“Goodnight Moon”
Written by Will Kimbrough
WILL KIMBROUGH: Guitar, Lead Vocal
So we can remember them fondly, here is a compiled list of some of the many musicians and industry veterans who passed away in 2023. May they all Rest In Eternal Peace.
IN MEMORIAM
Fred White (Drummer, Earth Wind & Fire), David Gates (Singer, Songwriter, Bread), Jeff Beck (Guitarist), Lisa Marie Presley (Singer), Robbie Bachman (Drummer, Bachman-Turner Overdrive), Renee Geyer (Australian Singer), Van Conner (Bassist, Screaming Trees), David Crosby (Singer, Guitarist, CSNY), Jerry Blavat (Legendary Philadelphia DJ), John Cortese (Jazz Guitarist), Carmen Caramanica (Jazz Guitarist), Anthony “Top” Topham (Founding Guitarist of The Yardbirds), Dean Daughtry (Keyboardist, Atlanta Rhythm Section), Tom Verlaine (Guitarist, Television), Floyd Sneed (Drummer, Three Dog Night), Barrett Strong (Motown Songwriter), Willie Dixon (Vocalist, Bassist), Charlie Thomas (Vocalist, The Drifters), Butch Miles (Drummer), Harold Hysell (Singer), Burt Bacharach (Pianist, Composer), Rafael Padilla (Percussionist), Huey ‘Piano’ Smith (R&B and Rock Pioneer), Kyle Jacobs (Songwriter), Chuck Jackson (R&B Singer), Jesse Gress (Guitarist), Jeffrey Young (Singer, Keyboards), Carl Saunders (Trumpet), Wayne Shorter (Jazz Saxophonist, Composer), David Lindley (Guitarist, Fiddler, Multi-Instrumentalist), Michael Rhodes (Bassist), Gary Rossington (Guitarist), Paul Beasley (Singer, Blind Boys of Alabama), Bobby Caldwell (Singer, Songwriter), Jim Gordon (Drummer), Ronald Spears (Singer, Bassist), Ryuichi Sakamoto (Japanese Composer, Record Producer), John Regan (Bassist, Peter Frampton, Ace Frehley), Lassé Wallinger (Guitarist, Abba), Ahmad Jamal (Jazz Pianist), Ralph Humphrey (Drummer), Harry Belafonte (Singer), Keith Gattis (Country Singer, Songwriter), Gordon Lightfoot (Singer, Songwriter), Jack Wilkins (Jazz Guitarist), Abe White (Nashville Bassist), Andy Rourke (Bassist, The Smiths), Tina Turner (Singer), Cynthia Weil (Lyricist), George Winston (Pianist), Astrud Gilberto (Bossa Nova Singer), Blackie Onassis (Drummer, Urge Overkill), Joe Claffy (Pianist), Bobby Osborne (Bluegrass Mandolin, Osborne Brothers), Mo Foster (Bassist, Composer), Richard Griffin (Saxophonist), Peter Nero (Jazz Pianist, Composer, Conductor), Michael Baker (Drummer), Joao Donato (Pianist), Tony Bennett (Singer), Brad Houser (Bassist, Edie Brickell & New Bohemians Sinead O’connor (Singer Randy Meisner (Bassist, Eagles DJ Casper (Rapper Robbie Robertson (Guitar, Singer, The Band), Jerry Moss (Producer, A&M Records), Bobby Eli (Guitarist, Composer), Ron Gaddis (Bassist), Kevin Turner (Bassist), Bernie Marsden (Guitarist, Songwriter), James Casey (Saxophonist), Jimmy Buffett (Singer, Songwriter), Jack Lipton (Singer), Steve Harwell (Singer, Smash Mouth), Gary Wright (Singer, Keyboardist), Richard Davis Bassist), Mylon Levefre Singer), David Roe Rorick Bassist), Mike Henderson (Songwriter, Mandolinist), Dom Famularo (Drummer), Terry Kirkman (Singer, Songwriter, The Association), Russell Batiste (Drummer), Ducky Carlisle (Producer, Engineer, Drummer), Carla Bley (Jazz Pianist), Lee Eliot Berk (Founder, Berkley College of Music), Vince Denham (Saxophonist), Tony Williams (Philadelphia Saxophonist), Fred Wackenhut (Pianist), Larry Mckenna (Philadelphia Saxophonist), Denny Laine (Guitarist, Wings), Jeffrey Foskett (Guitarist), Gary Burnette (Guitarist), Mars Williams (Saxophonist), Phil Kelly (Arranger), Laura Lynch (Founding Member of The Dixie Chicks), Tommy Talton (Singer, Songwriter, Cowboy)
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