They Daid, But We Can Still Hear 'Em

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it's time for another installment of "Dead Musicians On Parade."  I think I did this once before, at least, and I think it oughta be an annual thing, as long as I'm still lookin' down at the blades of grass, not up at the roots:  this week I'm'a celebrate those musicians--of varying stripes and caliber, but people who've affected my musical life--who went on to the Final Take in 2013.

We're all goin' there, and likely we're all gonna leave something behind here, some evidence that we once existed, but these folks have left artifacts burned right into wax' or onto tape, or dancing in The Cloud, or whatever it is they do these days.  Some are way better known (Richie Havens, J.J. Cale, Ray Manzarek, Lou Reed)  than others (Reg Presley of The Troggs, Jackie Lomax, Clarence Burke of The Five Stairsteps), but they all had careers of some duration and achieved some degree of fame--even enough to be sold on iTunes, which likely won't be true for most of us.  So, nothing profound even attempted this week, just "thanks" and "glad you were here awhile" to some who are no longer.  Such as:

The Birds And The Bees                                        Jewel Akens(I loved that song when I was 11)
I Touch Myself                                                       Divinyls (Chrissie Amphlett, lead singer)
Blues In The Night                                                  Bobby "Blue" Bland
Fire                                                                          Ohio Players (Sugarfoot Bonner, lead singer)
Ooh Child                                                               The Five Stairsteps (Clarence Burke, lead)
That's All There Is To Love                                    Donald Byrd
After Midnight                                                        J.J. Cale
Cajun Moon                                                            J.J. Cale
Call Me The Breeze                                                J.J. Cale
Crazy Mama                                                            J.J. Cale
Magnolia                                                                 J.J. Cale
Love You Till The End                                           Pogues (Phil Chevron, guitar)
Pretty As You Feel                                                  Jefferson Airplane (Joey Covington, drums)
Have You Seen The Saucers                                   Jefferson Airplane
Blame It On The Bossa Nova                                 Eydie Gorme (yeah, that's right)
Papa Was A Rollin' Stone                                       Temptations (Otis Harris, vocals)
Volunteers                                                                Jefferson Airplane
Do You Love Me                                                     Dave Clark Five (Rick Huxley, bass)
Funny How Time Slips Away                                  Ray Price
Glad All Over                                                          Dave Clark Five
I'm Going Home                                                      Ten Years After (Alvin Lee)
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got...)                Marian McPartland
Just Like A Woman                                                  Richie Havens
Night Life                                                                 Ray Price
Riders On The Storm                                                Doors (Ray Manzarek, keyboards)
Rock And Roll Heart                                                Lou Reed
San Francisco Bay Blues                                          Richie Havens
Sour Milk Sea                                                           Jackie Lomax
The Spy                                                                     Doors
Wild Thing                                                                The Troggs (Reg Presley, writer/lead vocal)
You're Still On My Mind                                          George Jones
Freedom                                                                    Richie Havens

Obviously, some of these folks were more important to me than others: five J.J. Cale and only one Lou Reed (in fairness, I did acknowledge Lou's death in an earlier show)?  Three Richie Havens?  Again, it's my freakin' show, innit?  Besides, how can you go wrong with The Ohio Players, The Pogues, George Jones and Eydie Gorme all on the same playlist?  That's what makes WOOL great!  See you Tuesday from noon till two-ish.