Country For Old Men (And Women)

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Country music musician and songwriter and manager Eddie Pleasant is feeling unpleasant.  Dead in fact. He was 95.

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On 01/09/2022 at 00:02, mollyafox said:

Country singer Luke Bell has been found dead after vanishing earlier this month. Apparently he had severe bipolar disorder and it wasn't the first time he went missing. 

Luke Bell's death was from an accidental fentanyl overdose, according to the autopsy.

[TomTomTelekom 3,728]

Singer, pianist and producer Anita Kerr died at 94 years:

https://variety.com/2022/music/news/anita-kerr-dead-backup-chorale-singers-country-pop-1235399733/

She was known for being the founder of the critically-acclaimed vocal group The Anita Kerr Singers. With the group, she recorded more than thirty albums from the 50's to the 70's.

She won back-to-back Grammy Awards for Best Performance by a Vocal Group for We Dig Mancini in 1965 and A Man and A Woman in 1966.

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Singer and guitarist Don Edwards, known for his Western-themed music, died at 86 years:

https://signalscv.com/2022/10/beloved-cowboy-singer-don-edwards-dies-at-86/

His popular albums include Songs of the Cowboy and Saddle Songs.

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Patrick Haggerty, who led Lavender Country, has died. According to a statement posted to the band’s official social media pages, the 78-year-old activist and musician died on Monday (October 31) after suffering a stroke a few weeks ago.

https://pitchfork.com/news/lavender-countrys-patrick-haggerty-dies-at-78/

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2 hours ago, ObakeFilter said:

Patrick Haggerty, who led Lavender Country, has died. According to a statement posted to the band’s official social media pages, the 78-year-old activist and musician died on Monday (October 31) after suffering a stroke a few weeks ago.

https://pitchfork.com/news/lavender-countrys-patrick-haggerty-dies-at-78/

 

 

REALLY sad, true pioneer, the first Lavender Country album 49 years ago was brave and ground-breaking, being a full-on gay country collection with titles like Cryin' These Cocksucking Tears and Back in the Closet Again

 

 

[Summer in Transylvania 2,190]

Jake Flint, Country Singer, dead at 37, just hours after his wedding.

[lilham 757]

Jess Barr, 46, guitarist for alt-country band Slobberbone https://dallas.culturemap.com/news/entertainment/slobberbone-jess-barr-obit/

Also, owner of Twilite Lounge in Dallas and Fort Worth.

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Peter Cooper, a Nashville singer, journalist and Country Hall of Fame executive, has died. He was 52.

 

https://variety.com/2022/music/obituaries-people-news/peter-cooper-dead-country-nashville-journalist-singer-hall-fame-1235453101/

[Phantom 2,535]

LeAnn Rimes having to postpone her tour due to bleeding on her vocal chords

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Stan Hitchcock was one of the founders of Country Music Television, or CMT. He also headed the Nashville operations for the cable channel for nine years until it was sold to Gaylord Entertainment.

In his earlier performing days, he signed to Columbia Records, but failed to find much traction as a recording artist. He fared slightly better after signing with Epic in 1967, including his biggest hit, “Honey I’m Home” that notched #17 on the country charts in 1969.

Stan Hitchcock authored a book in 2009 called At The Corner of Music Row an Memory Lane about his life and country music. Hitchcock passed away on January 4th. He was 86 years old.
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Gordon Edwards Burns aka Country Boy Eddie, an Alabama TV personality and early supporter of the likes of Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette and Emmylou Harris, has died. He was 92.

 

https://deadline.com/2023/01/country-boy-eddie-dead-alabama-tv-star-who-gave-dolly-parton-tammy-wynette-chance-was-92-obituary-1235221916/

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Kyle Jacobs, a country music songwriter and the husband of country singer Kellie Pickler, has died. He was 49. Jacobs died by suicide.

 

https://people.com/music/kellie-pickler-husband-kyle-jacobs-dead-apparent-suicide/

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Keith Gattis a Nashville songwriter, producer, and solo artist who had his songs recorded by Kenny Chesney and George Strait and who produced Randy Houser’s Americana pivot, Magnolia, has died at 52. A source close to Gattis confirmed his death.

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Joy McKean, an Australian country music pioneer, has died. She was 93. McKean died following a long battle with cancer.

