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.
Patrick Doyle (3/4/2018)
drummer, Veronica Falls, The Royal We, Sexy Kids
Joseph Israel
Mike Refuzor (3/8/18?)
Early Seattle punk legend; frontman for The Refuzors and The DT’s (Delirium Tremens).
Craig Mack (5/10/1970 - 3/12/2018)
rapper, Bad Boy records
Nokie Edwards (3/12/1984)
The Ventures lead guitarist
Charlie Quintana (1/29/1962 - 3/12/2018)
Drummer for The Plugz, Social Distortion
Claudia Fontaine (8/26/1960 - 3/13/2018)
UK backing singer, Elvis Costello, The Specials, Soul II Soul, Pink Floyd
Laurence "Larry" Cleary (3/16/2018)
Irish New Wave guitarist for The Blades
Buell Neidlinger (3/32/1936 - 3/16/2018)
Whidbey Island cellist and bassist
Killjoy aka Frank Pucci (11/4/1966 - 3/18/2018)
Necrophagia, death metal singer/pioneer
Lys Assia (3/3/1924 - 3/24/2018)
Swiss singer, first ever Eurovision contest winner
Caleb Scofield (10/6/1978 - 3/28/2018)
bassist and singer, Cave in, Zozobra
Alias aka Brendon Whitney (4/5/1976 - 3/30/2018)
rapper and Anticon founder
JuiceTheGod (Trevon McKoy) (4/1/18)
Seattle rapper
Cecil Taylor (3/15/1928 - 4/5/2018)
Free jazz piano player
Yvonne Staples (4/10/2018)
Vocalist in the Staples Singers
Reginald McArthur (4/19/2018)
R&B Singer for The Controllers
Avicii (Tim Bergling) (9/8/89 - 4/20/18)
DJ and producer
Brian Henry Hooper (4/20/18)
Australian rock guitarist, Beasts of Bourbon, Kim Salmon and the Surrealists
Bob Dorough (12/12/1923 - 4/23/2018)
School House Rock, jazz musician
Charles Neville (12/28/1938 - 4/26/2018)
Neville Brothers saxophonist
Paul Gray (11/28/1963 - 4/24/2018)
Australian keyboardist and singer, Wa Wa Nee
Tim Calvert (11/7/1965 - 4/30/2018)
Guitarist in Seattle metal bands Nevermore, Forbidden
John "Jabo" Starks (10/26/1937 - 5/1/2018)
heavily sampled funk drummer, JB's (James Brown), Bobby Bland
Steve Coy (5/4/2018)
British new wave drummer, Dead or Alive
Tony Kinman (5/4/2018)
cowpunk singer and bassist, Rank and File, The Dils
Dick Williams (7/7/1926 - 5/5/2018)
The Williams Brothers singer, sang "Swinging on a Star" with Bing Crosby
Gayle Shepherd (5/31/1936 - 5/7/2018)
The Shepherd Sisters/The Sheps, big band vocal group
Ben Graves (5/9/2018)
Murderdolls horro punk drummer
Scott Hutchison (11/20/1981 - 5/10/2018)
Frightened Rabbit lead singer
Glenn Branca (10/6/1948 - 5/13/2018)
avant-garde guitarist, composer
Jon Sholle (3/13/1948 - 5/17/2018)
American roots guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, Vassar Clements, David Grisman, Peter Rowan, Tony Rice, Larry Campbell, Keith Carradine, Allen Ginsberg, Bela Fleck, and Bette Midler
Reggie Lucas (2/25/1953 - 5/19/2018)
Produced Madonna's debut, songwriter and musician
Andy MacQueen (5/27/2018)
punk bass guitarist, Exploding White Mice (Australia)
Stewart Lupton (5/27/2018)
Jonathan Fire*Eater vocalist
Clarence Fountain (6/3/2018)
The Blind Boys of Alabama founder
Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin (7/24/1944 - 6/4/2018)
The Last Poets, "The Grandfather of Rap"
Danny Kirwan (5/13/1950 - 6/8/2018)
Fleetwood Mac guitarist 68-72
DJ Fontana (3/15/1931 - 6/13/2018)
drummer for Elvis 1954-1969
Delia Bell (83) (6/15/2018)
bluegrass pioneer, Bill Grant and Delia Bell
Nick Knox (3/26/1953 - 6/15/2018)
The Cramps drummer
Matt "Guitar" Murphy (12/29/1929 - 6/15/2018)
blues guitarist, The Blues Brothers
Jimmy Wopo (1/13/1997 - 6/18/2018)
Rapper, Whiz Khalifa associate
Bansi Quinteros (6/19/2018)
Spanish psychedelic trance keyboardist, GMS, 1200 Micrograms
Lowrell Simon (3/18/1943 - 6/19/2018)
R&B singer, The Lost Generation, solo hit heavily sampled
Vinnie Paul (3/11/1964 - 6/22/2018)
Pantera founding drummer, Dimebag Darrell older brother
George Cameron (6/24/2018)
The Left Banke founding drummer
Steve Soto (8/23/1963 - 6/27/2018)
Agent Orange, Adolescents founder/bassist, punk multi-instrumentalist
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.