MUSICIANS WHO DIED IN MARCH 2018
MUSICIANS WHO DIED IN MARCH 2018
MARCH 7
JERZY MILIAN (82) / POLISH JAZZ VIBRAPHONIST, PIANIST, COMPOSER, BAND LEADER, PAINTER. LED MANY JAZZ GROUPS AND ORCHESTRAS. WORKED WITH KRZYSZTOF KOMEDA TRZCINSKI, ESPECIALLY IN THE KRZYSZTOF KOMEDA SEXTET (1956-1958). THIS BAND WAS A BIG SUCCESS DURING THE 1ST JAZZ FESTIVAL IN SOPOT IN 1956. THEN WITH JAN PTASZYN WROBLEWSKI QUINTET AND HIS OWN BANDS. WAS THE DIRECTOR AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE POLISH RADIO AND TELEVISION ORCZESTRA IN KATOWICE AND LECTURER AT THE POZNAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
MARCH 12
NOKIE EDWARDS (82) / AMERICAN GUITARIST AND BASS GUITARIST, PLAYED ALSO MANDOLIN, STEEL GUITAR, BANJO AND VIOLIN. LIKE JIMI HENDRIX HE HAD NATIVE AMERICAN ROOTS. NOKIE EDWARDS IS ESPECIALLY KNOWN AS A MEMBER OF THE VENTURES, THE BEST-SELLING INSTRUMENTAL GROUP IN HISTORY (OVER 100 MILLION RECORDS). THE VENTURES INFLUENCED LOTS OF SURF ROCK, PUNK, SURF PUNK AND HARDCORE BANDS TO COME. THEIR GREATEST HITS WERE WALK DON'T RUN, HAWAII FIVE-O, WALK DON'T RUN '64. NOKIE EDWARDS HAD ALSO HIS OWN SOLO CAREER AS WELL AS ACTING CAREER IN DEADWOOD, AN AMERICAN WESTERN TV SERIES. HE DESIGNED HIS OWN CUSTOM GUITAR THE HitchHiker AND THE NOKIE EDWARDS DUAL BLADE HUMBUCKER PICKUP.
MARCH 13
CHARLIE QUINTANA (56) / AMERICAN ROCK AND PUNK DRUMMER, BEST KNOWN FOR PLAYING WITH SOCIAL DISTORTION (2000-2009). AT FIFTEEN HE PLAYED IN A LATINO PUNK BAND THE PLUGZ FROM LOS ANGELES (1977-1984). THE PLUGZ (SOMETIMES CALLED LOS PLUGZ) ARE SAID TO BE THE FIRST DIY PUNK BAND IN L.A. THE BAND STARTED THEIR OWN PLUGZ RECORDS AND LATER FATIMA RECORDS. THE PLUGZ WERE FEATURED ON THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE CULT MOVIE REPO MAN. THEY WERE THE ONLY BAHD TO CONTRIBUTE THREE TRACKS. OTHER PERFORMERS WERE: IGGY POP, BLACK FLAG, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, CIRCLE JERKS, BURNING SENSATIONS, FEAR, JUICY BANANAS.
THE BAND'S RHYTHM SECTION MARSICO / QUINTANA ACCOMPANIED BOB DYLAN ON LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN SHOW ON 22 MARCH 1984 (PROBABLY DYLAN'S ONLY PERFORMANCE WITH PUNK ROCKERS!). THAT SAME YEAR THE BAND DROPPED THE NAME THE PLUGZ AND CONTINUED AS CRUZADOS. LATER QUINTANA PLAYED IN THE HAVALINAS AND THEY TOURED WITH BOB DYLAN, TINA TURNER, CHRIS ISAAK AND CROWDED HOUSE AMONG OTHERS.
CHARLIE QUINTANA ALSO WORKED WITH A FAMOUS SINGER, SONGWRITER, GUITARIST, ACTOR AND POET JOHN DOE FROM A LEGENDARY L.A. PUNK BAND X, APPEARED ON SOCIAL DISTORTION'S GOOD COMEBACK ALBUM SEX, LOVE AND ROCK'N'ROLL (2004) AND TOURED WITH MICHAEL NESS'S SOLO BAND RECORDING ON HIS UNDER THE INFLUENCES ALBUM (1999).
