Music of Artists Departed: The Night Shift 2024

As we approach this year’s end, it’s time for our Grateful Dread Sets/Rest In Paradise second annual Spotify playlist of songs featuring music artists departed from the last 12 months. It is by no means comprehensive, so if we’ve missed someone, please let us know.

To all these artists departed, rest in paradise. Thanks for the music.

Included Artists Departed (in rough order of death):

Chris Karrer (Amon Düül, Amon Düül II, Embryo); David Soul; Larry Collins; Gene Deer; Del Palmer; Iasos; Tony Clarkin; Phill Niblock; James Kottak; Audie Blaylock; Bill Hayes; Jo-El Sonnier; Ari Taskinen; Silent Servant (Juan Mendez); The Soft Moon (Luis Vasquez); Marlena Shaw; Mary Weiss (The Shangri-Las); Frank Farian; Melanie; Anders “Dagger” Sandberg; Margo Smith; Bhavatharini; Dean Brown; Tony Cedras; Chita Rivera; Paul Brett; Hank Cicalo; Wayne Kramer (MC5); Derrick McIntyre (Jamiroquai); Aston “Family Man” Barrett (Bob Marley and the Wailers); Toby Keith; Donald Kinsey (Bob Marley and the Wailers); Henry Fambrough (The Spinners); Mojo Nixon; Damo Suzuki; Jimmy Van Eaton; Randy Sparks (The New Christy Minstrels, The Back Porch Majority); Kerry “Fatman” Hunter (New Orleans Nightcrawlers); Ian Amey (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich); Etterlene DeBarge (gospel singer and mother of the members of R&B group DeBarge); Dexter Romweber (Flat Duo Jets); Cynthia Strother (The Bell Sisters); Geoffrey Michaels; Vitalij Kuprij (Trans-Siberian Orchestra); John Lowe (The Quarrymen); Roni Stoneman; Peter “Peetah” Morgan (Morgan Heritage); Cat Janice; Don Lee Van Winkle (The American Dream); Don Wise; Jim Beard (Steely Dan); W. C. Clark; Eleanor Collins; Brit Turner (Blackberry Smoke); B. B. Seaton (The Gaylads); Debra Byrd; Pavel Zajíček (DG 307); Steve Lawrence; Ernie Fields Jr.; Malcolm Holcombe; Blake Harrison (Pig Destroyer); Paul Nelson; T. M. Stevens; Karl Wallinger; Pete Rodriguez; Boss (Lichelle Laws); Eric Carmen (Raspberries); Michael Knott; Russell Wilson (Junkhouse); Dick Allix (Vanity Fare); Angela McCluskey (Wild Colonials); Cola Boyy; Sandra Crouch; Steve Harley (Cockney Rebel); Kevin Toney (The Blackbyrds); Greg Lee (Hepcat); Gene Elders (Ace in the Hole Band); Vincent Bonham (Raydio); Chris Cross (Ultravox); Zero (Clare Elliott); Gerry Conway (Jethro Tull, Fairport Convention); Casey Benjamin; Michael Ward (The Wallflowers, School of Fish); Albert Heath (Heath Brothers); Keith LeBlanc; Phil Nimmons; C. J. Snare (FireHouse); Dutty Dior; Clarence “Frogman” Henry; Mister Cee; Park Bo-ram; Ben Eldridge (The Seldom Scene); Calvin Keys; Reita; Arthur Tavares (Tavares); Clorofila (Jorge Verdín); Rusty Gauthier (New Riders of the Purple Sage); Dickey Betts (Allman Brothers Band); Jack Green (T. Rex, Pretty Things, Rainbow); Mandisa; Eddie Sutton (Leeway); MC Duke; Mike Pinder (Moody Blues); Nick Daniels III (Dumpstaphunk); Robin George; Frank Wakefield; Duane Eddy; Richard Tandy (Electric Light Orchestra); Jim Mills; Steve Albini; Ignatius Jones (Jimmy and the Boys); John Barbata (The Turtles, CSNY, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship); Dennis Thompson (MC5); Mike Sversvold (JFA); David Sanborn; Jimmy James; John Hawken (Renaissance, Strawbs); Randy Fuller (The Bobby Fuller Four); Charlie Colin (Train, The Side Deal); Frank Ifield; “Spider” John Koerner; Jon Wysocki (Staind); Doug Ingle (Iron Butterfly); Doug “Doug Dagger” Kane (The Generators); Ed Mann; Colin Gibb (Black Lace); Brother Marquis (2 Live Crew); Enchanting; Françoise Hardy; Arthur “Gaps” Hendrickson (The Selecter); Johnny Canales; Angela Bofill; Jeremy Tepper; Buzz Cason; Paul Spencer (Dario G); James Chance (James Chance and the Contortions); Julio Foolio; Shifty Shellshock (Crazy Town); Kinky Friedman; Martin Mull; Betty Veldpaus (Pussycat); Bill Crook (Spiritbox, Living with Lions); Tom Fowler (The Mothers of Invention, It’s a Beautiful Day); Joe Egan (Stealers Wheel); Adrián Olivares (Menudo}; Joe Bonsall (The Oak Ridge Boys); Dave Loggins; Tomcraft; Bernice Johnson Reagon (The Freedom Singers, Sweet Honey in the Rock); Pinche Peach (Brujeria); Happy Traum; Toumani Diabaté; Jerry Miller (Moby Grape); Sandy Posey; Evelyn Thomas; Duke Fakir (Four Tops); John Mayall (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers); Jason Clark, Kelly Nelon Clark, and