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Piney Brown was a blues singer and songwriter who was not only known for his dynamic performances but for his skills as a songwriter. Over the years, his songs have been recorded by the likes of Little Milton and James Brown. His career spanned the better part of sixty years, and over the course of that time, he shared the stage with such greats as Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry. He released several singles but never had nothing more than a regional hit or two. Piney Brown was 87 when he passed away on February 5, 2009.
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Lux Interior, lead singer of psychobilly stalwarts The Cramps died Wednesday, February 9, 2009. According to the band’s official press release, Interior passed away due to an existing heart condition in the early morning hours at Glendale (California) Memorial Hospital. Born Erick Purkhiser in Ohio, Interior eventually landed in Sacramento, California where he reportedly picked up hitch-hiking college student, Kristy Wallace. The two soon became soul mates over shared interests in obscure music and wild fashion and formed the nucleus of the Cramps. By 1975, the couple were in New York City helping define the original punk scene that also gave us the Ramones, Talking Heads and Patti Smith. But the Cramps sound was very different from the others. By combining equal elements of surf, rockabilly, camp, horror and fetish, along with Lex’s passionately reckless vocals and stage theatrics, the Cramps quickly built a legion of loyalists that would stay true to the band for decades to come. It should be noted that the Cramps are likely the only band in history who have performed at both the 
Born in Scotland, Alex Harvey became one of the UK’s more popular performers during rock’s glam era. He and his Sensational Alex Harvey Band packed concert halls throughout Europe thanks to their dynamic live shows and Harvey’s flamboyant persona. During his those early years, Harvey was also a member of the pit band for the London production of Hair. In the mid ’70s, the Sensational Alex Harvey Band scored a couple of UK hits, “Boston Tea Party,” and a cover of Tom Jones’ “Delilah.” Alex Harvey suffered a fatal heart attack on February 4, 1982, the day before his 47th birthday.
Cecil Gant was a popular American blues pianist and singer during the late ’30s and ’40s. After serving his country during WWII, Gant was signed to a record deal and recorded a song a self-written song entitled, “I Wonder.” The year was 1944, and the song reached #1 on what was the R&B charts of the day. Gant became a very popular concert draw across the country due in part, to the fact that he performed in Army khakis. He was billed as the “G.I. Sing-sation” which helped pack the large venues with mixed-race audiences, a rarity at the time. His form of boogie-woogie piano could have made him an early rock ‘n roll star had he lived long enough to see that era. On February 4, 1951, Cecil Gant died of a heart attack at the age of 37.