Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Gone in 2019, But Not Forgotten-- Part 1: "Look Through Any Window"
From Bob Stroud's January 5, 2020, Rock and Roll Roots. For a more complete list of musician deaths last year, click on Music Deaths 2019 in the labels area beneath this.
LOOK THROUGH ANY WINDOW-- Hollies The first death of 2019 , Jan. 5, was original Hollies bassist Eric Haydock. This song was either the first or second 45 I ever bought.
I CAN'T LET GO-- Hollies
TUMBLING DICE-- Rolling Stones Clydie King died January 7. Made mark as a back up singer. Sang on these two songs.
SWEET HOME ALABAMA-- Lynyrd Skynyrd
SON OF A PREACHER MAN-- Dusty Springfield Reggie Young, session guitarist with Memphis Boys, American Sound Studios in Memphis, Tennessee died Jan. 17. Also a member of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band on first several albums. Played on Box Tops "The Letter," "Cry Like a Baby," "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond, Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds" and "Kentucky Rain" and "In the Ghetto," "Down in the Boondocks" Billy Joe Royal and B.J. Thomas'"Hooked On a Feeling."
DRIFT AWAY-- Dobie Gray
SUMMERTIME BLUES-- Blue Cheer Paul Whaley, drummer, died Jan.28 of blues metal band. Reportedly the loudest band on the planet.
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "And When His Daddy Would Visit He'd Come Along." Answer below. --RoadDog
"Son of a Preacher Man"
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