Joey Molland, Badfinger Guitarist, Dead at 77 | By Corey Irwin, Ultimate Class Rock | Joey Molland, the last member of Badfinger’s classic lineup, has died at the age of 77. The news was announced via a post on the Original Badfinger Facebook page, which noted Molland was surrounded by his longtime girlfriend Mary, his two sons and other family members. Molland had been facing health issues, including pneumonia, since last December.
Born in Liverpool, England, Molland’s career began alongside Gary Walker, formerly of the Standells and the Walker Brothers. Molland was part of the lineup of Gary Walker and the Rain, a short-lived group whose only album was released in 1968.
A year later, Molland was recruited to join the Iveys, which was signed to the Beatles’ Apple Records at the time. His arrival solidified a classic lineup that also featured Pete Ham (vocals), Mike Gibbins (drums) and Tom Evans (bass). The band had recently recorded the song “Come and Get It,” written and produced by Paul McCartney. Released in December 1969, the single became a huge hit for Badfinger (the group changed its name shortly before the song’s release). “Come and Get It” reached No. 7 in the U.S. and No. 4 in the U.K.
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Firefall’s Jock Bartley (Boulder): Terribly saddened to hear of the death of the great JOEY MOLLAND from Badfinger, and also recordings with George Harrison and John Lennon fame. He was a wonderful warm person and great guitarist. One of the really good guys in the music industry. I had the pleasure of playing with him in a short-lived band many years ago. R.I.P. JOEY MOLLAND.
Photo: Joey Molland
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Jamie Muir, percussionist whose subtle textures graced a classic album by King Crimson
The Telegraph – Obituaries | Jamie Muir, who has died 79, was a painter and percussionist who became a favorite of progressive rock fans when he joined King Crimson; though he only stayed for one album, Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, his influence on the band ran deep.
This was despite the fact that he felt that his freedom of spirit was not quite aligned with the more calculated approach of Robert Fripp, King Crimson’s leader: “I think I was a wee bit too much for him, simply because I was so involved in improvisation,” Muir recalled. “He was very much concerned with logic and function, he always worked his solos out before playing them… For a person like him it was a very admirable creative decision to actually work with somebody like me.”
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Jamie Muir, born November 30 1942, died February 17 2025 | Read a lot more here:
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David Johansen, New York Dolls Lead Singer, Dies at 75 Following Stage 4 Cancer Diagnosis
By Victoria Edel, Nicholas Rice, People Mag
Johansen also had a successful solo career as lounge singer Buster Poindexter
David Johansen, the lead singer of New York Dolls, has died. He was 75.
Johansen’s daughter, Leah Hennessey, confirmed that he died at home in New York on Friday, Feb. 28, according to The New York Times and Variety.
Hennessey revealed in February that Johansen had been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and that he had a brain tumor.
“David has been in intensive treatment for stage 4 cancer for most of the past decade,” she said. “There have been complications ever since. He’s never made his diagnosis public, as he and my mother Mara are generally very private people, but we feel compelled to share this now, due to the increasingly severe financial burden our family is facing.”
Hennessey and her mother also raised funds to pay for his care after he suffered a fall and broke his back.
Later speaking exclusively with PEOPLE about her father, Hennessey said, “He’s very, very sick, but he’s reading all the messages, and he’s getting in touch with people he hasn’t talked to in many years. The connection is probably the best thing for him right now — as it is for all of us.”
She continued: “He’s totally with us — mentally, emotionally, [but] he’s physically incapacitated.”
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From Chris Daniels on Facebook – The passing of friends:
This seems to be part of my generation’s new right of passage, the death of dear friends we traveled with in younger years. Chris Engleman the heartbeat of the Boulder recording and performing community, Jan Rojbroek the eccentric Dutch blues guitar player who I met in 1995 and toured with on and off – all over Europe – until COVID and now my friend David Johansen who I played with for a short time on Statin Island where he died yesterday. It seems like an odd paring but it was just before he joined the New York Dolls and I went the other direction to hippie/folk and Colorado’s Magic Music.
David gave me my first professional gig. We stayed in touch – a bit. I’d see him mostly during his Buster Poindexter days in New York when we were both playing Tramps, Trax and The Bottom Line. Styles are just frosting and as different as I was from David or Jan, who was such a brilliant Dutch blues guitar player and singer, and Chris, who was the soul and bass of so many Boulder beautiful collectives and eTown . . . we were all part of a band of musical travelers.
And now seems to be the time that some of those dear folks we loved are taking their final curtain call, the theater is empty and the ghost light is left on. The truth is that there will be more of these stage exits in our future. Those of us who are lucky enough to continue the run are blessed. Hopefully not losing a step. I’m honestly playing the best I’ve ever played. It’s a gift that I’m so incredibly grateful to get these musical adventures with people I love. And that gratitude has become a central part of my daily life.
I honestly don’t have time to complain or be around complainers. There is nothing wrong with that way of living – the folks who strive for a perfection I don’t get – I truly and honestly respect it. But I don’t have the luxury of time to carry those burdens. At any moment my final curtain call may be required by God’s great stage manager. So, please forgive me if I focus on the positive – in my world (family, teaching, music) the glass is more than half-full – and I’m lucky enough to understand that – and to actually HAVE a glass to fill as best I can. Thanks for my first job David. I know I told you that a few times but it bares repeating. You were an amazing singer, you literally changed music with The NY Dolls and you had the best “ smoky “ voice I ever heard. As JT sang “The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time” and David, Chris and Jan sure did. ~ Big hugs, CD
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Angie Stone, ‘Wish I Didn’t Miss You’ Singer and Co-Founder of the Sequence, Dies at 63
By Steven J. Horowitz, Variety
Angie Stone, the soul singer who rose to fame as a member of pioneering female hip-hop trio the Sequence and later became a cornerstone of the neo-soul movement, died at the age of 63.
Stone died in a car crash in Montgomery, Alabama early Saturday morning. A rep for the singer confirmed to Variety that she was coming from a show with her band members and background singers when her Sprinter turned over. Others were injured in the crash, though it’s unclear if there were other deaths.
The Grammy-nominated musician was best known for her 2001 hit “Wish I Didn’t Miss You,” a quiet storm soul record carried by her husky, rich vocals and a prominent sample of the O’Jays’ “Backstabbers.”
Throughout her career, she released 10 solo albums and was nominated for three Grammys, including best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals in 2003 and best female R&B vocal performance the following year.
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