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Leon Wilkeson Known as “The Mad Hatter” for his trademark hats, Leon Wilkeson joined the Jacksonville-based group Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1971 as bass player. In 1972 he took a leave

Danny Whitten Danny Whitten was a guitarist recruited for Neil Young’s album “Everybody Knows This is Nowhere”. Neil had just quit “Buffalo Springfield” and embarked on solo albums. The group

Barry White Barry White was a deep-voiced soul crooner of the seventies. He started out as a producer and arranger had a number one hit with “Love Unlimited” entitled” Theme

Junior Wells Junior Wells was a harmonica player from the south side of Chicago. Considered one of the best, he jammed with all the blues greats. He also enjoyed a

Johnny “Guitar” Watson Johnny “Guitar” Watson was a moderately successful blues plucker who made his first recording in 1953. In 1957 he wrote and recorded “The Gangster of Love” which

Junior Walker Junior Walker was saxophone player for the group “Junior Walker and the All-Stars” who enjoyed a string of hits in the mid to late sixties with “Shotgun” and

Gene Vincent In 1956 “Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps” recorded and released “Be-Bop-A-Lula” which went on to sell over 200,000 copies and eventually became a fifties rock-n-roll classic and

Sid Vicious Perhaps the most controversial musician of the punk movement (If you can really call him a musician, because it has been debated if he actually knew how to

Henry “The Sunflower” Vestine Henry Vestine was born in Tacoma Park, Maryland on Christmas day 1944. In 1966 he joined “Canned Heat” as their lead guitarist. Newly christened as “The

Dino Valenti Originally slated to be the bands lead singer Dino Valenti joined Quicksilver Messenger Service after he got out of jail in the late sixties. Abandoning the loose-knit jam