Remembering The Lost Musicians

Ahh, blast it. I forgot Nick Drake as well...

Oh, dammit. I didn't know Sterling Morrison was dead... shit.

And, welcome back, Skelter!

 

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Thank you for remembering Pigpen and Jerry.

 

Ozzy's guitarist, the late great Randy Rhoades

 

river phoenix

 

Hank Williams 1923-1953, never made 30.



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Michael Hutchense

 

I can't say he's one of my favorite musicians, but I've grown to love the RHCP a lot, and they suffered a tragic loss with the death of Hillel Slovak (1962-88). It's very saddening reading about him.

 

Bryan MacLean - 1947-1998
Ken Forssi - 1943-1998

The rhythm guitarist/vocalist and the bassist, respectively, of the '60s band Love.

 

Aww, I love Love. Damn, seems like everyone is dead.

 

stacy sutherland (1946-1978) (the 13th floor elevators)

 

Damn, he didn't get to live very long.

Another sad fact is that Roky Erickson isn't doing so good these days either. His mental condition is way out of wack. He is diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic. Supposedly he keeps multiple radios and T.V.s on at the same time to drown out the noises in his head. He also has little to no money and doesn't make shit off of The Elevators records that are sold. It's sad...

 

I really like Roky, but i am also suprised he lived this long.

Here's another one to add to the list

Jimmie Rodgers (1897-1933)

Like his brass plaque at the Country Music Hall of Fame states, he is the man who started it all.

 

how old is Roky now? And does anyone know how many albums the Elevators sold the last fourty years?

 

Roky is 57 years old now, but I really have no idea how many Elevators albums have sold.

 

ok, thanks Lucifer Sam . Do you perhaps know the chart positions of the 13th floor elevators? I know that #55 is the highest that 'you're gonna miss me' got in the national US chart, but what about the albums?

 

I was looking around some, but I couldn't really find their chart positions. I did however see that "You're Gonna Miss Me" only got to #56, not #55, but either source could be wrong, so I don't know what to believe.

 

yes i was wrong, it was #56. Thanks for correcting me

 

Hehe, sure, no problem!

 

I was going to say him...