MARCH 16
BUELL NEIDLINGER (82) / US DOUBLE BASSIST AND CELLIST INTERESTED MAINLY IN JAZZ AND AVANT-GARDE. IN THE 50'S WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH PIANIST CECIL TAYLOR (NINE ALBUMS 1956-1961, INCL. TAYLOR'S DEBUT JAZZ ADVANCE IN 1956). PLAYED ALSO WITH BILLIE HOLIDAY, LESTER YOUNG, HERBIE NICHOLS, STEVE LACY, ROSWELL RUDD, JIMMY GIUFFRE, ARCHIE SHEPP, JAZZ COMPOSERS GUILD ORCHESTRA, CHUCK BERRY, ANTHONY BRAXTON, TONY BENETT, GIL EVANS BAND, FRANK SINATRA. OTHER COLLABORATIONS: ESTHER PHILLIPS, BOBBY "BLUE" BLAND, ARNETT COBB, BILL MONROE, CHARLES GAYLE, BARBRA STREISAND, FRANK ZAPPA, ELVIS COSTELLO, DUANE EDDY, RY COODER, ROY ORBISON, NATALIE COLE, ELTON JOHN, THE CARPENTERS, THE MOODY BLUES, BOB SEGER, THE BEACH BOYS, EARTH, WIND AND FIRE ETC. IN THE THIRD STREAM NEIDLINGER WORKED WITH GUNTHER SCHULLER. IN MODERN CLASSICAL MUSIC WITH MAURICIO KAGEL, GEORGE CRUMB, IGOR STRAVINSKY . NEIDLINGER SPENT MANY YEARS AS A MUSICAL EDUCATOR, ORCHESTRAL BASSIST AND SESSION MUSICIAN FOR RECORD DATES AND HOLLYWOOD FILMS.
SOME OF THE FAMOUS RECORDING SESSIONS HE PLAYED: TONY BENETT ON "I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO", THE CARPENTERS "HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS", THE VILLAGE PEOPLE "YMCA", THE EAGLES "HOTEL CALIFORNIA" AND "DESPERADO".
MARCH 21
SHAWN ELLIOTT / AMERICAN SINGER FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ORIGINAL HARDCORE PUNK / POWERVIOLENCE / CRUST PUNK GROUP CAPITALIST CASUALTIES (A MIX OF HYPER SPEED HARDCORE AND GRINDCORE). THEY STARTED IN NOVEMBER 1986 IN SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA, INSPIRED BY SIEGE, SSD, D.R.I., C.O.C., DEEP WOUND, NEON CHRIST, NEGATIVE FX. IN 1994 THEY RELEASED A SPLIT 7" EP WITH MILLIONS OF DEAD COPS TITLED "LIBERTY GONE" AS A BENEFIT FOR FOOD NOT BOMBS. THEY CHOSE THE NAME CAPITALIST CASUALTIES AS THEY FELT THEY WERE VICTIMS OF THE SYSTEM'S OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS: “WHEN WE STARTED, ALL OF US HAD (AT SOME POINT) LIVED OUT OF OUR CARS. WE WERE STUCK WORKING SHITTY JOBS, AND FELT LIKE OUR LIVES WERE BEING STEAM-ROLLED BY CORPORATE AMERICA".
MARCH 25
MIKE HARRISON (72) / ENGLISH ROCK SINGER BEST KNOWN FOR BEING THE LEAD SINGER OF SPOOKY TOOTH, BRITISH BAND THAT ALSO INCLUDED LUTHER GROSVENOR (LATER IN MOTT THE HOOPLE), MIKE KELLIE (ALSO IN PUNK ROCK THE ONLY ONES), MICK JONES (LATER IN FOREIGNER), HENRY McCULLOUGH ( LATER IN PAUL McCARTNEY'S WINGS). BEFORE SPOOKY TOOTH MIKE HARRISON WAS IN THE V.I.P.s (WITH GROSVENOR AND KEITH EMERSON - LATER EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER). HARRISON ALSO SANG WITH ART AND HAMBURG BLUES BAND.
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