Reggie Lucas, the Grammy-winning musician who played guitar for Miles Davis and later penned and produced some of Madonna‘s earliest hits, died Saturday at the age of 65. Lucas’ daughter Lisa confirmed her father’s death to Rolling Stone, adding that he died of complications from heart disease. “Reggie Lucas, my …
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Wayne Cochran, the influential singer dubbed “The White Knight of Soul” and writer of songs like “Last Kiss” and “Goin’ Back to Miami,” died November 21st in Miramar, Florida. He was 78. Cochran’s son Christopher confirmed to the Miami Herald that the soul singer died following a battle with cancer. …
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Just as pop singing wasn’t the same after Elvis or the guitar didn’t recover after Hendrix, neither was rock orchestration the same after Paul Buckmaster, the half-British, half-Italian string arranger who died Tuesday at age 71 of undisclosed causes. Even if his name doesn’t ring any bells (or, more appropriately, …
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