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Category: Obituaries

RIP: Bob Rivers – Seattle DJ + music parody king

Posted on March 14, 2025

Bob Rivers, a beloved Seattle radio disc jockey who was responsible for creating a prolific assortment of inspired music parody songs, has recently passed away after a battle with cancer. Bob’s radio…

RIP: Bob Bennett of the Sonics

Posted on February 7, 2025

Bob Bennett, the original drummer of the Sonics, passed away recently. The Sonics were true pioneers in the rock ‘n’ roll universe, playing the kinda music we call “punk rock” years before…

RIP: Mike Korgan, aka Ken Chase – producer of Kingsmen LOUIE LOUIE recording

Posted on January 17, 2025

Mike Korgan, the man also known as Ken Chase, who produced the iconic recording of LOUIE LOUIE by the Kingsmen, passed away recently. His son Todd Korgan wrote a beautiful obit +…

Thoughts about Christmas, Mojo Nixon, Glenn Howard, Todd Snider and funny music…..


Posted on December 24, 2024

It’s Christmas time and we’re thinking about this past year. 
 We were saddened to lose Mojo Nixon in 2024. 

 Mojo was something of a hillbilly mutant dynamo that delivered happy…

Remembering Dennis Flannigan

Posted on August 23, 2024

Today, I’m thinking of my friend Dennis Flannigan of Tacoma, Washington, who passed away last month – on July 10, 2024 at the age of 84. Dennis, in conjunction with KISW-FM radio…

RIP: Perry Kurtz, a stand-up comic with an unusual version of LOUIE

Posted on August 22, 2024

Perry Kurtz was a stand-up comic that performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, America’s Got Talent, and Late Late Show with James Corden, where he performed an unusual version of…

RIP: Melanie (Safka) – singer songwriter

Posted on January 29, 2024

We lost Melanie Safka last week. Like many great musicians from the 1960s-1970s, she was an iconic musician whose work made an indelible mark on my consciousness. I loved her music, but…

RIP: Sam D. Carlson, bassist of The Regents, creator of PNWBands.com

Posted on December 20, 2023

On November 2, 2023, we lost Sam D. Carlson, a man I consider a hero. Sam was a veteran that proudly served his country. As I mentioned in a 2015 post, Sam…

RIP: Fanita James of the Dreamers- Blossoms

Posted on December 4, 2023

Last month on Thursday, November 23rd – Thanksgiving day, Fanita James, another great musician passed away after a long illness. Fanita’s first recordings were with Richard Berry in 1954. Fanita was part…

RIP: Gary Hobish – musician, producer, recording engineer

Posted on October 31, 2023

The first time I met Gary Hobish was at a NRBQ concert at Don Quixote’s in Felton. My friend Mick Gray introduced me to him as “someone (I) should absolutely meet.” Gary…

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