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RIP: Musicians we've lost in 2010
Published: 12/28/2010 10:59 AM
Last Modified: 12/28/2010 11:09 AM

Earl Clark (center) teaches jazz to students (left) Ciara Coats and Stephen Wilson at Central High School in this March 5, 2007, file photo. TOM GILBERT/Tulsa World file

In a Friday July 30, 2010, file photo, Teena Marie plays her guitar and sings as she performs at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. Marie, the sel-proclaimed "Ivory Queen of Soul," was found dead in her Pasadena home Sunday Dec. 26, 2010. Associated Press file

It's been a hard year for some of the most influential musicians of perhaps any generation. Rest in peace.

Lena Horne
Ronnie James Dio
Teddy Pendergrass
Jay Reatard
Alex Chilton
Mark Linkous
Teena Marie
Keith "Guru" Elam
Gary Shider
Rammellzee
Buddy Collette
Solomon Burke
Earl Wild
Bernie Wilson
Roscoe Smith
Robert Wilson
Earl Clark
Malcolm McLaren
Jimmy Dean
Gregory Isaacs
Abbey Lincoln
Ari Up
Pat Smart
Jim Fanning
Tony Twist
Byron Ericksten
Rex "Papa" Teague
George David Weiss
Albertina Walker
Doug Fieger
Eddie Fisher
Herb Ellis
James Moody
Ed Thigpen
Natisse "Bambi" Jones

... and to all the others, you are missed.

Please feel free to add your memories and names not listed here to the comment section, below.

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Mick Atomic (2 years ago)

The world of music lost some great artists in 2010.
I was saddened when I heard that Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) passed away a few weeks ago.

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Barrelhouse: A colloquialism describing the low saloons at the turn of the century (19th) that served whiskey straight out of the barrel. It's also a reference to the type of music played in those venues. Ex: Barrelhouse music.

Beat: The time or timing. Ex: The band played with a solid beat. Also used as a term describing a reporters specific area of expertise. Ex: The music beat.

About me: I'm Okie born and raised, and have lived all over the state: Oklahoma City, Enid, Moore, Norman, Edmond and Tulsa. I am a music geek, writer, graphic designer and amateur photographer and videographer who's followed the Tulsa and regional music scene since I moved to Green Country more than 10 years ago. I've been enmeshed in Tulsa's varied and vibrant musical night life, what some of us affectionately call a modernized throwback to the Barrelhouse scene, since that time. I fell in love with it. I fell hard.

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