Musical Passings of 2009

It's been a particularly challenging year.

This sad acknowledgement of the passing of Tim Hart marks the last of such dismal notices for the year here at There Stands the Glass. An incomplete listing of the musical passings of 2009 follows.

According to Maddy Prior's illuminating liner notes to this out-of-print live collection of Australian performances, that's Hart going nuts on the wah-wah pedal on this 1982 rendition of "Sligo Maid." Here's the official (and unfortunate) video of Steeleye Span's biggest hit. Hart's legacy is perhaps better served by this bit of magic.

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1/05 Sam Taylor, 74, blues musician
1/06 Ron Asheton, 60, Stooges guitarist
1/06 Claude Jeter, 94, Swan Silvertones
1/11 Andrew Martinez, 26, Necromantix drummer
1/20 David "Fathead" Newman, 75, sideman extraordinaire
1/20 Mickey Gee, 64, Welsh rock guitarist
1/28 Billy Powell, 56, Lynyrd Skynyrd pianist
1/29 John Martyn, 60, British singer-songwriter
1/29 Hank Crawford, 74, jazz saxophonist
1/31 Dewey Martin, 68, drummer for Buffalo Springfield
2/04 Lux Interior, 60, The Cramps
2/04 Tom Brumley, 73, steel guitarist in Buck Owens' Buckaroos
2/07 Blossom Dearie, 82, jazz vocalist
2/09 Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, 75, bassist in Buena Vista Social Club
2/10 Kelly Groucutt, 63, former bassist for ELO
2/11 Estelle Bennett, 67, The Ronettes
2/12 Gerry Niewood and Coleman Mellett, members of Chuck Mangione's band
2/12 Mat Mathews, 84, Dutch jazz accorionist
2/14 Louie Bellson, 84, jazz drummer
2/15 Joe Cuba, 78, salsa's "Father of Boogaloo"
2/18 Snooks Eaglin, 73, blues artist
2/22 Paul Skelton, 55, Austin roots guitarist
2/23 Vince Bilardo, 80, Kansas City jazz drummer
2/25 Ian Carr, 75, Scottish jazz musician
3/01 Arch Martin, (?), Kansas City jazz trombonist
3/04 John Cephas, 78, Piedmont blues guitarist
3/08 Hank Locklin, 91, country star
3/18 Kent Henry, 60, guitarist with Steppenwolf and Blues Image
3/24 Uriel Jones, 74, Motown drummer
3/25 Dan Seals, 61, England Dan and John Ford Coley
3/25 Manny Oquendo, 78, Latin band leader
3/28 Maurice Jarre, 84, film composer
4/01 Duane Jarvis, 51, songwriter and guitarist
4/02 Bud Shank, 82, jazz saxophonist
4/03 Charlie Kennedy, 81, saxophonist for Gene Krupa and Louis Prima
4/05 Nancy Overton, 83, singer in The Chordettes
4/08 Pops Winans, 76, gospel patriarch
4/11 Randy Cain, 63, Delfonics vocalist
4/13 Ron Stallings, 62, saxophonist for Huey Lewis
4/17 Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy, 93, big band trumpeter
4/26 Tilahun Gessesse, 68, Ethiopian singer
4/28 Vern Gosdin, 74, country singer
5/06 Donald "Ean Evans, 48, Lynyrd Skynryd bassist
5/06 Viola Wills, 69, pop singer
5/09 Stephen Bruton, 60, Texas roots musician and producer
5/09 Travis Edmonson, 76, California folkie
5/15 Wayman Tisdale, 44, basketball star and jazz bassist
5/15 Buddy Montgomery, 79, jazz vibraphonist, Wes' brother
5/18 Dolla, 21, rapper
5/24 Jay Bennett, 45, Wilco, etc.
