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RIP – Rock In Perpetuity

Mourning the loss of classic rock stars, other musical greats and related figures

The musician mentored such guitarists as Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor. He had retired from touring in 2021

The Motown group’s hits included “Reach Out I’ll Be There,” “I Can’t Help Myself” and “Bernadette.”

Jerry Miller, lead guitarist in the 1960s San Francisco band Moby Grape, has died. The band was championed but fell victim to legal troubles.

A consummate folkie, he was an early advocate of Dylan and cut a series of highly regarded albums, both solo and with his brother Artie.

The small town Tennesseean earned a top 5 pop hit in 1974 and later became a successful songwriter for others

The satirist, whose onetime band was called Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys, toured with Bob Dylan on the Rolling Thunder Revue

He also co-wrote “Always on My Mind,” a #1 hit for Willie Nelson that won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year

The organist had been the last surviving original member of the American rock band

The bassist helped form the San Francisco pop rock band in 1993, remaining with them until 2003

Sanborn racked up numerous gold and platinum albums during his five-plus-decade career.