This is the grave of Randy Castillo. Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1950, Castillo was just a regular kid, part Apache, part Hispano. And like a lot of regular kids, in 1964, he saw The Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan Show. He was...
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This is the grave of Chris Cornell. Born in 1964 in Seattle, Chris Boyle grew up Catholic but it did not stick. In fact, his mom pulled him from Catholic.
This is the grave of Little Richard. Born in 1932 in Macon, Georgia, Richard Penniman grew up in the complicated Saturday Night/Sunday Morning world of the South. In other words,.
Marianne Faithfull at the Women's World Awards 2009 in Vienna, Austria Absolute stone cold legend. Also, she sang the best version of "Working Class Hero" ever recorded, which wasn't something Lennon really knew about anyway. RIP. Also, "Why'd You Do It?" is just about my...
The last member of The Band is gone. Truly the end of an era of rock and roll. Everyone is required to listen to his work on "Chest Fever" on.
This is the grave of Fats Domino. Born in 1928 in New Orleans, Antoine Domino, Jr. grew up in the French-speaking Catholic Creole world of Louisiana. In fact, his first.
For the Boomers at the core of the LGM comment section at least, Steve Albini might not be a huge name for you. For the Gen Xers at the core of the LGM front pagers though, Steve Albini is an absolute legend, one of the...
The Allman Brothers completely hold up as a great band and Dickey Betts is a major reason why. I can't say I'm shocked that the members of this band aren't.
This is the grave of Pat DiNizio. Born in 1955 in Plainfield, New Jersey, DiNizio's life is almost a classic story of working class white kid rock dreams and rock.
Absolutely devastating loss for the music world. 100% all time legend. One of the greatest singers of all time, both in rock and R&B, and what a survivor. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oGpFcHTxjZs Let's hope Ike is burning in Hell.
This is the grave of Paul Kantner. Born in 1941 in San Francisco....oh heck, who cares about any of this early bio info here? Kantner was a founding member of.
This is the grave of Alan Freed, visited in the aftermath of a ridiculous amount of snow not allowing me to get a better photo. Born in 1921 in Windber,.