5/30 Richard Nadler, 60, local conservative pundit once in Pavlov's Dog
6/03 Koko Taylor, 80, blues giant
6/03 Sam Butera, 81, Louis Prima's saxophonist
6/05 Jeff Hanson, 31, singer-songwriter
6/07 Hugh Hopper, 64, bass player in Soft Machine
6/07 Kenny Rankin, 69, singer-songwriter
6/10 Jack Nimitz, 79, jazz saxophonist
6/10 Barry Beckett, 66, producer and keyboard player
6/10 Huey Long, 105, guitarist for the Ink Spots
6/14 Bob Bogle, 75, co-founder and guitarist of the Ventures
6/16 Charlie Mariano, 85, jazz saxophonist
6/18 Ali Akbar Khan, 87, Indian musician
6/24 Tim Krekel, 58, journeyman rock'n'roller
6/25 Michael Jackson, 50, King of Pop
6/25 Sky Saxon, 63, the Seeds
6/27 Fayette Pinkney, 61, original member of the Three Degrees
7/04 Drake Levin, 62, guitarist for Paul Revere & the Raiders
7/17 Gordon Wailer, 63, of Peter & Gordon
7/21 John Dawson, 64, New Riders of the Purple Sage
7/27 George Russell, 86, jazz theorist
8/02 Billy Lee Riley, 75, rockabilly star
8/06 Willy DeVille, 58, roots rock musician
8/07 Mike Seeger, 75, folk musician
8/12 Les Paul, 94, guitar legend
8/12 Rashied Ali, 74, jazz drummer
8/15 Jim Dickinson, 67, Memphis musician
8/20 Larry Knechtel, 69, session musician
8/21 John E. Carter, 75, vocalist in the Flamingos and the Dells
8/24 Joe Maneri, 82, jazz clarinetist
8/26 Ellie Greenwich, 68, songwriter
8/26 Bongo Berry, 55, Kansas City-area children's musician
8/28 DJ AM, 36, DJ
8/28 Jack Nead, (?), Kansas City saxophonist
8/29 Chris Connor, 81, jazz vocalist
8/31 Eddie Higgins, 77, jazz pianist
9/01 Wycliffe Johnson, a.k.a. "Steely", 47, reggae producer
9/01 Erich Kunzel, 74, conductor
9/11 Jim Carroll, 60, writer and rocker
9/14 Bobby Graham, 69, session drummer
9/16 Mary Travers, 72, of Peter, Paul and Mary
9/17 Leon Kirchner, 90, classical composer
9/19 Arthur Ferrante, 88, Ferrante & Teicher
9/19 Roc Raida, 37, DJ
9/29 Amy Farris, 40, Austin fiddler
9/21 Sam Carr, 83, blues drummer
10/02 Mr. Magic (John Rivas), 53, hip hop DJ/radio personality
10/03 Robert Kirby, 61, arranger for Nick Drake and others
10/04 Mercedes Sosa, 74, Argentine folk artist
10/07 Steve Ferguson, 60, co-founder of NRBQ
10/08 Rusty Wier, 65, Austin singer-songwriter
10/11 Al Martino, 82, romantic pop singer
10/17 Vic Mizzy, 93, composed Green Acres and Adams Family themes
10/22 Anne Winter, 45, beloved Kansas City retailer
10/27 Stacy Rowles, 54, jazz trumpeter
10/30 Norton Buffalo, 58, blues harmonica player
11/08 Jerry Fuchs, 34, drummer
11/18 Johnny Almond, 63, Marc-Almond band
12/01 Liam Clancy, 76, Clancy Brothers
12/01 Jack Cooke, 72, bassist and vocalist for the Clinch Mountain Boys
12/02 Eric Woolfson, 64, co-founder of the Alan Parsons Project
12/04 Liam Clancy, 74, Clancy Brothers
12/05 Jack Rose, 38, indie rock guitarist
12/20 James Gurley, 69, guitarist of Big Brother and the Holding Company
12/24 Tim Hart, 61, Steeleye Span guitarist
12/25 Vic Chesnutt, 45, singer-songwriter
12/28 James "The Rev" Sullivan, 28, Avenged Sevenfold drummer
12/30 Rowland Howard, 50, guitarist in the Birthday Party