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Ruthie Tompson has died at the age of 111

Russell Hardy has passed away at the age of 80. Russell was Ian Dury's co-writer and musical director for Kilburn and The High Roads

Worked a gig for a band called Low Rats, special guest for their show was Dan Murphy (founding member and former guitarist for Soul Asylum). Just thought I would add that Dan Murphy is really nice to chat with

Managed to get Eric to autograph a couple of things for me.

Wreckless Eric was in fine form last night. Did an hour and a half long set. And hung out backstage for a couple of hours after the gig had finished. Not bad for a 67 year old who had Covid last year and then suffered a heart attack.

Scotty Broyles is 93 and still going strong

This Wednesday I will be working for Wreckless Eric and next Thursday I shall be working for Josie Cotton. Both are playing The Hook and Ladder in Minneapolis.

George Frayne IV aka Commander Cody has passed away at the age of 77.

Bassist, Bob Moore, has died at the age of 88. Bob played with a variety of variety of top nanes such as Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Patti Page to name just a few. Probably most notable for most people is his base intro for Roger Miller's "King of the Road"

I have several that I could mention, but one from my schooldays I played 5-a-side football for my primary school against the cast of Citizen Smith and used to deliver Robert "Wolfie Smith" Lindsay's newspaper

Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

I had forgotten he was on the list

Missed this one from a couple of weeks ago. Le Pen on trial for hate speech

or just quit

Also from the most recent time I worked with Deke at the end of July, he autographed a copy of his book "Strat in the Attic 2" for me

I trust Deke implicitly. If he has heard Don had passed away, then it's true. Deke wrote extensive liner notes for the Bear Family boxset. Uncanny coincidence, just a short while before I saw this post, I had been listening to Deke's cover of "Ugly & Slouchy" in my car.

He has indeed passed away. Here he is with Allen Charmin' Larman.

John Eckley, former guitarist for The Novas, was treated for hornet stings the other day. He's back home recovering.

He had some surgery here in Minnesota a few years ago, I think that was the last time he was in the news.

Kenny Malone who has recorded with artists such as Carl Perkins among a host of others has passed away at the age of 83 https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/kenny-malone-drummer-dolly-dobie-gray-hits-dies-79668437

Chan Poling, lead vocalist and keyboard player for The Suburbs is apparently undergoing treatment at The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. My guess that it's a front and that he is secretly receiving treatment at Hazelden (Betty Ford Clinic).

https://youtu.be/3u3jEwkG3_Y

R.I.P. Charlie

The guy next to Bob there (whose name escapes me) used to live around the corner from me.