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Gene Cornish guitarist for the Rascals collapsed on stage last Friday.

Worked for Rosie Flores at a small private gig yesterday. She was backed up by Ruby James (guitar, backing vocals & percussion), Tommy Vee (bass), Bennett Vee (drums), and Clay Williams (slide guitar). Tommy Vee is one of the sons of the late Bobby Vee, and Bennett is Tommy's son. The gig was a pre-birthday celebration for Rosie's 68th birthday which is today.

Out of hospital and back home.

David Blackwell of The Lovely Eggs is in hospital being treated for pneumonia.

Meant to post this last night, Frank Lee Sprague, one half of The Sprague Brothers has died at the age of 60 after a short illness. Sad this is that his brother Chris, found out about it via Facebook as he is currently on tour in Europe with Los Straitjackets and Nick Lowe.

Just finished reading "Roots, Radicals and Rockers - How sniffle changed the world" by Billy Bragg.

Lazy Lester, best known for his song "I'm a lover, not a fighter" has died at the age of 85.

I went browsing last night and found this article on George from this year's Record Store Day

Any mention of George Ginn who runs The Record Album in Brighton? He almost quit when he was mugged one night . severely beaten and was left with a perforated eardrum along with several cuts and bruises

Phyllis Litherland inventor of Dairy Queen's Dilly Bar has died at the age of 90.

I had huge crush on her back in the day.

Element Electronics in South Carolina are closing their factory citing Trump's trade tariffs as the reason.

9 people dead after eating contaminated food at a funeral in Peru

G.G. Shinn has died at the age of 78