February 1, 2010

Musicians who died and weren't mentioned on The Grammys

I was saddened and slightly frustrated with the lack of a more respectful "In Memoriam" portion of tonight's Grammys. First of all, they put two or three on the screen at one time, and more importantly, they left a ton of people out altogether.

Here are some musicians who died since the 2009 Grammys that I noticed they omitted:
  • Jim Carroll (the writer of Basketball Diaries also recorded punk music)
  • Estelle Bennett (of The Ronettes)
  • Lux Interior (lead singer of legendary punk band The Cramps)
  • Sky Saxon (singer for sixties band The Seeds)
  • Jay Reatard (Memphis punk artist)
  • Rashied Ali (avant-garde drummer who played with John Coltrane and many others)
  • Dewey Martin (drummer for Buffalo Springfield who also played for The Everly Brothers, Carl Perkins, Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison and many others)
  • Bobby Graham (session drummer who claimed to have played on over 15,000 tracks including songs by The Kinks, Tom Jones, Dusty Springfield, Them, The Animals and others)
  • James "The Rev" Sullivan (drummer for metal band Avenged Sevenfold)
  • Danny Gans (Las Vegas performer/recording artist)
  • Chris Connor (jazz vocalist)
  • Roc Raida (turntablist and member of The X-Ecutioners)
  • Derek Loux (Christian musician and founder of Forerunner Music)
Who else?