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The 2005 Musical Obituaries
Compiled by George Graham
(As broadcast on WVIA-FM December 28, 2005)
We come to another of our year-end features, the annual musical obituaries, a
look at some of the people we lost during the year, some well-known, and others
perhaps more influential to the world of music than famous. This year, we have
to have lost an particularly large number of jazz bassists, but there were many
others. As usual, we'll read them in chronological order of their passing.
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Artie Shaw, clarinetist, big band leader. 12/30/2004; 94
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Jimmy Griffin, founder of pop band Bread. 1/11; 61
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Jim Capaldi, founder of Traffic. 1/28; 60
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Martyn Bennett, eclectic Techo-Celt artist 1/30; 33
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Merle Kilgore, songwriter, co-wrote "Ring of Fire". 2/6; 70
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Jimmy Smith, jazz organ great. 2/9; 79
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Bill Potts, jazz pianist, arranger, educator. 2/15; 76
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John Raitt, Broadway great, father of Bonnie Raitt. 2/20; 88
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Chris Curtis, member of The Searchers. 2/28; 63
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Martin Denny, band leader, created "exotic" lounge music. 3/2; 93
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Larry Bunker, jazz drummer, vibist. 3/2; 76
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George Scott, member of Blind Boys of Alabama. 3/9; 75
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Danny Joe Brown, member of Molly Hatchett. 3/10; 53
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Wayne Petzwater, jazz and studio bassist. 3/17; 48
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Bobby Short, jazz & cabaret singer. 3/21; 80
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Rod Price, member of Foghat. 3/22; 57
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Paul Hester, drummer with Crowded House. 3/28; 46
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Johnnie Johnson, blues & rock pianist with Chuck Berry. 4/13; 80
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Benny Bailey, jazz trumpeter. 4/14; 79
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Neils-Henning Oersted Pederson, jazz bassist. 4/19; 58
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Arnie Lawrence, jazz saxophinst. 4/22; 66
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Jimmy Wood, bassist for Ellington in 1950s. 4/23; 76
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Stan Levey, jazz drummer. 4/26; 79
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Percy Heath, jazz bass great. 4/28; 81
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Pierre Moerlen, founder of band Gong. 5/3; 52
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Jimmy Martin, bluegrass great. 5/15; 77
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Dominic Trioano, member of Guess Who and James Gang. 5/25; 59
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Oscar Brown, Jr., jazz singer, actor. 5/29; 78
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Karl Mueller, member of Soul Asylum. 6/17; 41
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Billy Bauer, jazz guitarist. 6/23; 89
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Luther Vandross, pop and soul singer. 7/1; 54
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John Stubblefield, jazz trumpeter. 7/4; 60
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John Herald, folksinger, songwriter. 7/19; 65
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"Long" John Baldry, British blues musician. 7/21; 64
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Dom Um Romao, Brazilian percussion great. 7/26; 79
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Lucky Thompson, jazz saxophonist. 7/30; 81
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"Little" Milton Campbell, blues singer 8/4; 70
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Al McKibbon, jazz bassist. 8/5; 86
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Keter Betts, jazz bassist. 8/6; 77
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Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban vocalist. 8/6; 78
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Billy Robinson, jazz saxophonist. 8/11; 66
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Vassar Clements, country violin great. 8/16; 77
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Robert Moog, synthesizer inventor. 8/27; 71
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R.L. Burnside, bluesman. 9/1; 78
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Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, blues great. 9/10; 81
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Jack Lesberg, jazz bassist. 9/17; 85
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Steve Marcus, jazz & fusion saxophonist. 10/1; 66
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Harold Leventhal, folk music promoter, producer 10/4; 86
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Shirley Horn, jazz singer. 10/20; 71
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Skitch Henderson, band leader. 10/31; 87
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Link Wray, influential rock guitarist. 11/5; 76
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Roy Brooks, jazz drummer. 11/15; 67
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Bob Enevoldsen, jazz trombonist. 11/19; 85
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Chris Whitley, singer-songwriter. 11/20; 45
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Jack Langstaff, founder of Christmas "Revels". 12/13; 84
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