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PAU L
R AY MON D
UFOguitarist/
keyboardplayer
(1945-2019)
T
Hepivotalmomentin
PaulRaymond’scareer
arrivedin1976,when
savoyBrown,theband
he’dbeenplayinginfor
thepastfiveyears,foundthemselves
onthesamebillasUFOata gigin
saginaw,Michigan.Backstage,UFO
bassistPeteWaytoldRaymondthey
werelookingtoreplacekeyboardist
DannyPeyronelwithsomeonewho
coulddoubleupasrhythmguitarist.
“Heaskedmeif I wouldbe
interestedinjoiningtheband,”
recalledRaymond,whoseaddition
completed what diehard fans
considertobetheclassicUFO
lineup,theonethatdelivered
LightsOut(1977),thefollowing
year’sObsessionandlivefavourite
StrangersInTheNight(1979).
Raymondenjoyedfourspellswith
thegroup,thelatestrunningfrom
2003 totheircurrenttour;hedied
ofa heartattackeightdaysafterthe
hardrockershadplayedLondon’s
Forum.Theinterveningyearssaw
himbrieflyjoinWayandanother
sometimeUFObandmateMichael
schenkerintheirrespectivebands
- WaystedandMsG– whilealso
collaboratingwithTerryReidand
forminghisownoutfit,thePaul
RaymondProject.
He’dstartedoutwithpsych-
poppersPlasticPennyin1967,
scoringa Top 10 hitwithTheBox
Tops’“everythingI Am”,before
movingontoChickenshackandthe
aforementioned savoy Brown.
PHILMcCORMACK
Southernrock singer
(19602019)
PhilMcCormackhadbeeninMolly
Hatchet’sorbitforyearspriorto
takingoverfrontmandutiesfrom
DannyJoeBrownin1995.The
singer,whohadoccasionallystood
inforBrown,remainedwiththe
southernrockersupuntilhisdeath.
Hisearthy,soulfulvocalshelped
powersevenalbums,thelastbeing
2010’sJustice. Healsoperformed
withTheRoadducksandenjoyed
a briefstintinsavoy Brown during
theearly’90s.
BI L LYA DA M S
Rockabillyrouser
(1940 2019)
Thesonofa Kentuckycoalminer,
singer/guitaristBillyAdamsmade
hisradiodebutin 1952 onthelocal
WCMIstation,beforeforming
TheRock& RollBoyswithbrother
Charlesandleadguitarplayer
CurtisMay.Thetrioreleased
Adams’“Rock,PrettyMama”,
whichlaterbecamea cultclassicin
rockabillycircles.Hisothersides,
frontingTheRock-A-Teers,included
“YouGottaHaveA Ducktail” and
“That’sMyBaby”.
EDDIETIGNER
Bluespianist
(1926 2019)
eddieTignerrecordedjusttwo
albumsunderhisownname,the
firstaged77,thoughhe’dbeen
playinginbandsaroundGeorgia
since the immediate post-war years.
AftertouringwithelmoreJames,
hejoineda versionofTheInkspots
onstageinAtlantain 1959 and
endeduptouringwiththemfor 28
years,oftenbilledasedTigner’s
Inkspots.Hissolodebut,Route 66 ,
landedin2003.
JOHNNY
HUTCHINSON
Merseybeatthumper
(1939 2019)
BeforeRingostarr’sintroduction,
JohnnyHutchinsonsatinwithThe
Beatlesonseveraloccasions.Hefirst
answeredtheircallfora temporary
drummer in 1960 and, two years
later,cametotheirrescueafter
PeteBest’ssacking.Hutchinson
turneddownBrianepstein’soffer
tojoinfull-timethough,preferring
insteadtostickwithfellow
MerseybeatcomboTheBigThree.
Thebandscoreda minorhitwith
1963’s“ByTheWay”, but folded
threeyearslater.
KIMENGLISH
USdancediva
(19702019)
Chicago-bornsingerKimenglish
wassynonymouswithhouse
musicduringthe’90sandbeyond.
Beginning with 1994’s “Nitelife”,
laterremixedbyArmandVan
Helden,sheenjoyeda totalofeight
No1 hitsontheUsdance/club
charts,amongthem“Unspeakable
Joy”,“MissingYou”and“everyday”.
Thelastofthese,“MyDestiny”,
landedin2007.english,whocited
AnitaBakerasheridol, also released
threesoloalbums.
BIBIANDERSSON
Bergmanfavourite
(19352019)
swedishactorBibiAnderssonwill
foreverbeassociatedwithfilm
directorIngmarBergman,whocast
herinovera dozenfilmsfromthe
1950sonwards.Mostprominent
amongthemwereTheSeventh
Seal,WildStrawberries,Persona
andBrinkOfLife, forwhichshe
sharedtheBestActressAwardwith
herco-starsatthe 1958 Cannes
Festival.Anderssonlaterworkedin
Hollywood,appearinginfilmsby
JohnHustonandRobertAltman.
DAVEYWILLIAMS
Free-improvguru
(19522019)
Alabama-bornDaveyWilliams
madehisreputationasa leading
practitionerofimprovisedguitar
music,teamingupwithLaDonna
smithtoformTransMuseq(bothas
a recordingduoandlabel)in1974.
Williams,whostartedoffwithblues
masterJohnnyshinesasa teenager,
wentontojoinfree-jazzensemble
Curlewinthemid-’80s.Hismany
collaboratorsincludedJohnZorn,
Jimstaley,ColBruceHamptonand
Anne LeBaron. ROB HUGHES
Johnny
Hutchinson
(left)withThe
BigThreeat
Liverpool’s
Cavern, 1960
PaulRaymond:
frompsychpop
tohardrockvia
British blues
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