Obituaries for musicians in 2008

Last Update: 28/01/2010 - Total (up to now): 174. If you can contribute with more data, please write to: molympus1@gmail.com

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December/2008:

• Freddie Hubbard (trumpet) (29/December/2008)
• Bob Boatright (violin) (29/December/2008)
• Delaney Bramlett (vocals) (27/December/2008)
• Lars Hollmer (keyboards) (27/December/2008)
• Robert Ward (guitar) (25/December/2008)
• Bud Prager (producer) (22/December/2008)
• John Byrne (vocals / guitar) (17/December/2008)
• Pete Mayes (vocals / guitar) (16/December/2008)
• Neil Gauntlett (guitar / steel guitar) (16/December/2008)
• Davy Graham (guitar) (15/December/2008)
• Pete Carter (08/December/2008)
• Dennis Yost (vocals / drums) (07/December/2008)
• Chico Banks (vocals / guitar) (04/December/2008)
• Derek Wadsworth (trombone) (03/December/2008)
• Odetta (vocals) (02/December/2008)
• Joan Baptista Humet (vocals) (01/December/2008)

November/2008:

• Munetaka Higuchi (drums) (30/November/2008)
• Pekka Pohjola (bass) (27/November/2008)
• Alan Gordon (keyboards) (26/November/2008)
• Joe Romano (sax / flute) (26/November/2008)
• Michael Lee (drums) (24/November/2008)
• Robert Lucas (guitar) (23/November/2008)
• Richey James Edwards (guitar) (23/November/2008)
• Johnny Baker (vocals) (23/November/2008)
• Joe Ellis (trumpet) (14/November/2008)
• Mitch Mitchell (drums) (12/November/2008)
• Miriam Makeba (vocals) (09/November/2008)
• Mel Graves (bass) (08/November/2008)
• Olivia McClurkin (backing vocals) (04/November/2008)
• Jimmy Carl Black (drums) (01/November/2008)
• Micky Keene (guitar) (November/2008)

October/2008:

• Mike Baker (vocals) (29/October/2008)
• Ray Ellis (arranger) (27/October/2008)
• Steve Hoard (vocals) (27/October/2008)
• Merl Saunders (keyboards) (24/October/2008)
• Boris Anastasoff (bass) (19/October/2008)
• Dave McKenna (keyboards) (18/October/2008)
• Dee Dee Warwick (vocals) (18/October/2008)
• Levi Stubbs (vocals) (17/October/2008)
• Bob Fields (keyboards) (13/October/2008)
• Neal Hefti (trumpet / arranger) (11/October/2008)
• Dave Wright (vocals / guitar) (10/October/2008)
• Nick Reynolds (vocals) (01/October/2008)

September/2008:

• Norman Hedman (percussion) (29/September/2008)
• Glyn Davies (bass) (29/September/2008)
• Jamene Miller (vocals) (27/September/2008)
• John Fisher (drums) (27/September/2008)
• Marc Moulin (keyboards) (26/September/2008)
• Connie Haines (vocals) (22/September/2008)
• Nappy Brown (vocals) (20/September/2008)
• Earl Palmer (drums) (19/September/2008)
• Benny Thomas (vocals) (18/September/2008)
• Norman Whitfield (producer) (16/September/2008)
• Rick Wright (keyboards) (15/September/2008)
• Bheki Mseleku (keyboards) (08/September/2008)
• Hector Zazou (08/September/2008)
• Pierre Van Dormael (guitar) (03/September/2008)
• Arne Domnerus (sax / clarinet) (02/September/2008)
• Jerry Reed (vocals / guitar) (01/September/2008)

August/2008:

• Jez Bird (vocals / guitar) (27/August/2008)
• Jimmy Cleveland (trombone) (23/August/2008)
• Buddy Harman (drums) (21/August/2008)
• Phil Guy (guitar) (20/August/2008)
• LeRoi Moore (sax) (19/August/2008)
• Wayne Wadhams (vocals / producer) (19/August/2008)
• Pervis Jackson (vocals) (18/August/2008)
• Dori Caymmi (guitar) (16/August/2008)
• Ronnie Drew (vocals / guitar) (16/August/2008)
• Jerry Wexler (producer) (15/August/2008)
• Terry Wallace (guitar) (14/August/2008)
• Don Helms (steel guitar) (11/August/2008)
• Isaac Hayes (vocals) (10/August/2008)
• Dale Warren (vocals) (09/August/2008)
• Nathan Kaproff (violin) (06/August/2008)
• Roger Dean (guitar) (03/August/2008)
• Erik Darling (guitar / banjo) (02/August/2008)
• Steve Foley (drums) (August/2008)

July/2008:

