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Back in February of 2008, I had heard that the great Buddy Miles had passed away, so I started searching the various so-called celebrity death sites to see what I could find out. To my astonishment, there were no mentions at any of these places. And then just two days later, Mike Smith the amazing lead singer of the Dave Clark Five passed away. Again, no mention in the celebrity death blog-o-sphere. I felt I had to right this injustice. The name of this site is taken from the Doors’ classic song “When The Music’s Over.”
So, in honor of Buddy Miles and Mike Smith, I present you, THE MUSIC’S OVER. A place to honor those who have made us dance, reflect, laugh and cry.
Please let me know if I’m missing anyone
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What you’ll find on this site: Dead Rock Stars. Dead Musicians. Dead Country Singers. Rock Stars who committed suicide. Rock star Final resting places. Dead Punk Bands. Murdered Rock Stars. Dead Jazz Musicians. Drug Addicts. Junkies. Rock Stars Who Overdosed. Manslaughter. Rappers Who Were Murdered. Gunned Down. Rock Star Grave Sites. Jazz Heroin. Dead Punk Rock. Murdered Punk. Junkie Rock Stars. Rock and Roll Heaven. Rock ‘n Roll Heaven. Rock Stars On Drugs. Rapper On Drugs. Rock ‘n Roll Groupies. Rock and Roll Grave Yard. Murdered Musicians. Heavy Metal. Glam. Disco.
rekx said
What a great blog and a great tribute to all of these performers. Your efforts will someday be greatly rewarded! Keep it up.
Linda said
Dear Musicsover,
I think this blog is a great idea! Too many musicians are gone — and almost forgotten. It’s so sad b/c they’ve added so much to this world through their music.
You don’t have a Country category (yet), so I thought I’d post here about a great book I just read about Faron Young. It’s called Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story and it gave me a whole new appreciation for his music. What a life he led!
I’m hoping you will read this book and do a post on Faron — another great musician many don’t remember.
Thanks again for starting this blog.
Linda
themusicsover said
Thanks for your kind words, Linda. I leave “On This Date” posts on the anniversaries of the artist’s death, so in the case of Faron Young, his will come on December 10th. And for so called “current” artists, I pay tribute to them as soon as I hear of their passing. Feel free to email me with any tips or other omissions.
Thanks for reading and please tell your friends!
Vince
esther said
Came across your site when searching about my friend Matt Mugridge. I’m wondering how you got your info for the story (which was great). Thanks, Esther
zelada said
Wow! Great idea and what hard work! There’s a lot of research involved in this. I mean, two months and already so many great artists. I like the way “heart attack” and “heavy metal” appear next to each other in the tag cloud!
Congrats!
Townbeet said
Wow, what an interesting website.
Thanks for the comment about mine on scvtalk.
All the best
Nutcracker Buck said
Just ran across your blog while searching Buck Owens info. I’ll keep checking in.
GW said
Zelada (#4) took the words right out of my mouth. Keep goin’!
Clark Benson said
Great Site – especially love that you include industry figures and not just obvious rock stars
Csarolyn said
Happy Anniversary.
SAMathies said
Hey Man,
Don’t know how I got here!!Right on,Dig the videos.
Sam
Mpls.MN
Biggs said
Like your site! I have been in the Industry 25 years, The last 20 with the same artist. I enjoyed your Southern Rock page, Worked with several of the guys on it. Great job!
Leslie Berman said
So glad to have discovered your site, although the deaths this week of lesley duncan, ron lundy, charlie gillett, and alex chilton seem too much to bear. keep up your good work.
fasteddie818 said
thanks for the blog great info …and very entertaing
PAUL RAYBOLD said
Hey Vince,
I can’t imagine the time and work you must put in to get your site to be as informative as it is. I log in every single day, and every day I read about another significant person in the music business that I didn’t know about the day before. Thanks for all you’ve taught us and never let the music be over.
Paul
Steve Salter said
Great site keep up the good work.
themusicsover.com said
Thanks Steve – I’m tryin’ to!
Vince
T Taylor said
Hello … Roger (King Of The Road) Miller Jan 2 1936 / Oct 25 1992 Lung Cancer
Just Thought I’d share some info
I Enjoy Your Site Very Much.. Taylor
themusicsover.com said
Thanks Taylor! Yes, I have a Roger Miller page up on the site.
Vince
Bob Parkins said
Finest kind. Delighted to have run into this labor of love. You’re about to take up residence here in the Great White North, Ottawa division.
themusicsover.com said
haha – thanks Bob! Glad you found me. I appreciate your kind words.
Vince
Su said
Your site is fantastic . . . I have spent many an hour browsing through the various categories. I do hope that you do not think me cheeky but I have today seen in the news a couple of recent deaths that you may wish to add to your Rest in Peace section
Billy Taylor b.July 24 1921 d.December 28 2010 the jazz pianist and composer (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free) and
Bobby Farrell b.October 6 1949 d.December 30 2010 the male ‘singer’ from Bony M in the 70′s dico boom who was found in his hotel room in St Petersburg earlier today
Take care and I will keep dropping in
Amy said
Just wanted to let you know that your site ROCKS!! Have you ever considered also archiving musicians by cause of death? Some colleagues and I were discussing this very subject and I showed them your site. We would be interested to see who has succumbed to the ravages of HIV/AIDS among other illnesses. Just curious…
Keep up the good work. It is unbelievable how many artists, etc. you have. Best site on the web yet!!
