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Frank O’Keefe Frank O’Keefe was one of the original members of the Tampa-based group “The Outlaws”. Frank was a talented bassist as well as a guitar player and songwriter. The

Phil Ochs Phil Ochs was a folk music pioneer and along with Bob Dylan wrote some compelling anti-war songs which helped fuel the whole antiwar , anti-establishment movement of the

Berry Oakley Berry Oakley was the bass player for the Allman Brothers. In a freakish occurrence Berry Oakley was killed in the exact manner as Duane , only a year

Laura Nyro Laura Nyro was a singer-songwriter whose songs became big hits when covered by other artists. Some of her most popular songs included “Eli’s Coming”, “Stoned Soul Picnic”, “Wedding

Bradley Nowell The lead singer and guitarist of the punk-pop group “Sublime” was found dead from a heroin overdose in a San Francisco hotel room May 25th, 1996. He was

Notorious B.I.G. Early Sunday morning on March 9th, 1997 Notorious B.I.G. was gunned down on the streets of Los Angeles at the age of 24. His gangster style demise sparked

Harry Nilsson Known simply as “Nilsson”, Harry Nilsson was a singer-songwriter of the late sixties and early seventies. He released two albums for RCA which generated little interest until “Everybody’s

Nico Nico (Christa Paffgen) was lead singer for “The Velvet Underground” which also featured Lou Reed. They hung around Andy Warhol who also did the banana peel cover for their

Ricky Nelson Ricky Nelson was the good-looking all-American kid on Ozzy & Harriet and had a handful of major hits in the late fifties and early sixties such as “Hello

Muddy Waters Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) was a blues legend who helped define the electric guitar as the instrument of choice during the 50’s. His songs “Nineteen Years Old”,”Mannish Boy”,