Albert Gene Collins, known as Albert Collins and the Ice Breakers (Leona, Texas, October 1, 1932 – Las Vegas, Nevada, November 24, 1993), was an American electric blues guitarist and singer with a distinctive guitar style. He was noted for his powerful playing and his use of altered tunings and a capo. His long association with the Fender Telecaster led to the title "The Master of the Telecaster".
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Alan Christie Wilson (Arlington, Massachusetts, July 4, 1943 – Topanga, California, September 3, 1970), nicknamed "Blind Owl", was an American musician, best known as the co-founder, leader, co-lead singer, and primary composer of the blues band Canned Heat. He sang and played harmonica and guitar with the group live and on recordings. Wilson was the lead singer for the group's two biggest U.S. hit singles: "On the Road Again" and "Going Up the Country".
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On September 2, 1970, Canned Heat was scheduled to leave for Germany to begin a European tour. Partly due to the inconveniences preventing him from spending time outdoors, Wilson despised touring and travelling by plane. He often missed flights and the band would fly without him while he caught a later flight. When he missed his September 2 flight, this did not raise any alarms, and Bob Hite assumed he was doing laundry to prepare for the tour. On September 3, 1970, Wilson was found dead in his sleeping bag on the hillside behind Hite's Topanga Canyon home where he often slept. He was 27 years old. An autopsy identified his manner and cause of death as accidental acute barbiturate intoxication. Although his death is sometimes reported as a suicide, this is not clearly established as he left no note, and there were four pills left in his pants found next to his body.
Wilson's death came fourteen months after the death of Brian Jones, just two weeks before the death of Jimi Hendrix, four weeks before the death of Janis Joplin, and ten months before the death of Jim Morrison, four artists who also died at the same age. Wilson was cremated, and on September 13, 1970, a memorial service was held at Menotomy Rocks Park in his hometown of Arlington. The service was led by Reverend Wilbur Canaday who said, "We are using the sky as a roof, and the ground as a floor, because he himself used nature’s great wonders as his home.” Wilson's ashes were later scattered in Sequoia National Park amongst the redwoods he deeply loved.
Wilson (second from right) with Canned Heat in 1970
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Vivian Patrick Campbell (Lisburn, 25 August 1962) is a Northern Irish guitarist. He came to prominence in the early 1980s as a member of Dio, and has been a member of Def Leppard since 1992 (replacing Steve Clark after his death). Campbell has also worked with Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Sweet Savage, Trinity, Riverdogs, and Shadow King.
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Frank Lee Beard (Frankston, 11 de junho de 1949 – Richmond, 17 de agosto de 2026) foi um baterista norte-americano, sendo membro da banda ZZ Top desde 1969, data da sua formação.
Beard frequentou o ensino médio em Irving, Texas. No final de 1969 ele se juntou ao guitarrista e vocalista de ZZ Top Billy Gibbons, também apresentou Gibbons para o baixista e vocalista Dusty Hill.
Beard (cujo sobrenome é a palavra inglesa para "barba") foi o único membro do ZZ Top que não usava barba. Normalmente, ele usava apenas um bigode, embora ele tenha passado por uma fase, na década de 90, onde ele usava uma barba arrumada.
Beard morreu no dia 17 de agosto de 2026, aos 77 anos, passando por cuidados paliativos no seu rancho em Richmond, Texas, onde vinha enfrentando problemas de saúde há algum tempo.
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(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) is the debut studio album by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on August 13, 1973. Several of the album's tracks remain among the band's most well-known: "Gimme Three Steps", "Simple Man", "Tuesday's Gone", and "Free Bird", the last of which launched the band to national stardom.
Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (San Francisco, 1 de agosto de 1942 - Forest Knolls, California, 9 de agosto de 1995) foi guitarrista, vocalista e letrista da lendária banda de rock psicadélico Grateful Dead. Foi considerado o 46º melhor guitarrista de todos os tempos pela revista norte-americana Rolling Stone.
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Jerry Garcia por vezes teve a saúde ameaçada por causa do seu peso instável, e, em 1986, entrou em coma diabético, que quase lhe custou a vida. Apesar da sua saúde ter melhorado após esses incidentes, ele também teve que lutar contra o vício do consumo de heroína e cocaína. Morreu em 1995 quando estava internado num centro de reabilitação para dependentes químicos na Califórnia, vítima de um ataque cardíaco. O seu corpo foi cremado e parte de suas cinzas espalhadas no Rio Ganges na Índia e a outra parte por baixo da Ponte Golden Gate, Califórnia no Estados Unidos. Desde então tornou-se uma figura muito respeitada na cultura musical americana.
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Foi uma figura importante na "segunda grande época" do movimento blues britânico. B.B. King comentou: "Ele tem o tom mais doce que eu já ouvi; foi o único que me fez suar frio". Eric Clapton elogiou o seu estilo como guitarrista. Ficou conhecido pelo uso de flexões de cordas, vibrato e economia de estilo.
A revista Rolling Stone colocou Green no lugar 58 na sua lista dos "100 Maiores Guitarristas de Todos os Tempos" e foi classificado como um dos 50 maiores de todos os tempos pela Guitar Player. Em junho de 1996, foi eleito o terceiro melhor guitarrista de todos os tempos pela revista Mojo.
John Brumwell Mayall (Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, 29 November 1933 – California, 22 July 2024) was an English blues and rock musician, songwriter and producer. In the 1960s, he formed John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band that has counted among its members some of the most famous blues and blues rock musicians. A singer, guitarist, harmonica player, and keyboardist, he had a career that spanned nearly seven decades, remaining an active musician until his death aged 90. Mayall has often been referred to as the "godfather of the British blues", and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the musical influence category in 2024.
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