by Tune Groover | Jan 18, 2016 | in Memorium | 0 Comments
by Gargs Allard Wow – two Mondays in a row now have come with sad news for rock and roll. Just eight days after the death of David Bowie shocked the world, I cannot adequately express the shock I feel following the death of the leader and co-founder of the...
by Tune Groover | Jan 11, 2016 | in Memorium | 0 Comments
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by Tune Groover | Dec 8, 2015 | in Memorium | 1 Comment
A New York Musician Pays Homage to Former STP Frontman by Robert Michael Bray Rock lost one of its most iconic figures this past week. Frontman Scott Weiland was found dead in his tour bus. At 48 years old, he outlived many of his heroes and contemporaries by decades....
by Tune Groover | Dec 8, 2015 | in Memorium | 0 Comments
A Music Journalist and Fan Reflects On John Lennon’s Death 35 years Later by Greg Gargs Allard John Lennon is arguably the greatest human icon in music history. Although one might say it was Elvis or Michael Jackson or Chuck Berry or Bob Dylan – and though some...
by Tune Groover | Oct 29, 2015 | in Memorium | 0 Comments
by Greg Gargs Allard I picked up Kate Wolf’s first album, Back Roads, for 10¢ at the Friends of the Library Sale in Gainesville today. On Wednesday, which is always the last day of the sale, the records and books go for a dime each. My hamstring was hurting and...
by Tune Groover | Oct 22, 2015 | in Memorium, Music | 0 Comments
by Greg Gargs Allard Corey Wells, one of the three-founding members of Three Dog Night, a group that recorded 21 top 40 hits in the late ’60s and early ’70s, died unexpectedly at the age of 74 on October 20. Wells, who sang on many of the band’s...
by Tune Groover | Oct 22, 2015 | in Memorium, Music | 0 Comments
It is with a heavy heart that Tune Groover reports the death of Camera Obscura’s keyboardist and backing vocalist Carey Lander at the age of 33. Lander died on the morning of October 11 after a four-year battle with bone cancer. On the day of her passing, the...
by Tune Groover | Jul 3, 2014 | in Memorium, Music Essays, Old Hippie Tales, Rock | 2 Comments
By Greg Allard Imagine joining an organization as a teenager and suddenly finding yourself regularly associating with the Beatles and other famous musicians while living at John Lennon’s home. That was the life of Kulashekar das, aka Colin Jury, in the late...
by Tune Groover | Sep 19, 2013 | Art Rock, in Memorium | 11 Comments
by Hal Saylor and Lonnie Morris compiled by Greg Allard David Mason, not to be confused with the Dave Mason of Traffic fame, has reportedly died in Tallahassee, Fla. on September 13. He was 63. Although he was a fixture in the music scene for many years in...
by Tune Groover | Jul 3, 2013 | in Memorium, Rock | 0 Comments
by Greg Allard Gainesville music mainstay Charlie Scales died unexpectedly Tuesday of an apparent heart attack at the age of 59. Charlie began working at Hyde and Zeke Records in 1981 and became the store’s owner in 1990. The store turned a lot of people onto vinyl...
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