE MADRUGADA. WORKED WITH ARCHIE SHEPP, MARION BROWN, BEAVER HARRIS, ROSWELL RUDD. IN 1974 WROTE "ECHOES OF PRAYER" COMMISSIONED BY JAZZ COMPOSER'S ORCHESTRA. RECORDED 10 ALBUMS WITH ARCHIE SHEPP, 4 WITH BENNY GOLSON, ALSO JOE HENDERSON, DAVE BURRELL, SUNNY MURRAY, BUTCH MORRIS ETC
KEN KELLY (76) / AMERICAN FANTASY ARTIST AND ALBUM COVER DESIGNER. HIS AUNT'S HUSBAND WAS FRANK FRAZETTA, CALLED THE "GODFATHER OF FANTASY ART", PAINTER AND ALBUM COVER DESIGNER (ROY ORBISON, HERMAN'S HERMITS, NAZARETH, MOLLY HATCHET, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, WOLFMOTHER). KEN KELLY DESIGNED 3 ALBUM COVERS FOR KISS, 6 FOR MANOWAR, ALSO RAINBOW, ACE FREHLEY.
JUNE 5
ALEC JOHN SUCH (70) / AMERICAN ROCK BASS GUITARIST, BACKING SINGER, PRODUCER AND MANAGER, THE ORIGINAL MEMBER OF GLAM METAL / POP ROCK BON JOVI (1983-1994). PLAYED ON THEIR FIRST FIVE ALBUMS. IN 2018 INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME WITH BON JOVI. BEGAN WITH BANDS THE CELLAR DWELLERS, PHANTOM'S OPERA (WITH TICO TORRES), THE MESSAGE (WITH RICHIE SAMBORA).
JUNE 6
JAMES SEALS (70) / AMERICAN ROCK MUSICIAN, GUITARIST, SAXOPHONIST, VIOLINIST. KNOWN FOR PLAYING IN THE SOFT ROCK DUO SEALS AND CROFTS FORMED IN 1969 WITH DARRELL CROFTS. THEY WROTE HIT SONGS "SUMMER BREEZE" (1972), "DIAMOND GIRL" (1973), "GET CLOSER" (1976). EARLIER JIM SEALS WAS IN THE CHAMPS AND DAWNBREAKERS. IN 1959 TOURED WITH EDDIE COCHRAN.
JUNE 8
WOLFGANG REISINGER (66) / AUSTRIAN JAZZ MUSICIAN, PERCUSSIONIST, WHO ALSO PLAYED FREE IMPROVISATION, CLASSICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC. WORKED WITH THE COMPOSER THOMAS PERNES (A STUDENT OF KRAKÓW COMPOSER ROMAN HAUBENSTOCK-RAMATI) AND PLAYED IN A TRIO MEDAYA WITH BEAT FURRER. 1978 COMPOSED FOR BURGTHEATER. 1979-1989 IN THE VIENNA ART ORCHESTRA. WORKED WITH WOLFGANG PUSCHNIG, HANS KOLLER, HARRY PEPL, MIKE RICHMOND, LINDA SHARROCK, LOUIS SCLAVIS, DOMINIQUE PIFARÉLY. 1994-1996 WITH ENRICO RAVA, JOHN ABERCROMBIE, EVAN PARKER, MICHEL GODARD, PETER KOWALD, HERB ROBERTSON. IN 1996 FORMED THE TRIO CÉLÉA, LIEBMAN, REISINGER. IN 2000, WITH CÉLÉA IN JOACHIM KÜHN TRIO. RECORDED WITH RABIH-ABOUH KHALIL, MARC DUCRET, MATT GARRISON.
JUNE 9
JULEE CRUISE (65) / AMERICAN SINGER, SONGWRITER, ACTRESS, MUSICIAN. KNOWN FOR HER WORK WITH ANGELO BADALAMENTI AND DAVID LYNCH ON THE TV SERIES AND FILM TWIN PEAKS, IN WHICH SHE SANG THE THEME SONG "FALLING" AND ALSO APPEARED IN THEM. TOOK PART IN BADALAMENTI AND LYNCH'S AVANT GARDE CONCERT INDUSTRIAL SYMPHONY No.1. JULEE CRUISE MADE FOUR ALBUMS ON HER OWN AND HAD MANY COLLABORATIONS, INCLUDING BOBBY McFERRIN, THE B-52's, MOBY, ADAM DORN AKA MOCEAN WORKER.
DARIO PARISINI (55) / ITALIAN PUNK ROCK / INDUSTRIAL / POST-HARDCORE MUSICIAN, GUITARIST, ACTOR FROM BOLOGNA. HIS FIRST FILM WAS NOI TRE BY PUPO AVATI IN 1984 ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL TRIP WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART MADE TO BOLOGNA. DARIO PARISINI WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PUNK ROCK / UNDERGROUND SCENE WORKING WITH BANDS. LABELS AND FANZINES (FIAMMA NERA). IN 1987 HE JOINED DISCIPLINATHA (TILL 1997) WHO RECORDED FOR ONE OF THE FIRST DIY LABELS IN ITALY PUNK ATTACK RECORDS. LATER IN MASSIMO VOLUME (1999-2000), EL MUNIRIA, POST CONTEMPORARY CORPORATION, DISH-IS-NEIN (2017, BY EX-MEMBERS OF DISCIPLINATHA).
