Dead Rockstars! Der Volkstrauertag der Rock 'n' Roll Nation

DJ Vollkasko, superstar rotation

And thus a dozen months passed since the last Rock 'n' Roll Memorial service, and true enough, again many excellent musicians played their last note. Here on superstar rotation, we pay our respect to those who have enriched our lives with beauty:

  • Get In The Groove (1966)--The Heptones. In memory of Barry Llewellyn (1947-2011), singer.
  • Palmistry--Tabla Beat Science, to honor Sultan Khan (1940-2011), Indian sarangi player and singer.
  • Ain't Nobody Home (1967)--Howard Tate (1939-2011), excellent gospel, soul and rhythm & blues singer.
  • Spoonful (1960)--Howlin' Wolf, in remembrance of blues singer and guitarist Hubert Sumlin (1931-2011)
  • Spill The Wine (1970)--Eric Burdon and War, in honor of Ed Roman, guitar-maker, whose instruments were played by Burdon, John Entwistle (The Who) and many others.
  • Castin' My Spell (1958--Merci Lee & Johnny Otis (1921-2012), "Godfather of Rhythm and Blues".
  • A Sunday Kind Of Love (1960)--Etta James (1938-2012), famous Chess records recording artist (blues, rhythm & blues, soul, rock, jazz).
  • It's raining men (Cover The Weather Girls)--The Yandall Sisters, to honor Mary Yandall (1950-2012), popular singer in New Zealand
  • Howzat--Sherbet, in memory of Clive Shakespeare (1949-2012), guitarist.
  • Oh Darling (Cover The Beatles)--Brit Robin Gibb (1949-2012), producer and disco/pop singer both solo and his brothers in The Bee Gees.
  • Dracula (1978)--The Jimmy Castor Bunch, in honor of Jimmy Castor (1940-2012), the funky Everything Man.
  • More, More, More (1976)--Andrea True Connection, in memory of Andrea True, adult film actress and disco goddess.
  • I'm Your Boogie Man--KC & the Sunshine Band, for Ronnie Smith (1952-2012), singer and trumpet player.
  • Gospel Crusade (1974)--Destroy All Monsters
  • I Love You But You're Dead (1976--Destroy All Monsters, for Mike Kelley, singer, percussionist and artist, and his band member Michael Davis, who was also part of Detroit's finest, MC5:
  • Kick Out The Jams (1968)--MC5
  • Poor Boy Got To Move (1965)--Allen Toussaint & The Stokes, in memory of drummer Billy Fayard (1942-2012).
  • Konjunktur Cha Cha--Hazy Osterwald Sextett, for Swiss bandleader Hazy Osterwald (1922-2012)
  • Bochihina: Canto Ostinato for 2 Theremins, Piano,and Percussion--Barbara Buchholz (1959-2012), Lydia Kavina & Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, in memory of the German Theremin player.
  • Baby Let's Twist (1998)--The Dictators, for Ritchie Teeter, drummer (also with Twisted Sister) and singer.
  • Ladytron (1972)--Roxy Music, in honor of bass-player and original band member Graham Simpson (1943-2012)
  • Christmas Must Be Tonight (1977)--The Band, for Levon Helm (1940-2012), singer and player of drums, mandolin, banjo, bass, harmonica and guitar.
  • Older Guys--The Flying Burrito Brothers, in memory of keyboarder, bass-player and guitarist Chris Ethridge (1947-2012, also of The International Submarine Band).
  • Guns of Navarone--The Skatalites, for Jamaican Lloyd Brevett (1931-2012), who played the double bass.
  • The Sounds of Science (1989)--Beastie Boys, in recognition of Adam Yauch's (aka MCA, 1964-2012) outstanding service to contemporary music.
  • Green onions (1962)--Booker T. & The MGs, for bass legend Donald "Duck" Dunn (1941-2012, also with The Mar-Keys and  The Blues Brothers band).
  • Hot Stuff (1979)--Donna Summer (1948-2012), for turning up the heat on disco, Sound of Munich-style.
  • Shôsho Oiwake--Takeshi Terauchi and Bunnys, in honor of Yoshiyuki Suzuki (1947--2012), Japanese surf guitar legend.
  • Motörhead (1975)--Hawkwind, for space-rocking British bass-player John Harrison (1942-2012)
  • Steppers Dub (1978)--Ossie Hibert (ca. 1950-2012), Jamaican keyboard player, sound engineer and producer
  • It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (1952)--Kitty Wells (1919-2012), guitar player and singer, America's Queen of Country Music
  • Atom Bomb (2012)--The Apples in Stereo, in memory of Bill Doss (1968-2012), singer, guitarist and keyboard-player (also with The Olivia Tremor Control).
  • We Have All The Time In The World (From "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", 1969)--Louis Armstrong, in honor of legendary lyricist Hal David (1921-2012).
  • Night Rider (1954)--James "Sugar Boy" Crawford (1934-2012), singer, trombone and piano player from New Orleans.
  • So What'cha Want (1992)--Beastie Boys, for MCA.
  • Autobahn (Cover Kraftwerk, 1999)--Fink, in grateful memory of Hamburg songwriter and painter Nils Koppruch (1965-2012).

We also remembered these fine artists:

Georg Kreisler, Hans Reichel, Kristian Schultze, Ludwig Hirsch, Bill Tapia, Mike Smith, Alan Styles, Cesaria Evora, Israel Baker, Tom Ardolino, Whitney Houston, Davy Jones, Vince Lovegrove, Jim Marshall, Andrew Love, Dick Clark, Herb Reed, Scott Johnson, Margot Werner, Perry Baggs, Greg Ham, Felix Werder, Bob Babbitt, Jon Lord, John Graham, Geoffrey Hughes, Jay Parker, Lucius Reichling, Scott McKenzie, Howard H. Scott.

Thank you all for the music.

 

 

Bonus:

Because the following show granted me a bit more on-air time, I've played some extra tracks for your personal memorial purposes.

What's Wrong (1953)--James "Sugar Boy" Crawford
Get It While You Can (1967)--Howard Tate
Go Back Home (1965)--Allen Toussaint & The Stokes
Something's Got A Hold On Me (1961)--Etta James
I Feel Love (1979)--Donna Summer
Intergalactic (1998)--Beastie Boys

 

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