KENNY \"SPIDER WEBB\" RICE, versatile jazz drummer and session musician, died end of May or beginning of June 2026. He worked with numerous greats like DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS, FREDDIE HUBBARD, HARRY BELAFONTE, THE TEMPTATIONS, ROBERT PALMER, ARETHA FRANKLIN and others.

David Black died June 27, 2026 of cancer (Rock) He was a guitarist - Worked with Crud and Seduce.

Shaun Glass died July 1, 2026 of a Stroke. Born Aug. 7, 1968. (Metal) He was a guitarist and bassist. Worked with Terminal Death, SOiL, Broken Hope, Dirge Within, The Bloodline, Repentance and others.

Bruce Tull died June 22, 2026 in Tulsa, Oklahoma after a brief illness. He was 71 years old. (Country) Was a guitarist and pedal-steel player. He was a member of The Scud Mountain Boys.

Anthony Enriquez died June 10, 2026. He was a singer, songwriter and guitarist. Was a half of the duo, Shotgun Rider.

BILL CODY died June 9, 2026 after battling kidney and heart failure. He was 67 years old. He was inducted into the Country Music Radio Hall of Fame, the Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame, the Music City Walk of Fame and was a Grand Ole Opry announcer. He could be heard on WSM-AM Nashville for more than three decades with his \"Coffee, Country & Cody\" show. He had Charlie Daniels as his first in-studio guest.

Floyd Brown died June 9, 2026 of cancer. He was 79 years old. (Swamp Pop - Country) He was a singer, songwriter and guitarist. He did, “Kiss Me Just One More Time” And \"I Can’t Sleep If I Can’t Sleep With You”.

VICTOR WILLIS (b. Victor Edward Willis 1st July 1951, d. 30th June 2026) Texas born singer-songwriter best known as founder and lead singer in THE VILLAGE PEOPLE. He was co-writer of their major hits, and was the one dressed as a policeman or naval officer depending on the song!

DANIEL MELINGO, saxophonist for the Argentine rock institution LOS ABUELOS DE LA NADA, died 30. of June 2026.

DONNA STONEMAN . last surviving member of bluegrass THE STONEMAN FAMILY. (1934 - June 29, 2026). she was known as \"the First Lady of the Mandolin\".

Hard times for jazz lovers! Another big one has gone: The virtuoso German jazz bassist GÜNTER LENZ died 26. of June 2026. He was a member of WOLFGANG DAUNER`S ET CETERA, worked with countless greats like ALBERT MANGELSDORFF, MANFRED SCHOOF, VOLKER KRIEGEL, CHARLY ANTOLINI, PETER GIGER (died recently), CHET BAKER, COLEMAN HAWKINS and others.

BERNT BODAHL, bass player for the legendary hard progressive rock band HÖST from NORWAY, died 18. of February 2026. They recorded 2 thunderous and highly collectable albums: \"PA STERKE VINGER\", ON RECORDS 1974 and \"HARDT MOT HARDT\", ON RECORDS 1976. Try them, I would rate...

Rebecca Burchette died June 10, 2026 of breast cancer. (Metal - Punk) Singer, bassist and guitarist. Worked with Fight Amp, Flowers in the Attic, Lady Piss, Drugs of Faith and others.

Guy Moon died Jan. 8, 2026. He was 63 years old. Traffic accident. Emmy-nominated composer for Nickelodeon’s popular animated series The Fairly OddParents. He also wrote music for the films The Crash, The Brady Bunch Movie, A Very Brady Sequel, Fight Club and Mystic Pizza.

Doug Goldstein, Longtime Guns N’ Roses manager died June 2026. He was 65 years old. Co-managed with Alan Niven. Worked with Van Halen, Heart and Black Sabbath .

Mike Little, keyboard player extraordinaire who during his career played on over 100 certified gold or platinum top 40 hits has passed away June 13 @ 54. His Hammond B3 playing with alt country band \'The Hello Darlins\' on their recordings is rather eye opening.

NELLO D`ANNA, bass player for a modern incarnation of the Italian prog legend OSANNA for 15 years, died 25. of June 2026.

DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS (b. David Henry Thomsett, September 13th 1941, d. June 24th 2026) Anglo-Canadian singer and songwriter. He was the original lead vocalist in BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS during their most successful period with CBS.

CLIVE DAVIS (b. Clive Jay Davis 4th April 1932, d. 22nd June 2026) A titan of the record business, initially at Columbia, then at Arista and RCA. US born, he worked in A&R and also as producer. Signed Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd and many others.

Tay Keith (Brytavious Chambers) found dead June 18, 2026 in Nashville. He was 29 years old - Grammy-nominated record producer - Worked with Travis Scott, Drake, Big Hawk and Swae Lee.