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Hillel Slovak Hillel Slovak was a brilliant guitar player who played with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The Peppers burst upon the music scene with a force reminisent of Jimi

Shel Silverstein Shel Silverstein was a brilliant songwriter who wrote many hit songs for various artists. He also was a writer of childrens’ books and at one time a cartoon

Bobby Sheehan Bobby Sheehan was bass player for “Blues Traveler” best known for the beastly beltings of big boy harmonica player “John Popper”. After the band acheived success Sheehan moved

Tupac Shakur Tupac had just completed a movie and was trying to break-out of the gansta-rap mold when he was gunned down in gangland style in Las Vegas on September

Bon Scott was the lead singer for AC/DC, a hard rocking Australian band formed in 1973 featuring the wailing lead guitar riffs of the knicker clad Angus Young. In 1974

David Ruffin David Ruffin was lead singer for the Temptations up until 1968 when he was replaced by Dennis Whitfield. He acquired a taste for crack which he could not

Mick Ronson Mick Ronson was best known for his lead guitar work with David Bowie, most notably “Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars”. Bowie and Ronson also argued frequently

Fenton Robinson Fenton Robinson is best known for writing the blues classic “Somebody Loan Me a Dime”. The song has been recorded by a number of blues artists most notably

Minny Ripperton Minny Ripperton was the lead singer for the late sixties acid rock group “Rotary Connection “. She went solo had and a hit in 1975 “Loving You” co-wrote

Randy Rhoades Randy Rhoades was a talented heavy metal guitarist who helped put Ozzy Osbourne back on the charts in the early 1980’s. In 1982 while on tour, the band