Bring Out Your Dead 2009 – part 1

The Basement Rug has finally compiled a list of musicians who died in 2009 that we are considering for our 2nd annual Bring Out Your Dead compilation series. It will take time for us to gather all the recordings we will need to make these compilations happen, so please be patient. In the meantime, enjoy these sampler podcasts:

Bring Out Your Dead 2009 – part 1:

1. Frank McCourt – Angels at the Library
2. Claude Jeeter w/The Swan Silvertones - If You Think Your God is Dead, Try Mine
3. New Rhythm & Blues Quintet (Steve Ferguson) – Flat Foot Flewzy
4. Eddie Bo – Sissy Walk
5. Joe Cuba – Arecibo
6. Willy “Mink” DeVille – Gunslinger
7. Jim Carroll – People Who Died
8. Billy Lee Riley – Flying Saucer Rock & Roll
9. Sky Saxon w/The Seeds – Pushin’ Too Hard

R.I.P. 2009:

Sam “Bluzman” Taylor (25 October 1934 – 5 January 2009) – blues vocalist
Ron Asheton (17 July 1948 – 6 January 2009) – guitar, The Stooges
Claude A. Jeter (26 October 1914 – 6 January 2009) – gospel singer
Gordon “Whitey” Mitchell (22 February 1932 – 17 January 2009) – jazz bass
David “Fathead” Newman (24 February 1933 – 20 January 2009) – jazz saxophonist
Leonard Gaskin (25 August 1920 – 24 January 2009) – jazz bass
Sky Saxon (20 August 1937 – 25 January 2009) – singer, The Seeds
Billy Powell (3 June 1952 – 28 January 2009) – keyboards, Lynyrd Skynyrd
John Martyn (11 September 1948 – 29 January 2009) – British folk singer/guitarist
Bennie Ross “Hank” Crawford, Jr. (21 December 1934 – 29 January 2009) – jazz alto saxophonist
Dewey Martin (30 September 1942 – 31 January 2009) – drummer, Buffalo Springfield
Estelle Bennett (July 22, 1941 – February 2009) – singer for The Ronettes
Tom Brumley (11 December 1935 – 3 February 2009) – steel guitarist
Max Neuhaus (9 August 1939 – 3 February 2009) – jazz/avant-garde percussionist
Lux Interior (21 October 1948 – 4 February 2009) – singer, The Cramps
Blossom Dearie (28 April 1924 – 7 February 2009) – jazz singer/pianist
Mollie Gene Beachboard, aka Molly Bee/Muncy (18 August 1939 – 7 February 2009) – country singer
Vic Lewis (29 July 1919 – 9 February 2009) – jazz guitar
Mathieu Schwartz (18 June 1924 – 12 February 2009) – Dutch jazz accordionist
Coleman Mellett (27 May 1974 – 12 February 2009) – jazz guitar, Chuck Mangione
Gerry Niewood (6 April 1943 – 12 February 2009) – jazz saxophonist, Chuck Mangione
Louie Bellson (6 July 1924 – 14 February 2009) – jazz drummer, Duke Ellington Orchestra
Joe Cuba (22 April 1931 – 15 February 2009) – percussionist, Father of Latin Boogaloo
Kelly Groucutt (8 September 1945 – 19 February 2009) – bass, Electric Light Orchestra
“Fats” Sadi Pol Lallemand (23 October 1927 – 20 February 2009) – Belgian jazz vibraphone, percussionist
John Cephas (4 September 1930 – 4 March 2009) – blues guitarist, Cephas & Wiggins
Lawrence Hankins Locklin (aka Hank Locklin) (15 February 1918–8 March 2009) – country singer
Willie King (8 March 1943 – 8 March 2009) – blues guitarist
Lester “Mad Dog” Davenport (16 January 1932 – 17 March 2009) – blues harmonica, Bo Didley
Kent Henry (5 April 1948 – 18 March 2009) – guitarist for Steppenwolf, Blues Image, Lord Sutch & Friends
Eddie Bo (20 September 1930 – 18 March 2009) – R&B singer
Mel Brown (7 October 1939 – 20 March 2009) – blues guitarist
Reg Isidore (4 April 1949 – 22 March 2009) – drummer, Robin Trower
Manny Oquendo (1 January 1931 – 25 March 2009) – percussionist, played bongos for Tito Puente
Dan Seals (8 February 1948 – 25 March 2009) – country/pop singer, England Dan & John Ford Coley
John Mayhew (27 March 1947 – 26 March 2009) – 3rd drummer for Genesis (on Trespass album)
Duane Jarvis (22 August 1957 – 1 April 2009) – guitarist, singer-songwriter
Bud Shank (27 May 1926 – 2 April 2009) – jazz flautist/saxophonist, Stan Kenton
Charles Sumner “Charlie” Kennedy (2 July 1927 – 3 April 2009) – jazz alto saxophonist, Louis Prima, Gene Krupa
Rubin “Zeke” Zarchy (12 June 1915 – 12 April 2009) – jazz trumpeter
Buddy Montgomery (30 January 1930 – 14 May 2009) – jazz vibraphonist, pianist
Jay Walter Bennett (15 November 1963 – 24 May 2009) – guitarist, Wilco
Koko Taylor (28 September 1935 – 3 June 2009) – blues singer
Sam Butera (17 August 1927 – 3 June 2009) – jazz tenor saxophone player, Louis Prima
Hugh Hopper (29 April 1945 – 7 June 2009) – bass, Soft Machine
Barry Edward Beckett (4 February 1943 – 10 June 2009) – keyboardist
Huey Long (25 April 1904 – 10 June 2009) – jazz banjo, singer, The Ink Spots
