A SHRINE
In memory of departed musicians.
I begin with just a few jazz and blues
greats (too many to feature).
This is not any particular order.
![]() Charlie Patton |
![]() Duke Ellington |
![]() Cab Calloway |
![]() Robert Johnson |
![]() Charlie Parker |
![]() Count Basie |
![]() John Coltrane |
![]() Frank Sinatra |
![]() Miles Davis |
![]() Muddy Waters |
![]() Mississippi John Hurt |
![]() Lightning Hopkins |
![]() Sonny Boy Williamson |
![]() Albert King |
![]() Freddy King |
![]() Elmore James |
![]() Leadbelly |
![]() Jimmy Reed |
![]() Slim Harpo |
![]() T Bone Walker |
![]() Billie Holiday |
![]() Wes Montgomery |
![]() Charlie Mingus |
![]() Ella Fitzgerald |
![]() Woody Guthrie |
![]() Sarah Vaughan |
![]() Bo Diddley |
![]() Screaming Jay Hawkins |
![]() Lionel Hampton |
![]() Louis Armstrong |
![]() Louis Jordan |
![]() Sun Ra |
![]() Thelonious Monk |
![]() Art Tatum |
![]() Albert Collins |
![]() John Lee Hooker |
![]() Big Joe Turner |
![]() Howlin' Wolf |
![]() Bill Haley |
![]() Elvis Presley |
![]() Eddie Cochran |
![]() Gene Vincent |
![]() Buddy Holly |
![]() Roy Orbison |
![]() Johnny Cash |
![]() Richie Valens |
![]() Johnny Burnette |
![]() Billy Fury |
![]() Vince Taylor |
![]() Johnny Kidd |
![]() Jimmie Rodgers |
![]() Bill Munroe |
![]() Hank Williams |
![]() Johnny Horton |
![]() Hank Snow |
![]() Sam Cooke |
![]() Otis Redding |
![]() Marvin Gaye |
![]() Jackie Wilson |
![]() Ray Charles |
![]() Oscar Peterson |
![]() Max Roach |
![]() Don Cherry |
![]() Chet Baker |
![]() Dexter Gordon |
![]() James Brown |
![]() Larry Williams |
![]() Little Walter |
![]() Junior Walker |
![]() Curtis Mayfield |
![]() Brian Jones |
![]() Jim Morrison |
![]() Jimi Hendrix |
![]() Janis Joplin |
![]() Duane Allman |
![]() Berry Oakley (The Allman Brothers Band)) |
![]() Paul Kossoff (Free) |
![]() Rory Gallagher |
![]() Ian Stewart (The Rolling Stones) |
![]() Randy California (Spirit) |
![]() Keith Moon |
![]() John Entwistle |
![]() John Lennon |
![]() George Harrison |
![]() Marc Bolan |
![]() Mick Ronson |
![]() John Bonham |
![]() Chas Chandler |
![]() Stuart Adamson (Big Country) |
![]() Alexis Korner |
![]() Long John Baldry |
![]() Syd Barrett |
![]() Steve Marriott |
![]() Ronnie Lane |
![]() Mike Bloomfield |
![]() Lowell George (Little Feat) |
![]() Ian (Pig Pen) McKernan (The Grateful Dead) |
![]() Jerry Garcia |
![]() Dennis Wilson (The Beach Boys) |
![]() Carl Wilson (The Beach Boys) |
![]() Christa Päffgen (Nico) |
![]() Sterling Morrison (The Velvet Underground) |
![]() Frank Zappa |
![]() Richard Manuel (The Band) |
![]() Rick Danko (The Band) |
![]() John Phillips (The Mamas And The Papas) |
![]() « Mama » Cass Elliot (The Mamas And The Papas) |
![]() Tim Hardin |
![]() Billy Roberts |
![]() Tim Rose |
![]() Tom Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival) |
![]() John Cippolina (Quicksilver Messenger Service) |
![]() Tim Buckley |
![]() Bob Hite (Canned Heat) |
![]() Alan Wilson (Canned Heat) |
![]() Steve Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd) |
![]() Billy Powell (Lynyrd Skynyrd) |
![]() Ronnie Van Zandt (Lynyrd Skynyrd) |
![]() Allen Collins (Lynyrd Skynyrd) |
![]() Leon Wilkeson (Lynyrd Skynyrd) |
![]() Alex Harvey |
![]() Roy Buchanan |
![]() Bob Marley |
![]() Peter Tosh |
![]() Phil Lynott |
![]() Bernard Edwards (Chic) |
![]() Tony Thompson (Chic) |
![]() Stevie Ray Vaughan |
![]() Freddie Mercury |
![]() Jaco Pastorius |
