A few weeks ago, I found out one of my old college teachers died. Shirley Fisher was a photography teacher at De Anza College. The class I took with her had an…
Category: Obituaries
RIP: Mark Lindsay’s Rock & Roll Cafe
Less than one year after Mark Lindsay‘s Rock & Roll Cafe opened, it closed down. Here’s the official word from the official website, posted May 12, 2008: Dear Wonderful Customers, Sadly, we…
RIP: Lance Monthly & No Depression magazine
Two great publications are calling it a day.. (UPDATE: Lance Monthly is back) After ten years of monthly internet postings, Dick Stewart, publisher of the Lance Monthly decided to cease operations. A…
RIP: Chris Gaffney, Danny Federici, and others…
This is very sad. Less than two weeks ago, I posted information about a fund raising effort for Chris Gaffney, a musician that played with the Hacienda Brothers and Dave Alvin &…
RIP: Ruth Wallis, saucy singer-songwriter
Note to all entertainers: Whatever you do, do not die during the last weeks of the month of December. Your death will probably be ignored during all “end-of-year those-who-died” news summaries, as…
Jim Morrison before the Doors, and other dead people I’ve been ignoring…
One of the biggest tasks I must face in producing this documentary is the challenge of media management. Not only do I juggle with the task of coordinating videotapes, CD and cassette…
RIP: Village Music & Sweetwater, Mill Valley, CA
I’ve been putting off this posting for some time. I’ve got way too many good memories, and I wasn’t sure how I wanted to address this. With less than two weeks to…
RIP: Mark Marush, saxophonist for Wailers
I’m exhausted from two days of the LOUIE FEST. I met a lot of old friends, and new friends, including many I’ve first met via the web. When I get more time,…
RIP: Jim Philbrook, publisher of Record Convention News
Record collectors lost a great ally when Jim Philbrook died. I’ll let his good friend Steve Propes tell the story: I met Jim Philbrook in the 1980s when he was a single…
RIP: Lee Hazlewood, singer-songwriter
Where I live in Northern California, I’m fortunate to experience some fairly decent weather, visit some great record and book stores, and see a lot of different musical acts. One of the…