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This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2017.
The Whistles & the Bells is an American experimental alt-rock band based in Nashville, Tennessee, that serves as a moniker for singer-songwriter and producer Bryan Simpson. The band has released two full-length studio albums: The Whistles & the Bells in 2015 [ 1 ] and Modern Plagues in 2017. [ 2 ]
Taylor began his musical training as a drummer at age eight [2] but two years later he had picked up both the guitar and his initial piano skills from boogie-woogie pianist-neighbours. [3] [4] By the age of 16 he was an orphan and was essentially forced to fund himself - his receding hairline disguising his remarkable youth.
Lawrence William Knechtel (August 4, 1940 – August 20, 2009) was an American keyboard player and bassist who was a member of the Wrecking Crew, a collection of Los Angeles–based session musicians who worked with such renowned artists as Simon & Garfunkel, Duane Eddy, the Beach Boys, the Mamas & the Papas, the Monkees, the Partridge Family, Billy Joel, the Doors, the Byrds, the Grass Roots ...
Donald Gould (aka "The Homeless Piano Man") is an American musician, composer and U.S military veteran. After spending many years on the streets, Gould was discovered in Sarasota, Florida when playing a piano rendition of " Come Sail Away " by American rock band Styx on an outdoor piano.
He is extensively featured playing a virtuoso performance of gospel piano on Don McLean's single, "American Pie", and Paul Simon's "Tenderness". [1] He is credited as co-author of the song "The Fez" on Steely Dan's The Royal Scam , the only Steely Dan non-cover song with a credited writer other than Dan founders Becker and Fagen.
Christopher Robert Stainton (born 22 March 1944) is an English session musician, keyboard player, bassist and songwriter, who first gained recognition with Joe Cocker in the late 1960s. In addition to his collaboration with Cocker, Stainton is best known for his work with Eric Clapton , The Who , Andy Fairweather Low and Bryan Ferry .
His multi-instrumental skills range from vocals to keyboards, piano, guitar, bass, saxophone, clarinet, recorder, whistles, and various percussion instruments. [1] Jones lost his sight at 15 months due to retinoblastoma, a form of cancer that attacks the light sensing portion of the eyes. He took to music learning his variety of instruments.