A.
themusicsover.com said
Thanks for your nice words, Amy! Glad you enjoy the site. I’ve thought about categorizing by cause of death, but at this point it would take me forever to go back and edit each post accordingly – plus I’m not sure how respectful to the deceased and their families that would be. That is very important to me!
You CAN enter any term in the search field at the top left, so you can find them that way. Keep in mind, I don’t always include the cause of death because either it’s not published, or again – to be respectful if I think family might be sensitive (drug use, etc).
Hope you keep coming back to visit – and I appreciate you telling your friends!
Vince
Alice Sorkowitz said
question for Mr. Shearing:
I have been studying the piano, playing Debussy and also George Shearing at the same time.
Do you think you were influenced by Debussy. Your lovely chords are very like Debussy to me.
I plan to give a Debussy/Shearing recital.
I would appreciate an answer.
Thank you so much.
alice sorkowitz
Israel
themusicsover.com said
Hi Alice
George Shearing has passed away.
Thank you for visiting my blog
Vince
Tom Buccieri said
Heard of your site from a No Depression post. Good work. I appreciate the hard work you’ve done collecting and providing all this interesting information. Here are a couple deserving of mention which are missing: Mickey Newbury, who died in Sept’02 and Hank Garland, who died in Dec’04.
Tom Buccieri said
Hi Vince, I’ve thought of a few more worthies to include on your site. Not certain of dates, so I will not include them.
George McCorkle, rhythm guitarist and songwriter w/ Marshall Tucker Band. Wrote “Searchin for a Rainbow.
Walter Hyatt, singer/songwriter. Uncle Walt’s Band. Killed in Valujet crash in Everglades, 1995
Champ Hood, singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist. Uncle Walt’s Band.
James Luther Dickinson/Jim Dickinson. singer/songwriter/producer. Father of the Dickinson brothers of North Mississippi AllStars. Producer of BigStar and many others.
Hope this helps. Keep up the good work.
Michael Gray said
I’m astonished that I’ve only just found your invaluable site. Sorry it had to happen by hearing of Barbara Orbison’s death, but so good of you to include her. All power to you. I’m going to follow you on twitter now too. (If you’re interested, mine is @1michaelgray1 – but thank you anyway
themusicsover said
Thank you Michael – It’s an honor that you’ve found me.
Long Live the Music said
You mentioned that you created this site because you noticed that the deaths of some lesser known celebrities went virtually unnoticed on the web for several days or weeks, and you wanted to do something to change that. I can certainly verify that you are faithfully sticking to that goal!!! I found your site through your post on Andrea True (who died about a month ago)- I thought her life story was quite fascinating and I was reading about her on the web when I came across your post. Here’s one thing I found astonishing: I noticed that you posted about her death before noon on the day she died (November 7th). Yet, elsewhere on the web, many people were commenting about how her death was not publicized or acknowledged by news etc. until weeks afterwards. From that I can say that you seem to be doing an incredible job of making sure the deaths of (lesser known) musicians receive some mention on the web, and in an incredibly timely manner as well! And it’s not just about Andrea True in particular- it seems that you diligently post about almost every celebrity death on the exact day. If I may ask: how do you do it?!?!?! How is it that you are able to post so quickly, without fail?
Anyway, in general, I just want to let you know how great I think your site is, especially given the work it must take to put it together. It may not be immediately apparent to someone browsing the site, but the time and effort required to maintain this site must be truly unbelievable.
themusicsover said
Thank you for your kind words, but I must confess that I’m not THAT good! I actually back date my posts so that they appear on the anniversaries of the deceased’s passing as time goes on. Yes, in some cases I find out on the day they pass away, but in most it’s not until the news breaks a day or so later. And yes, it does take me a lot of time to maintain the site! Thanks for noticing. Plus I have a “real” job and home life to attend to
Glad you found the site!
Vince
Simon Poyser said
Sir, thank you for the tribute to my father in law Cliff Portwood who passed away last week. To set the record straight he did not die from lung cancer, could you please amend your record. Thanks for this, he did pass away from a lung disease but it wasn’t cancer. I wish your readers all the best, regards, /
Simon Poyser.
themusicsover said
Thank you for the correction, Simon. I am sorry for your loss.
Vince
Tom Buccieri said
Hi Vince, learned last week of the recent death of Joe Thompson, one of the last of the black string band fiddle players. He inspired and collaborated with Carolina Chocolate Drops.
Tom Buccieri
themusicsover said
Thanks Tom. I’m working on his tribute page.
Vince
Wendy Sommers said
Bobby Durango, the bluesy soulful voice of The Rock City Angels left us yesterday
hot_water said
Eric White passed june 4 . played bass in the Kentucky Cols. and Swampwater backing Linda Ronstadt..
Mike Ock said
Hey there!
I’d like to request that you blog about music related deaths before they happen! It would not only really be cool, but will also benefit those musicians that do not want to die when you say they are going to die. Obviously heart attacks or strokes will be harder to avoid, but maybe it will keep them from getting on a plane that is going to crash!
Keep up the amazing work!
Mike O
Vinyl Lover! said
What a great idea for a blog – music creators and swingers don’t always get the recognition that they deserve!
I run a vinyl records site (http://www.vinylstall.com), and was wondering if you would be interested in me writing a guest blog on finding great records by the likes of Buddy Miles and Mike Smith?
Andreas Tautz said
R.I.P.
Mary Armstrong said
Check out my long-time friends web site chronicling and honoring musicians that live on through their music. So this is what you do Vince!
Mickey Pierce said
When I'm looking for information on musicians that have made the Transition, I look here first. May I suggest Gene Harris, jazz pianist of great note (to me).