Musicians We've Lost in 2024

We're in 2024 and thankfully, the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be behind us. That pandemic took a toll on everyone. And with 2024, we also experienced deaths in the music world

There are too many to list, so if you would like to see them all, the link above will allow that

Tony Clarkin

-DOD: 1/7/2024

-He's a founding member of the band Magnum, where he played guitar. He died just days before the release of the band's 23rd studio album Here Comes the Rain. The band had plans of touring, but had to cancel upon learning news that Clarkin had a rare spinal condition. At the time of his death, he was only 77

James Kottak

-DOD: 1/9/2024

-He was the drummer for the German band Scorpions. He was only 61 at the time he passed. He drummed in several bands over the course of his life, including Montrose, Asia, Warrant, Kingdom Come. His career with Scorpions started on their 1999 album Eye II Eye and ran all the way through to 2015's Return to Forever. His alcoholism led to his dismissal from the band

Mojo Nixon

-DOD: 2/7/2024

-This kooky character is known for his goofy songs, that seemingly make no sense to some and bring others to tears from laughing so hard that it hurts. He was 66 at the time of his death. His biggest success came in the 1980s. Nixon was on the Outlaw Country Cruise when he appeared to have a "cardiac event" occurring. He was known for kooky songs like "Debbie Gibson is Pregnant With My Two-Headed Love Child", "Elvis is Everywhere", "I Hate Banks" and even has a Christmas album

Bobby Tench

-DOD: 2/19/2024

-He was 79 at the time of his death. This ex-Jeff Beck Group member started out in a band called The Gass, but his ticket to fame came when Jeff Beck came calling. He asked Tench to replace Rod Stewart in The Jeff Beck Group. Tench appeared on at least two albums-Rough and Ready and 1972's The Jeff Beck Group. Playing with this band provided multiple opportunities for Tench, allowing him to play with some of the titans of the rock world, including Humble Pie, Ginger Baker, Van Morrison and more

Jim Beard

-DOD: 3/2/2024

-A pianist, keyboard player and composer who not only played with Steely Dan, but jazz legends Wayne Shorter, John McLaughlin and Pat Metheny, this iconic musician died at age 63 from an unknown illness. He had been part of Steely Dan since 2008. He even recorded six solo albums, the most recent being 2013's Show of Hands

Brit Turner

-DOD: 3/3/2024

-This Blackberry Smoke drummer was only 57 years old at the time of his passing. Fall of 2022 seen him getting diagnosed with glioblastoma, a type of cancer that affects the brain and is fast-acting and aggressive. He underwent surgery to remove the cancer in November, just months after a massive heart attack at his home during the summer. He founded the band Blackberry Smoke in 2000, in Atlanta, Georgia

Dickey Betts

-DOD: 4/18/2024

-This Allman Brothers Band guitarist had just recently passed. One of the band's best known songs, "Ramblin' Man", was a #1 hit in 1973 and written by Betts. He left the group for good in 2000 following a legal issue with the band