{"id":28232,"date":"2025-01-01T00:11:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T08:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/?p=28232"},"modified":"2024-12-31T12:19:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T20:19:13","slug":"in-memoriam-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/in-memoriam-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Diego\u2019s music community suffered major losses last year. Here\u2019s a look back at the musicians and associates who passed away in 2024.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Robert Cowan. Photo by John Hancock.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mojo Nixon. Photo by Dan Chusid.<\/p><\/div>\n

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David Bradley (far right) and the OD Corral (David Abbott on fiddle, Troubadour publisher Liz Abbott’s brother), Gary Cooper and Dusty Best ca. 1970.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jamie Shadowlight. Photo by Dennis Andersen.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Paul Kamanski. Photo by Dan Chusid.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

January 01 Otto Valentine<\/strong>: sound engineer
\nJanuary 04 Robert Cowan<\/strong>: harmonica virtuoso, film director
\nJanuary 31 Angel George Martinez<\/strong>: music teacher<\/p>\n

February 07 Mojo Nixon
\n<\/strong>February 08 John Hill Jr.<\/strong>: guitarist aka Moe Gox
\n<\/strong>February 11 Randy Sparks<\/strong>: founder, 1960s folk group the New Christy Minstrels
\nFebruary 13 Josh Bohannon<\/strong>: Teacher\u2019s Pet
\nFebruary 18 Bob Boss<\/strong>: jazz guitarist
\nFebruary 20 Edward Faulkner<\/strong>: drummer, Lizardfish; Don Meyers Project; Roundabout; Laguna
\nFebruary 22 Tomas Hicks<\/strong>: bassist, Dirty Pennies
\nFebruary 29 Scott Nelson<\/strong>: magician aka Murrugun the Mystic<\/strong><\/p>\n

March 16 Gabe Caceras<\/strong>: guitarist, the Tighten Ups<\/p>\n

March 22 Michael Down<\/strong>: singer w Amenity, Forced Down; owner, Downside Records<\/p>\n

April 08 David Bradley<\/strong>: O.D. Corral, \u201970s-\u201980s singer-songwriter-comedian
\nApril 11 DJ Bonin<\/strong>: drummer, Dead Dreams<\/p>\n

May 08 Alex Dunn<\/strong>: guitarist, Crimes in Stereo
\nMay 13 Todd Woolsey<\/strong>: drums, Tommy Tutone, the Shambles, Static Halo, Fuzz Huzzi
\nMay 24 Doug Ingle<\/strong>: keyboards and songwriter, Iron Butterfly
\nMay 27 Bill Walton<\/strong>: NBA Legend; percussionist with Electric Waste Band; music fan
\nMay 29 Dan Altilio Jr.<\/strong>: owner, Top Gear Guitars (La Mesa), DiMarzio Pickups
\nMay 30 John Lesley Ingram<\/strong>: keyboards, bass<\/p>\n

June 04 Don Carter<\/strong>: trombone with New Leaf, the Fabulous Rudies, Stranger Band
\nJune 07 Jamie Shadowlight<\/strong>: violinist
\nJune 11 Theo J Bellow<\/strong>: frontman, Theo and the Zydeco Patrol
\nJune 29 Blackie Sanchez<\/strong>: guitarist, ROK, Joans with Cathryn Beeks<\/p>\n

July 25 Neil McKenzie<\/strong>: trumpeter, The Tighten Ups<\/p>\n

July 31 Danlee Mitchell<\/strong>: Harry Partch Ensemble, Professor Emeritus at SDSU (percussion), San Diego Symphony, Laserium
\nAlso in July: Michael Magnuson<\/strong> guitarist, \u201990 s band Big Talk; Jim Hibert<\/strong>, bass player, Young Lions\/Old Lions Conservatory, Greg Zinser<\/p>\n

August 11 Wes Johnston<\/strong>: bassist, Screamin\u2019 Yeehaws
\nAugust 19 Bryce Maki<\/strong>: drums, Fuzz Huzzi
\nAugust 25 William Kidder<\/strong>: guitar, Whitewater
\nAugust 26 Jesse Davis<\/strong>: soul legend \u201cGonna Hang on in There,\u201d actor Benji movies<\/p>\n

September 11 Bob Wilson<\/strong>: lighting tech, The Bacchanal<\/p>\n

October 06 Paul Kamanski<\/strong>: guitarist, Comanche Moon; songwriter, Beat Farmers
\nOctober 07 Marjorie Hart<\/strong>: cellist, San Diego Symphony, Nat King Cole
\nAlso in October Philippe Conway<\/strong>: bassist, Solitary Diamonds, Scott Samuels Band; Joe Gallo<\/strong>: entertainer, booker<\/p>\n

November 14 Todd Perkis<\/strong>: guitarist, the Bad Apples, Action Now
\nNovember 15 Randy Willert<\/strong>: drummer for Banner, the Voices, Billy Bacon & the Forbidden Pigs, Black Market III<\/p>\n

December 19 Harry Magalong<\/strong>: bassist, Stoney B, January Berry Band<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

San Diego\u2019s music community suffered major losses last year. Here\u2019s a look back at the musicians and associates who passed away in 2024. January 01 Otto Valentine: sound engineer January 04 Robert Cowan: harmonica virtuoso, film director January 31 Angel George Martinez: music teacher February 07 Mojo Nixon February 08 John Hill Jr.: guitarist aka Moe Gox February 11 Randy Sparks: founder, 1960s folk group the New Christy Minstrels February 13 Josh Bohannon: Teacher\u2019s Pet February 18 Bob Boss: jazz guitarist February 20 Edward Faulkner: drummer, Lizardfish; Don Meyers Project; Roundabout; Laguna February 22 Tomas Hicks: bassist, Dirty Pennies February 29 Scott Nelson: magician aka Murrugun the Mystic March 16 Gabe Caceras: guitarist, the Tighten Ups March 22 Michael Down: singer w Amenity, Forced Down; owner, Downside Records April 08 David Bradley: O.D. Corral, \u201970s-\u201980s singer-songwriter-comedian April 11 DJ Bonin: drummer, Dead Dreams May 08 Alex Dunn: guitarist, Crimes in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fyi"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28232"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28343,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28232\/revisions\/28343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}