![]() Prince Far I |
![]() Steve Perigrin Took (Tyrannosaurus Rex) |
![]() Dusty Springfield |
![]() Ricky Nelson |
![]() Lee Dorsey |
![]() Del Shannon |
![]() Dizzy Gillespie |
![]() Willie Dixon |
![]() John Campbell |
![]() Dan Hartman |
![]() Nina Simone |
![]() Link Wray |
![]() Jeff Buckley |
![]() Jim Capaldi (Traffic) |
![]() Graham Bond |
![]() Pete Farndon (Pretenders) |
![]() John McGeogh (Magazine - Siouxie & The Banshees) |
![]() Johnny Thunders (The New York Dolls / Heartbreakers) |
![]() Jerry Nolan (The New York Dolls / Heartbreakers) |
![]() Arthur Kane (The New York Dolls) |
![]() Frankie Lymon |
![]() Danny Whitten (Crazy Horse) |
![]() Sammy Davis Jr |
![]() Robert Quine |
![]() Chubby Checker |
![]() Malcolm Owen (The Ruts) |
![]() Rob Tyner (MC5) |
![]() Fred "Sonic" Smith (MC5) |
![]() Lee Brilleaux (Doctor Feelgood) |
![]() Sandy Denny |
![]() Bobby Fuller |
![]() Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs) |
![]() Johnny Guitar Watson |
![]() Eddy Hazel |
![]() Gene Clark |
![]() Clyde McPhatter |
![]() Glen Buxton (Alice Cooper) |
![]() Robert Calvert (Hawkwind) |
![]() Stiv Bators (Dead Boys) |
![]() Marc Sandman (Morphine) |
![]() Andy Gibb |
![]() David Byron (Uriah Heep) |
![]() Vivian Stanshall (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) |
![]() Brian Connelly (Sweet) |
![]() Billy McKenzie (The Associates) |
![]() Larry Young |
![]() Earl King |
![]() Rick James |
![]() King Curtis |
![]() Coleman Hawkins |
![]() Rick Gretch (Family / Blind Faith / Traffic) |
![]() Gram Parsons |
![]() Paul Butterfield |
![]() Andy McCulloch (Thunderclap Newman / Wings) |
![]() Bon Scott (ACDC) |
![]() Felix Pappilardi (Mountain) |
![]() Chris Wood (Traffic) |
![]() Keith Relf (The Yardbirds / Renaissance) |
![]() Arthur Lee (Love) |
![]() James Honeyman-Scott (Pretenders) |
![]() Douglas Colvin (Dee Dee Ramone) |
![]() John Cummings (Johnny Ramone) |
![]() Jeffrey Hyman (Joey Ramone) |
![]() Kurt Cobain |
![]() Joe Strummer |
![]() Tommy Bolin |
![]() Chris Whitley |
![]() Ian Curtis |
![]() Jim Croce |
![]() Serge Gainsbourgh |
![]() Michael Hutchence (INXS) |
![]() Robert Palmer |
![]() Nick Drake |
![]() Harry Nilsson |
![]() Sid Vicious |
![]() Adam Faith |
![]() Cozy Powell |
![]() Luther Perkins |
![]() Clifford T. Ward |
![]() Edwin Starr |
![]() Lawrence Payton (The Four Tops) |
![]() Mary Wells (The Supremes) |
![]() Eddie Kendricks (The Temptations) |
![]() Tammi Tyrell |
![]() David Ruffin |
![]() Claude Nougaro |
![]() Nicky Hopkins |
![]() Rick Wright (Pink Floyd) |
![]() Noel Redding |
![]() Mitch Mitchell |
![]() Delaney Bramlett (Delaney & Bonnie) |
![]() Buddy Miles |
![]() Ron Asheton (The Stooges) |
![]() John Martyn |
![]() Erik Lee Purkhisher (Lux Interior - The Cramps) |
![]() John Fahey |
![]() Billy Preston |
![]() Isaac Hayes |
![]() Alain Bashung |
![]() Barry White |
![]() Willie De Ville |
![]() Hugh Hopper (Soft Machine / Isotope) |
![]() Michael Jackson |
![]() Les Paul |
![]() Mick Avory (The Kinks) |
![]() Solomon Burke |
![]() Gregory Isaacs |
![]() Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) |
![]() Ronnie James Dio (Rainbow / Black Sabbath) |
![]() Ariane Daniela Forster (Ari Up - The Slits) |
![]() Calvin Russel |
![]() Marion Elliot (Poly Styrene - X-Ray Spex) |
![]() Gil Scott-Heron |
![]() Gary Moore |
![]() Jim Carroll |
![]() Ian Drury |
![]() Clarence Clemons (The E Street Band) |
![]() Amy Whinehouse |
