R.I.P. 2008

En lo que a fallecimientos se refiere, el año que pasó fue pésimo para la música. Aquí va una lista de los que nos han dejado en el transcurso del 2008:

Erik M. Stanis (Winters in Osaka; January 1, 2008)
Henri Chopin (sound poet; January 3, 2008)
Mort Garson (Moog champion; January 4, 2008)
Peter Harris (Kickin Records; January 6, 2008)
Thomas Michael Griffen (Noggin; January 7, 2008)
Dave Day (born David M. Havlicek, of The Monks; January 10, 2008)
Suzanne Pleshette (January 19, 2008)
Jared McGuinness (PRINT; January 24, 2008)
Ben Scott McMillan (Skin Yard, Gruntruck; January 25, 2008)
Jeffrey “Jeff” Salen (a.k.a. Tuff Darts, of Magic Tramps; January 26, 2008)
Sean P. Finnegan (Void; January 30, 2008)
Robert A. Luly (Frank Zappa; February 1, 2008)
Yasushi Ozawa (Fushitsusha, Marginal Consort; February 7, 2008)
Thomas Scot Halpin (The Who; February 9, 2008)
Steven Joseph Casmano (Sado Nation; February 12, 2008)
Dorothy Podber (shot Warhol’s “Marilyns” with a pistol; February 9, 2008)
Timothy R. “Tim” Aher (Hymn; February 17, 2008)
James E. “Jim” Jones (Pere Ubu; February 18, 2008)
Teo Macero (born Attilio Joseph Macero; February 19, 2008)
Allen Strange (Biome, The Electronic Weasel Ensemble; February 20, 2008)
George Allen “Buddy” Miles, Jr. (Band of Gypsys; February 26, 2008)
Michael “Mike” Conley (M.I.A.; February 28, 2008)
Michael George “Mike” Smith (Dave Clark Five; February 28, 2008)
Norman “Hurricane” Smith (produced The Beatles; March 3, 2008)
Dorothy Ann Stone (California E.A.R. Unit; March 7, 2008)
Larry Lee Evans (Fifty Foot Hose; March 14, 2008)
Mikey Dread (born Michael Campbell, Dread at the Controls; March 15, 2008)
Stuart Nevitt (Shadowfax; March 15, 2008)
Ola Brunkert (ABBA; March 17, 2008)
Richie Hass (Zoogz Rift And The Amazing Sh*theads; March 20, 2008)
Klaus Dinger (Neu!, Kraftwerk, La Düsseldorf; March 21, 2008)
Christopher Brendan “Chris” Moriarty (Controlled Bleeding; March 22, 2008)
Jason Rae (Cinematic Orchestra, Nightmares on Wax; March 22, 2008)
Neil Aspinall (The Beatles; March 23, 2008)
Olga de Volga (born Susan S. Smith, of The Offs, The Lewd; March 26, 2008)
Angus Fairhurst (The YBAs; March 29, 2008)
Frosty Freeze (born Wayne Frost, of The Rock Steady Crew; April 3, 2008)
Thomas Braichet (sound poet; April 5, 2008)
Oscar “Ozzie” Cadena (Savoy Records; April 9, 2008)
Clifford Davies (Ted Nugent, Grand Funk Railroad; April 13, 2008)
Syke Dyke (born Robert Michael Reed, of Trouble Funk; April 13, 2008)
Danny Federici (Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band; April 17, 2008)
Toyoji Peter Tomita (April 17, 2008)
Bebe Barron (born Charlotte Wind; April 20, 2008)
James Peter “Jimmy” Giuffre (April 24, 2008)
Tristram Ogilvie Cary OAM (April 24, 2008)
Enrico Donati (the last Surrealist; April 25, 2008)
Henry Brant (acoustic spatial music pioneer; April 26, 2008)
Albert Hofmann (April 29, 2008)
Mario Schiano (father of Italian free improvisation; May 10, 2008)
Bruce Duncan “Utah” Phillips (May 23, 2008)
James Harrell McGriff (funk organist; May 24, 2008)
Harvey Herschel Korman (May 29, 2008)
Alton Kelly (illustrator; June 1, 2008)
Bo Diddley (born Ellas Otha Bates; June 2, 2008)
Saban Bajramovic (king of Serbian Gypsy music; June 8, 2008)
Jack Rootoo (born Richard Galvin, of Lou Miami & the Kozmetix; June 13, 2008)
Esbjörn Svensson (June 14, 2008)
Donata “Donna” Klemm (Artware; June 17, 2008)
Michel Waisvisz (I.C.P.-Tentet; June 18, 2008)
Lula Marietta Reed (June 21, 2008)
George Denis Patrick Carlin (June 22, 2008)
Benny Thurman (13th Floor Elevators; June 22, 2008)
Ronnie Mathews (June 28, 2008)
Salah Eldin Ahmed Ragab (Embryo, Sun Ra Arkestra; July 2008)
Melville “Mel” Galley (Whitesnake; July 1, 2008)
Natasha Detente (born Natasha Shneider, of Eleven; July 2, 2008)
Colin Francis Richard Cooper (Climax Blues Band; July 3, 2008)
Noel Sayre (The Black Swans; July 3, 2008)
