Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Gypie Mayo aka John Phillip Cawthra

Guitarist and songwriter -- via Rolling Stone.





Jon Locke aka Joseph Lockey Yon

Actor -- via the L.A. Times.

Jerry Heldman

Bassist, pianist, and club owner -- via the Seattle Times.

Sid Yudain

Founder and editor of Roll Call, a folksy Capitol Hill paper; he discovered Mark Russell -- via the Washington Post.

Lage Forsheim

Musician -- via nrk.no. Half of the Norwegian pop duo The Monroes.

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Ronald Shannon Jackson

The premier free-jazz percussionist -- via jazzwisemagazine.com. Played with Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, and Cecil Taylor, in addition to a massive amount of solo work!





Georges Descrieres

Actor -- via dontmiss.fr.

Llloyd Kavich

Artist (yes, he did use 3 l's in his first name); creator of the murals in Boulder's The Sink -- via Westword.






Noel Harrison

Actor, singer, songwriter, Olympic skier - via the BBC. The son of Rex Harrison, Noel made a splash as a singer with the pop hit "Windmills of Your Mind." Children of the 1960s will recall him as Agent Mark Slate in the short-lived TV spy show, "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E."






Sunday, October 20, 2013

Khady Sylla

Filmmaker and novelist  -- via lepointe.fr.

Rudy Minarcin

Former MLB pitcher -- via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Terry Rhoads

Actor -- via culturewest.org.


James Nicholas

Poet, teacher, and Archdruid of Wales -- via the Independent.

Laura Waterbury

Actress -- via legacy.com. Best known for her role as Mrs. Smith in "Better Of Dead."