![]() Jerry Leiber |
![]() Bert Jansch |
![]() Alex Chilton (The Box Tops / Big Star) |
![]() Nick Karn (Japan) |
![]() Gerry Rafferty |
![]() Hubert Sumlin |
![]() Howard Tate |
![]() Doby Grey |
![]() Etta James |
![]() Whitney Houston |
![]() Davey Jones (The Monkees) |
![]() Ronnie Montrose (Montrose) |
![]() Jeff Healey |
![]() Levon Helm (The Band) |
![]() Bert Weedon |
![]() Chris Ethridge (Flying Burrito Brothers) |
![]() Donald "Duck" Dunn (Booker T & The MGs) |
![]() Doug Dillard |
![]() Donna Summer |
![]() Barry Gibb |
![]() Bob Welch (Fleetwood Mac) |
![]() John Lord (Deep Purple) |
![]() Scott McKenzie |
![]() Dave Brubeck |
![]() Ed Cassidy (Spirit) |
![]() Mickey Baker |
![]() Ravi Shankar |
![]() Kevin Coyne |
![]() Reg Presley (The Troggs) |
![]() Donald Byrd |
![]() Tony Sheridan |
![]() Kevin Ayers |
![]() Tom Evans (Badfinger) |
![]() Peter Ham (Badfinger) |
![]() Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) |
![]() Leslie Harvey (Stone The Crows) |
![]() Dan Toler (The Allman Brothers Band) |
![]() Bob Brozman |
![]() Peter Banks (Yes / Flash) |
![]() Richie Havens |
![]() George Jones |
![]() Trevor Bolder (David Bowie) |
![]() Herman Brood |
![]() Warren Zevon |
![]() Ray Manzarek (The Doors) |
![]() J.J. Cale |
![]() George Duke |
![]() Usef Lateef |
![]() Pete Seeger |
![]() Lou Reed |
![]() Phil Everly |
![]() Dave Higgs (Eddie & The Hot Rods) |
![]() Paco de Lucia |
![]() Scott Asheton (The Stooges) |
![]() Johnny Winter |
![]() Bobby Womack |
![]() Thomas Erdelyi (Tommy Ramone) |
![]() Robert "Throb" Young (Primal Scream) |
![]() Glen Cornick (Jethro Tull) |
![]() Paul Revere |
![]() Jack Bruce (Cream) |
![]() Bobby Keyes |
![]() Linsey de Paul |
![]() Ian McLagen (The Small Faces / The Faces) |
![]() Joe Cocker |
![]() Kim Fowley |
![]() Dallas Taylor (Crosby Stills & Nash / Manassas) |
![]() Demis Roussos |
![]() Don Covay |
![]() Andy Fraser (Free) |
![]() Steve Strange |
![]() Daevid Allen (Gong) ( |
![]() John Renbourn |
![]() Errol Brown (Hot Chocolate) |
![]() B.B King |
![]() Percy Sledge |
![]() Ben E. King |
![]() Bob Burns (Lynyrd Skynyrd) |
![]() Louis Johnson (The Brothers Johnson) |
![]() Ornette Coleman |
![]() Chris Squire (Yes) |
![]() Eddie Louiss |
![]() Cilla Black |
![]() Allen Toussaint |
![]() Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead) |
![]() Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor (Motorhead) |
![]() Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots) |
![]() Edgar Froese (Van Der Graff Generator) |
![]() John Denver |
![]() Chet Atkins |
![]() Dan Fogelburg |
![]() Adam Yauch (Beastie Boys) |
![]() Nathlie Cole |
![]() Glen Frey (Eagles) |
![]() David Bowie |
![]() Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane) |
![]() Maurice White (Earth Wind & Fire) |
![]() Andy "Thunderclap" Newman |
![]() Lonnie Mack |
![]() Keith Emerson |
![]() Dennis Davis |
![]() Billy Paul |
![]() Alan Vega |
![]() Bobby Hutcherson |
![]() Prince |
![]() Prince Buster |
![]() Leonard Cohen |
![]() Bobby Vee |
![]() Pete Burns |
![]() Leon Russell |
![]() Mose Alison |
![]() Greg Lake |
![]() George Martin |
![]() Merle Haggard |
![]() George Michael |
![]() Rick Parfitt |
![]() Mike Kelly (Spooky Tooth, The Only Ones) |
![]() Overend Watts (Mott The Hoople) |
![]() Rod Temperton (Heatwave) |
![]() Butch Trucks (The Allman Brothers Band) |
![]() John Wetton (Family, King Crimson, Uriah Heep,...) |
