Rock Deaths 2013-- Part 1: Sailcat, Nightcrawlers, Standells

From the Oldiesmusic.com site. //// JOHN WYKER, 68-- Died Dec. 8, 2013, part of the duo Sailcat who in 1972 had a one-hit wonder with "Motorcycle Mama." //// TOMMY RUGER, 67, Died Dec. 11, 2013. Drummer with the Nightcrawlers whose one hit was 1967's "Little Black Egg," a real strange but catchy song. //// DICK DODD, 68, died Nov. 29, 2013. Former Mouseketeer on the "Mickey Mouse Club" where he was picked out of 309 kids who auditioned. Joined the Mickey Mouse Club at age 9 and was known as "Dickie." Fellow Mouseketeer Cubby gave him drum lessons and he bought his first snare drum and cymballs from Annette. // Later vocalist and drummer for the Standells, the house band at P.J.'s nightclub in 1964. The group, of course, had that huge hit in 1966 with "Dirty Water" which went to #11 and has been named as one of te Top 500 Songs of Rock and Roll. //// As Great of garage Rock As It Gets. --RoadDog