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DIED. Johnny Jenkins, 67, acrobatic, left-handed blues guitarist who as a boy jammed with a guitar he made from a cigar box and rubber bands, then went on to deeply influence Otis Redding and Jimi Hendrix; after a stroke; in Macon, Ga. As a gofer for the Pinetoppers, Jenkins' college-circuit ensemble, Redding drove the band to Memphis, Tenn., in 1962 to make a record for Stax Records, and during a lull sang These Arms of Mine. When the song became Redding's breakthrough hit, Jenkins, who feared flying, opted not to tour with the rising star. The flamboyant...
...DIED. Johnny Jenkins, 67, acrobatic, left-handed blues guitarist who as a boy jammed with a guitar he made from a cigar box and rubber bands, then went on to deeply influence Otis Redding and Jimi Hendrix; after a stroke; in Macon, Ga. As a gofer for the Pinetoppers, Jenkins' college-circuit ensemble, Redding drove the band to Memphis, Tenn., in 1962 to make a record for Stax Records, and during a lull sang These Arms of Mine. When the song became Redding's breakthrough hit, Jenkins, who feared flying, opted not to tour with the rising star. The flamboyant...
...DIED. Vince Welnick, 55, the last keyboardist for psychedelic-rock gurus the Grateful Dead; in Forestville, California. Formerly of the Tubes, he joined the Dead in 1990 and played with the group until it disbanded after lead guitarist Jerry Garcia's death in 1995. Welnick, who suffered from depression, is the band's fourth keyboardist to have died prematurely. Some fans believe the position was cursed...
DIED. Vince Welnick, 55, the last keyboardist for psychedelic-rock gurus the Grateful Dead; in Forestville, Calif. Formerly of the Tubes, he joined the Dead in 1990 and played with the group until it disbanded after lead guitarist Jerry Garcia's death in 1995. Welnick, who suffered from depression, is the band's fourth keyboardist to have died prematurely. Some fans believe the position was cursed...
...years B.C. (before Christian), the jazz guitar was mostly a rhythm instrument. In his hands, it emerged as a brilliantly lyrical solo voice, one that echoes in virtually every electric guitarist who has followed. Christian's death from tuberculosis at 25 made him one of jazz's greatest might-have-beens. This four-disc package--largely his 1939-41 appearances as a precocious star of Benny Goodman's combos--proves that he was one of jazz's greatest, period...