![]() Deke Leonard (Man) |
![]() Jaki Liebezeit (Can) |
![]() Buddy Greco |
![]() Bobby Freeman |
![]() Peter Sarstendt |
![]() Al Jarreau |
![]() Peter Skellern |
![]() Larry Coryell |
Chuck Berry |
![]() Scotty Moore |
![]() John Warren Giles Jr. (J. Giles Band) |
![]() Alan Holdsworth |
![]() Junior Wells |
![]() Greg Allman |
![]() Glen Campbell |
![]() John Abercrombie |
![]() Dave Hlubek (Molly Hatchet) |
![]() Holger Czukay (Can) |
![]() Top Petty |
![]() Walter Becker (Steely Dan) |
![]() Fats Domino |
![]() Chuck Brown |
![]() Ricky Wellman (Chuck Brown, Miles Davis) |
![]() Johnny Hallyday |
![]() Malcolm Young (ACDC) |
![]() "Fast Eddie" Clarke (Motorhead) |
![]() David Cassidy |
![]() Ray Thomas (The Moody Blues) |
![]() Hugh Masakela |
![]() Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries) |
![]() Terry Kath (Chicago) |
![]() Don Williams |
![]() Charles Bradley |
![]() Mark E. Smith (The Fall) |
![]() Dennis Edwards (The Temptations) |
![]() Didier Lockwood |
![]() Tim Bergling (Avicii) |
![]() Reggie Lucas |
![]() Arthur Blythe |
![]() Danny Kirwan |
![]() Ed King (Lynyrd Skynyrd) |
![]() Marty Balin |
![]() Otis Rush |
![]() Aretha Franklin |
![]() Charles Aznavour |
![]() Tony Joe White |
![]() Patsy Cline |
![]() Rickey Wilson (B52s) |
![]() Andy Williams |
![]() D.J. Fontana |
![]() Donny Hathaway |
![]() Roy Hargrove |
![]() James Wisely (Chris Isaak's band) |
![]() Michel Legrand |
![]() Mark Hollis (Talk Talk) |
![]() Peter Tork (The Monkees) |
![]() Keith Flint (Prodigy) |
![]() André Previn |
![]() Scott Walker |
![]() Dick Dale |
![]() Lonnie Donnegan |
![]() Dieter Moebius |
![]() Rocky Erickson (13th Floor Elevators) |
![]() Mac Rebennack - Dr. John |
![]() Leon Redbone |
![]() Boon Gould (Level 42) |
![]() Robert Hunter (Grateful Dead lyricist and solo) |
![]() Rick Ocasek (The Cars) |
![]() Ginger Baker |
![]() Eddy Money |
![]() Barrie Masters (Eddie & The Hot Rods) |
![]() Paul Barrere (Little Feat) |
![]() Kenny Lynch |
![]() Neil Innes (Bonzo Dog Dooh-Dah Band, Monty Python, The Rutles,...) |
![]() Larry Wallis (Blodwyn Pig, Motorhead, Pink Fairies, UFO Shagrat.) |
![]() Robert Parker |
![]() Neil Peart (Rush) |
![]() McCoy Tyner |
![]() Bill Withers |
![]() Kenny Rogers |
![]() Bucky Pizzarelli |
![]() Manu Dibango |
![]() Julie Felix |
![]() Florian Schneider (Kraftwerk) |
![]() Dave Greenfield (The Stranglers) |
![]() John Prine |
![]() Moon Martin |
![]() Phil May (Pretty Things) |
![]() Betty Wright |
![]() Bob Kulick |
![]() Steve Priest (The Sweet) |
![]() Bonnie Pointer |
![]() Lucky Peterson |
![]() Keith Tippett |
![]() Vera Lynn |
![]() Charlie Daniels |
![]() Eddie Amoo (The Real Thing) |
![]() Phil Phillips |
![]() Wayne Fontana |
![]() Hugh McKenna (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band)) |
![]() Delroy Washington) |
![]() Benjamin Orr (The Cars) |
![]() Jack Sherman (Red Hot Chilli Peppers) |
![]() Ennio Moricone |
![]() Jimmy Winston (The Small Faces) |
![]() Ivan Král (Patti Smith Group, Iggy Pop, David Bowie) |
![]() Walter Lure (Heartbreakers) |
![]() Justin Townes Vandt |
![]() Eddie Van Halen |
![]() Spencer Davis |
![]() Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep) |
![]() Tony Rice |
![]() Gerry Marsden |
![]() Leslie West |
![]() Tim Bogert (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, BBA) |
![]() Iain Sutherland (Sutherland Brothers & Quiver) |
![]() Sylvain Sylvain (New York Dolls) |