2016 has been the single WORST...

year ever for highly-regarded, well-known musician deaths.

And I would also add the loss of people like George Martin - the "fifth Beatle" - and arguably the greatest music producer of all time.

2016. The. Worst. Ever.

It is not even f'in close.

There has never been a year like this.

I've pretty much hated this entire @#$%& year.

1. Lemmy (who died in late 2015 as a precurser to this...)
2. Greg Lake - Emerson, Lake and Palmer bassist/singer
3. Sharon Jones - R&B singer
4. Mose Allison - jazz/blues singer
5. Leon Russell - singer/songwriter/keyboardist
6. Leonard Cohen - singer/songwriter
7. Pete Burns - Dead or Alive singer
8. Bobby Vee - '60s pop singer
9. Rod Temperton - Heatwave songwriter/keyboardist
10. Buckwheat Zydeco - singer/accordianist
11. Bobby Hutcherson - jazz vibraphonist
12. Rob Wasserman - jazz/rock bassist
13. Scotty Moore - Elvis Presley's guitarist
14. Bernie Worrell - funk keyboardist
15. Prince Be - P.M. Dawn rapper
16. Dave Swarbrick - Fairport Convention singer/violinist
17. Marshall Jones - Ohio Players bassist
18. Nick Menza - Megadeth drummer
19. Guy Clark - country singer
20. Billy Paul - R&B singer
21. Lonnie Mack - blues guitarist
22. Prince
23. Merle Haggard - country singer
24. Gato Barbieri - jazz saxophonist
25. Andy Newman - Thunderclap Newman pianist
26. Phife Dawg - A Tribe Called Quest rapper
27. Ernestine Anderson - jazz singer
28. Keith Emerson - Emerson, Lake & Palmer keyboardist
29. Aaron Huffman - Harvey Danger bassist
30. Vanity - Vanity 6 singer
31. Dan Hicks - Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks singer/songwriter
32. Maurice White - Earth, Wind & Fire founder/singer
33. Paul Kantner - Jefferson Airplane co-founder/singer/guitarist
34. Glenn Frey - Eagles co-founder/singer/songwriter/guitarist
35. Blowfly - X-rated rapper
36. Mic Gillette - Tower of Power trumpeter
37. Dale Griffin - Mott the Hoople drummer
38. Gary Loizzo - The American Breed singer
39. David Bowie
40. Otis Clay - blues singer/guitarist
41. Nicholas Caldwell - The Whispers singer



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/13/2016 12:49PM by sanfRAM.