Photo: Greg Boland | Local Bassist Greg Boland (Jaded Poet) Passes From Cancer After Long Illness | Timothy Lee Houston: R.I.H. My great friend and band mate for the last 15 years, Greg Boland. He passed earlier [this month]. I will miss you, brother. So many shows and so much fun. https://www.facebook.com/timothy.l.huston
Teigan McGuire: My dad was too humble to admit how cool he actually was, but anyone who knew him knows how effortlessly badass he was. It somehow feels fitting that he went out on 4/20… one last nod to his style and spirit. And his kitty Taz crossed the bridge with him the same day by a stroke of fate.
My dad was the most selfless, kind person – he always put everyone before himself. He would drop everything in a heartbeat anytime I called him for help. He was too proud to let anyone know his struggles. He fought cancer as long and as hard as he could, but his fight is over. He is rocking the heavens playing his bass guitar and shooting guns like the old westerns he always loved.
I will miss him every second of everyday for the rest of my life. Rest easy, Dad. #fuckcancer
https://www.facebook.com/tegan.boland.7
Posting for my Veteran/singer/songwriter/musician friend Troy Hoss: Heavy on my heart so here goes: This is a very real problem … 22 Veterans a day surrender to their demons. #SuicideAwareness | Call Veteran’s Hotline: 988 #1 or 844-647-1354
Warning Signs of Suicide – National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or if you want to discuss, call the old numbers at 800-273-TALK or 800-273-8255 for English and 888-628-9454 for Spanish. Learn the signs of someone who may be contemplating suicide.
From Care2 via Jock Bartley on Facebook: Trump shut down our LGBTQ+ suicide and mental health hotline, but CANADA opened a US toll-free number to theirs… so our citizens can get help anytime, at no cost: 1-877-330-6366
Kindness & empathy have no borders.
If you want to know more about any of the musicians we lost, please check them out at http://www.wikipedia.com
April 2026
29: David Allan Coe, 86, American country singer (“Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile”, “The Ride”) and songwriter (“Take This Job and Shove It”); Oskar Petr, 73, Czech composer, lyricist, and singer.
28: Cleetis Mack, American rapper (Digital Underground).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Underground
27: Mimi Coertse, 93, South African soprano; Jerry.K, 42, South Korean rapper, glioblastoma; Beverley Martyn, 79, English singer-songwriter.
26: Peter Gülke, 91, German conductor and musicologist; Marcos Petrillo, 67, Brazilian promoter, author, and music researcher; Nedra Talley, 80, American Hall of Fame singer (The Ronettes). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nedra_Talley
25: Daniel Huck, 78, French jazz reedist and singer; Busk Margit Jonsson, 96, Swedish operatic soprano singer; Jesper Thilo, 84, Danish jazz saxophonist.
24: Kim Bowers, Australian musician (Spdfgh), music director and sound artist, breast cancer; Günter Pichler, 85, Austrian violinist (Alban Berg Quartett), traffic collision; Tony Wilson, 89, Trinidadian musician (Hot Chocolate) and songwriter (“Brother Louie”, “You Sexy Thing”).
23: Jean-Bernard Pommier, 81, French pianist and conductor.
22: Kathy Dooley, 70, British singer (The Dooleys), dementia; Evelyne Lenton, 80, French singer (Belle Epoque); Ruth Slenczynska, 101, American classical pianist; Michael Tilson Thomas, 81, American conductor, pianist and composer, glioblastoma; James Valentine, 64, Australian saxophonist (Models), radio presenter (ABC Radio Sydney), and television host (The Afternoon Show), assisted suicide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Tilson_Thomas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Valentine_(journalist)
16: Don Schlitz, 73, American Hall of Fame songwriter (“The Gambler”, “Forever and Ever, Amen”, “When You Say Nothing at All”) || https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Schlitz
Chuck Morris: My old buddy song writer Don Schlitz passed after a short illness. Known for writing The Gambler, he wrote several Dirt band songs that were hits like Stand A Little Rain and I Love Only You. One sweet guy…
