Musicians lost to 2016

Dear Grim Reaper.

You have been a greedy bastard. Now feck off, take a year’s sabbatical, and leave the world of music alone!

Yours sincerely
2016

The Grim Roll Call

1. David Bowie
2. Dale Griffin (Mott The Hoople)
3. Glenn Frey (Eagles)
4. Colin Vearncombe, (Black)
5. Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane)
6. Signe Anderson (Jefferson Airplane)
7. Maurice White (Earth Wind and Fire)
8. Viola Beach (all four members)
9. George Martin
10. Keith Emerson (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
11. Andy Newman (Thunderclap Newman)
12. Merle Haggard
13. Jimmie Van Zant (American singer, songwriter)
14. Prince
15. Lonnie Mack (American rock, blues and country singer)
16. Billy Paul (Me and Mrs Jones)
17. Guy Clark (country and folk singer, songwriter)
18. Dave Swarbrick
19. Bernie Worrell (Parliament-Funkadelic / Talking Heads)
20. Henry McCullough (Irish rock guitarist)
21. Ralph Stanley (American bluegrass artist)
22. Scotty Moore,(long time-guitarist with Elvis)
23. Alan Vega (electronic protopunk duo Suicide)
24. James Woolley (Nine Inch Nails)
25. Matt Roberts (3 Doors Down)
26. Rod Temperton (Heatwave)
27. Pete Burns
28. Bobby Vee
29. Leonard Cohen
30. Craig Gill, (Inspiral Carpets)
31. Colonel Abrams (American singer/songwriter)
32. Leon Russell
33. Ray Columbus (and the Invaders)
34. Bap Kennedy, (Belfast singer-songwriter)
35. Sharon Jones (Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings)
36. Wayne Duncan (Daddy Cool)
37. Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
38. Rick Parfit (Status Quo)
39. Joe Ligon (Mighty Clouds of Joy)
40. George Michael