Young Blood (born David Aaron Contreras, of Magic Tramps; July 5, 2008)
Alvarez (born Andre Alvarez; July 6, 2008)
Arthur Weinstein (The World, The Continental, HURRAH!; July 9, 2008)
Gerald Wiggins (July 13, 2008)
Jo Elizabeth Stafford (July 16, 2008)
Mist / Myst (born Volker Kahrs, of Grobschnitt; July 20, 2008)
Hiram Bullock (The World’s Most Dangerous Band; July 25, 2008)
John Arnold “Johnny” Griffin III (Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers; July 25, 2008)
Graeme “Crash” Crallan (White Spirit, Tank; July 27, 2008)
Papa Wendo (father of Congolese rumba music; July 28, 2008)
Lee Young (July 31, 2008)
Tony Schepkens (Agathocles; August 1, 2008)
Louis Teicher (Ferrante & Teicher; August 3, 2008)
Barbara E. Gilliam (The Fuzz, The Passionettes; August 4, 2008)
Robert Hazard (born Robert Rimato; August 5, 2008)
Joseph Brazil (August 6, 2008)
Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. (August 10, 2008)
Donald Erb (August 12, 2008)
Lita Roza (born Lilian Patricia Lita Roza; August 14, 2008)
Gerald “Jerry” Wexler (coined the term “rhythm & blues”; August 15, 2008)
Ronnie Drew (The Dubliners; August 16, 2008)
Johnny Arlington “Dizzy” Moore (The Skatalites; August 16, 2008)
Pervis Jackson (The Spinners; August 18, 2008)
LeRoi Holloway Moore (Dave Matthews Band; August 19, 2008)
Stephen B. "Steve" Foley (The Replacements; August 23, 2008)
Jack Hutton (Melody Maker founder; August 24, 2008)
Adam Nodelman (Sunburned Hand of the Man, Borbetomagus; August 25, 2008)
Jerry Reed (born Jerry Reed Hubbard; September 1, 2008)
Chris Witchhunter (born Christian “Chris” Dudek, of Sodom; September 7, 2008)
Jason Stuart (Hawkwind; September 8, 2008)
Hector Zazou (September 8, 2008)
William Kelly Graves (The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower; September 15, 2008)
Richard William Wright (Pink Floyd; September 15, 2008)
Norman Jesse Whitfield (Motown; September 16, 2008)
Mauricio Kagel (September 18, 2008)
Earl Palmer (New Orleans drummer; September 19, 2008)
Steve Gray (Brian Eno; September 20, 2008)
Marc Moulin (Aksak Maboul, Telex; September 26, 2008)
Nick Reynolds (The Kingston Trio; October 1, 2008)
Gidget Gein (born Bradley Anne Stewart; October 9, 2008)
Alton Nehemiah Ellis OD (godfather of rocksteady; October 10, 2008)
Neal Paul Hefti (October 11, 2008)
Terry Fox (October 14, 2008)
Frankie Venom (born Francis Hannah “Frank” Kerr, of Teenage Head; October 15, 2008)
Levi Stubbs (born Levi Stubbles, of The Four Tops; October 17, 2008)
Rudy Ray Moore (October 19, 2008)
David Hazelton (Master Musicians of Hop-Frog, Amenti Suncrown; October 22, 2008)
Ray Ellis (October 27, 2008)
Patrick Thomas “Pat” Leonard (Moving Targets; October 29, 2008)
Frank A. “Mack Heat” Navetta (The Descendents; October 31, 2008)
Jimmy Carl Black (The Mothers of Invention; November 1, 2008)
Yma Sumac (born Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo; November 1, 2008)
Ralph Joseph “Jody” Reynolds (November 7, 2008)
Miriam Makeba (November 9, 2008)
John “Mitch” Mitchell (The Jimi Hendrix Experience; November 12, 2008)
Richard James “Richey” Edwards (The Manic Street Preachers; November 23, 2008)
Pekka Pohjola (Wigwam, The Group; November 28, 2008)
Munetaka Higuchi (Loudness; November 30, 2008)
Odetta (born Odetta Holmes; December 2, 2008)
George Brecht (born George MacDiarmid, of Fluxus; December 5, 2008)
Lisa M. “Coop” Cooper (Picasso Trigger; December 7, 2008)
Henning Christiansen (Fluxus; December 10, 2008)
John “Sean” Byrne (The Count Five; December 15, 2008)
David Michael Gordon “Davey” Graham (the folk guitarist; December 15, 2008)
Eartha Mae Kitt (born Eartha Mae Keith; December 25, 2008)
Delaney Bramlett (Delaney & Bonnie; December 27, 2008)
Lars Gustav Gabriel Hollmer (Samla Mammas Manna; December 27, 2008)
Frederick Dewayne “Freddie” Hubbard (December 29, 2008)

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