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It has been a year defined by an unimaginbale number of deaths associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, by riots and protests across the country in response to police misconduct, by racism fueled by right wing nationalists, and by an attack on Americian democracy led by the sitting President and his party. Against this backdrop, the music world has lost its share of artists who made contributions to rock, blues and Americana. Here is a list of some of those whom we have lost.
Name (Age) Band
January 2020
Steve Martin Caro (71) - lead singer of The Left Banke
Chris Darrow (75) - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Marty Grebb (74) - The Buckinghams
Bones Hillman (62)— bassist for Midnight Oil
Neil Peart (67) - drummer for Rush
Bob Shane (85) - founding member of The Kingston Trio
February 2020
Lyle Mays (66) —Jazz pianist known for his work with Pat Metheny
March 2020
Snooky Flowers ( ) — bassist for Janis Joplin’s Kozmic Blues Band
Kenny Rogers (81) - lead singer of The First Edition and solo artist
Bill Withers—3/30—R&B singer with hits “Lean on Me” and “Ain’t No Sunshine”
April
John Prine (73)
May 2020
Florian Schneider (73) —Kraftwerk co-founder
Brian Howe (66) Bad Company frontman in late ’80s/early ’90s
Lucky Peterson (55) - Blues guitarist
June 2020
Bonnie Pointer (69) — The Pointer Sisters
Vera Lynn (103) — World War Two era British singer, famous for “We’ll Meet Again”
Tom Finn (71) — Co-founder of the Left Banke, of “Walk Away Renee” fame
Pete Carr (70) — Muscle Shoals session guitarist
July 2020
Peter Green (73) —Fleetwood Mac co-founder
August 2020
Wayne Fontana (74) singer of the British Invasion hit “Game of Love”
Frankie Banali (68) — Quiet Riot drummer
Todd Nance (57) — drummer of Widespread Panic
September 2020
Frederick “Toots” Hibbert (77) —Reggae pioneer who led Toots and the Maytals
October 2020
Gordon Haskell (74)—King Crimson guitarist/bassist
Tony Lewis (62)—Singer/bassist for the Outfield
Jerry Jeff Walker (78) —Singer-songwriter, composer of “Mr. Bojangles”
November 2020
Ken Hensley—11/4—Uriah Heep founding member
Len Barry—11/5—Singer of the hit “1-2-3.”
Jim Tucker (74) —Founding member of the Turtles
December 2020
Joseph “Mojo” Morganfield (56) —Blues artist and son of Muddy Waters
Charley Pride (86) — Country singer
Chad Stuart (79)—Chad and Jeremy
Leslie West (75) — Mountain guitarist