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RIP – Rock In Perpetuity

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

The death of the producer, composer, keyboardist, vocalist and songwriter was announced by his longtime friend Herb Alpert

What will always stand out as a stain on Russell and the band’s career was their concert on the night of February 20, 2003

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 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

The influential Detroit band suffered two other losses in 2024