JUNE 12
ROMAN BUNKA (70) / GERMAN GUITARIST, OUD PLAYER AND COMPOSER. BORN IN FRANKFURT ON 2 DECEMBER 1951. WORKED WITH MAL WALDRON, CHARLIE MARIANO, MALACHI FAVORS, EMBRYO, DISSIDENTEN, MOHAMED MOUNIR, TRILOK GURTU, FATHY SALAMA, OTTO "LOCKO" RICHTER. ROMAN BUNKA COMPOSED MUSIC FOR THE FILM HALFMOON BY PAUL BOWLES (1995).
JUNE 19
JIM SCHWALL (79) / AMERICAN ROCK MUSICIAN, GUITARIST, SINGER-SONWRITER, PHOTOGRAPHER. WITH CORKY SIEGEL WAS A CO-FOUNDER OF THE ELECTRIC BLUES SIEGEL-SCHWALL BAND IN 1964 IN CHICAGO. FIRST A DUO, SOON A QUARTET. PLAYED THE SAME CLUBS AS MUDDY WATERS, HOWLIN' WOLF, WILLIE DIXON, THEN BIG PLACES LIKE FILLMORE WEST AS THEY GOT POPULAR. 1966-1974 OVER TEN ALBUMS. COLLABORATED WITH SEIJI OZAWA, MIXING BLUES AND CLASSICAL MUSIC. SPLIT 1974, REUNITED 1987. MID-1970s STARTED HIS OWN BLUES-ROCK GROUP JIM SCHWALL BAND. HAD PhD IN MUSICAL COMPOSITION (BALLET, OPERA, STAGE MUSIC) AND TAUGHT IT. WAS A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER (USED ALSO KALLITYPE, CYANOTYPE, GUM PRINTING). ACTIVELY SUPPORTED PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL CAUSES.
BRETT TUGGLE (70) / AMERICAN ROCK AND GLAM METAL KEYBOARDIST, SONGWRITER. PLAYED KEYBOARD WITH JOHN KAY & STEPPENWOLF, THEN WITH RICK SPRINGFIELD SINCE 1982. 1986-1994 WITH POST-VAN HALEN DAVID LEE ROTH. IN 1988 CO-WROTE THE HIT SINGLE "JUST LIKE PARADISE". WORKED WITH MICK FLEETWOOD'S BAND THE ZOO AND WITH FLEETWOOD MAC. PLAYED WITH WHITESNAKE, CHRIS ISAAK AND TOURED WITH TOTO'S STEVE LUKATHER.
JUNE 23
TOMMY MORGAN (89) / AMERICAN HARMONICIST AND SESSION MUSICIAN SINCE 1950s. PLAYED IN OVER 500 FILMS. WORKED AND RECORDED WITH THE BEACH BOYS (INCLUDING THE PET SOUNDS ALBUM, #1 HIT SINGLE "GOOD VIBRATIONS", THE SMILE PROJECT), RANDY NEWMAN, THE CARPENTERS, CARLY SIMON, NEIL DIAMOND, OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN, MELISSA MANCHESTER, ERIC CARMEN, BARRY MANILOW, DOLLY PARTON, PETER CETERA, MIKE LOVE, KENNY ROGERS, LINDA RONSTADT, VAN DYKE PARKS, JUICE NEWTON, JELLYFISH, PAUL YOUNG, ROSEMARY CLOONEY, PEABO BRYSON, BARBRA STREISAND, JAMES TAYLOR, DIANE SCHUUR, BRIAN WILSON, BETTE MIDLER.
MASSIMO MORANTE (69) / ITALIAN ELECTRIC AND ACOUSTIC GUITARIST, PLAYED WITH THE PROGRESSIVE ROCK BAND GOBLIN. THEY MADE SOUNDTRACKS FOR HORROR FILMS BY DARIO ARGENTO AND GEORGE A. ROMERO. IN 1975 THEY REWORKED THE ORIGINAL SCORE FOR ARGE969NTO'S THRILLER-GIALLO PROFONDO ROSSO (DEEP RED AKA THE HATCHET MURDERS) WRITTEN BY THE OUTSTANDING ITALIAN JAZZ PIANIST AND COMPOSER GIORGIO GASLINI.
JUNE 27
ARNOLD SKOLNICK (85) / AMERICAN GRAPHIC ARTIST AND BOOK PUBLISHER. ALSO A PHOTOGRAPHER. DESIGNED THE ORIGINAL 1969 WOODSTOCK ART AND MUSIC FAIR POSTER. DID IT IN ABOUT THREE DAYS. HIS ICONIC LOGO OF A BIRD ON A GUITAR NECK BECAME WORLD FAMOUS AND HAS BEEN USED THOUSANDS TIMES. SKOLNICK ONLY GOT $15 FOR HIS WORK. LATER ARNOLD SKOLNICK STARTED BOOK COMPANIES IMAGO IMPRINT AND CHAMELEON BOOKS AND PUBLISHED LOTS OF ART BOOKS. WORKED ON GRAPHICS FOR THE FILM TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962).