RIP

Farewell to Ray Dolby,the billionaire audio engineer and the  inventor of the Dolby Noise Reduction (NR) system. he has died at the age of 80. 

Jackie Lomax, former front man with Merseybeat band The Undertakers and the first artist signed to the Beatle's Apple label, has died aged 69.

Prince Jazzbo, the Jamaican reggae singer who pioneered 'toasting' - the genre that influenced rapping and hip hop. Jazzbo hs died aged just 62 from lung cancer. He ran his own Ujama label and had a string of hits including Crab walking, Penny Reel and Croaking Lizard.

Eamonn O'Connnor, Managing Director of Ticketmaster Ireland has died aged 51 after a short illness.

Roger Pope, the drummer who played on six of Elton John's albums, worked with artists such as Hall &Oates, Al Stewart, Buddy Guy, Chris Darrow and Cliff Richard, and had his own band HookFoot, has died aged 66.

And farewell to Pat Fear (52) the American punk rock musician with White Flag, Lorne Black, the American bassist with Great White, Gia Maione Prima the jazz singer and wife of singer Louis Prima, Lindsay Cooper (62), the British rock and jazz bassoonist and oboist  with Henry Cow and Comus, Mac Curtis (74) the American rockabilly singer and Jimmy Ponder, the American jazz guitarist.

And farewell to Allan Dann, Peermusic's long standing Business Affairs & International Copyrights Manager, who had been at the company for a remarkable 44 years and who recently died. 

Artist manager, former ITB agent and founder of Brighton Rock Music Pete Fountain has died aged 61. His family have requested anyone wishing to pay tribute to Fountain make a donation to one of three charities close to his heart, either the Sussex Wildlife Trust, Free Tibet or The Badger Trust.


Charity night in tribute to Jon Brookes
Liam Gallagher, The Chemical Brothers and members of The Vaccines and New Order will all play at a charity night dedicated to late Charlatans drummer Jon Brookes at the Royal Albert Hall on 18 Oct. proceeds will go to The Brain Tumour Charity.