PAUL GEREMIA..(1944 - March 14, 2026)..American acoustic blues singer. recorded for labels Folkways, Sire, Adelphi, Flying Fish, Red House..

CHUCK NORRIS (b. Carlos Ray \"Chuck\" Norris 10th March 1940, d. 19th March 2026) US actor, performer, martial arts champion - and internet meme. . He sang (spoke, really…) Tirk Wilder’s ‘In The Eyes Of A Ranger’, the C&W theme tune to ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’.

WAYNE PERKINS, the legendary session-guitarist, singer and songwriter from Alabama, died 16. of March 2026. He worked with numerous greats like THE ROLLING STONES, BOB MARLEY and THE WAILERS, JONI MITCHELL, LEON RUSSELL, JOE COCKER, LYNYRD SKYNYRD and many others. In 1972 he joined a band called SMITH PERKINS SMITH; they recorded a fine self-titled album on Island label, not easy to find nowadays.

BETTINA KÖSTER, German avant-garde singer, saxophonist, composer, author and producer (music, film) died in southern Italy on 17. of March 2026 (death announced on this date). She was a member of the new wave/post-punk bands MANIA D, MALARIA! and DIN A TESTBILD (the latter one can be considered as pioneers of the techno movement) and released numerous solo albums.

RIP.
Bernie Lynch.
Passed away 12th March 2026 aged 65.
Vocalist, guitarist and keyboard player with Perth band The Eurogliders from 1980 to 1989, 2005 to 2007 and 2013 to 2016
Bernie wrote or co-wrote all of their hits including,
Heaven ( Must be There ) - 1984,
We Will Together - 1985,
The City Of Soul - 1985,
Can\'t Wait To See You - 1985,
Absolutely - 1986.

PHIL CAMPBELL..(1961 - March 14, 2026)..best known as guitarist in MOTORHEAD from 1984 until they disbanded in 2015.

The Dutch rock guitarist JAN DE HONT died 12. of March 2026. He was known as a session musician for THE CATS and others. He was a member of the hard psychedelic rock band CARGO, who recorded a great self-titled and highly collectable album on the HARVEST label in 1972, featuring long, hard guitar jam passages. Try it out, I would rate...

Blake Emmons ( Bruce MacKenzie) died March 9, 2026. Born August 2, 1944, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Country music singer and entertainer. He did, \"You\'re My Woman\" and \"Deadest Man Living\".

ROY BOOK BINDER..(1943 - March 3, 2026)..American folk-blues singer-songwriter. student of Rev Gary Davis. recorded for Adelphi, Blue Goose, Rounder, PEGleg.

Back to 2025 again... MAURY BAKER, drummer and percussionist for the American psychedelic rock band ARS NOVA and later for the KOZMIC BLUES BAND (backing group for JANIS JOPLIN), died 08. of October 2025.

Wayne Proctor(Alvis “Wayne” Proctor) died February 15, 2026. Born April 27, 1947 in Leesburg, Florida. Guitarist and songwriter with garage rock group, We the People (They did My Brother, The Man” and “Mirror Of Your Mind\".)

Dean Franklin died Feb 7, 2026 of Cancer. He was 36 years old. Singer and songwriter. A former contestant on The Voice UK. He did, I Wish I Knew.

Angela Luce (Angela Savino ) (aka The Voice of Naples), singer and actress, Died on Feb. 20, 2026 in Naples of heart failure. Born Dec 3, 1938 in Naples. She released a 19 albums and appeared in 80 films. She did Ipocrisia and L\'ammore Che Fa Fa.

TOMMY DECARLO (b. Tommy DeCarlo 23rd April 1965 – f. 9th March 2026) Lead vocalist for BOSTON after the death of Brad Delp in 2007.

AUGIE MEYERS, the legendary keyboardist from San Antonio/Texas, died 07. of March 2026. He was the last founding member of the SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET and the TEXAS TORNADOS. He also worked as a studio musician with greats like BOB DYLAN, TOM WAITS, JOHN P. HAMMOND, DOUG SAHM and others.

DAVID BRIGATI, lead singer for JOEY DEE AND THE STARLITERS, died 07. of March 2026. Later he sang background for THE RASCALS (his brother EDDIE was a main member there) and performed with them at reunion shows.

Rest in Peace...COUNTRY JOE McDONALD...(1942 - March 7, 2026)...icon in the counter-culture society. lead vocals & composer in COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH. a leading force in the psychedelic folk-rock era. \"Electric Music for the Mind and Body\" (1967) \"I-Feel-Like-I\'m-Fixin\'-to-Die\" (late 1967).

The versatile Italian rock drummer WALTER MARTINO died 07. of March 2026. He was a member of the progressive rock bands GOBLIN and LIBRA; later he was much in demand as a session- and touring musician and workd for artists like BANCO, ALAN SORRENTI, RODOLFO MALTESE and many others.

RIP.
Jamie Dunn.
Born 12th August 1949 - Passed away 7th March 2026 aged 76.
Jamie was an Australian television and radio personality, puppeteer, drummer, singer, comedian, and voice artist.
Born in Brisbane, Jamie first appeared as drummer in Brisbane band Hands Down.
Jamie was a breakfast announcer on Brisbane FM station B105 and worked the puppet Agro on several TV shows.
His recording career included a number 9 hit in Brisbane in 1975 with Jamie Come Home, video in comments.
Next was Fun, Fun, Fun which charted at number 31 in Brisbane in 1978,
Then Hector\'s Four Play, an EP, which charted at number 7 in Brisbane in 1995,
Then Don\'t Go To The Dunny number 36 in 2002.

Back to the last year... CHRISTIAN REIM, keyboardist for the Norsk psychedelic rock band THE DREAM, died 14. of April 2025. They recorded the great energetic and highly collectable album \"GET DREAMY\" on POLYDOR label in 1967 showing tremendous guitar playing from the legendary TERJE RYPDAL.