FolkLib Index - Obituary Index

This page is an Index to the Obituaries published in Dirty Linen, Sing Out! and other selected Folk Music related magazines that I subscribe to. Names appear in the order they were included in the magazine.
I am not a Public Library, so I cannot provide either the text of copyrighted obituaries or photocopies. Check with your local library for public sources of these magazines. Better yet, to support their continued publication, subscribe and/or join and purchase back issues.

Current Biography Yearbook - Obituaries
[1992 - 1997, only music related people will be indexed] (acquired from an Oshkosh Public Library used book sale)

Dirty Linen - In Memorium
[Issue #23 (summer 1988), #25 (Spring 1989) - date] (subscription)

#129, 4/5-2007, p. 7-8 - "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow - Jahn Allan Cameron - Ernie Fladell - Norman "Dutch" Mason - Eric von Schmidt
#128, 2/3-2007, p. 8 - Ruth Brown - Charles Steven "Chip" Chase - Robert Lockwood Jr. - Freddy Fender - Josh Graves
#127, 12/2006-1/2007, p. 7-8 - Arthur Lee - Moacir Santos - Eracleo "Rocky" Marales - David Schnaufer - Jeff Sarli - Don Walser - Iain MacKintosh - Etta Baker
#126, 10/11-2006, p. 7-8 - Micheal O Dhomhnaill (Ni Dhomhnaill, O Domnhaill) - Peter Kennedy - Paul Nelson
#125, 8/9-2006, p. 7-8 - Ivor Cutler - Tom Dundee - Larry Rice - Leigh Anne Hyssey - Billy Walker - Margaret MacArthur - Desmond Dekker
#124, 6/7-2006, p. 8-9 - Ali Farka Toure - Edwin Duhon - Buck Owens - Howard Evans
#123, 4/5-2006, p. 8 - Bob Feldman - Scott Reiss - Wilson Pickett - George Javori - Bryan Harvey - Bob Weinstock - Gordon Duncan - John Langstaff
#122, 2/3-2006, p. 8,9 - Link Wray - Murphy Matthews - Tom Gibney - Harold Leventhal - Paul "Wine" Jones - Jose Antonio Rodriguez - Sean Blackburn - Chris Whitley - Wilson "Lit" Waters, Jr.
#121, - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Hamilton Camp - Emery "Detroit Junior" Williams, Jr. - Joyce Wein - "Little" Milton Campbell - Ibrahim Ferrer - Allen Wayne Damron - Vassar Clements - R. L. Burnside
#120, 10/11-2005, p. 8 - Long John Baldry - Ricky Allen - Big Al Downing - Paul Lawton - Helen Schneyer - John Herald - Frank Harte
#119, 8/9-2005, p. 8 - Laura Canales - Johnnie Johnson - Jimmy Martin - Kasper "Stranger" Malone
#118, 6/7-2005, p. 7-8 - Martyn Bennett - George Scott - Merle Kilgore - Jimmy Smith - Sammi Smith - Robert Spencer - Elaine Weissman - Rachel Bissex - Mindy Jostyn
#117, 4/5-2005, p. 8 - Bob Paisley - Ron Stockfleth - Art Stamper - Spencer Dryden - Son Seals - Brahim Izri - Shelton Manuel - Jim Capaldi
...
#108, 10/11-2003 / Oct/Nov 2003, p. 7 - Al Ragle - Freyda Epstein (full obit.)
(probably incomplete, indexed 7/2005, can't find this issue at this time)
#107, 8/9-2003 / Aug/Sep 2003, p. 7-8 - Othar Turner - June Carter Cash - Babatunde Olatunji - Earl King - Nina Simone - Noel Redding - Larry Shaw - Freyda Epstein (preliminary obit.)

Down Beat - Final Bar
[Vol. 45 (1978), Vol. 47 (1980) - Vol. 59 (1992), with missing issues in Vol. 45, 47, 48 and 58] (acquired from a UW-Madison used book sale)

Goldmine - Obituaries
[2001 - date, many missing issues] (subscription)

International Bluegrass (IBMA) - Over Jordan - Bibliography
(membership: International Bluegrass Music Association)

All entries formerly here have been moved to the separate IBMA Obituary Index page.

Old Time Herald - Final Notes - Bibliography
[1991 - date, missing issues] (subscription)

Vol. 8 #8, Summer 2003, p. 9-12

Sing Out! - Last Chorus
[Winter 1987 - date, missing issues] (subscription)
* = extended, two columns or more, the rest are one paragraph, about 12 lines or less

Vol. 49 #3, Fall 2005, p. 190-6 - John Herald* - Helen Bonchek Schneyer* - Hedy West* - Antal "Gojma" Kovacs - Big Al Downing - Clancy Eccles - Allison "Tootie" Montana - Frank Harte - Chet Helms - Harry "Big Daddy" Hypolite - Ronald Winans - Sue Goldberg - Steve Alarik - Dorothy Chase - Verne Meisner - Stan Wilson - Joe Scurfield - Keith Morris - Kasper "Stranger" Malone - Kip White - Oscar Brown, Jr. - Ricky Allen - Percy Strother - Warren "Wardog" Vanderplate - Gren Hooven - Nasrat Parsa - Siwsann George - Laura Canales - Floyd "Lightnin'" Chance - Julian "Winnie" Winston* - Jimmy Martin* - Cyril Tawney* - Tom Gibney*
Vol. 49 #2, Summer 2005, p. 222-7 - Forrest Rose* - George Scott* - Dorris Henderson* - Rachel Bissex* - Jean Schilling* - Johnnie Johnson - Jerry Byrd - Grigoris Bithikotsis - Steve Guthe - Eduardo "Lalo" Guerrero, Jr. - Mindy Jostyn - Joe Carter - George "Wild Child" Butler - Bruce Rouse - Jerome Wheeler - Spike Owen - Carmel Coleman - Lazaro Ros - Sonny Day - Robert "Sunny" Spencer - Andrew G. Woolf - Bill Simmons - Julie Christine Rickman - Spencer Dryden - Steve Burgh* - Elaine Weissman* - Martyn Bennett* - Art Stamper*
Vol. 49 #1, Spring 2005, p. 216-9 - Frank "Son" Seals* - Ralph Blizard* - Bob Paisley* - Jerry Scoggins - Richard "Big Boy" Henry - Sister Ethel Elliott - Ron Stockfleth - Charlie Cline - Terry Melcher - Granmoun Lele - Dan Dwyer - Bobby Eaglesham - Bruce Palmer

Tell it Like it is - Gone ... But Not Forgotten - Bibliography
[Vol. 1(1) (April 1990) - date] (membership: Wisconsin Blues Society)

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