We received word that Geno Sate, guitarist and lead vocalist for the band Uncle Ewe passed unexpectedly last week after a short illness. Our sincerest condolences go out to his family and his many friends and bandmates. Services for Geno were held on Saturday, October 17th. Rest in peace with the angels, Geno. We know they’ll be singing your songs.
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MUSICIAN/MUSIC PRODUCER JOHN JENNINGS DIES
John Edward Jennings (November 22, 1953 – October 16, 2015) was an American musician: a guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and music producer.
Among his credits as a producer are eight albums which he produced for Mary Chapin Carpenter, as well as releases by BeauSoleil, John Gorka, and Janis Ian. Jennings has played acoustic, electric, slide, lap, steel and baritone guitars, synthesizers, organ, piano and percussion, sung background vocals and/or produced albums for Carpenter, the Indigo Girls, the Rankin Family, Niamh Kavanagh, Cheryl Wheeler, Iris DeMent, George Jones, Robin & Linda Williams and Auldridge, Reid & Coleman, among many others. As a recording artist, he has five albums to his credit.
After Bill Danoff (of the Starland Vocal Band) introduced him to Mary Chapin Carpenter, they began performing together in the Washington, D.C. area. An album recorded to be sold at their shows was released by Columbia Records as Carpenter’s 1987 debut album, Hometown Girl.
He has been nominated for several Grammy awards, and has won more than 20 Wammie (Washington Area Music Association) awards over the last 20 years.
John Jennings was also an early member of Pentagram.
John Jennings was diagnosed with metastatic kidney cancer in March 2014. He died on October 16, 2015, in Rockville, Maryland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jennings_(musician)
http://www.johnjenningsmusic.com
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Other Notable Musicians’ Deaths…
October 2015
20: K. S. L. Swamy, 77, Indian film director and singer.
19: Patricia Kern, 88, British mezzo-soprano and voice teacher.
18: Ankarali Namik, 38, Turkish folk singer, fall; Frank Watkins, 47, American bassist (Obituary, Gorgoroth), cancer.
16: John Jennings, 61, American musician and music producer, kidney cancer; Carlos Leppe, 63, Chilean singer and performance artist, pancreatitis.
14: Luiz Carlos Miele, 77, Brazilian music producer and television director.