Lest We Forget 2019 is a music special whose sole purpose is to celebrate and honor some of the many important musicians and music industry icons who passed away in 2019.
- Our hosts are two Americans…bassist Rick Cua and violinist Tracy Silverman.
- Lest We Forget 2019 was taped at MOXE Recording Studio at Raven’s Landing in Nashville, TN (USA), SubCat Recording Studios in Syracuse, NY (USA) and at Ocean Way Recording Studios in Nashville, TN (USA) and features a number of different regular studio musicians in each of these cities.
- Proceeds from the distribution of this program support the efforts of various charities that seek to either aid musicians in crisis and/or support music education in schools.
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Ric Ocasek
Ric Ocasek was an American singer, songwriter, record producer and painter. He was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and songwriter for the rock band The Cars. As a producer, he…
Scott Walker
Scott Walker was an American-born British singer-songwriter, composer and record producer. He and his distinctive baritone voice rose to fame in the mid-1960s as front man of the pop music…
Jimmy Johnson
Jimmy Johnson was an American guitarist and a defining member of the infamous Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. His work helped make Muscle Shoals, Alabama a major American music center…a place…
Chris Vadala
Chris Vadala was an American saxophonist, composer, arranger, and clinician. His performing career included a long tenure as woodwind artist with the Internationally recognized Chuck Mangione Quartet. He performed and/or…
Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand was a French composer, arranger, conductor and jazz pianist. He was a prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores, in addition to numerous songs…including the…
Ginger Baker
Ginger Baker was a British-born drummer and a co-founder of the rock band Cream, with guitarist Eric Clapton and bassist Jack Bruce. His work in the 1960s and 1970s earned…
Leon Redbone
Leon Redbone was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor specializing in jazz, blues and Tin Pan Alley classics. Recognized by his Panama hat, dark sunglasses, and black tie, he favored…
Kofi Burbridge
Kofi Burbridge was an American keyboardist and flautist of extraordinary talent. He was a classically-trained multi-instrumentalist who provided keyboards, organ, flute and backing vocals for various bands throughout his career,…
Reggie Young
Reggie Young was an American guitarist and a leading session musician in Memphis, TN. His approach to the instrument influenced so many other guitarists. He played on hundreds of recordings…
Larry Taylor
Larry Taylor was a founding member and bassist of the band Canned Heat, a band that performed at both the Monterey Pop Festival and Woodstock. Their hits “Going Up the…
Marie Fredriksson
Marie Fredriksson was a Swedish pop singer, known internationally as the lead vocalist of the pop rock duo Roxette. The group had a few major hits in the late 1980s…
Ed Cherney
Ed Cherney was an American recording engineer and record producer who regularly worked with some of the very best in the business…Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, Wynton…
Peter Tork
Peter Tork was a bassist and most notably a member of the ’60s sensation The Monkees. Prior to joining The Monkees, he was a working musician in the Greenwich Village…
Eddie Money
Eddie Money was an American was an American rock singer and songwriter who had success in the 1970s and 1980s with 11 Top 40 songs, including “Baby Hold On,” “Two…
Hal Blaine
Hal Blaine was an American drummer and session musician, estimated to be among the most recorded studio drummers in the history of the music industry. His drumming is featured on…
In Memoriam 2019
So we can remember them fondly, here is a compiled list of some of the many musicians and industry veterans who passed away in 2019. May they all Rest In…
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