KEXP is celebrating the lives of all these artists on the air, today, Thursday, December 13th from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM PST. Join DJs John Richards, Kevin Cole, Cheryl Waters, and show producers Jacob Webb and Isaac Kaplan-Woolner as they share stories and songs from those we lost in 2016, as well as those in late 2015 who passed after last year's tribute show. Below, we've gathered videos from just a few of these memorable musicians. They may be gone, but their music will live on forever. (Check out parts one and two, as well.)
Joe Jackson (7/26/1928 - 6/27/2018)
Jackson 5 patriarch/manager
Eugene Pitt (11/6/1937 - 6/29/18)
The Jive 5 Doo Wop singer, Nickelodeon bumper jingles
Dean Webb (3/28/1937 - 6/30/18)
bluegrass mandolin, The Dillards
Alan Longmuir (6/20/1948 - 7/2/18)
Bay City Rollers founding bassist
Richard Swift (7/3/18)
producer and multi-instrumentalist, The Shins, The Black Keys, Damien Jurado, Pickwick
Vince Martin (3/17/1937 - 7/6/18)
folk singer-songwriter, Thurston Moore collaborator
Garry Lowe (7/7/18)
Big Sugar, Canadian reggae and blues musician
Tab Hunter (7/11/1931 - 7/8/18)
60s rock star, longtime Hollywood heartthrob actor
Theryl DeClouet (9/15/1951 - 7/15/18)
Galactic lead singer
Joseph Maus (7/28/18)
John Maus brother and bandmate
Lorrie Collins (5/7/1942 - 8/4/18)
The Collins Kids rockabilly singer
Jill Janus (9/2/1975 - 8/14/18)
heavy metal lead singer Huntress
Randy Rampage (2/21/1960 - 8/14/18)
D.O.A. founder, Canadian punk and metal bassist
Neil Simon (7/4/1927 - 8/26/18)
playwright, screenwriter, author
Mac Miller (1/19/1992 - 9/7/18)
Rapper
Rachid Taha (9/18/1958 - 9/12/18)
French Algerian punk/world singer
Aretha Franklin (2/25/1942 - 8/16/18)
The Queen of Soul
Danny Pearson (1/6/1953 - 8/17/18)
Soul singer/songwriter
Eddie Willis (6/3/1936 - 8/20/18)
The Funk Brothers guitarist
Spencer P. Jones (10/28/1956 - 8/21/18)
Beasts of Bourbon
Joseph Hoo Kim (12/10/1942 - 9/20/18)
Channel One reggae producer
Ed King (9/14/49 - 8/22/18)
Lynyrd Skynyrd and Strawberry Alarm Clock guitarist
DJ Ready Red (8/24/18)
Geto Boys early DJ and producer
Elliot "Ellie" Mannette (11/5/27 - 8/29/18)
Father of the modern steel pan drum, Trinidadian musician
Conway Savage (7/27/60 - 9/2/18)
Nick Cave keyboardist and backing vocals
Max Benett (5/24/28 - 9/14/18)
The Wrecking Crew studio bassist, The LA Express
Wesley Tinglin (9/18/18)
The Viceroys classic reggae singer
Dale Barclay (9/25/18)
Scottish musician, Amazing Snakeheads
Marty Balin (1/30/1942 - 9/28/2018)
Jefferson Airplane co-founder
Otis Rush (4/29/1935 - 9/29/2018)
Chicago blues legend
Charles Aznavour (5/22/1924 - 10/1/2018)
French singer, the French Frank Sinatra
Jerry Gonzalez (6/5/1949 - 10/1/2018)
Latin jazz pioneer, trumpeter
Geoff Emerick (12/4/1946 - 10/2/2018)
Beatles (and many others) recording engineer
Bernadette Carroll (10/5/2018)
(74) The Angels pop singer "My Boyfriends Back"
John Wicks (2/28/1953 - 10/7/2018)
English singer-songwriter and producer, The Records,
Dustin Mills (10/10/2018?)
Portland musician, The Mello Outs, Westfold, Tiger House, Mere Mention
Oli Hebert (10/16/2018)
All That Remains guitarist
Mighty Shadow (10/4/1941 - 10/23/2018)
Calypso singer from Trinidad
Tony Joe White (7/23/1943 - 10/24/2018)
"Polk Salad Annie" songwriter, also wrote for Tina Turner
Melvin 'Wah Wah Watson (12/8/1950 - 10/24/2018)
The Funk Brothers, played guitar for Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson and more
Baba Oje (10/26/2018)
Arrested Developmnent raper, musician, spiritrual elder
Todd Youth (5/15/1971 - 10/27/2018)
guitarist Danzig, Warzone, Murphy's Law
Jimmy Farrar (12/8/1950 - 10/29/2018)
Molly Hatchet singer
Hardy Fox (3/29/1945 - 10/30/2018)
The Residents primary composer
Roy Hargrove (10/16/1969 - 11/2/2018)
trumpeter, D'Angelo collab, local connections
Josh Fauver (12/4/1978 - 11/2/2018)
Deerhunter bassist
Hugh McDowell (7/31/1953 - 11/6/2018)
ELO cellist, Wizzard synths
Roy Clark (4/15/1933 - 11/15/2018)
Hee Haw host, country musician
Cyril Pahinui (4/21/1950 - 11/17/2018)
legendary Hawaiian musician
Devin Lima (3/18/1977 - 11/21/2018)
Frontman in LFO
Pete Shelley (4/17/55 – 12/6/18)
Founding member/frontman for The Buzzcocks
The music world lost some great artists in 2018; KEXP celebrates their lives on the air, today, Thursday, December 13th from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM PST.
The music world lost some great artists in 2018; KEXP celebrates their lives on the air, today, Thursday, December 13th from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM PST.