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In Memoriam: Jeff Beck (1944-2023)
Jeff Beck and Buddy Guy leaned into each other shoulder to shoulder. Their fingers flew across the strings of their guitars in an extemporaneous jam that was two parts duet…
Chicago Bluesman Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson, Dead at 83
Bluesman Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson passed away at age 83 on Christmas Day. Johnson played the Nippertown area regularly in the 1990s. I got to introduce him at The Metro…
In Memoriam: Frank Daley (1959-2022)
When Frank Daley got onstage to sit in with a band, the energy in the room would tilt on an invisible axis. People loved to see and hear him play. After decades on the stage,…
Kim Simmonds, Founder of the Seminal Savoy Brown Blues Band, Passes at 75
OSWEGO, NY - Kim Simmonds, founder of the seminal blues band Savoy Brown, has died. For 57 years, Simmonds was the cornerstone of the last British blues rock bands to ride to…
In Memoriam of Blues Project Founder Danny Kalb
Note: Danny Kalb, founder and guitarist for the Blues Project, died Saturday, Nov. 19 at the age of 80.How tragically consistent that Blues Project guitarist Danny Kalb…
In Memoriam: David Malachowski, Loretta Lynn, and Pharaoh Sanders
In a season with much to mourn, David Malachowski’s passing hit me hardest.This was not just because he was the youngest, just 67 when heart trouble took him. The…
Schenectady Native and Guitarist David Malachowski Dies at 67
NEW YORK - Schenectady native David Malachowski, a noted guitarist who toured globally and served as Shania Twain's music director among any other accomplishments, died of…
RIP: Olivia Newton-John, 1948-2022
“I’ll forever be Sandy (her character in the 1978 film Grease) to a lot of people, and (we’ll see) when I’m 80, but right now it seems to okay.” That’s what Olivia …
RIP: Ralph Spillenger (1951 – 2022)
The world isn’t waiting for Ralph Spillenger’s memorial service; it’s already in progress, on Facebook:“Ralph Michael Spillenger used to stalk me with his camera at…
Commander Cody Launches from Earth, RIP George Frayne (1944-2021)
SARATOGA SPRINGS — George Frayne has resided in the Saratoga area across four decades. Until Sunday morning, Sept 26, 2021, that is, as he passed away at his home here after…
Matthew McCabe, store owner, musician and former city commish, dies from COVID
Matthew McCabe, the music store proprietor who touched countless local musicians with his advice and words of wisdom, died of complications from COVID-19 on Tuesday, Jan. 12.…
A Farewell to the Sound Guy, Brian Lang
The Music Scene is full of characters. We just lost one"Listen: our Sound Guy is gonna piss you off so bad in the next 30 minutes that you'll want to knock his lights…