{"id":31128,"date":"2026-01-01T00:11:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T08:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/?p=31128"},"modified":"2025-12-30T12:56:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T20:56:46","slug":"in-memorium-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/in-memorium-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025"},"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 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n

January 21 Marty Wimer<\/strong> \/ frontman 1980s bands, T-Birds, This Kids
\nJanuary 26 Gary Adcock<\/strong> \/ founder Coastal Cities Jazz Band
\nJanuary 27 George Kezas<\/strong> \/ jazz saxophonist
\nJanuary 29 Tommy \u201cSoup\u201d Campbell<\/strong> \/ singer with Nemesis<\/p>\n

February 20 Ken Lehnig<\/strong> \/ singer songwriter, author<\/p>\n

March 07 Mario \u201cMoonrunner\u201d Gomez<\/strong> \/ singer Razor Nights
\nMarch 07 Risa Goldberg<\/strong> \/ Risa the Musical Clown
\nMarch 08 Everett Crouse<\/strong> \/ Marty Conley\u2019s Big Band Express, the Legacy Big Band, Paragon Jazz Band, Coronado Concert Band, Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra, Edelweiss Beer Hall Band, and the Rey Vinole Big Band and Orchestra.
\nMarch 09 Bruce Joyner<\/strong> \/ singer The Unknowns
\nMarch 13 Ryan Shores<\/strong> \/ comedian<\/p>\n

April 10 Kurt Wilson<\/strong> \/ drum tech Buddy Rich, drums Crimson Coil etc.<\/p>\n

May 07 Bradford Artley<\/strong> \/ drummer Brian Jonestown Massacre, Richmond Sluts
\nMay 16 Larry Murray<\/strong> \/ guitarist Scottsville Squirrel Barkers, Hearts & Flowers, TV writer Smothers Brothers etc.
\nMay 19 Chris Hager<\/strong> \/ guitarist Mickey Ratt, Rough Cutt, Sarge etc.
\nMay 20 Gus Beaudoin<\/strong> \/ bassist Pink Froyd, StreetHeart, PFX-The Pink Floyd Experience
\nMay 21 Gordon Grubbs<\/strong> \/ cellist Grossmont Symphony String Quartet, Los Angeles Philharmonic
\nMay 22 Dave Shapiro<\/strong> \/ agent for Pierce the Veil, owner Velocity Records, Sound Talent Group<\/p>\n

June 05 Garry Shrum<\/strong> \/ owner Blue Meannie records, Heritage Auctions
\nJune 16 Vincent Vigil<\/strong> \/ noted photography collector (RnR HOF, Morrison Hotel), Beatles expert
\nJune 20 Kevin Koch<\/strong> \/ drums Fattburger etc.<\/p>\n

July 01 Robert Montoya<\/strong> \/ drums, percussion Burning Bridges, Laws of Motion, Trummerflora Collective
\nJuly 01 Bruce Cameron <\/strong>\/ jazz trumpet player, flugelhornist, cornetist, bandleader Fattburger, Hollis Gentry etc.
\nJuly 08 Ryan Ruff<\/strong> \/ bassist Surf Farmers
\nJuly 27 Chuck Lapinsky<\/strong> \/ photographer<\/p>\n

August 19 Mike Chiricuzio<\/strong> \/ bassist Chickenbone Slim & the Biscuits
\nAugust 28 Wayne Reynolds<\/strong> \/ promoter
\nAugust 20 Derek Bliss<\/strong> \/ bassist
\nAugust 30 Chauncy Maynor<\/strong> \/ rapper<\/p>\n

September 01 Dave Narramore<\/strong> \/ leader of SRO
\nSeptember 04 Josef Marc<\/strong> \/ 1970\u2019s legends The Hitmakers
\nSeptember 04 John Osmon<\/strong> \/ bassist with \u201980s rockers Assassin, OU812
\nSeptember 04 John Marquez<\/strong> aka Gigo \/ drummer Chinese Rocks, The Touchies etc.
\nSeptember 08 Salli Sasche<\/strong> \/ actress AIP 1960s teen films Beach Blanket Bingo<\/em>, Ski Party, Fireball 500, Devil\u2019s Angels<\/em> etc.
\nSeptember 19 Mike Wofford<\/strong> \/ pianist Quincy Jones, John Lennon, The Jackson 5, The Godfather<\/em>, M*A*S*H*
\n<\/em>September 20 Tom Ward<\/strong> \/ bassist The Nashville Ramblers, The Grave Digger V, Manual Scan, Sidelong Glances<\/p>\n

October 12 Robert Laurence<\/strong> \/ TV & music critic San Diego Union Tribune
\n<\/em>October 16 Ace Frehley<\/strong> \/ guitarist KISS<\/p>\n

November 24 Frank Mercurio<\/strong> \/ bassist Cypress Hill<\/p>\n

December 27 Tim Lowman<\/strong> \/ Low Volts, Blackout Party<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/div>\n

Bart Mendoza<\/strong> is a music journalist whose work has appeared in numerous publications, from the San Diego Union Tribune<\/em> and the San Diego Troubadour<\/em> to Great Britain\u2019s Shindig<\/em> magazine. As a musician he has toured the world during the 1980s with Manual Scan, the \u201990s with the Shambles, and currently performs with True Stories.<\/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 2025. January 21 Marty Wimer \/ frontman 1980s bands, T-Birds, This Kids January 26 Gary Adcock \/ founder Coastal Cities Jazz Band January 27 George Kezas \/ jazz saxophonist January 29 Tommy \u201cSoup\u201d Campbell \/ singer with Nemesis February 20 Ken Lehnig \/ singer songwriter, author March 07 Mario \u201cMoonrunner\u201d Gomez \/ singer Razor Nights March 07 Risa Goldberg \/ Risa the Musical Clown March 08 Everett Crouse \/ Marty Conley\u2019s Big Band Express, the Legacy Big Band, Paragon Jazz Band, Coronado Concert Band, Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra, Edelweiss Beer Hall Band, and the Rey Vinole Big Band and Orchestra. March 09 Bruce Joyner \/ singer The Unknowns March 13 Ryan Shores \/ comedian April 10 Kurt Wilson \/ drum tech Buddy Rich, drums Crimson Coil etc. May 07 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31133,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31128","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\/31128","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=31128"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31134,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31128\/revisions\/31134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}