Died On This Date (September 23, 2007) Gary Primich / Legendary Blues Harmonica Player
themusicsover Gary Primich
April 20, 1958 – September 23, 2007
Gary Primich was an Austin-based blues harmonica wiz who stood out in a city full of some of the best musicians in the country. He moved to Austin during the ’80s and formed the Mannish Boys with Jimmy Carl Black, a former drummer for Frank Zappa. Primich recorded eight solo albums over his career, one of which, Mr. Freeze, was called one of the twenty best blues albums of the 1990s by Chicago paper, New City. Gary Primich died at the age of 49 on September 23, 2007. Cause of death was not immediately released.
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