Died On This Date (August 20, 2008) Phil Guy / Blues Guitarist; Brother Of Buddy Guy
themusicsover Phil Guy
April 28, 1940 – August 20, 2008
Like his older brother Buddy Guy, Phil Guy was one of blues’ true greats. Born in Louisiana, he too was a guitarist who eventually settled in Chicago and became synonymous with the sound that bears its name. While in Chicago he played with such greats as Junior Wells before establishing his own recording career in the ’80s and ’90s. Guy died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 68.
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Michael Been is best remembered as the founding singer and guitarist for American rock band, the Call. Formed in 1980, the group released a string of albums throughout the ’80s and ’90s , making them part of New Wave’s first generation which found a friend in early MTV. The band’s biggest single and video were 1983’s “The Walls Came Down. Their most successful album was 1986’s Reconciled, which included guests, Robbie Robertson, Peter Gabriel, and Jim Kerr. In recent years, Been was working with his son, Robert Levon Been as a sound man for his own popular band, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. On August 19, 2010, Michael Been suffered a fatal heart attack while backstage at a BRMC concert in Belgium. He was 60.
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