{"id":12516,"date":"2021-08-13T14:51:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T21:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=12516"},"modified":"2021-08-13T21:04:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T04:04:36","slug":"august-update-for-2021-dearly-departed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=12516","title":{"rendered":"August update for 2021 dearly departed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s August 2021 and time for an update on more folks that are no longer with us<\/p>\n

Death, the inevitable factor in this cycle of life, continues in it’s natural path. We continue to lose people we care about, in spite of all efforts to delay such final conclusions.<\/p>\n

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Joey D’Ambrosio<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joey D’Ambrosio<\/strong> (aka Joey Ambrose<\/strong>) was the original tenor sax player with Bill Haley and Comets<\/strong>, one of the earliest groups to be credited as a “rock ‘n’ roll band.” He was a member of the band from 1953 until 1955, and was part of the original recording session of their massive hit record “Rock Around the Clock.” He left the band along with four other members to start another band that would be known as the Jodimars<\/strong>, which lasted for approximately three more years.<\/p>\n

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Joey D’Ambrosio, Dick Richards and_Bill Haley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Six years after Bill Haley’s death, Joey along with his four fellow former Comets\/Jodimars (Marshall Lytle<\/strong> on bass, Johnny Grande<\/strong> on piano, Dick Richards<\/strong> on drums and Franny Beecher<\/strong> on guitar), reunited as the Original Comets<\/strong> in 1987.<\/p>\n

In 2004, the LOUIE team was honored to work with the Original Comets, producing a concert video at Bimbo’s nightclub in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

A few days ago we just learned via Facebook that Joey passed away on Monday morning – August 9th. Joey was the last surviving member of Bill Haley’s original Comets.<\/p>\n