• Lee Young (drums) (31/July/2008)
• Graeme Crallan (drums) (27/July/2008)
• Hiram Bullock (guitar) (25/July/2008)
• Johnny Griffin (sax) (25/July/2008)
• Mike Berniker (producer) (25/July/2008)
• Joe Beck (guitar) (22/July/2008)
• Artie Traum (guitar) (20/July/2008)
• Jo Stafford (vocals) (16/July/2008)
• Samuel Boghossian (viola) (13/July/2008)
• Gerald Wiggins (keyboards) (13/July/2008)
• Chris Holzhaus (guitar) (11/July/2008)
• Cynthia Owen (vocals) (06/July/2008)
• Bobby Durham (drums) (06/July/2008)
• Colin Cooper (sax) (03/July/2008)
• Oliver Schroer (violin) (03/July/2008)
• Clive Hornby (drums) (03/July/2008)
• Paul Varley (drums) (02/July/2008)
• Natasha Shneider (vocals) (02/July/2008)
• Mel Galley (guitar) (01/July/2008)

June/2008:

• Ronnie Mathews (keyboards) (28/June/2008)
• Dave Carpenter (bass) (24/June/2008)
• Ira Tucker (vocals) (24/June/2008)
• Esbjorn Svensson (keyboards) (14/June/2008)
• Danny Davis (producer / trumpet) (12/June/2008)
• Red Shea (guitar) (10/June/2008)
• Richard Mikuls (guitar) (09/June/2008)
• Bill Finegan (keyboards / arranger) (04/June/2008)
• Bo Diddley (guitar) (02/June/2008)

May/2008:

• Hugh Jarrett (vocals) (31/May/2008)
• Campbell Burnap (trombone) (30/May/2008)
• Baz Dunnery (guitar) (29/May/2008)
• Jerry Cole (guitar) (28/May/2008)
• Danny Moss (sax) (28/May/2008)
• Jimmy McGriff (keyboards) (24/May/2008)
• Danny Rhodes (guitar) (23/May/2008)
• William Reichenbach (drums) (16/May/2008)
• Bob Florence (keyboards) (15/May/2008)
• John Rutsey (drums) (11/May/2008)
• Mario Schiano (keyboards / sax) (10/May/2008)
• Larry Levine (engineer) (08/May/2008)
• Eddy Arnold (vocals) (08/May/2008)
• John ´Irish´ Earle (sax) (07/May/2008)
• Micky Waller (drums) (06/May/2008)
• Franz Jackson (sax) (06/May/2008)
• Jerry Wallace (vocals) (05/May/2008)
• Tom Boggs (drums) (05/May/2008)
• Leo Jackson (guitar) (04/May/2008)
• Graham Bell (vocals) (02/May/2008)
• Jim Hager (vocals) (01/May/2008)

April/2008:

• Humphrey Lyttelton (trumpet) (25/April/2008)
• Jimmy Giuffre (sax) (24/April/2008)
• Paul Davis (vocals) (22/April/2008)
• Monna Bell (vocals) (21/April/2008)
• Peter Howard (arranger) (18/April/2008)
• Danny Federici (keyboards) (17/April/2008)
• Chris Gaffney (17/April/2008)
• Brian Davison / Blinky (drums) (15/April/2008)
• Cliff Davies (drums) (15/April/2008)
• George Butler (producer) (09/April/2008)
• Ozzie Cadena (producer) (09/April/2008)
• Phil Urso (sax) (07/April/2008)

March/2008:

• Allan Ganley (drums) (29/March/2008)
• Gene Puerling (vocals / arranger) (26/March/2008)
• Spanky Alford (guitar) (24/March/2008)
• Grahame White (vocals / guitar) (22/March/2008)
• Daniel MacMaster (vocals) (16/March/2008)
• Patti Bown (keyboards) (16/March/2008)
• Ola Brunkert (drums) (16/March/2008)
• Mikey Dread (producer) (15/March/2008)
• Martin Fierro (sax) (13/March/2008)
• Byrd Burton (guitar) (10/March/2008)
• Chuck Day (guitar) (10/March/2008)
• Norman Smith (producer) (03/March/2008)
• Jeff Healey (guitar) (02/March/2008)
• Jimmy Faulkner (guitar) (March/2008)

February/2008:

• Mike Smith (vocals) (28/February/2008)
• Buddy Miles (drums) (26/February/2008)
• Phil Bodner (sax / flute) (24/February/2008)
• Larry Norman (vocals) (24/February/2008)
• Israel Cachao Lopez (bass) (22/February/2008)
• Calvin Owens (trumpet) (21/February/2008)
• Teo Macero (producer) (19/February/2008)
• Jackie Street (bass) (17/February/2008)
• Chris Townson (drums) (10/February/2008)
• Chris Anderson (keyboards) (04/February/2008)
• Tata Guines (percussion) (04/February/2008)
• Dee Robb (engineer) (February/2008)

January/2008:

• Big Joe Turner (trombone / bass) (31/January/2008)
• Francis Clay (drums) (21/January/2008)
• Tommy McQuater (trumpet) (20/January/2008)
• John Stewart (vocals) (19/January/2008)
• Bob Enos (trumpet) (11/January/2008)
• Pete Candoli (trumpet) (11/January/2008)
• Rod Allen (vocals) (10/January/2008)
• Clyde Otis (producer) (08/January/2008)
• Ken Nelson (producer) (06/January/2008)
• Earl May (bass) (04/January/2008)

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