2026 RIPs

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/bob-horne
[ca.billboard.com] https://ca.billboard.com/fyi/obituaries-a-foot-in-coldwater-keyboardist-bob-horn...

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/francis-buchholz
[deadline.com] https://deadline.com/2026/01/francis-buchholz-dead-scorpions-bassist-1236694517/

In queue w/ Mezzoforte.
[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/queue/artist/137604
[www.ruv.is] https://www.ruv.is/english/2026-01-23-mezzofortes-kristinn-svavarsson-has-died-4...

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/lowell-dunbar
[www.jamaicaobserver.com] https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2026/01/26/legendary-drummer-sly-dunbar-dies-73/

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/billy-nelson
[ultimateclassicrock.com] https://ultimateclassicrock.com/billy-bass-parliament-funkadelic-dead/
[Edit: George Clinton prematurely reported his death.]
[Edit 2: His death was confirmed on Jan. 31.]

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/gerd-knebel
[www.bluewin.ch] https://www.bluewin.ch/en/entertainment/badesalz-comedian-gerd-knebel-is-dead-30...

Béla Lattmann, in queue w/ Things Featuring Tony Lakatos.
[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/queue/artist/137620
[magyarnemzet.hu] https://magyarnemzet.hu/kultura/2026/01/elhunyt-lattmann-bela-muzsikus

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/richard-beirach
[www.jazztimes.com] https://www.jazztimes.com/features/tributes-and-obituaries/richie-beirach-pianis...

Matthew Taylor (Bellini)
[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/matthew-taylor-us-1
[chunkletindustries.substack.com] https://chunkletindustries.substack.com/p/matthew-taylor-rip

Kerrilee Male (Eclection)
[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/kerrilee-male
[www.dailymail.co.uk] https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14774591/Eclection-frontwoman-Kerr...

Jan Hartman, in queue w/ United Steels Of Europe
[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/queue/artist/137629
[www-debassist-nl.translate.goog] https://www-debassist-nl.translate.goog/nieuws/artikel/2-30537/im-jan-hartman?_x...

John Wallace (trumpet), in queue w/ Lysis Plus
[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/queue/artist/137633
[www.theguardian.com] https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jan/23/john-wallace-obituary

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/daniel-coughlan
[www.instagram.com] https://www.instagram.com/p/DUBq1eOCf-h/

In queue w/ Krokodil (CH).
[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/queue/artist/130609
[www.bluewin.ch] https://www.bluewin.ch/en/entertainment/zurich-rock-pioneer-hardy-hepp-dies-aged...

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/james-lewis-us-2
[www.facebook.com] https://www.facebook.com/brent.bourgeois.731/posts/rip-james-mingo-lewis-a-world...

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/wally-dentz
[www.facebook.com] https://www.facebook.com/davidmbellamy/posts/sadly-we-lost-our-great-friend-and-...

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/rick-miller-us-1
[www.cleveland.com] https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/01/singer-songwriter-who-helped-shape-80s-po...

Dominique Grandjean, in queue w/ Taxi, Hertz.
[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/queue/artist/137691
[www.bluewin.ch] https://www.bluewin.ch/en/news/switzerland/campari-soda-creator-dominique-grandj...

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/stephen-washington
[soultracks.com] https://soultracks.com/news-steve-washington-aurra-slave-dies/

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/chuck-negron
[www.hollywoodreporter.com] https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/chuck-negron-dead-three-dog-n...

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/ken-peplowski
[www.wbgo.org] https://www.wbgo.org/music/2026-02-03/the-jazz-world-mourns-the-loss-of-acclaime...

In queue w/ The Vocals, The 5th Dimension.
[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/queue/artist/137781
[www.hollywoodreporter.com] https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/lamonte-mclemore-dead-5th-dim...

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/fred-smith-us-2
[variety.com] https://variety.com/2026/music/news/fred-smith-dead-bassist-television-123665534...

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/lynn-blakey
[parade.com] https://parade.com/news/beloved-indie-rock-musician-inspiration-for-the-replacem...