Zenon de Fleur (Born Zenon Hierowski)
1951 – March 17, 1979
Zenon de Fleur was the guitarist for British punk band the Count Bishops. He died of a heart attack following an auto accident in London. He was just 28.
Johnnie High
DOB Unknown – March 17, 2010
Johnnie High was a longtime country music entertainer who, through his weekly Johnnie High’s Country Music Revue television program, gave some of country music’s biggest stars their first mass exposure. After its debut in 1974, the Dallas-area variety show hosted early live performances by the likes of LeAnn Rimes, Gary Morris, Lee Ann Womack and Boxcar Willie. Johnnie High, age 80, died of heart disease on March 17, 2010.
Jakson Spires
DOB Unknown – March 16, 2005
Jakson Spires was the founding drummer for Southern rock’s Blackfoot. Formed in 1970, the band had a handful of hit albums during the late ’70s and early ’80s. Blackfoot went from being the house band at a Gainesville, Florida topless bar in 1970 to opening for the Who in 1979. Spires either wrote or co-wrote almost every song in the band’s catalog, including hits, “Highway Song” and “Fly Away.” As a session player, he recorded with the likes of Phil Lynott and Willie Dixon. Jackson Spires died of a brain aneurysm on March 16, 2005.
Aaron “T-Bone” Walker
May 28, 1910 – March 16, 1975
T-Bone Walker was a highly influential Texas blues guitarist, songwriter and singer. His electrifying blues solos laid the foundation for such future disciples as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Billy Gibbons, Chuck Berry, and Jimi Hendrix. Walker learned to play the guitar while in his teens, getting a helping hand from family friend, Blind Lemon Jefferson. He moved to Los Angeles and began making records in 1929. He soon became a popular draw along the city’s fabled Central Avenue jazz scene. He made several albums through the early ’70s, with his 1971 release, Good Feelin’ earning him his only Grammy. Health issues dogged Walker during his later years which no doubt, lead to a stroke in 1974. In March of 1975, T-Bone Walker suffered a second stroke and ultimately died of bronchial pneumonia on March 16, 1975. He was 64 years old.
Daniel MacMaster
July 11, 1968 – March 16, 2008
Daniel MacMaster was a Canadian born singer who is best remembered as the voice of Bonham, the popular ’90s rock band that was founded by Jason Bonham, the son of Led Zeppelin drummer, John Bonham. Formed in 1989, the band released its debut album, The Disregard of Time Keeping the following year. That release quickly went gold. They released one more album before calling it quits in 1992 but then reunited in later years. MacMaster released a solo album in 2005 and was working on another project at the time of his death. On March 16, 2008, 39-year-old Daniel MacMaster died of Group A streptococcal infection.
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