 

https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/australian-country-music-pioneer-joy-mckean-has-died-aged-93-3448268

 

 

[YoungWillz 21,062]

Gloria Belle (Flickinger), bluegrass vocalist and instrumentalist who played the banjo, bass and mandolin, reportedly died on May 5th: https://thebluegrasssituation.com/read/gloria-belle-a-woman-sideman-who-held-her-own-in-bluegrass/

[YoungWillz 21,062]

On 28/09/2021 at 17:18, Ulitzer95 said:

Oldest country singers/musicians following the recent deaths of Don Maddox (b. 1922) and Sue Thompson (b. 1925)?

Violet Hensley (b. 1916)
Bill Pitman (b. 1920)
Mervin Shiner (b. 1921)
Rose Lee Maphis (b. 1922)
Bill Hayes (b. 1925)
Ray "Chubby" Howard (b. 1926)
Bud Wendell (b. 1927) executive
Bud Duncan of the Maddox Brothers and Rose (b. Mar 1928)
Scotty Broyles (b. Aug 1928)
C. W. McCall (b. Nov 1928)
Jesse McReynolds (b. Jul 1929)
Leroy Van Dyke (b. Oct 1929)
Mitchell Torok (b. Oct 1929)

 

Edit: Just checked, Bud Duncan isn’t only still alive, he’s active on Facebook at 93.

Any others 90+ we know of? @Phantom

Jesse McReynolds reportedly dead: 

 

[YoungWillz 21,062]

On 25/10/2021 at 15:26, arghton said:

https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/rocky-top-banjoist-sonny-osborne-of-the-osborne-brothers-has-died/

Sonny Osborne, half of the Osborne Brothers dead at 83 from a stroke, five days before his 84th birthday. (Not 2022 yet(

 

The older brother, Bobby Osborne is still alive and will be 90 in December 

Bobby Osborne reportedly dead: https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/8469487/bobby-osborne-dead-bluegrass-tennessee-rocky-top/

 

Yet another for the List of the Missed @Death Impends, last picked in 2018. http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2018/celebs_O.html#osbob0

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Lamar Morris (Wiki), American country music singer who was a solo artist on the MGM Records label, charting in the Top 40 of Hot Country Songs with "If You Love Me", which peaked at number 27 dead at 84

[arghton 6,756]

Australian country "legend", Sheik of Scrubby Creek Chad Morgan deserves a mention here. Not dead yet, but he's been rumored dead many times since 2008, has looked quite frail and decrepit for more than a decade but seems like he's still performing. He's 90, two months older than Willie Nelson.

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Texas country music singer-songwriter Charlie Robison died today, September 10th at 59 years old. Charlie Robison - Wikipedia

(found the information via country music facebook groups/his wife's posts).

 

His former wife is Emily Erwin of the (Dixie) Chicks.

 

Edit: Billboard link https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/charlie-robison-dead-1235410190/

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Brendan Croker dead at 70 after battling leukaemia.

 

He was an English musician, who had recorded albums under his own name and with occasional backing band; The Five O'Clock Shadows. He was also a member of The Notting Hillbillies. During the late 1980s, he was an auxiliary member of The Mekons and a full-time member of Sally Timms and the Drifting Cowgirls.

 

He had recorded with Eric Clapton, Tanita Tikaram, Mark Knopfler, Kevin Coyne and Chet Atkins.

 

 Love this song.

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Country star and multi-instrumentalist Buck Trent, who was best known for inventing the electric banjo, died at 85 years:

https://www.legends1063.fm/news/local-news/country-music-instrumentalist-longtime-branson-entertainer-buck-trent-dies/

He became famous for his regular appearances on TV shows like "The Tonight Show".

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

On 28/09/2021 at 17:18, Ulitzer95 said:

Oldest country singers/musicians following the recent deaths of Don Maddox (b. 1922) and Sue Thompson (b. 1925)?

Violet Hensley (b. 1916)
Bill Pitman (b. 1920)
Mervin Shiner (b. 1921)
Rose Lee Maphis (b. 1922)
Bill Hayes (b. 1925)
Ray "Chubby" Howard (b. 1926)
Bud Wendell (b. 1927) executive
Bud Duncan of the Maddox Brothers and Rose (b. Mar 1928)
Scotty Broyles (b. Aug 1928)
C. W. McCall (b. Nov 1928)
Jesse McReynolds (b. Jul 1929)
Leroy Van Dyke (b. Oct 1929)
Mitchell Torok (b. Oct 1929)

 

Edit: Just checked, Bud Duncan isn’t only still alive, he’s active on Facebook at 93.

Any others 90+ we know of? @Phantom

Mervin Shiner (wiki) dead at 102.

Death notice.
 

[YoungWillz 21,062]

56 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Mervin Shiner (wiki) dead at 101.

Death notice.
 

102?