Amber Nelon Kistler (The Nelons); Danny Clarke (The Meditations); Pat Collier (The Vibrators); DJ Polo (Juice Crew); Chino XL; Martin Phillipps (The Chills); Mick Underwood (The Outlaws, The Herd, Episode Six, Quatermass, Gillan); Joey Gilmore (James Brown, Etta James, Bobby Bland, Little Milton, and Little Johnny Taylor); DJ Randall; Nicu Covaci (Transsylvania Phoenix); Shaun Martin (Snarky Puppy); Maurice Williams (The Zodiacs); Jack Russell (Great White); Carl Bevan (60 Ft. Dolls); Carl Weathersby (Albert King, Billy Branch); Gökçe Akçelik (Replikas); Haniya Aslam; Talos; Chon Travis (Love Equals Death); Greg Kihn; BeatKing; Joe Chambers (The Chambers Brothers); Bobby Hicks; Luther Kent; Johnny “Dandy” Rodríguez (Tito Puente); Bert Susanka (The Ziggens); Erik Barrett (100 Demons); Diana; Russell Stone (Brotherhood of Man, R&J Stone, James Last Orchestra); Justin Chearno (Pitchblende, Turing Machine); Daron Beck (Pinkish Black); Russell Malone; Catherine Ribeiro; Makaya Ntshoko; Rena Rolska; Pete Wade; Fatman Scoop; Teresa Bright; James Darren; Pat Lewis; Göran Fristorp; Herbie Flowers (Blue Mink, T. Rex, Sky); Martin France; Sérgio Mendes; Rich Homie Quan; Screamin’ Scott Simon (Sha Na Na); Will Jennings; Mark Moffatt (The Monitors); Zoot Money (Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band, The Animals, Humble Pie); Frankie Beverly (Maze); Moisés Canelo; Tommy Cash; Chalmers Davis (Little Richard, Johnny Cash, The Shooters); David Davis; Kenny Hyslop (Simple Minds, Slik); Tito Jackson (The Jackson 5); Roli Mosimann (Swans, Wiseblood); Billy Edd Wheeler; JD Souther; Juan Brujo (Brujeria); Dick Diamonde (The Easybeats); Nick Gravenites (Janis Joplin, Mike Bloomfield, Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Electric Flag); Zulya Kamalova; Kathryn Crosby; Sayuri; Benny Golson (The Jazztet); Eddie Low; Roger Palm (ABBA); Freddie Salem (Outlaws); Cat Glover (Prince); Pit Passarell (Viper); Kris Kristofferson; Martin Lee (Brotherhood of Man); Dave Allison (Anvil); Artie Baldacci (Heartsfield); Fayo; Arvydas Sriubas (Hiperbolė); Ken Tobias; “Guitar” Greg Gaskins (The Sweet Inspirations); Nell Smith; Johnny Neel (Allman Brothers Band); Cissy Houston (The Sweet Inspirations, mother of Whitney Houston); S.S. Priest (D’Molls, Diamond Rexx); Adam Abeshouse; Kiril Marichkov (Shturcite); Ka; Libby Titus; Joshua Perahia; Ollie Olsen (Max Q); Liam Payne; Mitzi Gaynor; Barbara Dane; Paul Di’Anno (Iron Maiden, Battlezone, Killers, Gogmagog); Jack Jones; Linda LaFlamme (It’s a Beautiful Day); DJ Clark Kent; Marco Paulo; Hans Rotmo; Phil Lesh (Phil Lesh and Friends, Grateful Dead); Bill Beach; Manuel “Guajiro” Mirabal (Buena Vista Social Club); Nadia Cattouse; Richard Andrew (Underground Lovers, Crow, Black Cab); Candy Devine; Quincy Jones; Andy Leek (Dexy’s Midnight Runners); Johnny Madsen (Dalton); Tyka Nelson (singer and Prince’s sister); Agnaldo Rayol; Kathleen Watkins; Lou Donaldson; Ella Jenkins; Ram Narayan; Pepe Justicia; Johnny Duhan; Roy Haynes; Agnes Buen Garnås; Edgard Brito (Tuatha de Danann); Tommy Alverson; Dennis Bryon (Bee Gees, Amen Corner); Vic Flick; Peter Sinfield (King Crimson); Gerry Weil; Vladimir Lyovkin (Na Na); Charles Dumont; J. Saul Kane; Colin Petersen (Bee Gees, Humpy Bong); Saafir; Andy Paley (The Paley Brothers, The Modern Lovers); Mike Pinera (Blues Image, Iron Butterfly); Harry Williams (Bloodstone); Chuck Woolery (The Avant-Garde; yes, Mister Two-and-Two); Bob Bryar (My Chemical Romance); Helen Gallagher; Leah Kunkel; Artt Frank (Chet Baker); Will Cullen Hart (The Olivia Tremor Control, Circulatory System); Steve Alaimo; Jacques Barsamian; Liu Chia-chang; Ángela Álvarez; Miho Nakayama; Dickie Rock (The Miami Showband); Herb Robertson (Herb Robertson Trio, New York Composers Orchestra); Koko Ateba; Martial Solal; Ankalari Turgut; Ruth McArdle (Lords of Acid); Zajir Hussain; Mike Brewer (Brewer & Shipley); Heikki Silvennoinen; Naa Amanua (Wulomei); Bob “Slim” Dunlap (The Replacements); Darshanam Mogilaiah; Alfa Anderson (Chic); Jon Camp (Renaissance); David Mallett; Steve Lewinson (Eurythmics);Rodessa Barrett Porter (The Barrett Sisters); Sarah Leonard; Sigrid Kehl; Mestre Laurentino; Valentin Petricenco (Proconsul); Bill Kelly (The Buoys); Liu Yuan; Lars Martin Myhre; Joe Grech; Linda Lavin; György Pauk; 

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