Birthdays, Deaths and other announcements

[MaVolta]

Shout out to Bono on his 61st Birthday!  Cheers!!  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM9SWxYL6Ec

[BobH07]

Lloyd Price died on Monday May 3 from complications from diabetes. He was 88.

[BobH07]

May 9

Sonny Curtis.         84

(Crickets)

Tommy Roe.          79

Richie Furay.          77

(Buffalo Springfield & Poco)

Clint Holmes.        75

Billy Joel.               72

Tom Petersson.    71

(Cheap Trick)

David Gahan.         59

(Depeche Mode)

[BobH07]

May 8

Toni Tennile.          81

Chris Frantz.          70

(Talking Heads)

Phillip Bailey.         70

Billy Burnette.        68

Alex Van Halen.     68

Joe Bonamassa.   44

Patrick Meese.      38

(Night Sweats)

[BobH07]

May 7

Thelma Houston.       78

Bill Danoff.                  75

(Starland Vocal Band)

Bill Kreutzman.           75

(Grateful Dead)

Eagle Eye Cherry.       50

[BobH07]

May 6

Bob Seger.              76

Jimmie Dale Gilmore.   76

Mark Bryan.            54

(Hootie & Fish)

Chris Shiflet.           50

(Foo Fighters)

[BobH07]

May 5

Bill Ward.         73

(Black Sabbath)

Ian McCulloch   62

(Echo & Bunnymen)

Adele.               33

[BobH07]

May 4

Peggy Davison.          77

(Angels)

Jackie Jackson.         70

Pia Zadora.                  69

Randy Travis.               62

Mike Dirnt.                    49

(Green Day)

Lance Bass.                  42

(N Sync)

[BobH07]

May 3

Frankie Valli.              87

Mary Hopkin.             71

Christopher Cross.   70

[BobH07]

May 2

Englebert Humperdinck.        85

Larry Gatlin.         73

Lou Gramm.        71

(Foreigner)

Ty Herndon.        59

[BobH07]

May 1

Judy Collins.         82

Rita Coolidge.       76

Nick Fortuna.        75

(Buckinghams)

Ray Parker Jr.        67

Tim McGraw.         54

D'Arcy Wretzky.      53

(Smashing Pumpkins)

[BobH07]

April 30

Willie Nelson.        88

Wayne Kramer.     73

(MC5)

Merrill Osmond.   68

[BobH07]

April 29

Bob Miranda.           79

(Happenings)

Duane Allen.            78

(Oak Ridge Boys)

Tommy James.       74

Carnie Wilson.         53

(Wilson Phillips)

[BobH07]

April 28

Ann-Margret.          80

Kim Gordon.           68

(Sonic Youth)

[BobH07]

April 27

Kate Pierson.        73

(B-52s)

Herbie Murrell.      72

(Stylistics)

Ace Frehley.           70

(Kiss)

Sheena Easton.     62

[BobH07]

April 26

Duane Eddy.            83

Maurice Williams.  83

Bobby Rydell.          79

Claudine Clark.       79

Gary Wright.            78

Roger Taylor.           61

(Duran Duran)

Chris Mars.              60

(Replacements)

Jimmy Stafford.      57

(Train)

[BobH07]

April 25

Stu Cook.             76

(CCR)

Bjorn Ulvacus.     76

(ABBA)

[BobH07]

April 24

Barbra Streisand.        79

Richard Sterban.         78

(Oak Ridge Boys)

Doug Clifford.              76

(CCR)

Ann Peebles.               74

Jack Blades.                67

(Night Ranger)

Patty Schemel.            54

(Hole)

Aaron Comess.           53

(Spin Doctors)

Brian Marshall.            48

(Creed)

Kelly Clarkson.            39

[BobH07]

April 23

Stan Frazier.         53

(Sugar Ray)

Aaron &

Bryce Dessner      45

(The National)

[BobH07]

April 22

Mel Carter.           82

Peter Frampton.  71

Paul Carrack.       70

(Mike & Mechanics)

[BobH07]

April 21

Iggy Pop.         74

Robert Smith. 62

(The Cure)

Glen Hansard  51

[BobH07]

April 20

Johnny Tillotson.       83

Craig Frost.                 73

(GFR)

Clay Cook.                   43

(Zac Brown Band)

[MaVolta]

The Prince album - Welcome 2 America - will be released on July 30th and is already available to pre-order. It has been in the vault since 2010. There was an interesting piece about it on 60 Minutes two Sundays ago. Here's the article from RS  -  

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/princes-unreleased-album-welcome-2-america-release-115...

[BobH07]

April 19

Alan Price.       79

(Animals)

Mark Volman.  74

(Turtles)

[BobH07]

April 18

Hayley Mills.          75

Jim Scholten.        69

(Sawyer Brown)

Led Pattinson.       63

(Echo & Bunnymen)

Mark Tremonti.      47

(Creed)

[BobH07]

April 17

Liz Phair.                54

Victoria Beckham. 47

(Spice Girls)

[BobH07]

April 16

Bobby Vinton.          86

Peter Garrett.           68

(Midnight Oil)

Jason Scheff.           59

(Chicago)

Jimmy Osmond.       58

David Pirner.              57

(Soul Asylum)

[BobH07]

April 15

Dave Edmonds.            78

Samantha Fox.             55

Patrick Carney.             41

(Black Keys)

[BobH07]

April 14

Loretta Lynn.              89

Ritchie Blackmore.    76

[MaVolta]

Cheers, Ritchie!! 🍺