Jerome “Jack” Nimitz (11 January 1930 – 10 June 2009) – jazz baritone saxophonist
Robert Lenard “Bob” Bogle (16 January 1934 – 14 June 2009) – guitar/bass, The Ventures
Charlie Mariano (12 November 1923 – 16 June 2009) – jazz alto saxophonist
Ali Akbar Khan (14 April 1922 – 18 June 2009) – master (ustad) sarod player
Eddie Preston (9 May 1925 – 22 June 2009) – jazz trumpeter
Michael Jackson (29 August 1958 – 25 June 2009) – pop singer
Jackie Washington (12 November 1919 – 27 June 2009) – Hamilton, Ontario bluesman
James Forbes “Jim” Chapin (23 July 1919 – 4 July 2009) – jazz drummer
Gordon Waller (4 June 1945 – 17 July 2009) – singer, Peter & Gordon
John Collins Dawson IV, aka Marmaduke (16 June 1945 – 21 July 2009) – leader of New Riders of the Purple Sage
George Allen Russell (23 June 1923 – 27 July 2009) – jazz pianist
Billy Lee Riley (5 October 1933 – 2 August 2009) – rockabilly musician, “Flyin’ Saucers Rock and Roll”
Willie “Mink” Deville (27 August 1953 – 6 August 2009) – singer, punk, R&B
Mike Seeger (15 August 1933 – 7 August 2009) – folk singer, New Lost City Ramblers, Strange Creek Singers
Kitty White (7 July 1923 – 11 August 2009) – jazz vocalist
Rashied Ali (born Robert Patterson) (1 July 1935 – 12 August 2009) – free jazz drummer, John Coltrane
Les Paul (9 June 1915 – 13 August 2009) – guitarist, inventor
Lawrence Lucie (18 December 1907 – 14 August 2009) – jazz guitarist
Larry Knechtel (4 August 1940 – 20 August 2009) – session guitarist, Simon & Garfunkel, Duane Eddy, The Beach Boys, The Mamas & the Papas, The Doors, and Elvis Presley, and member of Bread
Joseph Gabriel Esther “Joe” Maneri (9 February 1927 – 24 August 2009) – jazz composer, saxophone and clarinet player
Chris Connor (8 November 1927 – 29 August 2009) – jazz singer
Edward Haydn Higgins (21 February 1932 – 31 August 2009) – jazz pianist
Eddie Locke (8 February 1930 – 7 September 2009) – jazz drummer
Sam Hinton (31 March 1917 – 10 September 2009) – folk singer
Jim Carroll (1 August 1949 – 11 September 2009) – punk singer, author of The Basketball Diaries
Mary Travers (7 November 1937 – 16 September 2009) – singer, Peter, Paul & Mary
Arthur Ferrante (7 September 1921 – 20 September 2009) – pianist, Ferrante & Teicher
Steve Ferguson (22 November 1948 – 7 October 2009) – guitarist, New Rhythm and Blues Quintet (NRBQ)
Abu Talib (February 24, 1939 – October 8, 2009) – blues/jazz guitarist, harmonica
Russell Allen “Rusty” Wier (3 May 1944 – 9 October 2009) – songwriter
Cecil “Sonny” Bradshaw (28 March 1926 – 10 October 2009) – trumpeter and “Dean of Jamaican music”
Dickie Peterson (12 September 1946 – 12 October 2009) – bass, Blue Cheer
Norris Jones (aka Sirone) (28 September 1940 – 22 October 2009) – jazz bassist
Norton Buffalo (28 September 1951 – 30 October 2009) – blues harmonica, Elvin Bishop
Art D’Lugoff (2 August 1924 – 4 November 2009) – owner of NYC Greenwich Village club, The Village Gate
Dick Katz (13 March 1924 – 10 November 2009) – jazz pianist, co-founder of Milestone Records
Natalicio Lima (died 15 November 2009, aged 91) – Brazilian guitarist, Los Indios Tabajaras duo
Jeffrey Ovid ‘Jeff’ Clyne (29 January 1937 – 16 November 2009) – British jazz bassist
Allen Shelton (2 July 1936 – 21 November 2009) – five-string banjo player, Jim & Jesse’s Virginia Boys
Haydain Neale (3 September 1970 – 22 November 2009) – lead singer of jacksoul (Hamilton, Ontario)
Pim Koopman (11 March 1953 – 23 November 2009) – drummer/percussionist, Dutch Progressive rock band, Kayak
Al Alberts (10 August 1922 – 27 November 2009) – singer, Four Aces
Weldon E. “Big Bill” Lister (5 January 1923 – 1 December 2009) – honky tonk singer, Hank Williams Drifting Cowboys Band
Eric Woolfson (18 March 1945 – 2 December 2009) – Alan Parsons Project
Yvonne King Burch (died 13 December 2009 at 89) – member of The King Sisters, a big band era vocal quartet: Artie Shaw, Charlie Barnet, Glenn Miller
Rex Yetman (1933 – December 18, 2009) – founding member of the York County Boys, Canada’s first bluegrass band
James Gurley (22 December 1941 – 20 December 2009) – guitar, Big Brother and the Holding Company
Vic Chesnutt (1965 – 25 December 2009) – wheelchair bound folk singer
Lyle “Rusty” Dedrick (12 July 1918 – 25 December 2009) – swing and bop jazz trumpeter
Donald Washington, Sr. – jazz tenor saxophonist
Roc Raida – DJ/turntablist for The X-Ecutioners
Johnny Almond – blues/jazz musician of Mark-Almond, worked with John Mayall